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Anyone sent their IVY back and gone sandybridge?

I still can't decide, however I have a h100 with four fans and it still cant tame the temperatures so I think I'll get on with ordering a 2700k and return my cpu via royal mail tomorrow.

Anyone who thinks that is stupid please say so :)
 
-Mike- said:
I still can't decide, however I have a h100 with four fans and it still cant tame the temperatures so I think I'll get on with ordering a 2700k and return my cpu via royal mail tomorrow.

Anyone who thinks that is stupid please say so :)
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I think Royal Mail is a wise decision.

HTH. :D

Seriously, I expect you are heavily OC'ing you CPU. Do you have to run at much lower speed to get decent temps ? Would switching to SB give you lower temps and similar performance ? These are the questions that I'd be asking, and probably still not really finding an easy answer.
 
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Thanks for the reply mate, and you are exactly correct.

What bugs me though, is I now have four fans on my h100 and it still can't keep the temperatures in check. The radiator isn't particularly warm so I'm guessing the IB cpu just won't give the heat up easily enough!

About to push order on a 2700k and 128gb samsung ssd :eek:

(diablo first ;) )
 
I was in the same boat and close to replacing my 920. I've decided against it.

Instead bought a 950 (for good price) - I'm hoping it will produce less heat.

I'm also hoping it will scratch the upgrade itch and I can then wait for the next chips to hit the market.
 
After reading Stulid's review I ended up with 2500k when they had them on sale and with the 10% off voucher.

Best decision really as you wont notice that much of a performance boost with ivy. With sandy you get a stable clock, less heat (which also helps if you're in the room all day with the pc) and was cheaper. People argue that ivy uses less watts but then you end up putting them back on when you use additional fans to try and manage the heat.

Tried and tested wins this race, you can't go wrong unless you go with ivy.
 
Im quite happy with my IB chip if Im honest. If the TIM dries out and goes flaky and my chip starts running hot Ill run it until it died from the heat then get another one from Intel since it would be their fault it messed up and not mine due to OC'ing. :p
 
The h100 was cheap and it's managing >10 degrees c less than my ultra 120 extreme did. I'm still undecided what to do, what concerns me the most is my friends 2700k certainly isn't a cool running CPU and he has a h80 :(
 
-Mike- said:
The h100 was cheap and it's managing >10 degrees c less than my ultra 120 extreme did. I'm still undecided what to do, what concerns me the most is my friends 2700k certainly isn't a cool running CPU and he has a h80 :(
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Odd, my H100 keeps my 3570K surprisingly cool, I have a modest 4.2 (1.2v) I built my rig from scratch and to be honest haven't bothered even considering looking at tweaking the overclocks again because I haven't come across anything that challenges the CPU.

I mainly opted for H100 though due to its nicer aesthetics against the sabertooth z77.
 
jallan said:
Odd, my H100 keeps my 3570K surprisingly cool, I have a modest 4.2 (1.2v) I built my rig from scratch and to be honest haven't bothered even considering looking at tweaking the overclocks again because I haven't come across anything that challenges the CPU.

I mainly opted for H100 though due to its nicer aesthetics against the sabertooth z77.
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Seems that as long as you stay below the thermal "wall" on IB, temperatures are well within what's coolable by only upper mid-range cooling. I have the Antec 620 (single rad) and my IB sits happily at 4.3ghz on stock volts never exceeding 65C.

I'll be pushing above 4.3ghz this weekend and will probably need more volts to do so, I'll be able to prove/disprove this theory then.
 
-Mike- said:
I've just realised - its only stulid that has said he would send it back if he could. Have any of the rest of you done it?!
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I was considering it at one point but I would have sent it back to get another one xD but I think my chip is actually pretty decent so doesn't really matter now.
 
Tyron said:
Tried and tested wins this race, you can't go wrong unless you go with ivy.
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Exactly my thinking.

I'm sure Intel know what they are doing, but I wonder what the medium-long term effects of running IB @ high clocks with high temps is going to be ?

If Intel produce an IB that can get rid of it's heat more efficiently, then I think it would be a more tempting prospect.
 
I'm perfectly happy with mine. It's running stable at 4.7Ghz. Using an H100 with good temps. Max has been 75 degrees under Prime 95 load and between 45-60 degrees for standard gaming usage.

Did I get lucky with my chip or does that sound about right?
 
Pretry happy with mine 4.8Ghz with 1.36v gets pretty hot under full load but nothing I am too concerned about, wanting to run 680SLI I'd rather have the extra PCI-e bandwidth IB brings.
 
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