The Core 2 Duo E8500 is an extremely fast processor for the LGA 775 socket. At a stock speed of 3.16 Ghz, it is already fast enough to accomedate most user's need, but if people want to push it further, then thats not a problem for this. I bought the processor at the beginning of last year, and what a great purchase it was. After updating my Bios on the motherboard to support the 45nm processor, it was set and ready to go. After a while though I decided to try and overclock it, and was amazed at how well it did it. I managed to get it 4Ghz + stable with just a simple after market cooler. Overclocking is no problem for this, aslong as you have to motherboard and cooling to match. When I bought this there was a big debate between the E8400 and E8500, and all it comes down to is .5 of a multiplyer. E8400 is slightly cheaper and therefore, if you know how to do a bit of overclocking, then you should be able to get it to well over the E8500 speed. So if anyone is looking at buying one of these, think about the E8400 aswell.
One final thing to mention is the temps. When these chips came out there we're reports of fault temperature sensors on them, mine was one of them. I'm not sure if Intel has done anything about that yet.
Overall if your looking for a fast processor, and arn't willing to upgrade to the Core I7 just yet, then this is definetly a processor do look at.
PS, I accept no responsibility of anything happening due to overclocking. It can be dangerous so do so at your own risk. Just thought I'd mention :)
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Advantages: Good for avarage pc and gamers, stable if all is updated, silent fan. Disadvantages: Fan can be to weak if alot of heavy processes are running.
Advantages: Good for avarage pc and gamers, stable if all is updated, silent fan. Disadvantages: Fan can be to weak if alot of heavy processes are running.
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