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Originally Posted by Robilar
The guys at extreme have already gotten their hands on retail E series (the 8200, 8400, and 8500) and benched them. The consensus is that the E8500 overclocks really well, the two lower chips not so much. It may be a binning decision on intels part.
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Robilar's Missing Link:
Retail E8200 & E8400 Benchies
Scroll down for some E8500 "screenies" too!
And
E8500 Retail Bench Thread
Both over at Extreme. (C'mon OCN)
Shows first Stepping (C0) OCs not anywhere near as nice as Engineering Samples
Some Thoughts/links from their thread(s):
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I would wait for D0 stepping to come out, it will because the C0 contains errata in the Intel spec specification PDF with a "Plan Fix" next to it
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I found the PDF For the Exxxx Series
E8000Series PDF
And most interestingly: The Intel Sheet listing
proposed stepping release dates:
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If a new revision is created, it will be posted per the following 2008 schedule: January 16, February 13, March 12, April 16, May 14, June 11, July 16, August 13, September 10, October 15, November 12, December 10.
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Could it be the e8500 is the one that they bin the highest and there is a huge gap between the lower cpu's? maybe there is a reason the chips cost $80 more than the e8400 and it wasn't just for that .5 multi it's highest binned so = highest overclock? Maybe I'm just blowing smoke but it sorta makes sense. Intel could be getting very strict with their binning of chips.
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LinsK, not sure if you want to add some of these links to your "HotLinks" /Latest Info section on OP
Keep up the good work!
Cheers
