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

Tom|Nbk said:
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.
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Not a lot of pressure then;)

Currently I have it priming @ 4.23Ghz (470x9); vcore set 1.475, cpu-z reports 1.4v; core temp showing 65 and 69C and it's now been running Blend for 3hrs 8mins.

Edit: now 8hrs 5mins

Hope this helps.

Screenie if it gets to 12hrs.
 
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weescott said:
Some old AS3 I had lying around. Still better than stock TIM :p
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I think its a tad confusing topeople saying your 8500 is under stock cooling when in fact your are using a QX9650 Cooler.

Does the 8500 come with a 100mm copper and aluminium fan like this?

The one on the left?

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You said in another forum.

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Please confirm the cooler you are using and change your sig :D
 
easyrider said:
Please confirm the cooler you are using and change your sig :D
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Correct. It is stock cooling. Stock HSF from a QX9650. You don't get a HSF with ES chips :p

And no I'm not changing my sig as it is correct. I never said it was stock cooling from an E8500 although I can see why people might have been mislead. Still, it's hardly top end air cooling is it? ;)
 
weescott said:
Correct. It is stock cooling. Stock HSF from a QX9650. You don't get a HSF with ES chips :p

And no I'm not changing my sig as it is correct. I never said it was stock cooling from an E8500 although I can see why people might have been mislead. Still, it's hardly top end air cooling is it? ;)
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The QX cooler is designed for a cpu with over twice the TDP 130W of an 8500:p
 
weescott

You should make it clearer that you are not using stock cooling and more importantly are using an ES chip.

Folks will be looking at your results and thinking they can achieve the same with a STOCK 8500.

Is it your intent to mislead ?
 
easyrider said:
The QX cooler is designed for a cpu with over twice the TDP 130W of an 8500:p
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:p


PCZ,

My CPUZ screenshot clearly says its in ES chip, as does the validation.

It is not high end air cooling and I have said already what people can expect from this chip. But what people can achieve from thier own E8500's is dependant on the motherboard they have being capable of high FSB's. e.g. 680i/780i typicaly won't get these clocks. Even the P5K would be hard pushed to achieve the clocks. Plus the ram they have. This isn't a review, I haven't stated my test set up as this isn't the thread to do it.
 
I dont see the issue here in regards to the heatsink.. its not like weescott is claiming the CPU is Prime/Orthos stable where heat would be an issue.. he is doing CPUz screenies and pi runs where heat really is not that much of a factor
 
Pneumonic said:
I dont see the issue here in regards to the heatsink.. its not like weescott is claiming the CPU is Prime/Orthos stable where heat would be an issue.. he is doing CPUz screenies and pi runs where heat really is not that much of a factor
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The fact still remains he is not using a stock 8500 cooler like he states in his sig.

Its confusing people.

Thats my point.

The 8400 and 8500 come with a cooler like this:

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The one on the right.
 
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