I NEED SOME ADVICE E8400, P5B-D

[troy5061]

Hi all

Im new here and just want to say hi to everyone, but I also have a few questions and need some advice. I just received my E8400 and new ram PC 2 8500 kingston hyper x, and I have gotten it up to 4.0ghz using a 445x9 setup and 1.35v core and it seems to run fine I have not prime95 tested it yet on my Asus P5B-Deluxe.

Voltage? whats the max voltage for this cpu I really dont want to fry it ive heard 1.3625 and 1.45<----which seems way to high anyway as I am happy with 4.0ghz.

Temps? Its idleing around 45C-50C and load is around 65C-72C in coretemp with my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is this normal? seems kinda high my old E6600 was this high at 3.2Ghz with stock cooling, around 21C idle and 45C max load with the ACF cooler. Asus pc probe shows temps about 10C cooler respectively.

Motherboards? Probably my biggest dilemma.... I currently have my P5B-D running my rig but it broke about a month ago and I RMAed it through Asus in the mean time I bought a Asus P5N-E, Which one do you think I should run, I don't have SLI at least yet and I dont know if im going to run it as 1 8800gt is great I guess my goal is just 4.0ghz and stablility Ive heard the Northbridges on the P5N-E dont like high OCs so which one would you guys use and which one would you sell or shelf.

 

[troy5061]

Thank you for any help in advance.

 

[Mondoman]

... I just received my E8400 and new ram PC 2 8500 kingston hyper x, and I have gotten it up to 4.0ghz using a 445x9 setup and 1.35v core and it seems to run fine I have not prime95 tested it yet on my Asus P5B-Deluxe.

Good job! Don't forget to run memtest86+ first.

...Voltage? whats the max voltage for this cpu I really dont want to fry it ive heard 1.3625 and 1.45

Technically, the max voltage for your CPU is whatever the VID built into the chip says (CoreTemp will report the VID value on its main display screen). Intel says the maximum VID for an e8400 is 1.3625. Intel says the "absolute maximum" voltage for an e8400 is 1.45V and that the chip will almost certainly be damaged above that value.

 

[troy5061]

Thank you for the info. I ran memtest for about 2 hours last night with 0 errors, and prime95 for about 3 so I would say its pretty stable....over the next few nights im going to let them run overnight.

Anyone have any ideas on the P5N-E hitting 4GHz or will the northbridge be like a jet engine.

 

[bbtennis1]

Troy...

Did you get a new P5B-D from Asus? If you did, what are your settings for your OC w/ the E8400... thx

 

[mattyboyywonder]

idk the load temps seem a bit high for my liking. Intel's thermal specification is 72C so up close to that and a little pass may not be the best

 

[RJR]

You two guys/gals (whatever) are responding and asking questions to a thread that is a YEAR old.

May not get a response.