5.5ghz 24/7 Stable Ivy Inside!!!

sam690 said:
Hi 8 Pack, I have this board along with an i5 3570k i was wondering what the best CPU cooler would be for getting the best overclock for my chip?
I am still on the stock cooler, but unsure which route to go down, water or air.
I was reccommended these for air cooling becuase of the high profile Corsair Dominator Platinum Ram
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1 x Prolimatech Red Megahalems CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £52.99
1 x Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.98
Total : £113.47 (includes shipping : £8.75).



But would a custom loop something like the ones below be better to get me started then gradually build up to a better one bit by bit?
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1 x EK-KIT H3O 120 LTX Performance Watercooling Kit £128.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V6 Watercooling Kit 120 £75.01
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £49.98
Total : £270.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

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Custom Water for me!!!!
 
So, spill the beans 8 pack :p what cooling are you using? If chilled water... could you share how you set it up and what you use to chill it? :)

As you said its a 24/7 solution I doubt it's like I've seen on youtube where they dunk the radiator in a bucket of ice xP.

Also... is this overclock possible because of the cooling, or just a very good chip?
 
chrisoverson said:
Also... is this overclock possible because of the cooling, or just a very good chip?
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A combination of both I would imagine, some ivy chips can probably go higher, but chances of finding that chip would be very slim, I must say this is the highest non sub-zero clock i've seen! Well done again 8-Pack ;) I'm just benching my 4.4ghz 2500K, makes me happy enough for the moment :p
 
acme15 said:
This being 8 pack, probably 30 seconds :D
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Judging by the screenshot, he started the test at 8:11 and was still going at 12:23 so at least that long xP.

I'm still dying to know what kind of cooling solution you could run 24/7 to keep a 5.5ghz Ivybridge below 33C. I'm guessing the cooling requires a fair bit of juice? :p. I'm guessing this is also an "unmodified" chip as in not delidded and still using the crappy intel IHS TIM?
 
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No. It will be fine at those temps. In normal use it wont hit 10C.

Why is any overclock needed come on man!!!! Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!!! and more of it!!
 
SeraphX said:
Custom water loop?

Surely not, I have custom water and it's good, but not that good, what is the loop comprised of?
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It will definitely have some kind of assisted water cooling I'd imagine. 0 degrees minimum means it must be well under ambient room temperature (unless 8 pack tests in a fridge/freezer xP), so is being actively cooled by something.

The external box water chiller unit looks interesting, do they use a lot of power or make a lot of noise? Surprised we don't see them more often unless there's a caveat.
 
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