Overclockers Worldwide Report Heat Problems With Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Basically, there's not much more to this story than the title: the E8400 series of Core 2 Duo processors might have a heat problem. A consensus among the more daring overclockers is that the thermal diode on-board these processors is very far off from the actual temperature of the processor, tricking overclockers into not giving the CPU adequate cooling, and tricking the motherboard into not turning the fan speed up high enough (if the CPU fan speed is controlled by the motherboard). Intel denies all of these allegations, and their very detailed response can be read here. For any of you getting an E8400, make sure to give it proper cooling, and to not let it go above 72.4 degrees centigrade. Source: The Inquirer

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