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my 8400 is at 4.05 air cooled, i can run 4.3 but i need like 1.4+ volts, im at 1.36 volts right now, with 30-35c idle temps;zalman 9700 hsf...
edit: p35 pro mobo
dont let the 2 extra cores fool you, im an everyday gamer, play css, farcry, crysis, bf2, cod4 blahblahblah and i just sold my q6600 for an e8400 and theirs such a big difference.. we'll for me their was becuase my q6600 was a B3 stepping and would only oc to 3.0.. i got my 8400 at 4.0 right now...
yes, but overall the game feels smoother. before in a deathmatch with 18 people it felt all sluggish and i hit 70-90 fps. now it hasn't gone below 140, and runs smooth as silk.
why would he do that? that's an advantage of having a dualcore, it oc's higher.
i just sold my q6600 (crappy B3 stepping only oc'd to 3.0)(40-45c idle/ 1.4 volts) and bought an e8400 and oc'd to 4.0 right now with 1.35 volts and 34/28c temps..noticed a pretty big fps difference in cs:s( but...
just got my e8400 into today with my abit ip35pro
this isn't proof or anything much, just wanted to see 4.0 before i go to bed(work tomorrow)
tomorrow after work, il run prime95 for a few hours and make sure everythings stable, don't even have my ac on either, and my room is like 75...
il get whatever is fasest and best for gaming, but i'm just not gonna wait 5 years for amd to release their new stuff..
keep waiting darkstar says, yeah go ahead, keep waiting.:D
no need for 4 gigs of ram, and dont waste ur money on the 9800 gtx.
edit: learn from my mistakes, i also purchased 4 gigs of ram and an 8800 gtx, about 6 months ago when i built my entire pc.
2/4 gigs made no difference in any games, i played crysis, css, farcry, cod4, ect ect. i just sold...
i ordered from buy.com, had a deal where u get 10 bux knocked off if you just sign up at some other website, shopper discounts or somthing, so i just simply made an account, username password email addy, get my 10 bux knocked off(gave me a code) then a month later i get a OVERDRAFT fee in the...
my q6600 stock, and 8800 gtx, got me like 70-150 fps in a css deathmatch, but once i oc'd to 3.0, which was super easy and i could go further, but 3.0 is perfect, dont have to worry about it being unstable or any of that. but once i got it to 3.0, i was then getting 120-300 fps in that same css...