FS : Core 2 Duo E8400 **excellent overclocker**

[Zhy]

FS : Core 2 Duo E8400 retail boxed. Bought new. It's 3 weeks old. It's a REALLY nice chip. Overclock to 4.2ghz with 1.29v. 4ghz with only 1.23v. The cpu have never seen higher than 1.3v. Low "VID" (1.2125v).

***overclock done with a Biostar Tpower P45 and proper air cooling, YMMV***

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1774/840042ghz1288vml9.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=840042ghz1288vml9.jpg)


Price : 170$ Shipped Canada Post Expedited (QC, ON)

Heatware : see signature

Trade : might consider a Q9450/Q9550 + $$$ (need quad core cpu for F@H)

Thanks

Simon

[Xjiegege]

c0 or e0?

[Zhy]

look @ the screenshot, C0

[xxgg]

FS : Core 2 Duo E8400 retail boxed. Bought new. It's 3 weeks old. It's a REALLY nice chip. Overclock to 4.2ghz with 1.29v. 4ghz with only 1.23v. The cpu have never seen higher than 1.3v. Low "VID" (1.2125v).

***overclock done with a Biostar Tpower P45 and proper air cooling, YMMV***

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1774/840042ghz1288vml9.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=840042ghz1288vml9.jpg)


Price : 170$ Shipped Canada Post Expedited (QC, ON)

Heatware : see signature

Trade : might consider a Q9450/Q9550 + $$$ (need quad core cpu for F@H)

Thanks

Simon

u want gpgpu for f@h.

[turtletrax]

Wow, that is a really nice chip ;)

[Efx]

Nice chip, but running stress test for 4 minutes does not = stable...

[nextexmex]

Nice chip, but running stress test for 4 minutes does not = stable...

if that is not stable for you get a default clocked chip then.

I have been oc cpus since p2 233 and most of the time if it runs thru a couple minutes of stress test it is stable enough for normal use.

You can always drop it a few mhz if problems occur later on -
or like i said go buy a faster clocked cpu and pay way more.

What you think intel and amd do ? they press a million chips and sell better ones at higher clock and worse ones at lower - they do not make a batch of 2ghz and 2.1ghz 3ghz 3.1ghz 3.3ghz etc....so basically pretty much every chip is factory overclocked :D

and what`s the deal with these vid card companies selling OC versions of their cards - that is a total scam - overclocking is a free bonus of buying quality hardware - not something you should be charged for. ( that`s my opinion anyway hey but at least they do not hide it like cpu manufacturers.. hehe )

[Zhy]

Nice chip, but running stress test for 4 minutes does not = stable...

I pushed it further during the night, happy ? :cheesygri

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8894/425ghz1288vsmallcz5.th.jpg (http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=425ghz1288vsmallcz5.jpg)

[Efx]

Is this a joke?

if that is not stable for you get a default clocked chip then.

I have been oc cpus since p2 233 and most of the time if it runs thru a couple minutes of stress test it is stable enough for normal use.

You can always drop it a few mhz if problems occur later on -
or like i said go buy a faster clocked cpu and pay way more.

[Zhy]

ttt

[Zhy]

pending

[Koslov]

I think your temp isn't calibrated. It should be 10C cooler.
I believe you need to put -5C in the Tjunction max offset in settings.

Check your temps with RealTemp you'll see what I mean
Good chip. I run my E8400 at 4050mhz at 1.30v

[balou911]

I pushed it further during the night, happy ? :cheesygri

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8894/425ghz1288vsmallcz5.th.jpg (http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=425ghz1288vsmallcz5.jpg)



hey man, something is wrong with both your +5v and +12v lines. they look to be way outta wack.....

[murdoc2k]

wow that OC looks really good. Hope you get a good buyer. I just got myself a E8500 xD

[nextexmex]

Is this a joke?


no joke - why?
speaking from 10+ years of experience of overclocking everything that has mhz ratings. lol i think my computers were overclocked long before OC became mainstream as i often had a hard time finding data on internet regarding OC . Now there are about a million overclocking sites ......

which part of the message is a joke to you? plz elaborate

[turtletrax]

I have OCed for years and when I first started there was very little as far as software for testing stability. I would run for months on end on an OC with no real idea if it was stable. Now with Prime 95, OCCT, Orthos, Linpack,LinX,IntelBurn Test a few minutes is not a really great indication of stability. All that being said I know Zhy quite well and I know he is not BSing.

If you think you are a few minutes stable and that is good enough try 20-40 loops of IntelBurn Test. Pounds a proc harder than anything I have ever seen and source code is what Intel bins with.

[nextexmex]

I have OCed for years and when I first started there was very little as far as software for testing stability. I would run for months on end on an OC with no real idea if it was stable. Now with Prime 95, OCCT, Orthos, Linpack,LinX,IntelBurn Test a few minutes is not a really great indication of stability. All that being said I know Zhy quite well and I know he is not BSing.

If you think you are a few minutes stable and that is good enough try 20-40 loops of IntelBurn Test. Pounds a proc harder than anything I have ever seen and source code is what Intel bins with.

see that`s the confusing thing i now have an opteron 2ghz running @ high 2.9X something (think 59c full load ) and it fails prime after about 3 minutes yet i play games watch movies and run my pc 24/7 - restart basically once a week and have never ever had any problems with running daily tasks ( movies games surfing tv etc etc ) Never froze on me or gave me da blue screen - yet it fails prime 95.. This is why i conclude that stability tests are in fact good indicator of stability - but also an overkill.

i also noticed that memory is usually to blame for the test failures not the cpu itself - back in the days ram could be pushed hard ! now im lucky to get 10-20% more oc on my OCZ chips.... and i refuse to drop the timings

[Zhy]

SOLD

thanks

[ca1n]

Thanks this is a GOLDEN cpu
runs under 1.39 v @ 4.4mhz and can get it stable @ 4.6 @ 1.45 v in all games prime ect.
:)