GREAT NEWS... I PLUGGED IN THE E8500.... DIED ON ME IN 10 MIN... MOTHERBOARD WILL NOT BOOT.... i tried a friends q6600... BOOTED JUST FINE..... so i'm pretty angry.. i'm returning it.. and pocketing the money and not buying a cpu for a while.... i don't know what i want anymore... god dangit
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e8500 is alive and i've just done a fresh reboot.. now installing drivers... needa flash my bios to get the cpu to do 9.5 multi... i will be back with a quick pi run