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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Core 2 Quad/ P45/

$158.00 Est. at Amazon

from Randy, www.newegg.com
because it had video corruption when watching videos on hulu.com, turned out to be a faulty cpu i bought, for the price of shipping intel replaced my old e8400 with a brand new one that came off the
from TJ, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: used with 2bg ram, evga 9800gt, and intel core 2 duo e8400 wolfdale with 500w psu, no hitches so far...
from kallex, www.newegg.com
i had to set the correct speed on the installed intel dual core e8400 3g in the bios which was easily done.
from purplenoise, www.newegg.com
overclocks beautifully my e8400 using the underrated c.i.a.
from Guy, www.newegg.com
i've set them up with e8400 (dual 3.0ghz oc to 3.6ghz), q8200 (quad 2.33ghz oc to 3.3ghz), and a q6600 (quad 2.4ghz oc to 3.6ghz), with 4gb of either 800mhz or 1033mhz ram.

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Positives: Good Reliability, Excellent Performance, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

2 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for E8400

MB EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 775 750I SLI

$176.00 Est. at Amazon

from jon, www.newegg.com
the only thing i am going to change is i am going to get a quad core instead of the c2d e8400.computer specsthis evga 750i for the win motherboardintel core 2 duo e8400 3.0ghz oc'ed to 4.05ghz8 gb
from Poison [BLX], www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i've avoided really testing it's overclockability, as it runs beautifully as it is with the core 2 duo e8400, evga geforce 9600 gso, and 4gb ocz 1066mhz ddr2 i got all in the same
from Cameron, www.newegg.com
150gb velociraptor.intel core 2 duo e8400 @ 3780 mhz @ 420 fsb.
from SFC.DEATH, www.newegg.com
i don't see this with any other board manufacturer that i have used in the past.antec 900evga nforce 750i sli (overclocked to 1600)intel core 2 due e8400 (overclocked to 3.6)zalman 9500a cpu
from www.amazon.com
i currently have an e8400 @ 3.825 ghz stable with this mobo and the domino alc cooler.

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Positives: High Quality, Good Reliability, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for E8400

ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Core 2 Extreme

$349.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
this is my first "high-end" motherboard purchase ever (as my previous board was a p5k-e with an e8400) and i couldn't be happier with my choice.
from TN Review, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: still runs an e8400 @ 4.0ghz 24/7 like a champ, still runs everything i can throw at it at max.
from Will, www.newegg.com
took an e8400 to 4.6ghz without even a voltage change and running on air stable.
from TNReview, www.newegg.com
with my e8400, i was able to hit 3.6 ghz stable without any voltage adjustments(i bypassed level-up).
from shveazzy, www.newegg.com
but i did get my ram speed up to 1183 on this board at 2.15v hehehehe other thoughts: maximus ll formula fsb (1775) stock v on boardwolfdale e8400 at 4.ghz / 1.3vcorsair twin2x2048-8500c5d at

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Socket LGA775

4 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for E8400

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

$186.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it booted without any problems, all the features worked fine with my e8400.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
unfortunately, it would not fit the mob with my intel e8400 cpu (without bending some of the copper fins on the mob - which i'm not willing to do).
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i tried to put it on recently for kicks and well lets say my e8400 hit 100 c just after boot.
from Bon3thugz43v3r, www.newegg.com
i currently have my e8400 @ 500 x 8 with very little effort.
from www.amazon.com
i currently am running a e8400 at 3.8mhz using the ai tweaker utility.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Nice Performance, Socket LGA775

5 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for E8400

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

$118.00 Est. at Amazon

from Eric B., www.newegg.com
the multi on my e8400 was detected at 8, it should be 9.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
overclocking an e8400 to 3.8ghz on other boards requires a .15mv increase on the vcore and atleast .2 increase on the ram.
from 1stezekiel, www.newegg.com
got my e8400 clocked a little past 4.0 .....
from Thomas, www.newegg.com
i'm using an e8400 wolfdale core 2 duo, two 1gb sticks of a-bit ddr2-800 ram in dual-channel, two sata hard drives, and two ide dvd drives, all under windows xp sp3.
from DarkTower, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: make sure that you want to stick with only 1 gpu.silverstone kublai series kl03-bwgigabyte ga-ep45-ud3lintel core 2 duo e8400 wolfdale 3.0ghzmushkin 8gb (2 x 2gb) 240-pin ddr2 sdram

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Nice Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad

EVGA 132-CK-NF78-TR nForce 780i SLI Mainboard

$202.00 Est. at Amazon

from DjfunkmasterG, www.newegg.com
i hope those experiencing this issue are taking the needed precautions against static electricity, and actually understand how to assemble a pc motherboard.e8400evga 780i sli mobo4gb crucial
from `epidemic, www.newegg.com
just combined it with an e8400 and i am sitting at 4.0 with no problems.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: works well with e8400 dual core...
from GreggB, www.newegg.com
overclocking took a few minutes with an e8400.
from Mindvirus, www.newegg.com
pros: works great, like a motherboard should tri-sli is a awesome feature too cons: none other thoughts: took it 4 boot up attempts to recongize my evga gtx 260 core 216specs areintel

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Positives: Good Performance, Great Reliability, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte G31 DDR2-800X2 VGA EES PCIE16 2PCIE PCI

$65.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ken C., www.newegg.com
now, back to my gigabyte board that eats an e8400 for lunch...and that gives my e8600 a good run for its money.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
just used the standard bios settings with a 3ghz e8400 (stock fan).
from N/A, www.newegg.com
easily oc e8400 to 4ghz!
from Still D.C. in D.C., www.newegg.com
skill ram, lg dvd burner, e8400 and an asus 9600 gso 512mb (although i had this working as a hack without the 9600, just no qe/ci ability on the onboard video gpu).
from N/A, www.newegg.com
running an e8400 @ 4ghz & 4gb ram.

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Positives: Good Performance, Excellent Reliability, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX

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from www.ragingrandy.com, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: e8400, 2gb 1066 corsair dom, visiontek 4870x2out of the box bios too.
from Eodkeith, www.newegg.com
i am running: e8400 with 8gigs ocz reaper ram (1066).
from Apoc, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: antec 900 / asus rampage formula / intel e8400nvidia geforce gtx 260 / 8 gb g.skill ddr2-800
from jaydawg, www.newegg.com
cons: lcd poster was a pain to plug in, tight spot for fat fingers other thoughts: e8400 cpu, asus dark knight 4870, rosewill xtreme 950watt, 2x 2g corsair, 32c open case, this board seems to
from StreetCleaner, www.newegg.com
- board runs a little hot (especially nb), easily remedied with the appropriate cooling solution other thoughts: system specs:-------------------antec nine hundred black steel atx mid

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Positives: Good Performance, Excellent Reliability, Easy To Install

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$147.00 Est. at Amazon

from Raven, www.newegg.com
this build included an e8400 proc and 4 gigs of ram from g.skill and a 1 tera hhd...the build just smokes!
from J-Dub, www.newegg.com
i am using 4gb of ram, e8400 c2d, lg blu-ray/hd-dvd drive and 2 wd hdds dual booting vista home premium 64-bit and windows 7.
from HighTech, www.newegg.com
;p )be sure to replace the heatsink compound on the northbridge, gently remove the lousey compound and replace w/good stuff (the heatsink compound on the chip did not fully cover the surface area of
from robogoose, www.newegg.com
also for windows i'm waiting for a driver that will not disable spdif in sleep mode so i can put my htpc to sleep when not in use.setup: zalman cnps 8700 nt 110mm 2 ball cpu cooler (n82e16835118034),
from aka:P, www.newegg.com
whatev.none of which were enough to remove an egg other thoughts: e8400, vista hp 64, 8g g.skill 800, fan-less 500w power supply, 500g hd, antec black fusion w/remote and lcd display.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Great Reliability, Socket LGA775

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i

$175.00 Est. at Amazon

from Pyracy, www.newegg.com
paired with a core 2 duo e8400 and 4 gigs of pc28500 reaper ram my 780i system flat screams through games, which is why i built it.
from www.amazon.com
i got an e8400 (2.8 ghz)to 4 ghz stable.
from www.amazon.com
i have e8400 6400ram oc 20% broght stock to 3.6.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
a true enthusiast board cons: ran in all night in a burn in e8400 @ 4.05 ghz 1.28v corsair pc8500 dominator 2x1gb 1066 2.1 v ...
from -=WVG=-Roo, www.newegg.com
cons: none so far other thoughts: my e8400 @3.45 smokes my brothers e8500@3.6 on 3dmark06.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Great Performance, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from Hasafraker, www.newegg.com
easy oc with the included utilities, i normally don't oc but running my e8400 at 3.5ghz just to see how it goes, so far stable as a rock.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
this motherboard, and i still like the company, at least for its products.i have a gtx260, ddr800 4gb, and an e8400 @ 3.4 ghz on air and i can even play crysis warhead @ 1680x1050 at good settings.
from OSDCrusher, www.newegg.com
if you go over 1600 mhz on the fsb, even to 1601 the board freezes, crashes in windows and is completely unstable even though i am using a core 2 duo e8400 e0 stepping which is extremely
from grimmster, www.newegg.com
pros: in-expensive, built well, lots of features cons: did not recognize my multiplier of e8400 wolfdale cpu.
from cncmasterw, www.newegg.com
it was so easy to set everything up everything fit were it should have and it works so nicely with no issues not one problem i had cons: the fact that the audio plugs were half way across the

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Excellent Performance, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: running an e8400 (stepping e0) at 465x9 at 1.35 vcore with a zalman 9700led heatsink.
from Miklovin, www.newegg.com
i easily oc'd an e8400@3.0ghz to 4.17ghz with gskill 1066 ram running at 1111ghz with only slight voltage increases.
from Will, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: intel core duo e8400 wolfdale 3.0ghzzalman cnps9500 at 2 ball cpu cooling fan/heatsinkwestern digital caviar black wd1001fals 1tb 7200 rpm sata 3.0gb/s 3.5"g.skill 4gb (2 x 2gb)
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it's burned out a total of three e8400's since january.i've tested every piece of hardware with known good parts (we got lots of extra hardware sitting around at work) and it always traces to the mb.
from Brando, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: rosewill 750w psu,(asus p5e deluxe now)falman 9500a heatsink/fan,e8400,2x2gb g skills 1066,wd black 650 gb,radeon sapphire vapor-x 4870 1gb 256-bit,lg 22x burner,jupiter-jr atx mid

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Excellent Performance, Socket LGA775

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

$74.00 Est. at Amazon

from TechNoob, www.newegg.com
integrated video is fine, might wanna invest in a graphics card in my opinion.build: e8400, 2x1gb gskilll, asus p5kpl-cm, nvidia 9400 gt cons: none if you use this board for what it was
from Art, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: this board will do 1600mhz fsb with vtt at 1.3volts.currently running intel e8400 cpu at 3.6ghz (400mhz x 9)ram is ocz reaper pc2-9200 (rated for 1150mhz 5-5-5-18) bios set to
from guruMark, www.newegg.com
works with the e8400 cpu and recognized the 1066 ocz memory automatically.

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Positives: Nice Reliability, Easy To Install, Good Performance, Socket LGA775

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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Core 2 Quad/ P45/

MB EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 775 750I SLI

ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Core 2 Extreme

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

EVGA 132-CK-NF78-TR nForce 780i SLI Mainboard

Gigabyte G31 DDR2-800X2 VGA EES PCIE16 2PCIE PCI

ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i

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