Comments on: [review]Intel 45nm wolfdale processor Core 2 Duo E8400

By: Pegasus-12

Pegasus-12 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:06:49 +0000

In response to #55 “Chris”, yes the E8400 is 64-bit. 32-bit processors and Operating systems are limited in the amount of RAM they can recognize and use. I currently have 8gb of DDR2 (dual-channel, ganged mode) and use Windows XP x64 in order to fully benefit from the additional memory. The major drawback to using a 64-bit Operating system is the lack of drivers and support from hardware manufacturers, but this situation has improved greatly in recent years. Another benefit comes from the increased speed/efficiency of data processing, in that 64-bit systems process data in 64-bit blocks rather than the 32-bit blocks in older systems.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:50:53 +0000

So what is better??? E6850 or E8400???? I see people have said the E8400 uses less energy and has 2 more mb of cache so why is the E6850 having some better results on the testing???? Also I see someone mentioned something about the E8400 being 64bit and the E6850 being 32bit. This doesnt have anything to do with how much ram you can use does it??? Cause I know windows xp supports only 3 gigs and vista (64bit) supports more.. Someone, anyone!?!? My aim screen name is “Ftptcp” and email is chris@painkill.net . Let me know!

By: edgar

edgar — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:42:55 +0000

really i have proven that e8400 is coool and quiet you can hardly hear its sound as if your rig is turned off, especially if you use 12mm cooling fan..

By: Georgios

Georgios — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:50:33 +0000

Thanx Jeff

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:25:05 +0000

of course go for 800MHz lar, memory is cheap these days.. and P5N-EM/HDMI supports up to 800MHz if you are not a overclocker.

By: Georgios

Georgios — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:54:28 +0000

Hi there.
I am intrested in buying one in the following days.
I have chosen for motherboard the ASUS P5N-EM/HDMI.
My question is about RAM.
Will I need a 800 Mhz or a 677 DDR2 mem?
I dont want to overclock or anything I just need the system to run at it’s “standard” speed.
I know this question sounds kinda stupid but with all these standards I am confused

By: chillios

chillios — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:44:59 +0000

i just bouht it looks cool hope thats its gonne work that cool aswell E8400 it was at a very low price ==165,04 euro

thanx for the comments make me feel more relaxed.

By: Hardware

Hardware — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:37:11 +0000

The good thing about the E8400 is that it’s significantly lower power – the fact that it performs like an E6850 for the price of an E6750 is just a bonus

By: aoweng

aoweng — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:56:28 +0000

can any body try encoding with dvd shrink or vista dvd encoder maker
all this numbers does not mean any thing till u actually use a program and what about programs that only uses one core
i got an old p4 3.6 ht i wanna upgrade and i wanna know if it is gonna benefit me specially with encoding videos to diff formats plus what about pc games

By: tshepo

tshepo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:32:11 +0000

i am impressed with my core 2 dou machine.

By: Bradley

Bradley — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:35:10 +0000

i just bought one of these and im hoping its going to be good. at least better than my current 3.0GHz celeron d :s

By: Jon Sweden

Jon Sweden — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:30:03 +0000

Why did you do this test on a 32bit os?

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By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:40:55 +0000

I have got one and the speed i experienced was amazing ,the frame rates in games and overclock up to 3.86 stable on abit ip35-e

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:00:58 +0000

I am running the E8400, found at Microcenter for $189.00, Newegg is still selling the E6850 for $274.99. E8400 is sweet with my ASUS PK5. This review was very helpful.
Thanks
Tom

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:49:33 +0000

# nate Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

just remember, your ram would be running at 800 mhz doing these tests and the e8400 is 1333/1066fsb also the e8400 is 64 bit not 32 like the e6850 its still a good review though.

SO do you mean we can realistically use 4GB of ram on this processor and it accepts the whole thing, or is it still limited to 2GB when using a 32bit windows? sorry im not literate with the 32/64bit differences between CPU and OS’s.

Anyone got any input? thanks!

By: nate

nate — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:33:08 +0000

my bad you didnt have fsb at 800 mhz but the potential down the line is even better for the e8400 when 1333ddr2 is ready