**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

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Ken_F wrote:

Is such variation normal between two chips from the same bin? Or did I not install my Ultra 120 Extreme correctly?

Same thing with mine, Ken, it's probably just a fault with a core diode not reading the low idle temps well. My first E8400 had core readings of 17C/34C at idle. I exchanged it for another one from the exact same batch and it's cores read 38C/38C at idle @ 4.0GHz... (but one core sometimes flickers down to 32C). But the new cpu with the higher idle temps shows lower load core temps of 50C, while the old cpu got to 60C under load with the exact same settings? I just ignore temps now and don't exceed the 1.365v recommended by Intel @ 4.005MHz and all is well.

With regards to VTT (FSB Term), isn't the maximum voltage 1.115v? I have mine set to 1.1v and my E8400 o/c's to 4.0GHZ stable as a rock. Putting 1.4v or 1.6v through these tiny circuits is cruel and unusual punishment!