Indeed, PCI 3.0 is just twice as fast as PCI 2.0
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2500k or a newer chip? SB -v- IB
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Indeed, PCI 3.0 is just twice as fast as PCI 2.0
The part where he spoke about the 75 degree mark was scripted, as a whole bunch of **** came up when I asked. But when I asked him further, it was definitely him who wrote out the 85 degree limit for a few hours at a time.
EDIT: Oh dear, didn't know the short version of crappy is a bad word
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+1 for ivy. you only need a 4.5 overclock to match a 4.8ghz sandy and they seem to achieve this quite easy and of course you'll have PCI-E 3.
You know most of us are already using top end thermal paste if you can call it that. And in reality I would like to see anyone have their PC running 80%+ load 24/7 even video encoders/VM runners have to sleep at some point.
Ah fantastic so if I ran 2x 6950s in crossfire on PCIE3.0 it would essentially be the same same as PCIE 2.0 x16 crossfire?
Of course, I'm sure. But I thought I'd mention it as also I imagine a large amount of people buy a cooler with pre applied paste (like a freezer 7) or one which comes with it (like an a50) and think that paste is as good as they can get since the cooler is so good, whereas mx-4/mx-3 could shave a few degrees off pastes like those. And every little helps
Pretty sure I've still got some AS5 kicking about, never had any issues with it and it's easy enough to apply.
Will a TRUE 120 be able to cope with an overclocked IB?
was really thinking of a H50 or something but funds are limited and if I can reuse my old cooler I will lol, pretty sure I paid £45 for this around 4/5 years back lol
Will a TRUE 120 be able to cope with an overclocked IB?
was really thinking of a H50 or something but funds are limited and if I can reuse my old cooler I will lol, pretty sure I paid £45 for this around 4/5 years back lol
I would definitely let it have a try since it looks like it can shift a lot of heat as it has many pipes etc. and if it turns out it can't then you can still have your chip running nice and cool at stock before you can get a better cooler.
Also if H50 level of cooling is enough then it's worth noting that the A50 performs just as well, source: http://i.neoseeker.com/a/Corsair_A50/oc.png
And you can change the fan, if you want, which can make a big difference: http://media.bestofmicro.com/C/B/268715/original/image03.png
Just letting you know your options
also the A50 comes with a little tube of paste
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Lol. I think it's safe to run IB at 80-85 daily use. Your never going to hit that EVER EVER EVER and I'd love to see someone try to prove me wrong.
Definetly, have seen stock coolers do a lot worse and the chips last years and years. Heat is a bad thing but i think overvolting does a hell of a lot more degradation than just running hot. Have seen a lot of phase change chips go poof after high overvolting, heat was NOT a contributing factor in those cases
Definetly, have seen stock coolers do a lot worse and the chips last years and years. Heat is a bad thing but i think overvolting does a hell of a lot more degradation than just running hot. Have seen a lot of phase change chips go poof after high overvolting, heat was NOT a contributing factor in those cases
Yup pushing more voltage through a chip definately degrades it faster than heat does. Especially when you get to high volts then both heat and the volts come into account