Core 2 Duo E8400

Forum discussion tagged with Core 2 Duo E8400.
  1. Sammy_UwU

    Question I want to overclock my old core 2 duo, but I need help find a proper bios to do it

    I need help getting a bios that has the right settings that allow me to overclock my cpu, I have a foxconn g33m02 board I got out of a dell vostro 530s. It has Phoenix Award BIOS version 1.0.15 on it and I know there's other versions of that bios that have settings for overclocking. I either...
  2. VishalVV

    Question Virtualization enabled in BIOS, but I can't enable Hyper-V as I don't have SLAT. Can I enable it without SLAT? [NOT SOLVED YET]

    Hey there, my Virtualization is enabled in BIOS, • I have a Core 2 Duo E8400 • Have 4GB RAM • (edit) Dell Precision T3400 • (edit) BIOS Revision A09 • Have an old af pc and want to run emulator stuff with Hyper-V but I can't enable Hyper-V as I don't have SLAT. Can I enable it without SLAT...
  3. General95

    Question CPU High temp issues

    CPU : Core 2 Duo E8400 New and only had used for 4 months Yesterday while i was playing a game (Counter Strike Source, Run fast 60fps usually) my CPU FAN stopped spinning which cussed a high temp, like more then 90C ! and it took me 2-3 minutes to SHUTDOWN the PC, i cleaned the case and the...
  4. ethan hunt

    [SOLVED] PC won't start after installing a GT 710 ?

    Hey Guys, My PC wont start after I attach GT 710 to the motherboard. The CPU Fan wont even spin let alone Bios and all. I have a Gigabyte GT 710 DDR5 , My PC is running fine without it but i just want to see HD movies on my computer as we're stuck with Lockdown in Pandemic. anyways, so my PC is...
  5. NikaTGR

    [SOLVED] Undervolting Core 2 Duo E8400

    So as you saw from title I need to undervolt my CPU (Core 2 Duo E8400). Minimum core voltage of it is 0.85V, 2 Cores 3.0 GHz, TDP 65w. So I want to know will it run if I won't change core speeds or do I have to lower it. If so I would like to know the speed I should use.
  6. A

    [SOLVED] Will a Core 2 Duo E8400 bottleneck AMD Radeon R9 280?

    I am upgrading my 10 years old pc. I'm severely tight on budget. My old system spec is - CPU: Pentium Dual Core E5700 Motherboard: Asus P5-G41 TM LX GPU: Radeon HD 5450 RAM: 2 GB I have bought a Core 2 Duo E8400 for mere 6 dollars in my country. I am planning to buy a used 1/2 GB RAM with...
  7. M

    Question About selecting gpu.

    hello, I have a pc(Core 2 duo e8400,3gb ram hdd 160 gb) and i wanted to buy a gpu and i wanted an advice from you that (Amd radeon hd 8490 1gb) is good for gaming for this system and what type of games can be run on it with this gpu Thank you!!
  8. T

    Question E8400 in retro build...won't overclock

    Hi all. Got this retro build for some old games I picked up at a charity sale. Changed cpu 3.00ghz clock speed in bios to 3.1 to test. Pc does not post on first attempt then after 2nd time does boot into Windows but clock setting is ignored. Any ideas? No other settings changed. Would have...
  9. G

    Can't boot Windows after trying to uninstall Windows 10 update! Halp!

    After Windows 10 doing the old goody and auto installing some update I took it upon myself to uninstall it using the simple default procedure (going to updates and click uninstall) the uninstall restarted my pc and got stuck (waited 9 hours) now I cant boot windows nor get into my BIOS as all it...