Right, so I have a P43 with this E8400. The max FSB is 420 (lol) which I believe is about 3.6 to 3.8ghz. Will it really show a boost?
I do have an aftermarket cooler, usually 40c on idle.
not really but it does help
40C is quite high for an aftermarket cooler. I am running at ~27C on my Athlon 7850 with a stock cooler, and Intel usually runs cooler than AMD. I would reapply some thermal paste if I were you, or up your fan speeds.
[QUOTE=its shortie;18131691]40C is quite high for an aftermarket cooler. I am running at ~27C on my Athlon 7850 with a stock cooler, and Intel usually runs cooler than AMD. I would reapply some thermal paste if I were you, or up your fan speeds.[/QUOTE]
No. Idle temps mean nothing. It could be 10c lower or higher.
[quote]TJ Max is an inherently unreliable and inaccurate method of measuring idle/low temperatures. Due to the way it was designed, the readings are so inaccurate under 50C that Intel says they can only be read as a number temperature below 50C. As the temperature approaches TJ Max, the precision increases and at TJ Max the temperature is considered to be 100% accurate. Because of this error at low temperatures, sub-ambient temperature/very high readings are sometimes given for idle temperatures. With the TJ Max method, your idle temperatures have no accuracy and therefore should be ignored. Under load, the temperatures become much more accurate and should be very carefully monitored.
A good example of the inaccuracy can be shown on the Q6600 (G0) with a TJ Max of 90C. At 90C, it is perfectly accurate, but at 50C is becomes as accurate as plus or minus 10. Below 50C, the error grows even larger to the extent of plus or minus 30. Notice that after TJ Max has been reached nothing can be said about temperatures accuracy or inaccuracy.[/quote]
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[QUOTE=dumdydum;18131919]No. Idle temps mean nothing. It could be 10c lower or higher.
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Thanks, didn't know that.
[QUOTE=its shortie;18131955]Thanks, didn't know that.[/QUOTE]
you learn new things everyday :downs:
OP, yes it probably would, but why not shoot for 4? Is it a E0 or a C0/C1 E8400? you can find this via CPU-Z.
[QUOTE=its shortie;18131691]40C is quite high for an aftermarket cooler. I am running at ~27C on my Athlon 7850 with a stock cooler, and Intel usually runs cooler than AMD. I would reapply some thermal paste if I were you, or up your fan speeds.[/QUOTE]
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I always thought differently.. I always thought AMD cpus run a bit hotter than most intel CPUs. Or is that just overclocked, duno.
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