Could this be the steal of the century...... ?

BongoHunter · 30 May 2018 at 08:06

Looks promising!

FloppyPoppy · 30 May 2018 at 08:18

I’m excited for you now!

wam7 · 30 May 2018 at 21:09

Pongo Snodgrass said:
OK, but I'd like to hear what the poster is trying to say rather than someone else's interpretation.

Harry5522 summed it up quite well.

I wasn't 'trying to say' anything, I have no axe to grind either way, merely stating what I know to be verifiable fact.

You seem to have made some assumptions and ran with them. One should be careful of that.

@OP., looking forward to some benches, could you also run Cpu-z Bench?

Pooh · 31 May 2018 at 10:40

It lives......

Journey · 31 May 2018 at 10:49

Pooh said:
It lives......

Don't forget to invest in a hydro pumping station and a truck radiator to cool it if you over clock.

MagicBoy · 31 May 2018 at 10:51

muon said:
Erm, nearly no one puts local pickup on ebay. You have any idea how much of a pain that is? Also easy to get scammed if you are the seller.

It s hlarious that this thread even exists. Ebay isn't full of scammers and the sale price here isn't unusual.

Jumping to conclusions much?

I picked up my CPU at half price on eBay having only been used for a few days. Seller had built an X299 video editing rig and wanted to test the rest of the system for stability and IO performance before spending £1500 on a 7960X.

He lived about 10 minutes away, so nipped round later that day to collect it. I've got the original invoice etc in case of trouble.

OP - Nice result!

ubersonic · 31 May 2018 at 11:04

I'm not so sure I would call the going rate silly money, you got it at auction for the ball park auction price rather than the inflated buy it now price, that's how most low demand items work on eBay.

BongoHunter · 31 May 2018 at 11:05

Congrats OP - good result!

NinjaCool · 31 May 2018 at 11:23

Pooh caught on cam!

I can feel the power of those cores running all the way over here!!

FloppyPoppy · 31 May 2018 at 11:49

NinjaCool said:
Pooh caught on cam!

I can feel the power of those cores running all the way over here!!

Interesting that you chose the clip that also showcases the cooling requirements

NinjaCool · 31 May 2018 at 11:54

Excellent observation Harry

You might also notice Pooh looks at his hands, realizing he has more cores than fingers

Pooh · 31 May 2018 at 11:57

Thanks Guys

Looking forward to getting it tuned in.

I did manage to get it fired into Windows last night using my C Drive from the old motherboard. bit ugly but it got there eventually.

Going to do a fresh install tonight and see where it goes from there.

I've got a 240 and 360 rad in a custom loop. I'm guessing though that delidding might be necessary somewhere down the line

Pooh · 31 May 2018 at 15:48

last piece of the jigsaw arrived.

FloppyPoppy · 31 May 2018 at 15:49

Double post

FloppyPoppy · 31 May 2018 at 15:51

Pooh said:
Thanks Guys

Looking forward to getting it tuned in.

I did manage to get it fired into Windows last night using my C Drive from the old mother board. bit ugly but it got there eventually.

going to do a fresh install tonight and see where it goes from there.

I've got a 240 and 360 rad in a custom loop. I'm guessing though that delidding might be necessary somewhere down the line

Your brave delidding that haha. LM is amazing though

dropped a lot of degrees for me previously

Troezar · 31 May 2018 at 18:41

Glad to see you got a good one. I like it when someone gets a bargain. You won't need to upgrade that for a while

AiiR · 31 May 2018 at 20:01

Damn 2.8GHz, haven't seen those sort of stock speeds since the i7 920.

FloppyPoppy · 31 May 2018 at 20:24

AiiR said:
Damn 2.8GHz, haven't seen those sort of stock speeds since the i7 920.

Yeah! It’s absolutely rubbish, he should send it to me and il give him my 3.1ghz pentium 4

On a side note isn’t it really a better thing to have a lower base and the higher boost when it comes to power preservation especially on chips as hungry as this one??

mejinks · 1 Jun 2018 at 09:41

I'm not at all jealous lol
Good buy!

Meaker · 1 Jun 2018 at 10:26

harry5522 said:
Yeah! It’s absolutely rubbish, he should send it to me and il give him my 3.1ghz pentium 4

On a side note isn’t it really a better thing to have a lower base and the higher boost when it comes to power preservation especially on chips as hungry as this one??

No, they will clock down to 800Mhz at idle, the base clock is just the minimum guaranteed speed under any load so long as the temperature does not breach throttle levels.