I cannot get my e8500 to run a constant 3.16 ghz. I have an Biostar Intel socket 775 gf7050-m7 SE, e8500 cpu. Recently i dled cpuz and realized my cpu steps up at various times but usually runs at 2000 ghz with a 6x ratio. Well unfortunatley this isnt what...

the AMD Phenom II X4 945 or Intel core2 duo e8500? Price right now is about the same on newegg, I like the fact that the AMD can run with DDR3 whereas the e8500 intel does not. I am thinking of putting in a gtx260 or a 4870, but if i can find a deal...

2 x 250mm Fans Zalman Cnps 9500A LED Cpu cooler Stock GPU cooler (dont under estimate it, max temp was 55 running 3D mark) 2 x 80mm Fans (3200+ RPM for quick dispersion) Where are all the super comps? My POS hits 20569! default settings. E8500 running...

were going, so I don't know if it really did get too hot. There's something else I need to eliminate, and that is a somewhat underpowered PSU: I've my E8500 running @ 3.8GHz (1.30V BIOS), 3 hard disks, 1 DVD. The PSU is 480W. Today I added another HDD, so...

without hitting a GPU bottleneck, a single 4870 should be able to max it out easily. What PSU are you running? That may be the source of your throttling. Found the source of your issue I ran one 4870 for a couple of months and couldn't run on high settings...

Squares. Hi, I recently built a PC.... I'm fairly certain it only has to do with my video card, however I will give you the rest of my specs. I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 running at default speed, a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard, 4 gigs of G-skills ram,...

Thats about the same time they started using dual instead of single core isnt it.. Its called sarcasm. This isnt news, its been happening for like 3+ years. The point is moot since an overclocked dual like an E8400 / E8500 running at 4Ghz wipes the floor...