Intel C2D E8600 E0 First Look and Biostar P45 OC 612MHz on Air!!!

[windwithme]

right E8600 E0,left E8400 C0


DRAM
CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF


BIOSTAR TPOWER I45




The lower left of the board
2 x PCI-E X16(Support ATI CrossFire technology, run on X8+X8 speed.)
2 x PCI-E X1
2 x PCI
1 x Floppy


The lower right:
6 X SATAII(ICH10R)
1 x IDE
Power/Reset


The upper right:
4 x DIMM DDR2,667/800/1066
24Pin


The upper left:


IO
2 x eSATA,Marvell 88SE6121
6 x USB 2.0


PCI-E Jump





P45



BIOS
O.N.E
CPU 100~800Mhz
DDR2 667/800/833/1000/1110/1333
MEMORY TEST


DRAM


Clock Gen


CPU Voltage -0.200~+1.300V
DDR Voltage +0.05~+1.850V
Chipset Voltage +0.025~+0.700V
FSB Voltage +0.025~+0.750V
CPU PLL Voltage 1.5~1.8V


CPU


Hardware Health






The test bed
CPU: INTEL Core 2 Duo E8400/E8600 & Quad Q6600/QX9650
MB: BIOSTAR TPOWER I45
DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF
VGA: GAINWARD BLISS 9800GTX 512MB
HD: Seagate 7200.10 320G
POWER: Corsair HX620W Modular Power Supply
Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp VP


TPOWER2









E8600
CPU/DRAM=>500/1200
4000Mhz,1232V,2 x SP2004



CPU/DRAM=>500/1200
4500Mhz,1.416V,2 x SUPER PI 32M


471.5X10=>4715Mhz,1.484V
SUPER PI 8M+CPUMARK99




DRAM
500/1200 CL5 5-5-15,2.320V
2 x SP2004 BLEND


DDR2 1200 CL4 4-4-9
EVEREST


DDR2 1272 CL5 5-5-15
EVEREST



E8600 E0+BIOSTAR P45 about 580~590Mhz
use E8400 for test

606Mhz SUPER PI 4M


612Mhz SUPER PI 1M



BIOSTAR TPOWER I45
Performance ★★★★★★★★★☆
Component use ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Appearance ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
C/P ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆



Update 6/16









CPU: INTEL Core 2 Duo E8400 & Quad QX9650
MB: BIOSTAR TPOWER I45
DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF
VGA: GAINWARD BLISS 9800GTX 512MB
HD: WD 6400AAKS 640GB
POWER: Corsair HX620W Modular Power Supply
Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp VP


E8400
618.6Mhz Super PI 8M


624.3Mhz Super PI 1M


CPU-Z 625.55Mhz
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=374787



QX9650 500Mhz 4XSuper PI 32M


517Mhz Super PI 1M


Biostar TPOWER I45 about 160~170 USD
thanks

[hiwa]

wow really nice cpu and very good fsb we have to change our commando and get this mobo

[zsamz_]

real nice Windwithme been waitin for the e8600
that biostar board lookin real good too

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Thanks for the review. That's a very nice FSB wall. How's the vDroop? And did you have a chance to play around with the PCI-e jumpers? I haven't seen anything like that in forever. Reminds me of old school OCing in the late 90s.

Oh, I have to ask, what type of camera do you use? Those pictures are incredible.

[windwithme]

Thanks for the review. That's a very nice FSB wall. How's the vDroop? And did you have a chance to play around with the PCI-e jumpers? I haven't seen anything like that in forever. Reminds me of old school OCing in the late 90s.

Oh, I have to ask, what type of camera do you use? Those pictures are incredible.

I use NIKON D80

[mrcape]

Nice. However, is there any major difference between these parts and a DFI UT P35 or Commando with a top notch e8400? I can the the same out of mine since January.

Not trying to be negative, the board looks awesome, especially the price. But I want to go to e8600 / P45 only if it's a performance jump, or able to run the same high clocks with very low, stable voltage..

[quake6]

4.7ghz @ 1.5v awesome... Keep it up,nice work,like always

[Pt1t]

windwithme , Nice Board and E8600

[Richard Dower]

I love those little glass animals you use in your reviews.

[Leeghoofd]

windwithme , Nice Board and E8600

Your turn now Pt1t, think you or Cornerjack got some E8600 ES too...

[Monstru]

Nice to know that E8600 is finally closing in

[Hyperhorn]

E8600 comes and Commando will retire then
I guess not, but will there be a Xeon-Version (like E3110 - E8400)?

[dinos22]

E8600 EeEEEEEK

[M3kk]

I want that CPU + MB Combo .

[***Deimos***]

Meh,

all your bases will belong to Intel when Bloomfield tears you a new one when you see its SP1M scores.

Ofcourse, if you don't care about 4/6 core behemoths, E8400/E3110 Wolfdale is like the most amazing Intel price/performance super overclocking CPU since E4300. Too bad Intel isn't making more chips on lower FSB so that we can have higher multiplier (aka E7200.. but with all the cache).

[Loser777]

Wow, that's pretty crazy...
Let's hope it's this good with the Quads...

[bonzo_catalin]

Few colours on that PCB Christmas mobo .

[SeLecT]

Nice test!

I like the biostar! It cuold be my next board!

[Kovsk]

I love this Board

[zfactor]

wow very nice i think the p45 will be a really nice board.. and that e8600 ... where do i get one...lol....

[Movieman]

I use NIKON D80

Beautiful photography.

[RealTelstar]

Whats the max freq that u can attain at 1.3v for this cpu?

[Viss]

Great gear and pics as always WWM. Thanks for posting.

[4Qman]

Very impressive.

[metro.cl]

Forget the mobo, E8600!!!! new WR will fall soon