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***The Official Wolfdale 8200/8400/8500 Overclocking Thread ***

Hey guys, any advice appreciated here.

Recently got my hands on an E8500. However I'm concerned by the temps.

I'm using an Artic Cooling Freezer with Ceramique. At stock temps read as 45 idle in Real Temp, which seemed high to me.

I've got it running Small FTT stable at 4.0 Ghz with 1.312V going through at the moment.
But the load temp is 70 degrees according to RealTemp.

Any chance my sensors are dodgy? I've re-sat the heatsink twice and the temps remain the same.
 
At 4037Mhz, 1.328V here I'm getting 61 load and about 44 idle. Proberbly need a better cooler tbh.

I am running on a TRUE 120 here with an S-Flex fan and a 3 speed antec one on the other side.

Dont think your sensors will be dodgy, maybe 1 is at idle.
 
Interesting - I'm still suprised by 45C at stock voltages though - should a Wolf really be running that hot? I understand the Freezer isn't a top of the range cooler by any means but I expected better temps. My E2180 that I've replaced ran much cooler.

Is the reported 70C for Small FTTs dangerously hot? I may look to invest in better cooling.

Cheers.
 
1.312 aint stock voltages.

When I had an OCZ Vindicator I was hitting 73 degrees on Small FTT's at 4Ghz 1.35V.

At 4.2Ghz 1.41V I hit 73 degrees or 65 with the side of the case off.

My E6600 with my old cooler ran at about 65 degrees at 3.4Ghz 1.47V, I guess clock speed effects temps more than Vcore.
 
mks2005 said:
Allow me to clarify - 45C was the idle temp I was getting at stock volts and stock FSB.
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my E8400 @ 3.8ghz doesn't even reach that on stock.
mine idles between 34 - 40deg and that's using a Freezer Pro7.

Maybe try removing the cooler and reset your thermal paste and connect back up.

i reset all mine last night as realtemp was saying my cores were 37deg & 27deg idle.

even though when i tested the sensors using real temp they reported there was no problem with them!!!!!
 
OK here's the deal. BIOS and Real Temp seem to read the same.

Load temps are after a few minutes of small FTTs.

Stock - 1.168V - Idle 47, Load 60
OC'd - 1.31V Idle 50, Load 70

Tried reseating and reapplying Ceramique, no change to temps.

Whats the most likely reason for this?

1. Dodgy sensors? (my idle "50C" chip doesnt feel to be giving off much heat)
2. Dodgy chip?
3. HSF still not seated right?
 
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I put my E2180 and without even cleaning the HSF, I got 30C idle. And of course this a higher voltage 65nm chip.

I'm convinced the sensors are dodgy. At "70C" the copper pipes on at the base of my heatsink only feel warm at best.

I ran it underclocked at 1.4Ghz and the idle temp was still apparently 45C ish. My room temp is 21C, so it should be no more than 26C or so.

Don't know whether or not to bother returning the chip.
 
Reality|Bites said:
The chip isn't the problem, It's the fact that the motherboard is unable to read the sensor properly.
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I'm pretty certain this is correct.

Gonna stick with it, does 4Ghz no problem. Small FTT temps apparently 70 odd C, but it just doesn't feel hot enough to the touch to be the true temp.
 
Quick question for you Wolfdale OC specialists:

Running an E8500 at 4.18GHz utterly rock stable - 65c per core full load at 1.3v, 9.5x 440MHz.

I have had it stable at 455 x 9.0 which is 4.1GHz but no matter what I try I just cant seem to push past 4180MHz with the CPU itself. I have ran at 1.4v and I just cannot get higher than 440mhz with the multi at 9.5 - even 1MHz more FSB will stop me getting to the desktop.

Board is an Asus P5B, GeIL Ultra RAM (4GB) and running a freezer 7 pro.
 
DRZ said:
Quick question for you Wolfdale OC specialists:

Running an E8500 at 4.18GHz utterly rock stable - 65c per core full load at 1.3v, 9.5x 440MHz.

I have had it stable at 455 x 9.0 which is 4.1GHz but no matter what I try I just cant seem to push past 4180MHz with the CPU itself. I have ran at 1.4v and I just cannot get higher than 440mhz with the multi at 9.5 - even 1MHz more FSB will stop me getting to the desktop.

Board is an Asus P5B, GeIL Ultra RAM (4GB) and running a freezer 7 pro.
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Have you tried dropping the multi and upping the fsb? I am at 500 x 8 and have had it up to 530 x 8 . Currently I run at 27c idle and around 48c full load via Prime and 60c full load using IBT.

Oh and I am using an OCZ Vendetta 2 its really good!
 
I want a new toy but I'm wondering this

Will I notice much of a performance gain when upgrading from a E4400 @ 3.3Ghz to a E8400/Xeon E3110 and overclocking that, aiming for something like 4Ghz+ ...

Regards
 
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