**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

[bigwill68]

Ok here are my specs , Q829A on the E8400 , and you guys will prob laugh but Im all on air !

GA-EP45-DS3L
2x1gb Corsair DHX 800 C5 @ 1066 5-5-5-18 2.1v
HD4850 @ 725 /1187
E8400 1.392v 4530mhz @ 533 fsb(2132) 1:1 idle 34/37 orthos 54/58
13,970 3d06 , 10s superpi 1mb 10min 32mb
Antec 300
Antec Trio 650 psu
Xigmatek HDT-924 w / Dual 92mm 60cfm brushless fans.
Accelero S1v2 w /dual 110 72cfm brushless fans

Believe me it is'nt that bad bein on air as long as the Temp in the house stays cool..In the summer..i keep my house central air at 69c all summer long but my rig is sitting under a air vent so my two 120mm's blue Led's are sucking in the central air the volts on your cpu is kinda high..I guess it will be on a gigabyth board but there boards have VDrops..I got mine at 1.350 in the bios but it dropped to 1.312 sometimes 1.280 oc'd 3.3ghz that's all...Is that a CO or a EO stepping you got? try not shot and hold to much volts to your cpu 24/7.i would'en like to see you run back to the store buy another..I know the E8400 is rated at 1.362v max

nefariouscaine Wrote:

I've been confused so far - I've had the pleasure of owning 2 E8500 (one C0 and 1 E0) and 1 C0 E8400 - plus my current e8600

And not one of those chips would even think about being stable at 4.5ghz - I tried up to 1.45v and to no avail - its not an issue of FSB by any means

All kinds of people are hitting 4.5ghz on much lower voltages and I'm not even stable at higher .... ???

am I just unlucky ?

@nefariouscaine

I'm pretty sure the link below will help you out if you hav'en been there already
Asus P5Q Deluxe Discussion

Good Luck

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...89437&page=187