Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 + BIOSTAR TP45 HP OC Review
 

Q8200,333X7=>2.33G,L2 4MB,45nm





BIOSTAR TP45 HP









2 x PCI-E X16
2 x PCI-E X1
2 x PCI
1 x Floppy


6 X SATAII(ICH10)
1 x IDE
Power/Reset


4 x DIMM DDR2,667/800/1066
24Pin

IO
6 x USB 2.0






BIOS


DRAM


Clock Gen


CPU Voltage +0.0125~+0.7875V
DDR Voltage +0.050~+1.850V
Chipset Voltage +0.025~+0.700V
FSB Voltage +0.025~+0.750V
CPU PLL Voltage 1.5~1.8V


CPU

CPU: INTEL Core 2 Duo E8400 & Quad Q8200
MB: BIOSTAR TP45 HP
DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF
VGA: MSI R4850-T2D512
HD: WD6400AAKS
POWER: Corsair HX1000W Modular Power Supply
Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp VP


Hardware Monitor


Over Clock III


Bios FLASH.eHot-Line


Q8200 OC
500X7=>3500Mhz,Hyper PI 32M


PCMark05


CrystalMark


CINEBENCH R10



520Mhz,Super PI 1M

E8400 OC
605Mhz SP2004


608Mhz 2 X Super PI 32M


VGA-MSI R4850
CPU 600.7X7=>4204.6Mhz
DRAM DDRII 1201.4 CL5 5-5-15
VGA 625/993Mhz

3DMARK2003


3DMARK2005


3DMARK2006



DDRII OC
500/1200 CL5 5-5-15 2.42V


EVEREST(C1E,CPU 500X8=>4000Mhz)



BIOSTAR TP45 HP
Performance ★★★★★★★★★☆
Components ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Layout design ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Cost/ performance ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 about 200 usd
BIOSTAR TP45 HP about 130 usd
thanks:)

So a higher multiplier will be needed to get to most out of this one, as FSB limit is easily reached at 7x?

Correct JMke.

Yes,333x7
can use x6 or x7:)

still not bad value at $200 if you can get it up to 3ghz rock stable and match performance of $1000 CPU :D