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Angus
05-10-2009, 04:14 PM
OK - the Intel MB w/E8400 died a couple of days ago. This was new in October, so I'm a little peeved.

I've been doing a bit more reading and I think I want to use another brand of MB but not sure what to stay away from.

I'm looking for a plug-in no fuss replacement, running WinXP. Onboard video is fine, no gaming going on. I have the DDR2 800 ram, good power supply, SATA drives, tower case.

I was looking at this Gigabyte board (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128357) - good or bad?

I'll probably get a quad this time around - not sure why I didn't last time.
Maybe a Q8400 ?
Angus
05-10-2009, 05:05 PM
I played with the BIOS config jumper and after a few power cycles it came back to life!

Maybe I need that quad anyway :)

edit:

Running prime work - is 57C core temp OK for this E8400 CPU?
IronBits
05-10-2009, 05:44 PM
It says here: http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAPL#
72C is max. so it appears it is running within tolerance.
Get a quality 3rd pary HSF if you want it to run cooler.
alpha
05-11-2009, 02:39 AM
Any suggestions for an aftermarket HSF which won't break the bank? Need something for my E6600, it's getting way too hot these days and case cleaning/grease reapplication is not enough.
PCZ
05-11-2009, 04:37 AM
For cooling a dual i would recommend an arctic cooling freezer 7 pro.
It uses push pins so you won't have to take the MB out of the case to fit it.
1fast6
05-15-2009, 03:43 PM
to the OP... I have 5 quads that I built with various versions of that board over the past 8 months or so - the ES2L being the latest version that incorporates several power saving features (not that a DC'er would ever need that)... :crazy:

no DOA's, very stable, a decent OC'er for such an inexpensive all-in-one... all in all, I have been very satisfied... :thumbs:
alpha
05-20-2009, 04:12 AM
For cooling a dual i would recommend an arctic cooling freezer 7 pro.
It uses push pins so you won't have to take the MB out of the case to fit it.

That did the trick! Thanks for the great recommendation, value for money indeed. However, the person that came up with the push-pin mounting design should be shot. :machgun:

Angus, sorry for hijacking your thread. It's fairly on topic discussion, at least. :)
PCZ
05-20-2009, 04:51 PM
However, the person that came up with the push-pin mounting design should be shot

I think you will will find that was Intel :)

Pushpins are normally good when the pins are new.


It is when they have been used a few times that they start to splay out and and you end up having to remove the MB to make sure that both legs of each pin have gone through the mounting holes properly.