It's a powerful enough chip still has lots of relevance easy to get lost in upgradeitis when you frequent such forums! Gotta love i5 bang for the buck, never owned an i7 (and now i9!) and with the way that AMD Vs intel is going may never own one!
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8600k @ 5.0ghz worth upgrading to 9700k?
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It's a powerful enough chip still has lots of relevance easy to get lost in upgradeitis when you frequent such forums! Gotta love i5 bang for the buck, never owned an i7 (and now i9!) and with the way that AMD Vs intel is going may never own one!
Yeah it's an easy thing to do constantly wanting to upgrade just do have something to do.
I do a lot of xoc with ln2 so I play with all the bigger chips anyway, just sold an 8700K that does 5.5Ghz R15 with 1.36v on custom water and liquid metal. Even passes 5.6Ghz with 1.44v sometimes too! Have a 9900K that does 5.4Ghz 1.35v on water, 7Ghz in 3dmark06 on ln2
Will be giving 3900x a shot on cold soon, and hopefully when I'm done with it I can sell it and buy a 3950x to toy with
But yeah my daily does just fine 6c6t will go for drop in replacement 8c8t next year probably, will likely delid and liquid metal it, who knows I'll probably be able to find a good OC sample too
I do a lot of xoc with ln2 so I play with all the bigger chips anyway, just sold an 8700K that does 5.5Ghz R15 with 1.36v on custom water and liquid metal. Even passes 5.6Ghz with 1.44v sometimes too! Have a 9900K that does 5.4Ghz 1.35v on water, 7Ghz in 3dmark06 on ln2
Will be giving 3900x a shot on cold soon, and hopefully when I'm done with it I can sell it and buy a 3950x to toy with
But yeah my daily does just fine 6c6t will go for drop in replacement 8c8t next year probably, will likely delid and liquid metal it, who knows I'll probably be able to find a good OC sample too
As far as I'm aware they are sticking to the Stim, just refining it to help improve thermals.
Yes it's a hobby, I usually buy one or two retail chips and if I don't get lucky (haven't so far lol) I end up buying a binned chip from someone who bins them.
Hoping to get some Ln2 in a couple of weeks so will likely give the 3900x ago, also have a fun looking 3770K I'm fascinated to try on Ln2
R15 is Cinebench R15, heavy render test commonly used in CPU reviews
Yes it's a hobby, I usually buy one or two retail chips and if I don't get lucky (haven't so far lol) I end up buying a binned chip from someone who bins them.
Hoping to get some Ln2 in a couple of weeks so will likely give the 3900x ago, also have a fun looking 3770K I'm fascinated to try on Ln2
R15 is Cinebench R15, heavy render test commonly used in CPU reviews
Ah cinebench.
I'm seeing what's left in the tank with my 8600K. Currently testing 1.42V @ 5.1ghz. Folding seems a pretty good stability tester TBH. Failed at 1.41V. Think 8 pack said 1.45V for a daily max on these CPUs. Temps ok, peaks 75 degrees so far on one core.
I'm seeing what's left in the tank with my 8600K. Currently testing 1.42V @ 5.1ghz. Folding seems a pretty good stability tester TBH. Failed at 1.41V. Think 8 pack said 1.45V for a daily max on these CPUs. Temps ok, peaks 75 degrees so far on one core.
Now at 1.43V as after several hrs of FAH I found the PC in a restarted state.
The dream is over, though it can do several hrs of folding at 5.1Ghz it always crashed and not worth it increasing voltage further as it's drawing 40+ more watts from the wall for this 100mhz increase.
Back to good o'l 5.0Ghz 1.38v and stable
The dream is over, though it can do several hrs of folding at 5.1Ghz it always crashed and not worth it increasing voltage further as it's drawing 40+ more watts from the wall for this 100mhz increase.
Back to good o'l 5.0Ghz 1.38v and stable
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you sure even thats stable? run 48 hours of linpak avx and check.
why such pessimism? Most people are stable at 1.35v so they claim at 5.0Ghz, I think that would be a good chip. I was game stable at 1.35v then started folding which has quickly crashed within 30 mins max three hrs if it's not happy. I've been folding days on end now at 1.38V so yes I think it's stable.
Not a fan of these power virus programs, have always made me nervous AF lol