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this thing overclocks effortlessly When I have time I'll see what it can do with an aftermarket CPU cooler. For now it is doing well with the OEM c2d cooler.

nice! especially for a core2quad!

I have a Vapochill just hanging out in case I need to do some serious cooling.:D

Ah ok I'll check it out later. I will probably wait until I get my new PSU and a good CPU heatsink before doing extensive testing. My PC&P 750W Silencer and TRUE are doing their duties on the i7 build at the moment, which is crunching at 100% for World Community Grid 24/7.

Not sure what a VID is. Can you explain what it is to me? As for 5 GHz, that's my goal. I hit 4.68 GHz on my old C0-stepping E8400, so I figure this E0-stepping E8500 will be a little better at clocking. I will see what is possible later on when I have time. Right now I'm getting my last...

I'm not sure what I want to do with it. I may replace the TRUE on my i7 with a copper TRUE or something else and pass it down to the E8500. Right now I'm looking at a prolimatech megalems (not sure if I spelled it right) that goes for about 60 bucks.

yeah that's what I plan to do when running benchmarks or playing games that benefit from crossfire.

I picked up an ASUS P5Q Pro mobo for 70 bucks+ shipping, some G.Skill DDR21066 for about 32 shipped and an E8500 from a jevery, a good guy on here, for 100 shipped. As the story goes, I have 3 HD3870's laying around, so I put one of them in for now (later I will get another good PSU and run a...

1.35 vcore should be good for what you have. I left all my settings on auto other than the vcore and the ram voltage to get 191x21 24/7 stable overclock. I run 1.35 vcore and leave the machine crunching 24/7 at 100% CPU usage

The stock voltages will only allow you to overclock a little bit. You will have to increase some of the voltages if you want to do some serious overclocking.

i got the superclocked one for 150 shipped and the other one for 112 shipped. I run both of them at the clock speed of the superclocked one (756MHz) on a daily basis.

If I remember correctly they were around 760. I'm really happy with the results of these old, outdated cards for sure. Since I've been in school I try to build systems with budget in mind. I guess it's part of being trained as an engineer to always look for the cheapest way to get the job...

thanks! It's one of my few hobbies while I'm finishing up school. I graduate May 16th so I'll be able to get to work soon (and have real money to spend on my toys)!

I think AMD's new stuff is very promising. I can't wait to get my hands on one to do some testing.

I have an i7, but I also have extra RAM, PSU, mobo, video cards, etc... laying around. I just have no good LGA775 CPU anymore to use, that is until I get my newly purchased E8500. IMO 100 is a pretty nice price, especially considering the potential of this chip.

I was trying to take the top spot yesterday with my 3 HD3870's, but it seems like only two of them would run in crossfire. I'm pretty sure 3 of these cards can run in CF, but I'm not sure if my mobo can do it or how to get it working yet.

werd with a decent CPU cooler I hear the 940 can get stable 4 GHz clocks.

a pair of GTX295's or 4870X2's

I wouldn't get the rosewill PSU, as you can get a good one for around the same price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703017

I managed to get a lil bit more out of my rig with some fine tuning. I was shooting for 26k but I need to finish up some school work before class.