Intel Core 2 Duo E8400/E8500 and Xeon E3110 Moving to E-0 Stepping Next Month

Tuesday, May 27 2008

After moving all 45nm Xeon DP quad core processors from the C-O to the E-0 stepping, Intel announced today that three more 45nm processors will also be upgraded to E-0. The two desktop Core 2 Duo E8400 and E8500 plus the server Xeon E3110 CPUs will all be updated to the E-0 stepping next month. Changes that will come with the E-0 stepping include:

The E-0 processors will not require any BIOS updates. They'll be easily recognisable by the new sSpec numbers: SLB9J for E8400, SLB9K for E8500 and SLB9C for E3110.

Source: TechConnect Magazine, HARDSPELL

posted by malware - 4:14 PM | Related News |

User comments

by HTC (May 27th - 4:22 PM) - Reply

Will the procs' OC ability change with this?

by malware (May 27th - 4:25 PM) - Reply

by: HTC
Will the procs' OC ability change with this?

When they become available you'll find the answer of this question very quick. Usually new stepping means better OC when talking about Intel processors. ;)

by HTC (May 27th - 4:30 PM) - Reply

by: malware
When they become available you'll find the answer of this question very quick. Usually new stepping means better OC when talking about Intel processors. ;)

Really? In that case ... YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or should i say ... TRIPLE YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Darksaber (May 27th - 4:37 PM) - Reply

damn and I just bought a E8400...but 4 gHz is all I wanted till I move to liquid cooling.

by craigwhiteside (May 27th - 4:39 PM) - Reply

by: Darksaber
but 4 gHz is all I wanted till I move to liquid cooling.

that all?? :roll:

by Darksaber (May 27th - 5:04 PM) - Reply

by: craigwhiteside
that all?? :roll:

I forgot to mention that my PC is so quiet that it is virtually silent. That was my main concern. and I wanted to run my DDR3 at 1800 MHz in sync.

cheers
DS

by Black Hades (May 27th - 5:05 PM) - Reply

:cry: I just bought my E8400 2 weeks ago :ohwell:

by Haytch (May 27th - 8:37 PM) - Reply

The E-O stepping will allow for better overclocking performance. Unfotunately i already have some old stock :(
Trade in anyone ?

by ElWapo973 (May 27th - 10:37 PM) - Reply

It's a good thing I have a Q6700 for a backup. Time to sell the E8500. I'm assuming the E8600 coming later in the summer will be E0 as well? That's the one I'm really looking forward to. :rockout:

by Kovoet (May 28th - 12:42 PM) - Reply

Damn I only just bought my E8400 gggggggrrrrrrrrrrr

by btarunr (May 28th - 12:48 PM) - Reply

What happens now is that sales of currently stocked Wolfdale could drop. People would wait for the new stepping. And some could sell their current Wolfdale chips as soon as these release. Expect several [FS] threads.

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