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get rid of my Q8200 for E8400?
- Thread starter tanderson
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Yeah agreed not the ram
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I believed it is the board. P35 does not play well with quad.
http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=6324450&postcount=221
http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=6324450&postcount=221
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Yeah sounds like your board will play better with the E8400.Its just weird i never had any problems with my P35 boards and quads.But that was with mostly Q6600's I think.Which i had 3 of.Im almost sure i had the Q9400 on a P35 but it may have been my ASUS P5E X38
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yeah, and as of now it seems like my board is doing well with the overclock need better ram but have that coming in a couple days. so i think that would help. but also im almost at my max vcore so maybe that will restrict me soon if i were to keep this chip. but im hoping the E8400 does better for me!
and do you happen to know if my board will run crossfire i only have 1 pcie x16 so im assuming not?
and do you happen to know if my board will run crossfire i only have 1 pcie x16 so im assuming not?
Person 1: No its not the ram.
Person 2: No its not the ram.
Person 3: No its not the ram.
Tandserson: Im got new ram on teh way..
But in all seriousness, 1066 ram will get you where you need to go with that dual most of us also reccomended against.
Person 2: No its not the ram.
Person 3: No its not the ram.
Tandserson: Im got new ram on teh way..
But in all seriousness, 1066 ram will get you where you need to go with that dual most of us also reccomended against.
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hah so the 1066 ram is good, but you dont think the E8400 is going to be better for me than the Q8200. eh. i feel it will be used more efficiently. i am almost done using dreamweaver for the class and dont plan on doing much outside of class using dreamweaver as of now. so if i really need to, i can go back and get a quad in the near future. but from what ive read the E8400 jsut seems more solid to me and i cant get my quad up much higher especially since im almost at the max vcore.
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I went from a Q6600 to a E8400 on my Asus P5K P35 mobo just for higher overclocking. I really didn't notice any gaming improvement and I really don't remember what my fps were before the switch. I was overclocked to 3.6 GHz on the Q6600 and can't get past 4.1 GHz on my E8400 C0 so make sure you get a E0 stepping for higher OC.
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Asus P5K P35 mobo loved my Q6600.
I would have went with earthdogs suggestion and kept the quad also.
I would have went with earthdogs suggestion and kept the quad also.
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I hope it works out for you.I never liked duals once i had a quad.I still had that urge for more GHZ and went back to duals a few times but always within a few weeks id go back to my Quads. I can tell you id take a Quad at 3.2 to 3.6ghz over a 4ghz dual core any day.Now if they could make a dual core i7 that might change
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If you found a good board like a decent P45.I alomst guarantee you would hit 3.4ghz with that Q8200.
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its not the ram... again. ive OCed a quad on a p35 before no problemo.. almost. THAT problem was because of my friends 667 MHz ram. stupid ram..... please use better spelling
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ya i like the P45-UD3P boards, but idk if itll squeeze in my case its about an inch longer i believe than the one i have and doesnt look like i have an inch to spare. and not sure what kind of case it is either. but i do like that board and wouldnt mind it
