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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
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OverviewCustomer ReviewSpecificationsProduct Tour
With the Wolfdale core Intel pours more power into a Core 2 Duo package. The 45nm process allowed Intel to reduce the power needed to 65W. Lower power means lower CPU heat, which translates to lower system heat and longer system life. They also packed more features into the chip.

L2 cache has been bumped to 6MB and the Front Side Bus has been pushed to 1333MHz. You can now use DDR2 or the hot new DDR3 memory for extreme performance. The processor also boosted memory access and execution speed with the Wide Dynamic Execution and Smart Memory Access. These combine to let the processor compute more instructions with more data per clock cycle. You'd better watch out; your enemies will be shooting back faster now.

Advanced Digital Media Boost has been enhanced with the addition of the SSE4 instruction set and Intel HD Boost. This will give your entertainment experience a boost with better audio and video processing. It will also help with speech recognition, engineering and scientific applications. Perhaps most important of all will be the boost to security with increased encryption power and speed.

Review Summary (read more reviews, write a review)

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Total Reviews: 975

45nm voltage

white Reviewed By: on 5/8/2008
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day
Pros: After owning the E8400 for quite some time now, I can say to the poster below and to anyone else interested to keep the voltage down. This new 45nm architecture is much more sensitive to higher voltage. Try to keep it 1.4 volts or below. You have a much better chance of burning this thing up very quickly (i.e. a month, even a couple of weeks in some instances) with 1.5 volts than with the 65nm chips. Much smaller architecture means less voltage. You wouldn't put a 5000 watt power amp to huge, high power auditorium speakers if you were using 20 gauge or smaller speaker wire, would you? Very much the same principle inside these 45nm CPU's.
Cons: See below
Other Thoughts: Temps will look very good with a "decent" aftermarket cooler. Don't buy watercooling, or spend more than $50 on an aftermarket cooler for these. While those will show much better temps, it's kinda overkill. These chips simply don't produce as much heat as the other (65nm or bigger) architectures will. Heck, a lot of people are overclocking using the stock cooler with great success!!
61 out of 66 people found this review helpful. Did you? Yes No

Best Dual-Core on the market

white Reviewed By: GidSpood on 6/7/2008
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Absolutely amazing chip. This thing will not only run or OC well, but OC's 4.2 Ghz on AIR. Speed and rates as well as load times etc etc etc are painlessly fast and efficient. Recently just built a Quad-Core Q6600 and this just embarassed it. Bravo Intel, bravo.
Cons: OCing with an MSI P7N Diamond 780i is a bit annoying, but definately doable and stable.
Other Thoughts: If you're a gamer/enthusiast of OCing your chip, dont even hesitate to buy this proc.
49 out of 51 people found this review helpful. Did you? Yes No

Quick Specs (view all30)

ModelBX80570E8500
SeriesCore 2 Duo
CPU Socket TypeLGA 775
CoreWolfdale
Multi-CoreDual-Core

Review Summary (read all 975 Reviews, write a review)

5
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Total Reviews: 975

white Reviewed By: on 2/8/2010
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: It's fast. Just used the included heatsink/fan, which is plenty quiet. idles at 37, gets up to about 68 when encoding video on both cores.
Cons: I guess the stock cooler could be better. I just didn't feel like tweaking if it was adequate for my usage.
Other Thoughts: On linux, cpufreq says it supports two speeds: 2834000 and 2000000. In powertop I only see C0 and C1 for C-states. I'm not sure if there's a way to squeeze more energy savings out of it.
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Truely amazing

white Reviewed By: on 2/5/2010
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: I've tried taxing this processor and it keeps shining!
Even with only 2 gigs of memory to work with it's still shining! REALLY runs cool, highest it's got to is 43 deg.
Cons: Nothing to complain about, this thing is great!
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white Reviewed By: on 2/4/2010
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Windows index rates it at 6.6
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: None.
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Model
Brand Intel
Processors Type Desktop
Series Core 2 Duo
Model BX80570E8500
CPU Socket Type
CPU Socket Type LGA 775
Tech Spec
Core Wolfdale
Multi-Core Dual-Core
Name Core 2 Duo E8500
Operating Frequency 3.16GHz
FSB 1333MHz
L2 Cache 6MB
Manufacturing Tech 45 nm
64 bit Support Yes
Hyper-Threading Support No
Virtualization Technology Support Yes
Multimedia Instruction MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, EM64T
Voltage 0.85V – 1.3625V
Thermal Design Power 65W
Cooling Device Heatsink and Fan included
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts 3 years limited
Labor 3 years limited

Introduction

With the Wolfdale core Intel pours more power into a Core 2 Duo package. The 45nm process allowed Intel to reduce the power needed to 65W. Lower power means lower CPU heat, which translates to lower system heat and longer system life. They also packed more features into the chip.

L2 cache has been bumped to 6MB and the Front Side Bus has been pushed to 1333MHz. You can now use DDR2 or the hot new DDR3 memory for extreme performance. The processor also boosted memory access and execution speed with the Wide Dynamic Execution and Smart Memory Access. These combine to let the processor compute more instructions with more data per clock cycle. You'd better watch out; your enemies will be shooting back faster now.

Advanced Digital Media Boost has been enhanced with the addition of the SSE4 instruction set and Intel HD Boost. This will give your entertainment experience a boost with better audio and video processing. It will also help with speech recognition, engineering and scientific applications. Perhaps most important of all will be the boost to security with increased encryption power and speed.

Highlights

newegg Specialized Dual-core Microarchitecture
The Intel Core 2 Duo processor includes dual execution cores in a single processor to enable execution of parallel threads or applications on separate cores, resulting in revolutionary dual-core performance, breakthrough processor energy efficiency and exceptional system response when running multi-threaded or multiple demanding applications simultaneously. The innovative 45nm dual-core technology optimizes thermal performance for reduced power consumption and noise.
newegg Intel Advanced Smart Cache
Intel Advanced Smart Cache Technology dynamically allocates the shared L2 cache to each processor core based on workload. This efficient, multi-core-optimized implementation increases the probability that each core can access data from fast L2 cache, resulting in significantly reduced latency for frequently used data and improved performance.
newegg Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T)
Intel EM64T provides an enhancement to Intel 32-bit architecture by enabling the desktop processor platform to access larger amounts of memory. With appropriate 64-bit supporting hardware and software, platforms based on an Intel processor supporting Intel EM64T can enable use of extended virtual and physical memory.
newegg Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
EIST allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency to decrease average power consumption and average heat production. Combined with existing power saving features, EIST may provide an excellent balance between providing power when you need it and conserving power when you don’t.
newegg Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel's Execute Disable Bit function can prevent certain classes of malicious "buffer overflow" attacks when combined with a supporting operating system. Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to classify areas in memory where application code can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer, the processor disables code execution, preventing damage or worm propagation.
newegg Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT)
With Intel VT, one hardware platform functions as multiple "virtual" platforms. For business, Intel VT offers improved manageability, limiting downtime and maintaining worker productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions. In the home, Intel VT allows creating unique user environments for multiple family members using the same platform simultaneously.

Quick Specs

BrandIntel
SeriesCore 2 Duo
NameCore 2 Duo E8500
Multi-CoreDual-Core
64 bit SupportYes
CoreWolfdale
Manufacturing Tech45 nm
L2 Cache6MB
Cooling DeviceHeatsink and Fan included
CPU Socket TypeLGA 775
Processors TypeDesktop
Multimedia InstructionMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, EM64T
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