Tested a retail E8500 today, Air Cooled for now

Setup:
- E8500 Q743A798
- TuniqTower 120
- Asus Maximus Extreme
- Cellshosck 1800 7-6-5-18
- 2 stock 2900XT CF 880-990 - PCIe @ 140Mhz
- Silverstone 1200W

First a sub-10 SuperPi 1M Air cooled



Don't like the temperatures, but they seems common with the new 45nm dual cores


Second, 3D Mark 2005 - 30K easy




Third, of course, my favorite game



87K all Air Cooled


I may try this CPU on the cascade, but I dont have many hopes since in this X38 mobo seems to top at 530Mhz with 8.5 multiplier air cooled, in cascade my gain +/-40Mhz FSB but is not enought

Maybe my P35 board - Foxconn Mars - will give higger FSB