I just got my self an E8400, and the stock HSF is tiny so I used the stock fan from my E6750 and the temperature shown in Core Temp for full load with Prime95 is about 55 (core1) and 57 (core2), when idle its at 41 (core1) and 44 (core2).
Are these numbers higher than average? What is the max operating temperature of the E8400s? If I had known that these came with such bad HSF's i would have went with an OEM version of the processor. If I am to invest in a HSF for it, what are some good recommendations that is around or under 30$?
Are these numbers higher than average? What is the max operating temperature of the E8400s? If I had known that these came with such bad HSF's i would have went with an OEM version of the processor. If I am to invest in a HSF for it, what are some good recommendations that is around or under 30$?