I finally picked up my E8400 proc for my build. It's funny it was sold out on newegg & buy.com, then newegg raised the price to $250. Well I had an ad\flyer come in with MicroCenter having it for $199 (I live in Houston, Tx), they had 25 out of 31 left for ever a week and I bought it for $215 (good old tax) out-the-door.

So $215 total isn't a bad price for a E8400.

MicroCenter had a great price which is surprising for a local Retail Store.

mlporta i live in SE houston myself and picked up the E8400 for 189.99 ($205.66 after tax) I also picked up the Antec 900 there for $79.99 and a Zalman CNPS9500LED for $48.99. again not a bad deal for a store with overhead expences.

You must have got it a few weeks ago when they had them for $189.99 which is a heck-of-a-deal lucky stiff

Wish I was paying attention then but $10 more and now I have it is good with me.

What was so funny is a few people on the forum were saying MicroCenter it's $189.99 and I was clue-less as I don't go to that side of the town too often and forgot MicroCenter was even here in Houston... well at least I remember my name which isn't too bad for an old geezer

I hope you're going to be OC'ing that thing to atleast 4ghz.

Gonna try this is my build...

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
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ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
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G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit F2-6400CL4D-4GBPK
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EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
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Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
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CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply
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ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
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Seagate Barracuda ST3250310NS ES.2 250GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda ST3500320AS 500GB 7200.11 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
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Samsung SH-S203B SATA

ASUS DRW-2014L1T SATA
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Yeah you're build should be able to get to 4ghz, no prob.

Even with that heatsink?

It doesn't hurt to try but the temps would probably skyrocket to 60C at idle and 72-75C on Load. I would probably get something a lot better though.

The AC 7 is a great cooler I got my P4 up to 4.00 GHz temps were mild 47 degrees fully loaded. With my C2D 4400 overclocked to 2.67 GHz an all throttling off I was idling at a balmy 37 degrees under load I got up to 45 degrees.

Are you sure about that? Thats a little to cool there especially for a E4400 idling at 37C and at 45C on load.

I have my E6300 @ 3 ghz and give off more heat at 50C on idle and 63C on full load.

Just worried about "jacking with the case and mobo to get a large cooler in:

XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

4ghz may be hard to get to and be stable for many years...

Well that CPU can for sure hit 4 ghz now. I'm having a hard running my CPU at 3.4 ghz on Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro because its running way too hot so, I'll be happy with it at 3 ghz. But never the less enjoy the E8400.

Anybody use this heatsink on this type of build????
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
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ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
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Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
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CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply