First PC Build: E8400 vs Phenom II X4 955 BE. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 $167.99 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor $165.99 Building my first PC in...

Is E8400 that much better than a Q8400 if not planning to OC?. Well, I have to choose between the two, and both comes with 2 gigs of ram and a GTS 250. If I choose the E8400, i'll have to buy a new power supply, while with the Q8400, I wont. I'm wondering,...

E8400 can i use a 3 pin cpu cooler with 4 pin connector?. i have a e8400 and im going to put a Tuniq Tower 120 Universal CPU Cooler in for overclocking.The fan comes with a 3 pin connector and my mother board has a 4 pin connector will it work?or is there...

E8400 OC problems. I built a budget computer which i was hoping to OC just a little bit but every time i raise the FSB by even 1 the computer does not boot up. Its an e8400 (333 x 9) @ 3.0 ghz on a GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L Mobo (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...

Core 2 duo E8400 or Quad Q8400. which one is better. which one is better You are going to have to buff your sentence structure? Which types of activities are you doing, emailing?, gaming? surfing the web? encoding? If we do not know what you do...

E8400 power wont turn off. I just put a e8400 in my a6319fh hp desktop and now my power supply wont turn off when i power down my pc.How can i fix this?And yes i installed the driver software.. I just put a e8400 in my a6319fh hp desktop and now my power supply...

Which upgrade for E8400. My rig is: core 2 duo e8400 Intel classic motherboard 260 gtx core 216 4gb ram ddr2 400Mhz on cpu-z(that should be 800Mhz each stick, 2x2gb) Vigor Monsoon III LT Idle 37° load 44°(with better thermal paste should get like 2!...

E8400 overclock with vigor monsoon III. Hello, first of all my specs: Im gonna buy a new motherboard that allows overclock since the stock intel i got doesnt allow neither has the options to do it. With stock heatsink fan the CPU is from 50° up to...

specs - I don't know what's going on though... My PC came from Dell with an E8400... I pulled it today and verified... and when I view system properties it says: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz The E8400 is not listed in the tech specs for...

What hardware upgrade to get more performance in my E8400 system?. Below is the equipment on my present system. What can I do in hardware upgrades to make a noticeable performance improvement? I use my computer for general use... a little but of anything but...