Quote Originally Posted by LedHed View Post
To the user above, 1.4V is an awful lot of voltage to only hit 4.0ghz (48C Full Load), I manage it at 1.23V (0.050V above stock). Using 1.4V almost doubles the temps, 45nm doesn't need that much.
Is that referring to me the E7xx series cannot be comapred voltage wise to the E8xx but for bang for the buck it's a far better cpu... I payed mine 100 euro's while an E8500 retails at 170 euros here.... Oc is ofcourse totally different as my E7400 doesn't go over 485FSB and needs more Vcore and hits higher temps...

compared to the E8500 which needed 1.18Vcore for 4ghz and 1.36 for 4.5Ghz ops max temp on air was 65°C with prime small FFT's... with the same cooler and mobo setup I need 1.31Vcore for 4ghz ops and temps already are around 60°c prime small FFT's... but it's 60 euro's less...and in games performs almost on par...

I just want to state again that it's far easier with the 10 multi to get to eg 4ghz and that it's crucial for max performance that he checks where his mobo changes strap ( and looses performance )