Intel E8400 or E8500?

Dear boys and girls,

For my new computer I'm looking for a dual core cpu but there's one problem. I don't know which to choose. The E8400 or E8500?
The E8400 is cheaper and overclocks well . The E8500 is a bit more expensive but has the same features (except the higher multiplier) . Which one to buy? Which CPU will overclock better in general? the E8400 or the E8500?

(Motherboard will be Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P , Mem : 4GB PC8500 corsair dominators, cooler : Scythe Mugen)

Hope to hear from you soon.

i own a E8500 and i overclocked it to 3.8 easily. i know i can probably hit 4.6. either is fine for you really, it just depends how far you want to push it.

if you aren't buying a good aftermarket cooling solution, the e8500 is out of the question, and you probably shouldn't be getting either

so either way, make sure you get a high performance heatsink.

you have a problem if you buy a e8xxx and don't oc it. you could buy something a fifth of its price that would reach their stock speeds...

I want to get speeds about 4.2 / 4.4 Ghz will the E8400 do that with acceptable v.core?

I ordered an E8500 for my work computer today. I want to only do a conservative level of OC, maybe 3.6ghz or 3.8ghz. I also got the Zalman cooler for it.

^:lol:

When i leave my e8400 on idle i fell sad.. It really doesn't deserve this...