**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

[stasio]

Good overclocking Guide for E8400 is HERE

[zakelwe]

Seems like an awesome cpu Andy!

My 8500 will probably here tommorrow so my 8400 can retire.

Thanks Zeus, I will keep my fingers crossed that you get an exceptional E8500 after your luck with the E8400. Same goes to MrCape and others who were unlucky first time.

It seems odd talking about bad luck when people are hitting well over 4GHz and not being happy, Intel really delivered with 45nm You can tell the process is good when the standard heatsink is only half the height of the one for 65nm.....

Eventually I got the chip above 4.6 but the stock heatsink (stock off the 65nm X6800 that is ) I am using as a temporary one could not really handle it.

Anyhow managed 4500Mhz for 3dmark rock solid at 1.5v.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9326402

I will see how it goes with the tuniq on it, I will be happy with this though especially as it will be going on a 780i eventually for SLI and I expect 475 to about the upper limit anyway, if not less.

Regards

Andy

[GLENBOY]

For Maximus 2.0.b.16h PLL ICS9LPRS918BKL (919BKL fine as wel i thought).

Testing max FSB of me E8500. 32M time is horrible, slow mem, no tweaks and apps running. FSB not too bad though

thanks loco

[aoch88]

Can anyone share the reported temps on their motherboard if it is showing correctly?

[Zeus]

I just came home only to find a note from mr Postman telling me i just missed him.

Why do these guys always come late except for when you're a little late yourself?

The last time i waited all day long for my EK waterblock when it was delivered at 19:00 on a saturday!

Now i was home at half past 12 and missed him...oh well.

Have to wait another day, let's hope it's worth the wait but from observations i have a feeling that all E8500's do 4GHz stable at below 1.3Vcore.

Another observation is that Q748 and Q750 E8400's are the worst clockers but if the topicstarter could make a nice spreadsheet we can see that in a glimpse.

Anyone already noticed degration of his Wolfdale yet?

[Demon^]

Another observation is that Q748 and Q750 E8400's are the worst clockers but if the topicstarter could make a nice spreadsheet we can see that in a glimpse.

What about the Q746's?

Mangaed to get mine to 4Ghz but only on an 8x multi

Demon^

[X.T.R.E.M.E_ICE]

What about the Q746's?

Mangaed to get mine to 4Ghz but only on an 8x multi

Demon^

my Q746 does 4GHz prime95 stable at 1.200v

[Demon^]

my Q746 does 4GHz prime95 stable at 1.200v

It has to be my board then - Asus P5N32-E SLI with Beta 1302 BIOS with 2GB Ballistix 5300.

Demon^

[Zeus]

What about the Q746's?

Mangaed to get mine to 4Ghz but only on an 8x multi

Demon^

Q746 is quite a mixed bag with some average but also plenty of very good ones.

Week 40 and 45 seem to be best.

[Demon^]

Q746A495 I have.

Demon^

[X.T.R.E.M.E_ICE]

Q746A495 I have.

Demon^

mine is Q746A474

[ztop]

mine is Q746A474

4GHz prime95 stable at 1.200v on air? wich pack date?
thanks

[X.T.R.E.M.E_ICE]

4GHz prime95 stable at 1.200v on air? wich pack date?
thanks

01/07/2008

[AriciU]

I've noticed that Wolfies that require lowish voltages to get stable at 4-4.4ghz don't clock as high as those that need more voltage to get them stable at the same frequency's for some reason.

[Ad1tya]

Q746A477 Stepping...

VID : 1.0375v

4.2 Ghz @ 1.34 Prime Load...


4.2 Ghz @ 1.34 Prime Load... 15 mins screenshot, completed 1 hour, and I accidently shut it off. Bleh. More than stable enough for me.


Im trying for 4.3-4.5Ghz for 24/7.

My current stable 24/7 is already 4.2Ghz @ 1.34

Watercooled (Specs in Sig), Quad Nozzle still in the Dtek, will change it to the 5mm Nozzle tonight. (Its 7.30pm here :P)
Bad temp's are most due to a bad mount, and surely due to the Quad Nozzle on the Dtek.

Ambients : 22-23C

[Chri$ch]

are you sure that this is the right vid?

boot up with default settings without EIST / C1E and check it again. CoreTemp read
often wrong VIDs

But nice clock and good voltage

i wait for a better bios to clock higher, my DFI cant do more than 510FSB stable
with wolfdale (with conroe 540FSB with def. NB voltage)

Regards
Chris

[Ad1tya]

^^ K, Ill check it out .

[ante_ante]

Just got my E8400 today. Q744A761 and on the box VID is 1.225V and Coretemp reads 1.1125

[zakelwe]

Anyone already noticed degration of his Wolfdale yet?

Yes, I got home yesterday to find mine was busily downloading nude pictures of women rather than doing Prime.....

It's been severely chastised.

Regards

Andy

[GOESA]

Just got my E8400 today. Q744A761 and on the box VID is 1.225V and Coretemp reads 1.1125

I just sold mine with that stepping, not even prime @ 4ghz with 1.45v

/Grau

[Zeus]

Yes, I got home yesterday to find mine was busily downloading nude pictures of women rather than doing Prime.....

It's been severely chastised.

Regards

Andy

Man, that one got out of line!

Did you punish it with some extra volts?

You really need to show it who's the boss or else your harddisk will be filled with pics of naked men before you know it!

[Viss]

And you should be chasing that mailman, looking forward to your results hope you get a good one

[GLENBOY]

And you should be chasing that mailman, looking forward to your results hope you get a good one

bit off topic loco but whats the bottom slider for on setfsb thanks

[emoners]

ey guys, are your CoreTemps showing accurate temps? just noticed that my temps aren't moving...

[Infa]

Got Q745A554, Doin 4ghz at 1.25, and 4.2 seems ok with 1.42.
VID 1.0500, E8500.

The board cant handle the FSB it seems, 500 is max boot into windows, 550 can post without problem... BOARD ISSUE!