8Pack super fast smash the rest i5 Skylake Overclocked, Discounted killer GAMING bundle.

8 Pack · 26 Dec 2015 at 19:58

Great the Asetek AIO are really good.

Reality|Bites · 26 Dec 2015 at 21:19

I'll keep that in mind thanks

Reality|Bites · 27 Dec 2015 at 11:09

So when I'm flashing the bios does it matter if I use a USB 2 or 3 stick?
Do I have to Format the stick to FAT or is this done already?

I've only ever used a floppy drive before

wam7 · 28 Dec 2015 at 11:05

8 Pack said:
...I will run R15 tomorrow.

Any chance of that R15 that you were going to run last week? Cheers

8 Pack · 28 Dec 2015 at 17:04

I ran it when I tested power draw. But did not upload the screens. Can do that tomorrow. I am sure it was 730-740pts.

8 Pack · 29 Dec 2015 at 14:45

Bundle back in stock guys get em while you can!!!

Reality|Bites · 29 Dec 2015 at 15:02

Well it all arrived today

Not a single bag of haribos though????? I feel like sending it all back again grrrrr

8 Pack · 29 Dec 2015 at 18:22

Must be out of stock!! I only checked the bundle not haribo levels!!

wam7 · 29 Dec 2015 at 19:01

8 Pack said:
I ran it when I tested power draw. But did not upload the screens. Can do that tomorrow. I am sure it was 730-740pts.

Ok will look out for it later on.

Reality|Bites · 30 Dec 2015 at 02:08

Well that's me all set up and overclocked using your settings, I ran into a few problems along the way and wondering if you could help me please....pretty please

The main problem is SATA ports 1 and 2 are not working so it seems, I've had to put my SSD and DVD drive on SATA 3 and 4, This is before flashing and overclocking, I was nearly tearing my hair out trying to install windows.

I had to install windows 7 twice as the first time it corrupted with in 10mins....any reason for this?

So if you have any advice on how to get SATA 1 and 2 to work that would be great otherwise I may have to send the board back.

any advice is appreciated.

8 Pack · 30 Dec 2015 at 11:11

hmmm no reason at all. I have no issue with this at all. SATA ports are locked at 100blk on this platform as is PCI X frequency. My guess is RAM issue if u have corruption. Test this first.

Reality|Bites · 30 Dec 2015 at 11:17

It's all fine now, I had a little crash this morning, something about timing of writing to 2nd core was delayed/out of sync. I was only watching iplayer. I've upped voltage to 1.38v and testing.

The problem with the SATA ports was before overclocking. I'll run a memtest now.

8 Pack · 30 Dec 2015 at 11:24

Ok. Good. Report back any issues.

Reality|Bites · 30 Dec 2015 at 11:36

Memtest came back with no errors, Is there a setting in the bios that's affecting the SATA ports? If I can't get them working i'll need to send the board back maybe? I've got 3 other HDD's to install yet.

Oh and another thing, Where is the floppy cable on the eVGA G2 750W I can't seem to find it, Which stops me from installing my ASUS D2X.

It's ok, googled pictures and when I knew what I was looking for a found the cable on the floor lol

wam7 · 30 Dec 2015 at 12:49

Any chance of posting up those R15 results? I noticed you posted your world record 4 core in the R15 thread.

Reality|Bites · 30 Dec 2015 at 21:54

right now I'm having a really big problem with the motherboard, If I restart the system then the PC will not post, I have to do a hard shut down and then start the system up again for the bios to post.

Can you help me with this or do I have to Rma the motherboard, The problem is still there with everything a stock settings as well.

orb0 · 31 Dec 2015 at 13:17

Decided to replace venerable 2500K @4.4 with this bundle (+Thermal Grizzly
Kryonaut, Fractal Design Define R5), did some benches before and after (avg of 5 runs).

Code:

Cinebench R15      2500K @4.4   6400 @4.4   Change
OpenGL             96.32        148.47     +54.1%
CPU                591          727.8      +23.1%
Single CPU         153.2        188.2      +22.8%
			
Unigine Heaven 4.0 2500K @4.4   6400 @4.4	
FPS                115.16	116.26	   +1%
Score	           2900.4	2929       +1%
Min	           35.66	38.6	   +8.2%
Max	           237.38	243.3      +2.5%
			
Firestrike	   2500K @4.4	6400 @4.4	
Score	           9561	        10109.6    +5.7%
Graphics Score     11857.6      12151.6    +2.5%
Physics Score      7954.6       9902.4     +24.5%
Combined Score     4448.8       4536.6     +2%
			
CPU-Z 1.74         2500K @4.4   6400 @4.4	
Single             1671.8       2238       +33.9%
Multi              6487.4       8739       +34.7%
			
GTA V              2500K @4.4   6400 @4.4
Min                34.27        39.28      +14.6%
Max                110.18       132        +19.8%
Avg                76.33        83.66      +9.6%
			
Shadow of Mordor   2500K @4.4   6400 @4.4	
Min                49.84        51.97      +4.3%
Max                86.11        87.00      +1.0%
Avg                67.37        68.87      +2.2%
			
Tomb Raider 2013   2500K @4.4   6400 @4.4	
Min                47.7         46.9       -1.7
Max                84           85.2       +1.4
Avg                65.74        65.66      -0.1

Reused parts: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC (361.43) @ 1920x1080, 250GB Samsung 840 EVO + 4TB Hitachi HDD, Soundblaster Z & EVGA 850 P2. Win10 x64.

Definite CPU improvements, GTX 970 looks to be already limiting some results on 2500K, 6400 should do well with next gen card in 2016.
CPU stays much cooler than 2500K, <50C after 1 hour prime95 (reported by AI Suite 3/HWMonitor), can also feel exhaust air just isn't hot. Brocken 2 seems to be doing a great job cooling, also very quiet.

Only issue so far was default Windows sleep setting, causing system to become unresponsive when it goes to sleep and hard reset reqd, turned this off.

My basket had been up to twice the price of this bundle, but as OCUK guarantee the overclock and using existing sound card, decided no point me spending more for gaming, saving it for nice next gen GPU.
Thanks!

Reality|Bites · 31 Dec 2015 at 15:42

Well all problems sorted apart from SATA ports 1 and 2 not working, Orbo did you have any problems with them?

8 Pack · 31 Dec 2015 at 15:47

Reality|Bites said:
right now I'm having a really big problem with the motherboard, If I restart the system then the PC will not post, I have to do a hard shut down and then start the system up again for the bios to post.

Can you help me with this or do I have to Rma the motherboard, The problem is still there with everything a stock settings as well.

I never saw this issue in testing. But if the issue remains at stock the issue could be ram or MB. Any other symptoms seen?? I am back in work Monday to test this out and try to replicate.

8 Pack · 31 Dec 2015 at 15:49

orb0 said:
Decided to replace venerable 2500K @4.4 with this bundle (+Thermal Grizzly
Kryonaut, Fractal Design Define R5), did some benches before and after (avg of 5 runs).

Code:

Cinebench R15 2500K @4.4 6400 @4.4 Change OpenGL 96.32 148.47 +54.1% CPU 591 727.8 +23.1% Single CPU 153.2 188.2 +22.8% Unigine Heaven 4.0 2500K @4.4 6400 @4.4 FPS 115.16 116.26 +1% Score 2900.4 2929 +1% Min 35.66 38.6 +8.2% Max 237.38 243.3 +2.5% Firestrike 2500K @4.4 6400 @4.4 Score 9561 10109.6 +5.7% Graphics Score 11857.6 12151.6 +2.5% Physics Score 7954.6 9902.4 +24.5% Combined Score 4448.8 4536.6 +2% CPU-Z 1.74 2500K @4.4 6400 @4.4 Single 1671.8 2238 +33.9% Multi 6487.4 8739 +34.7% GTA V 2500K @4.4 6400 @4.4 Min 34.27 39.28 +14.6% Max 110.18 132 +19.8% Avg 76.33 83.66 +9.6% Shadow of Mordor 2500K @4.4 6400 @4.4 Min 49.84 51.97 +4.3% Max 86.11 87.00 +1.0% Avg 67.37 68.87 +2.2% Tomb Raider 2013 2500K @4.4 6400 @4.4 Min 47.7 46.9 -1.7 Max 84 85.2 +1.4 Avg 65.74 65.66 -0.1

Reused parts: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC (361.43) @ 1920x1080, 250GB Samsung 840 EVO + 4TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000, Soundblaster Z & EVGA 850 P2. Win10 x64.

Definite CPU improvements, GTX 970 looks to be already limiting some results on 2500K, 6400 should do well with next gen card in 2016.
CPU stays much cooler than 2500K, <50C after 1 hour prime95 (reported by AI Suite 3/HWMonitor), can also feel exhaust air just isn't hot. Brocken 2 seems to be doing a great job cooling, also very quiet.

Only issue so far was default Windows sleep setting, causing system to become unresponsive when it goes to sleep and hard reset reqd, turned this off.

My basket had been up to twice the price of this bundle, but as OCUK guarantee the overclock and using existing sound card, decided no point me spending more for gaming, saving it for nice next gen GPU.
Thanks!

Great results. I will test this waking from sleep issue but as all power saving is disabled I am not surprised u see this. Will try find issue and fix.