| | |  | Intel CPUs | Home » » » Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Processor 3.16 GHz 6 MB Cache Socket LGA775 | | | | | | | Description: | | The Intel Core 2 Duo pocessors are built in several of the world's most advanced, high-volume output manufacturing facilities using Intel's leading silicon process technology. The processor family is based on the revolutionary Intel Core microarchitecture, designed to provide powerful yet energy-efficient performance. With the power of dual cores, or computing engines, the processors can manage numerous tasks faster. They also can operate more smoothly when multiple applications are running, such as writing e-mails while downloading music or videos and conducting a virus scan.a virus scan. the Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor delivers revolutionary dual-core performance and breakthrough processor energy efficiency. With Intel Wide Dynamic Execution, Intel Smart Memory Access, Intel Advanced Smart Cache and Intel Digital Media Boost, this new processor is designed to do more in less time. Additional features to support enhanced security, virtualization, and 64-bit computing make the Intel Core 2 Duo the most impressive new processor developed for an increasingly multimedia-centered, high-definition world. Design changes in the Intel Core 2 Duo processors that improve performance also increase processor energy efficiency by operating at lower frequencies that require less power to run. Intel Intelligent Power Capability optimizes energy usage of the processor cores by turning on computing functions only when needed. This more energy-efficient processor supports smaller, more capable, and quieter desktop PC to conserve critical power resources. | | | Features: | |
• FSB Boxed Processor
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 6.8 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.9 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.75 pounds | | Package Length:
| 6.69 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.98 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.94 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.84 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 24 reviews |
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| $115.00+ $4.91 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $150.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $175.49+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $179.95+ $6.45 *Shipping | Refurbished | | | $179.99+ $4.99 *Shipping | Refurbished | | | $182.99+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- Mint | | | $184.95+ $6.45 *Shipping | Used
- Mint | | | $209.98+ $4.99 *Shipping | New | | | $209.99+ $5.17 *Shipping | New | | | $209.99+ $5.17 *Shipping | New | | | $245.95+ $4.99 *Shipping | New | | | $249.95+ $4.67 *Shipping | New | | | $286.23+ $10.42 *Shipping | New | |
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| $209.98+ $4.99 *Shipping | New | | | $209.99+ $5.17 *Shipping | New | | | $209.99+ $5.17 *Shipping | New | | | $245.95+ $4.99 *Shipping | New | | | $249.95+ $4.67 *Shipping | New | | | $286.23+ $10.42 *Shipping | New | |
| Used | |
| $115.00+ $4.91 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $150.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $175.49+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $182.99+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- Mint | | | $184.95+ $6.45 *Shipping | Used
- Mint | |
| Refurbished | |
| $179.95+ $6.45 *Shipping | Refurbished | | | $179.99+ $4.99 *Shipping | Refurbished | |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Great CPUDec 12, 2008
By Robert Ayres
"Comic and Sci-Fi collector"
I upgraded to this E8500 from a E6750 and the performance increase is noticable.The extra Cache helps a lot in gaming.The cpu runs very cool an is extreamly stable under load.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Smoking FastDec 30, 2008
By Mark Averett
"Mark Averett"
this processor is very fast and easy to install. I changed from the Quad core Q6600 to this unit and I'm much happier with it.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic CPUOct 24, 2008
By Computer teacher
This CPU has a great cost/performance ratio. While I do not overclock, it runs at 3.17 Ghz on an ASUS P5Q mother board with 4 gigs of CORSAIR DDR2 800 speed ram. While I did not have any problems loading Vista Home Premium, if your verson is not SP-1, then only have 2 gigs of ram onboard at the time of install and do not increase it to 4 gigs until SP-1 installs. Also, the P5Q series of mother boards is very new and while it does take advantage of all of the features of the Intel E8500 CPU, one of the first things you need to do is upgrade the BIOS to the lastest available from ASUS. With these cautions, you will have a blazing fast system that is in a moderate price range.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Outstanding Moderately Priced ProcessorAug 17, 2009
By Peter D. Mar
I've used this 45 nm 3.16 GHz Wolfdale Core 2 Duo E8500, on my home built computer last year. The performance of this CPU is more than three times than that of the Pentium 4 at 3.4 GHz overall. Because of the limitation of my PC 6400 DDR2 RAM and perhaps motherboard, I wasn't able to overclock this by much. I settled on a slight overclocking of 3.2 GHz. At this setting, the computer is just as stable as the stock setting. Besides the speed, I noticed how remarkably cool the CPU runs as compared to the Pentium 4. At a prolonging hundred percent CPU loading, the true core temperature doesn't get above 62°C using the stock skimpy Intel heatsink and fan. To measure the core temperature I use this free software Realtemp.
Because this CPU has 6 MB on-chip shared cache memory between the 2 cores, it works extremely well for multitasking as compared to the Pentium 4. One nice feature I really like about this processor is the Enhanced Intel Speed Step which saves electricity by under clocking the processor when heavy processing power is not needed at the moment. The processor selects multipliers varying between 6 to 9 1/2, depending on CPU load. Also,the CPU core voltage varies based on CPU load from a high of 1.2 V to a low of about 0.8V. The maximum power dissipation on this processor is 65 W but 56 W according to Sandra benchmarking software.
I really enjoy using this computer as compared to any of my previous one. This is especially true when it comes to computer maintenance. Unlike a computer with a single core, maintenance chores get done much sooner such as running Spybot, disk cleanup or VirusScan.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Best dual-core for the money!Jun 17, 2009
By Christine Mcadam
This component was part of my first computer build. This Intel product has exceeded my expectations and is wonderful for my gaming rig. It easily outperforms my friends Pentium D 3.73 Ghz dual core processor. I am very happy with this product and I intend to buy another for my next computer build.
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