**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

[Zucker2k]

its hard to pin it down to that since ive been running the e6600 with that psu for along time with more volts than i was using with the e8500.

im going to rma the psu and see what happens from there

PSUs don't just blow out of the blue, there must be something really serious... like an overload? My bet is that the cpu had nothing to do it with it unless there was less juice in the psu to provide enough power for those overclocks in the first place; this is 45nm afterall.

this week i will have an abit IP35 mobo transcend axe 1200mhz memory and a 8400. you guys think this is a nice combination of my parts?hope i'll get the 4ghz. :d

I'd be worried about what version of bios comes on that IP35, if you are buying it new and have no older cpu at home.