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Wolfdale e8200, e8400 and e8500 available for Pre-Order!

helmutcheese said:
They are already are cheaper

The 65nm 3GHZ E6850 is still £179 and the newer 45nm 3GHZ E8400 is only £145
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Yeah, I guess. But I was looking at them as in terms of range equivalents...ie. top of the range Wolfdale: E8500 = top of the range Conroe: E6850. But yeah, I'll be very happy if I can get my hands on an E8400 for under £120 by next month... :D
 
helmutcheese said:
As I said it wont matter to some, but I dont see point in paying over the odds for 2 Dual stuck together and it aint needed yet for most peeps inc myself.

I cant answer for others but as I prim Game the faster Dual is still the best option today for me.

I seriously doubt alan Wake will need 4 Cores to run smoothly, who is to say it even uses 4 Cores well, may be another Crysis.
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But I dont get it, if it performs better than the ones that are native then whats the problem? Is it a matter of principle or something?
 
Kirth Gersen said:
Succinct and very nicely put!

though I don't think we have seen a review showing the E8400 overclockability...
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Correction... there is this one:

http://en.expreview.com/?p=68&page=4

I don't get the impression it was pushed, but they only got it to 4.0Ghz.

The Xbit Labs review has the E8200 at 3.9Ghz and the E8500 at 4.4Ghz on air. So I guess we are talking 4.0 to 4.2Ghz averages for the E8400.
 
Lol, I dont need the Quad, its offically an old 1066FSB (sure you can OC it) and its older 65nm.

Just no need right now but possibly would buy if it was a Native 45nm Quad and could hit 4GHZ. :)

But sure principle is party it, BTW, the AMD's win for Memory Bandwidth everytime (intregated Memory Controler).
 
Hi,

I was about to get a Q6600, but am i right in saying that for general use, gaming etc an E8400/8500 would perform better. And the Q6600 would only perform better for tasks where all 4 cores were being utilised?
 
Reality|Bites said:
Yeah that only makes sense if you actually use all 4 cores, Everyday.

Also if you do use all 4 cores, How much time is it actually saving you in applications. 5mins? 1Hr?. It does jack for gaming.
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So? CPU speed overall does jack for gaming on most games, unless you're playing at a low res.

Why would you go for 2 cores when you can get 4 for little extra? It's not like the 8200/8400 are much faster than the 2.4 Ghz Q6600, which can be overclocked.

It just does not make any sense at all. Sure Quad is not needed and I don't intend on one for a while yet, I still have my E6300 from December 2006.
jwhalley said:
Hi,

I was about to get a Q6600, but am i right in saying that for general use, gaming etc an E8400/8500 would perform better. And the Q6600 would only perform better for tasks where all 4 cores were being utilised?
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Yes, but the difference will not be large. However when 4 cores are being utilized the difference will be pretty big I believe. (Photoshop, Video editing, SupCom (I think))
 
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opet616 said:
Yeah, I guess. But I was looking at them as in terms of range equivalents...ie. top of the range Wolfdale: E8500 = top of the range Conroe: E6850. But yeah, I'll be very happy if I can get my hands on an E8400 for under £120 by next month... :D
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I only paid £129 for my 8400 now, so I wouldn't be surprised to see them for £120 before long.
 
Most wont agree with you esp for Gamers, the reviews show a faster Dual is better suited, not everyone can/does OC.

I certainly wont buy an old Q6600 today, Im only getting this new CPU as someone wants my CPU :).


" Your order consisted of the following items:

Item Qty Price
Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard 1 £194.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail 1 £173.99 "


:D
 
Wont another problem come up if I dont buy an E8400 ASAP? As the longer you leave it the more likely you'll get a crappy overclocking chip like with the E6600's, they were awsome at first then they were crappy like mine.
 
Jihad said:
Why would you go for 2 cores when you can get 4 for little extra? It's not like the 8200/8400 are much faster than the 2.4 Ghz Q6600, which can be overclocked.
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cuts both ways. duals can be overclocked too. It's still a minimum .5Ghz difference - that's quite a bit more oomph for those apps that don't use the 2 extra horses - ie practically everything out there :)
 
Does OCUK or anyone else know what mobos are compatible with these Wolfdale E8*** CPUs?

Many thanks
 
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