I just needed to get rid (burn and destroy) an old Celeron from the PC I was upgrading. After careful research on which CPU the motherboard could take – I opted for this one. I didn’t go mad and pick the most powerful, quad-core processor. I needed to stay in-budget, without the need to change the PSU. All things being considered, and with a slight upgrade in the CPU fan, I got the PC a fantastic upgrade. I installed Win10 and the PC is much more usable than before. Highly recommend this CPU.
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The CPU arrived really late for me. I am just glad it arrived. The Quad Q8400S, I give it 3 stars, because it runs at 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. And that is pretty normal according to different sites. Of course, I put in the proper chemical paste, heat sink, and fans to keep it cool. However, really, its not worth it from a power (watts) and performance perspective.
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This chip is cheap for a reason, they only enabled 4 megs of cache. The reviewrs trying to sell you these who say thier as good a q9550 are full of it. I have owned a q6600, which is the better of the low end quads. I have also owned a qx6850, a q9650, e5200, e6300, and an e6600 that had the 4 meg cache on the dual core chip. The Cache is what makes all the difference. I over clocked most chips ... so i was able to compare the chips at the same speeds ... the q6600,qx6850, and q9650 crushed everything else. The big diffence, 8 and 12 megs of cache. The Q9650 can beat a low end icore(920/930) for the same reason. Not in all tests , because of the direct memory link, but for everyday stuff, and gaming ... more cache. the processor speed is secondary to the cache size. Also if you plan to over clock, the Q6600 was the big over clocker because of its lower FSB, this left room to over clock, getting the chips at 1333 with the locked multipliers won't leave you much room on a budget build to over clock unless your mother board can handle 1600-2000 mhz and not fry from the heat. That said, it is still a good price/performacne for a quadcore, and will get you to the medium range in power, handle most games well, a few may require down tweaking, most should be ok, pair this with a decent board and you'll be fine. 9800 GTS or better, find a 260gtx or two in sli, and you will be very happy for a cheap price.Read full review
Purchased this to upgrade my Intel Core 2 Duo CPU to a quad core CPU. Performs very well despite being used in a temp gaming rig and its age. Yes i recommend this as an upgrade for older pc's.
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Old. But still have pretty good performance. Good option for thoose who wants uprage to 4-core CPU on old 775 socket motherboards. ;)
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