E8600 vs E8500

[zsamz_]

Originally Posted by headsh0t

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its a commin

[JMCD]

Originally Posted by Andy

You're options have been pretty much covered, but for what it's worth I've been running an 8500 for a year or so. I was able to hit 4.3 on air (noctua, dfi board), it probably has more in it, but I haven't had a reason or the time to try.

Yeah I hit about 4.2 on my E8500, but wasn't stable. Pretty sure it was the nvidia board holding me back. Used an E8400 in a buddy's pc, gigabyte board. Overclocked it higher on less volts. Could've been the board, who knows.

[shayan288]

its probably the board, jcmd. I could barely get my q9550 to 3.8 stable on my 780i, but then i got the ud3p and i can get the q9550 to 4.3 at a much lower vcore (1.28) (780i used 1.38) stable.

[zsamz_]

Originally Posted by shayan288

its probably the board, jcmd. I could barely get my q9550 to 3.8 stable on my 780i, but then i got the ud3p and i can get the q9550 to 4.3 at a much lower vcore (1.28) (780i used 1.38) stable.

thats normal
all nvidia chipsets need more vcore and cant come close to the ud3X in quad clocking

[JMCD]

Originally Posted by shayan288

its probably the board, jcmd. I could barely get my q9550 to 3.8 stable on my 780i, but then i got the ud3p and i can get the q9550 to 4.3 at a much lower vcore (1.28) (780i used 1.38) stable.

Wouldn't surprise me. Although, the 790i's look decent compared to 780i.

[zsamz_]

Originally Posted by JMCD

Wouldn't surprise me. Although, the 790i's look decent compared to 780i.

only better thing with 790i is higher fsb but still needs alot more vcore

[rjbarker]

Can't get my E8400 to get through a 3dMK06 run at 4.2 Ghz...for the life of me....780i Board!!!
Could be the SLI arrangement though I suppose...

[Silvgearx]

neither, those are things of the PAST.

Time to wait for 32nm dual or I5 Quad all the way