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

[weescott]

what vcore for 4.8 weescott??

1.53v, so a little left to play with on air.

My aim was to crack sub-10secs SuperPi, I'm done & will pass the baton

Awww

 

[Kirth Gersen]

Orthos stable? What is this term?

With a decent air cooler - c4.6ghz I guess.

So for those with air solutions, with Topitoff reckoning 4.25 ish for an E8400 and Weescott reckoning 4.6 ish for an E8500, this makes for an interesting purchase decision... No matter what - it looks very sweet.

 

[easyrider]

Some nice clocks here.


I'm interested in what we can run these chips 24/7 on water.

 

[weescott]

Whats this? A faster 1mb Spi time with a lower clock?

 

[JediFragger]

Sweet

Must admit I didn't tweak the ram timings

 

[weescott]

It's amazing what proper TIM can do. Still on stock cooler.

4.9ghz: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=299809

 

[Devious]

My aim was to crack sub-10secs SuperPi, I'm done & will pass the baton

Pass it my way

 

[El Jimben]

It's amazing what proper TIM can do. Still on stock cooler.

4.9ghz: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=299809

What TIM are you using Weescot??

 

[weescott]

Some old AS3 I had lying around. Still better than stock TIM

 

[Duke]

Nice overclocks

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Just a few comparisons between the E8400 and the E6750 I had in the system before; only difference is the chip, same drivers. But what they mean in the real world????

@3.6Ghz E8400 will do SuperPI in 12.98s and the E6750 14.20s

@4.05Ghz E8400 - 8800GTS 320 @650/950
3D2K05: 20519 - 3D2K06: 11732 5048/4776/3746 - X3 Benchy: 128.7fps

@3.2Ghz E6750 - 8800GTS 320 @650/950
3D2K05: 18425 - 3D2K06: 10887 4955/4668/2832 - X3 Benchy: 105.4fps

25FPS more, proves that these chips will net you large improvements in games. Well played. Id be more than happy with 4Ghz 24/7, but I'm expecting a few hundred mhz more than that with my 8500, 24/7.

4.5Ghz 24/7 on my Tuniq would be my goal.

What resolution was the game at?

Where is Jihad, he was intent that you'd not notice improvements in games with a higher clocked chip and that most were actually GPU limited which is not really the case with the vast majority.

 

[sulli]

@weescott thanks for the swift reply
may have to get me one of these - spys debit card mmmmmmust resist

 

[Topitoff]

What resolution was the game at?

Default, which is 1024x720x32 - would have been better at higher res?

 

[helmutcheese]

Some peep on XS is at 5.2GHZ on a Corsair Nautilus (E8500), wonder if thats possible on Air.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Topitoff add me to MSN.

 

[rulocal]

IS it the higher multiplier helping the clock and/or are the 8500s hand picked?

 

[weescott]

The E8500's clock well full stop. Max FSB so far on my chip is 533 on the Maximus Formula Extreme.

 

[steve258]

It's the higher multi that are particularly attractive since 4Ghz+ requires mobo capable of high fsb.

AFAIK all initial batch of E8*** have C0 stepping so don't think they differ too much.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Yep this is the reason I picked the E8500. I didn't think the P5B Deluxe would be enough to really push an E8400 so I should get what i need with the 8500.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Well I've requested my order to be changed to the 8400, I plan to "upgrade" to the 3870 X2 when it's out providing it is good. The £50 I saved on the CPU will go with my GTX to buy one of these, so long as they're good ofc.

Decided I would be happy enough with 4-4.2Ghz .

Topitoff results I'm happy with. Hoping he can manage to get 4.2Ghz 12 hrs stable.