Another e8400 goes 3.6. Hi there, After realizing I did not place the intel stock hsf the right way because prime was giving me temperatures of 75 degrees after 2 minutes of blend stressing, I removed and placed it again and could move on. Advice on my...

had an E8400 on a gigabyte board, I would have never mentioned a new build. Im Trying For A 2nd Build For My Wife, If Another e8400 Is More Suggested Ill Prob Get Another, But If I Can Get A Budget Build On A e8500 Then I Will Have To Give Her My Old One Lol...

E8400 Temp variable from one chip to another?. My question is, are there differences from chip to chip in the native heat generation of the same model CPU? I assembleld my System in the spring of 2007 using an BTF-90 HSF which didn't perform to the specs shown...

E8400 Temp variable from one chip to another?. My question is, are there differences from chip to chip in the native heat generation of the same model CPU? I assembleld my System in the spring of 2007 using an BTF-90 HSF which didn't perform to the specs shown...

upgrade. E8400 and X3 720 are neck and neck in benchmarks. Plus, When overclocked, the E8400 will probably mop the floor with the 720. Replacing the E8400 with the X3 720 wouldn't be an upgrade. At most, it would be a "sidegrade" as you will end up with...

for the E8400 and to overclock it. Ah, I see you already bought the board. Well I guess that's a no go on the AMD option :D. Anyway take the E7500 or spend a little more to go with the E8400. +1 for the E8400. It overclocks great too. Get an E8600, most...

E8400 Voltage Drop. I am attempting to tweak my overclock. Hardware: E8400 C0 Stepping VID 1.225 Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L 4 GB G. Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 1.8-1.9V Aftermarket cooler I had the following overclock stable and running for months: E8400...

C2D E8400@3.9ghz enough for HD4870 CrossFire. Hey all :D Just wondering if i get another HD4870 512mb, will my C2D be able to keep up its overclocked to 3.9ghz atm my specs: P5Q-E mobo C2D E8400@3.9ghz 4gigs of OCZ PC2 8000 @865mhz XpertVision Radeon...

Best graphics card for e8400 and 1680 x 1050,bottleneck?. Ok, my setup is: core2duo E8400 4gb ram ddr2 400mhz 260 gtx oc BFG classic motherboard(doesnt allow to overclock) and was thinking to move to: core i5(overclocked to 3.5 ghz) 4gb ram ddr3...

Is my E8400 overheating?. I recently bought this PC: I'm using everything stock with no overclocking yet. However it came to my attention that my CPU seems maybe to be a little hot. Can anyone tell me of this is normal? This is being idle...I didn't...