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The WOPR
I got my RMA’d chip back from NewEgg yesterday.
Since that time, I have overclocked that little bastid to 4.005Ghz, and seem to be Orthos and OCCT stable, with plenty of headroom left. The hope is to get it to about 4.2-4.5GHz and stop before i hit the vcore limits of the chip.
Once I get everything stabilized, I’ll post some performance pics and graphs.
That Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme is a beast. 
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Tags: cpu, e8400, geek, new pc, newegg, overclock
Hot Throbbing RMA
After a long discussion with Ivan the Overclocker on Tuesday night, we pretty much determined (and confirmed my suspicions) that the CPU I got was flawed with faulty temp sensors. Just my luck right?
I have sent the chip back to NewEgg for an RMA and replacement. After spending all this cash on new components, I want to be absolutely sure they work like they’re supposed to. Typically, I would just let it go and continue to use the chip. Afterall, Intel sells CPUs and not thermometers. That said, I hate having that nagging “what if” in the back of my mind, and I know that’s all I would feel if I tried to overclock this chip without being able to properly read the core temps.
I suppose I can wait another couple of weeks…I mean, now that Big Brown is holding my package, it’s not like I have choice. My delivery is supposed to make it back to NewEgg by the 28th, so I hope to have a new working chip by the first week of June. My jealousy of Magic Mike’s flawless build knows no end.