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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Review |
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The Intel Core 2 Duo and Quad CPUs have been wildly successful in terms of both performance and the ability to overclock like nobody's business. Of course, some better than others. Having dropped from a 65nm to a 45nm manufacturing process earlier this year, Intel has reduced both the required voltage and associated heat generated by this little bit of silicon. Having seen the performance and overclocking abilities of the E8500 and many of its Quad cored brothers, the Q9300, the Q9450 and the QX9770, just how will this higher clocked dual core perform in relation to the quads? The E8400 specs out at a clock speed of 3.0GHz, a front side bus speed of 1333MHz (333), 6MB of L2 cache, and a 45nm process to be used in socket LGA775 motherboards.
The Intel E8400 we have today is not an engineering sample but a full fledged store bought retail version. As such, it comes in the retail packaging, not the pretty jewel box the ES chips are sent to us in. The front panel shows the Intel Core 2 Duo brand ID as well as highlighting the fact that the E8400 is a 45nm desktop product. The rear panel includes warranty information, basic specifications and a motherboard compatibility warning.
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