e8400 v$ e8600

[seemingly random]

Ordering an e8600 used to be the only way to guarantee the e0 stepping. Assuming that etailers such as newegg are shipping e0 versions of the e8400 and e8500 now, why is the e8600 still commanding a price premium? Is there something technically magic about the 10 multiplier that I'm missing?

 

[Denithor]

Only if you want to run 4GHz @ 400fsb instead of @ 445fsb/421fsb. If you have a solid OC board that can handle >400 fsb without problems, save the bucks & get the e8400/e8500.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: Denithor
Only if you want to run 4GHz @ 400fsb instead of @ 445fsb/421fsb. If you have a solid OC board that can handle >400 fsb without problems, save the bucks & get the e8400/e8500.

Ok. This in itself doesn't justify the price premium for me. Are there still c0 stepping e8[45]00's being shipped?

 

[Tempered81]

Originally posted by: seemingly random
Ordering an e8600 used to be the only way to guarantee the e0 stepping. Assuming that etailers such as newegg are shipping e0 versions of the e8400 and e8500 now, why is the e8600 still commanding a price premium? Is there something technically magic about the 10 multiplier that I'm missing?

more overclocking freedom, slower ram, less FSB stress, guaranteed E0, higher bin.
It's not worth the extra $115 bucks if you know how to get your FSB to ~500mhz

edit: most newegg orders are coming in E0

 

[OCGuy]

Because 4.3ghz is very doable with the E8600.

Even with the E0 E8400, you start to get to the top of the FSB world above 4ghz....

(10x multi is the sexiest thing ive ever worked with )

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

My impression was that they could do the same overclocks and better with lower voltages, but I am seeing higher vcore data @ 4Ghz than I achieved on my C1 stepping at 4Ghz (1.20vcore)

 

[seemingly random]

Ok. It appears that the price premium didn't have anything to do with the e0 stepping. The e8600 is mainly for oc'g. No one in the know would order one unless they want the absolute fastest from the current technology.

And, from what I know, intel doesn't offer an oc'able bios. I wonder how they explain the diminishing returns of the high-end processors to big customers of their mb's.

jaredpace: Is that 6.76 oc stable/sustainable over time?

 

[Tempered81]

no 6.76 is for world-records on LN2 cooling

stable/sustainable maximum (~ 4200 - 5100mhz) here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...?p=3269518&postcount=1

 

[JMapleton]

An extra 100 dollars just for a few hundred more mhz in ocing is just not worth it, 8400 all the way.

 

[Udgnim]

you want an E8600 either because you don't want to overclock and want the best dual core available or you want an E8600 to achieve the best dual core OC possible

anything in between results in an E8400 or E8500 being a better value