**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

**flesheatinvirus** · 02-11-2010, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by =[PULSAR]=

Has anyone had any experiences with the E8600?

They crank with good cooling. Here is some old pics of my 8600.

**LagunaX** · 03-14-2010, 11:53 PM

I bought this E8400 chip from YMAA a while back (bottom of page 199 of this post).
E8400 E0, batch Q826A399, week 08/13/08

Didn't get around playing around with it for a while, but I can see why he runs on water - this chip is quite a hothead!
Don't think I'll go any higher than 4.5ghz on air as the temps in the pic are with a TRUE!
I know he got 4.6-4.7ghz stable F@H but I'm on air.
Nice Everest scores when paired with 2x2gb G.Skill DDR2 1200's, huh?

**NoGuru** · 08-13-2010, 02:52 AM

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1343901

**WaterFlex** · 08-15-2010, 02:50 AM

NoGuru
Excellent chip

**tool_462** · 08-15-2010, 03:00 AM

I miss my UD3P + E8600 + G.Skill 9600's

**Glow9** · 09-01-2010, 08:28 PM

What would you guys go for now a e8400 or a Q9300? Is the extra cache a winner or the extra cores going to win in new games? 2 years ago everyone was talking about futureproofing vs. gaming ect ect but it's now so I want to know. Also if you guys have upgraded since how big of an inprovement have you seen with your new rig over one of these?

**Jodiuh** · 09-02-2010, 09:19 PM

I went from an E8400 to a Q9550. It's a

to overclock, but BC2 is much smoother. I would go quad, especially since the Q9300's so cheap now...microcenter anyway. Here's a couple screenies from BC2. Notice the GPU usage increase once the game gets some more cores to play with.

**Eeky NoX** · 09-02-2010, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by tool_462

I miss my UD3P + E8600 + G.Skill 9600's

So do I

Need to get this mobo back one day ! even if my E8600 sucks ^^

**Leeghoofd** · 09-02-2010, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by Jodiuh

I went from an E8400 to a Q9550. It's a

to overclock, but BC2 is much smoother. I would go quad, especially since the Q9300's so cheap now...microcenter anyway. Here's a couple screenies from BC2. Notice the GPU usage increase once the game gets some more cores to play with.

+1, Bad Company can be jerky even with an E8600 at 4.5Ghz... it's outperformed in stable FPS by a stock Q9550... Game is way smoother on a quad...

**NoGuru** · 09-03-2010, 02:50 AM

Originally Posted by Glow9

What would you guys go for now a e8400 or a Q9300? Is the extra cache a winner or the extra cores going to win in new games? 2 years ago everyone was talking about futureproofing vs. gaming ect ect but it's now so I want to know. Also if you guys have upgraded since how big of an inprovement have you seen with your new rig over one of these?

Easy, they are fun to bench.

**Glow9** · 09-03-2010, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by NoGuru

Easy, they are fun to bench.

Well I'm not benching it's pretty much for gaming.
How much does the lack of cache in the Q9300 kinda hold it back vs. a e8400/e8500 in gaming? Cause Either way the dual is gonna OC better I'm sure. 7.5 multiplier in the Q9300 :/

I have a Abit IP35 Pro to put it in if that makes a difference to you guys.

**Gaul** · 10-20-2012, 01:42 AM

e8400 @ 4.8 GH v1.55

Hyper PI 32 MB

VANTAGE

3D MARK 2011

**sepultribe** · 10-20-2012, 01:24 PM

that's a good overclock but noone is going to care about it now

**flesheatinvirus** · 10-20-2012, 01:45 PM

I still care about a solid score even if the hardware is sub, the card bandwidth is retarded. Nice job.

**Zaxx** · 10-20-2012, 02:07 PM

My E8400/Asus P45 rig is still humin' right along...@4.5GHz with 6GB of DDR2-1066, a 4850, and a Vertex 2 boot drive it's still a pretty quick rig. A lot of people would be amazed at what just an SSD upgrade can do for an older rig...maybe toss in some extra memory, install Win7 64bit and enjoy.

**Gaul** · 10-22-2012, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by sepultribe

that's a good overclock but noone is going to care about it now

no prob, share only

**OC4/3** · 10-27-2012, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Zaxx

My E8400/Asus P45 rig is still humin' right along...@4.5GHz with 6GB of DDR2-1066, a 4850, and a Vertex 2 boot drive it's still a pretty quick rig. A lot of people would be amazed at what just an SSD upgrade can do for an older rig...maybe toss in some extra memory, install Win7 64bit and enjoy.

+1 still running DFI LP DK P45 T2RS+,E8600@4ghz(Ram issue),4x1GB Team Xtreem DDR 2 1066mhz CL5 D9GKX,Gigabyte GTX4601GB,320 Series 80GB as boot drive

**Gaul** · 04-14-2013, 05:15 AM

e8400 @ 5.22 GH on air

**Rob94hawk** · 05-05-2013, 08:41 PM

5.22 Ghz on air?! Is that for real?!

**Gaul** · 05-09-2013, 05:54 AM

@^ = yup, with archon sb-X2

**Rob94hawk** · 05-09-2013, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Gaul

@^ = yup, with archon sb-X2

Well done!

That's a badass heat sink! And I thought my True 120 was the bomb! lol Any mods to the cpu itself? Lapping? TIM?

What cpu temps?

**Gaul** · 05-09-2013, 03:25 PM

@^ = i'll make you tube when i got some time, btw here full load 4.8 GH with archon :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iZw7JIPM4A

**Rob94hawk** · 05-22-2013, 02:26 PM

Might have to get me one of those E8400's just for fun. Since I'm going to make my son build his new rig this would be good practice.

**Hughyhunter** · 10-25-2013, 08:42 PM

I thought I'd bring this thread back to life momentarily by saying that my E8400 has been overlocked at 4.05 ghz on a thermalright cooler for approximately 6 years now and is still running solidly strong and as fast as ever. BF4 comes out and it played the beta with two old 8800's in SLI. Upgraded the gpu to the GTX 760 and am anxious to see how it performs on a 2560x1440 monitor. Thought for a second that I'd try and grab a qx9650 on ebay but am now contemplating keeping the E8400 and really maxing it out (possibly 4.5 ghz daily use) as well as the 8 gb of DDR2 I have.

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