e8600 overclocking thread

[b0redom]

Hi,
Anyone else have an E8600? What sort of overclocks are you getting? Mine seems stable at 4.25Ghz using the retail cooler and all other settings at stock /auto.

I was going to watercool it, but there doesn't seem much point - I may upgrade the cooler to a better air one, but it seems almost silent as is. I'll report more when I've had a chance to play with the RAM settings etc.

[Zhaoman]

Wow 4.25 using stock cooler? Bloody hell that's impressive! What are temps like?

[b0redom]

~ 59 degrees. It probably will go higher - Vista collapses at 4.3Ghz, but I don't have time to start playing with voltages at the moment and quite frankly - really is there any point? ;-)

I'll slap on a new cooler when I get the chance and see if that makes any difference.

[Noxvayl]

4.25Ghz is madness specially for stock cooler with everything else on auto... I need one of these.

I'm waiting for the i7 to come out later this year then you'll find plenty of people flogging there E8X00/Q9450's on ebay. Hopefully I can find a cheap one

[shrek101]

wow thats impressive with stock cooler too

[b0redom]

Am I really the only person with an E8600 on Hexus?

[staffsMike]

Well they are very new, and a little pricey compared to similar chips.

[Mithrandir]

[QUOTE=b0redom;1499834]Am I really the only person with an E8600 on Hexus?[/QUOTE


Probably! Very nice OC too.

[shrek101]

I am still toying with getting one or a Quad but lower speed

I cant decide on what to get for me new rig. I dont want to cock it up

[SiM]

The auto setting overvolts quite a lot so I would take that off asap and manually tune the volts

[merdat]

Thats a good oc on stock cooler etc but as SIM says go to manual setting for volts especially if you are intending to go higher. Looks like a good offering from INTEL ( E0 stepping - also coming out on 8400/8500 soon) . You will be one of the first to have one here atm . Some guys elsewhere are getting them to 4.4--- 5 but in a lot of cases the v core is far to high for the 45 wafer. Looks like a great chip though , have fun with it .

[tri-sli]

Hello,

I've recently got my E8600 but cant seem to get stable past 4Ghz however, the vcore for my o/c is only 1.25v which I cant complain about.

What vcore is your motherboard giving your cpu at auto? I think 4.6Ghz is managable with a vcore of 1.45 but not sure whether its worth it.

[NovaSphere]

wow nice!

I'm getting the E8400, I hope it can reach ~3.6Ghz on the stock cooler without to much temperature rise =p Than I would be happy ^_^

Anyhow, nice job, even that on stock cooler ;f

[tri-sli]

only thing is.... im watercooling, I werent expecting the chip to run that fast on a tiny vcore! i've come from using a q6600 in the cook-master cosmos 1000 case which was bloody hot!

Need to get the most out of this chip!

[moogle]

If only the quads could clock this good

[tri-sli]

If only the quads could clock this good

im sure you can get a decent overclock on your Q9550?