Curious, any of you guys switch from a Quad to one of these for any particular reason?
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Curious, any of you guys switch from a Quad to one of these for any particular reason?
They clock way better, no way you reach 600 fsb with a quad and for gaming it's mostly unnecessary to have a quad :)
Before I get flamed, I said mostly ;)
This is an E0 E8500 with a vid of 1.2500. Lapped and water cooled. Vid doesn't mean :banana::banana::banana::banana:.
http://www.3dxtreme.net/other/E8500%...prime-done.jpg
http://www.3dxtreme.net/other/E8500%...408v.prime.jpg
BTW I've got the 3.8Ghz Q6600 in my sig and this E8500 @ ~ 4.5ish. Still debating which one I should keep. Dammit it's my gaming rig, the other one that encodes and acts as server is already 3.2Ghz quad, it's a hard decision - I love the quad but I do think 4.5Ghz is faster...and looks more exciting!! :cool:
I dunno if you guys test or what not but do the e84/8500s really use 100 less watts than the Quads?
I understand your dilemma, but I have a simple solution, keep them both :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dnottis
It's not like the E8500 costs $500 or so ;)
Well thats the thing I need to "liquidate" a few things ;) I dont need 2 monster CPUs - even though I'd love to keep them both. Also, I have a tendency to swap back and forth... sometimes more than once a day. I need to break that addiction too lol!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Garrett
I just got my e8400 stable (15 runs linpack passed 100%) with the vcore at 1.344 idle cpuz, vcore 1.625 bios, and 1.30 vtt. Im still up in the air about load-line calibration. I dont like the sound of the voltage spikes.
Them dump the quad... MHz for the win :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dnottis
With Nehalem around the corner I bet that's the next cpu you'll buy ;)
Pencil mod vdroop! Have done it with my last 2 boards, P5B-D and the P5K-E. Disabled load line calibration feature cause I'm droop free with a few strokes of the #2 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BababooeyHTJ
There is a pencil mod for your board. :up:
my E8400 C0 (Q817A)
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First; 24/7 (for P2P :D)
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Second; Just for testing
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7...5gskillhj8.png
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8...rk06dg1.th.png << click on pic to enlarge
Hey, guys. Sorry for (possible) offtopic but I'd be grateful if you would check out my new Linpack front-end.
It looks a lot like Orthos, has a simple GUI and a real-time error checking which IBT lacks.
And since LinX is Linpack-based it's the most stressful test for Intel processors available to date.
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/4...ten4sg1.th.pnghttp://img398.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif
A full list of features & download links you can find here: LinX - a simple Linpack GUI
CooL!:clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dua|ist
Do you guys with Quads find when gaming it's nicer having a quad to take care of background stuff or say running other software? Or do the e84/8500's clock high enough that they can take care of everything? Or do they actually take a pretty big hit if you start doing something else or running like a virus scan or something?
why run a virus scan while gaming, lol.
yes the duals are better. get you some dude, they're cheap too.
Sometimes your virus checker comes on automatically once a week. I was surprised several times when Norton was running a virus check in the background while I was online gaming...until I turned off this automatic feature.
My E3100 (E8400) uses over 50% of the both cores, even for an older game like Battlefield 1942, despite having a 8800GT video. While playing d/l movies from the hard drive only uses 2-3% of the cpu. I don't think many games actually utilize all 4 cores, it has to be programmed by the game designers to use more than 2 cores.
I set all my AV/defrag stuff to happen while I'm at work; that way the only one it'll piss off is the wife.:)
I'll have some OC stuff for my e8400 here when my new board finishes crossing the Canadian border.
personally, don't see the benefit of quadcores unless they oc as high and as easily as duals :D Prolly 'cause I like oc'ing my cpus :D
Nice! I completed it which is cool, bumped FSB up a few notches and left the same voltage and it failed. Combined with Prime95 and OCCT this might be a quick and easy test before a 10+ hr prime. I found it to heat up my CPU more than Prime or OCCT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dua|ist
I've got an ebay Q822A549 E0 E8500 coming in the mail. My other E0 e8500 (Q822A544) does prime 4.4ghz @ 1.32v and 4.5ghz @1.36v. Hope this one is just as good or better.Quote:
Originally Posted by politenessman
Gonna swap out the lapped e8600es in my sig (4.3ghz @ 1.35v) and bolt a TRUE on it. Off to ebayland with you my e8600es! Funny how my e8600es would have been so godly just 6 mo ago but now with higher ghz at lower vcore chips popping up the choice is obvious unless your ram can't handle it.
I have found something else strange with these chips. I can prime, OCCT and LinX with this chip at 4.5Ghz. But I get some strange crashes in games. If I back it off to about 4.4Ghz its fine. These 45nm chips just don't seem 'reliable' I guess. I dunno, it seems I have alot more problems with stability than I ever did with my 65nm quad.
Anyone of you guys using the E8400 with the DFI Blood Iron P35 board and getting at least 4ghz clockspeed? Are the Gskill PC2-8000 2x2GB modules the best to help me achieve such a clockspeed?
has anyone bought an E8400 from scan.co.uk? Did you get the E0 stepping?
I emailed them and they said they have a high turn around for that chip so the likelihood I get the latest version is high but not guaranteed.
so i did find the maximum FSB on my crap P5K an it was 493.
I can believe that i cant go past 493 with anything !
http://www.aijaa.com/img/t/00726/2827062.t.jpg
Sad. Mine would boot up to 525 (and maybe more) but anything above ~480 is pretty unstable. Try upping NB volts. It probably can't handle 4GB at that clocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by lha