How is the stock e8400 heatsink

[Nastrodamous]

will it allow me to OC from 3.2 - 3.4

 

[BlueWeasel]

It's smaller than the E43xx/E6xxx series heatsink, but I'd say it's probably OK. That's only a max OC of 400Mhz, and you could probably do that with raising the voltage.

 

[imported_Scoop]

It's smaller because the CPU produces less heat than the old 65nm, so it's probably just as good/bad depending on how you view it.

 

[imported_wired247]

I have it at 3.6GHz, stable and no heat problems.

using arctic silver 5, so if you use the stock thermal paste YMMV

 

[GregoryWE]

It is tiny like others have said, but these chips run fairly cool so you should get a decent amount of OC headroom. Don't expect to reach 4GHz though (or if you do, at an acceptable temperature).