E8500 Arrived today :)

[I.L.P]

1st boot, straight in there at 500x8 for 4Ghz

http://millionuk.com/images/thumbs/3c2zlzct4mntmzj2kmmy.jpg (http://millionuk.com/gallery.php?entry=images/3c2zlzct4mntmzj2kmmy.jpg)

[scooter.jay]

nice should have my p5k premium + e8400 tomorrow :waiting:

[Stocky]

These chips are awesome - I want one! :)

Where did you source it from?

I'm looking forward to more results...

[I.L.P]

500 x 8.5 for some 4.25Ghz action!

http://millionuk.com/images/thumbs/mui50jmjvzmkzywmgjjw.jpg (http://millionuk.com/gallery.php?entry=images/mui50jmjvzmkzywmgjjw.jpg)

[I.L.P]

Got it from Scan stocky, still says pre-order cos they sold out their first supply all in one go lol, should have more soon.

[4Qman]

try FSB max please.

[I.L.P]

low VID too which seems to mean better overclocks from what i've been reading at XS forums.

[I.L.P]

FSB at 6x multi coming up!

[I.L.P]

540 FSB was max i could boot with which is deffo a chip limitation cos i know this board is good for 580 FSB atleast, but remember i'm on watercooling so FSB should be much better under phase / ln2 / dice.
i'm restricted to 1.7 PLL volts too which could be a limiting factor.

http://millionuk.com/images/thumbs/k5ymzgn0wtuj23oyirim.jpg (http://millionuk.com/gallery.php?entry=images/k5ymzgn0wtuj23oyirim.jpg)

[I.L.P]

500 x 9 is a no-go, looks like 4500mhz on water aint gonna happen for this chip.

still alot better than some people have been getting though so semi-lucky with this chip, knocks the pants off my E6850 on water anyway, good chip for the man who can't afford phase :D

[r1ch]

What vcore have you gone up to?

[I.L.P]

about 1.4 don't dare go any more, can't afford another if i kill this one :D

[I.L.P]

if anyone interested in numbers its...

SLAPK

Q745A554

purchased from Scan.

[weescott]

about 1.4 don't dare go any more, can't afford another if i kill this one :D

That's what RMA's are for. Needs more jiggawatts!

[I.L.P]

tried 1.5 but not much joy, this w/c loop is crap :(

[Margo Baggins]

thats cool, i want to get me one of these chips, but they are out everywhere :( just keep my eyes pealed i guess - i bet they kill it on some extreme cooling.

[I.L.P]

even on water i'm doing pretty good, got some pi and pifast runs in at 4465mhz.

http://millionuk.com/images/thumbs/ghmninn32j3gairjzjkz.jpg (http://millionuk.com/gallery.php?entry=images/ghmninn32j3gairjzjkz.jpg)

http://millionuk.com/images/thumbs/mznyjo2flzydwugjwmyw.jpg (http://millionuk.com/gallery.php?entry=images/mznyjo2flzydwugjwmyw.jpg)

[H4rdcore-HeaveN]

Some nice clocks there shame you cant get there 4.5ghz mark :)

[sparkY1000]

Very nice! Reckon you could tweak to sub 10 in pi1m?

[I.L.P]

if i knew what tweaks to use then sure, saw K404's guide but a bit long winded for me lol, would switching one of the CPU cores off yield a better overclock? cos spi aint threaded as far as i know :)

[I.L.P]

Some nice clocks there shame you cant get there 4.5ghz mark :)

it's my poor water rig, need a better pump + fuzion block methinks. only on a 10w MCP350 atm and swiftech apogee with bad lapping.

in a dilemma really, can afford to upgrade the pump + waterblock but really wanna save up for a little devil SS unit.