So i bought an e8400 yesterday at a premium price, had i waited a few more hours i would have saved a $40. Okay fine, i was an idiot and i rushed, so i can deal with that. So i get it home and put it under water, and run a few test and i'm absolutely horrified to find i have a chip from the worst wolfdale batches yet... a q748
so now i tried to see what i could do with it and this is at follows:
stock voltage : 3.2ghz
1.31v : 3.7ghz
1.408v : 4ghz
not too mention the temps seem crazy: 70degrees under water (and not low end water either) (i even did three mounts to be sure), perhaps in addition to a crap batch, i might have gotten one with a concave base (will check when i get home)... Would that just be swell. All i can do is hope the chip fries and wait three weeks before exchanging it when new batches are coming in. Maybe i can try sell it and just get me a e8200.
So i got it stable now at 4ghz at an insane voltage
vcore 1.424 (vdroop 0.16), all other voltages at default!
One good thing is that during all my testing, i didnt get a single blue screen or failure to post with the mobo, I had it up to 520 no problem. The machine boots into windows everytime no matter the voltage but it just isnt prime stable. Below is my pathetic OC attempt. Sorry my post is a bit annoyed but you can imagine how i feel.
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