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How much of an upgrade is a I7 920 over a q6600

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Ill be using it along side a 580gtx at 1920 x 1200 res I'm looking to upgrade basically my system in sig as its showing its age on arma 3 (the gpu should say 460gtx 1gig upgraded the 8800gtx a while ago) I've already got a 580gtx sat here ready to go in my system.

I've been offered
intel core i7 lga 1366 920 2.67ghz D0
ex58-ud3r (rev 1.6/1.7) fj bios will be boxed with backplate etc, no fans ever run off the mb headers
corsair 6gb 3x2gb dominator ddr3 2000mhz with fan (the stuff with the red heatsinks)boxed

will this cpu, ram and motherboard alongside a 580gtx get me good playable frames with a bit of eye candy turned on.

My q6600 and 460gtx combo is all over the place with mainly standard settings. No AA or Post processing turned on.
 
That will be a nice upgrade, the 920's are great cpu's. A 4ghz oc is practically a given on them, will make for a very potent gaming rig. Had one prior to the spec in sig, better cpu tbh.
 
A stock clock i7 920 (with HT disabled) is a little bit faster than a Q6600 at 3.6GHz...and if you factor in that the i7 920 can overclocked from 2.66GHz to at least 4.0GHz, you would see quite a huge gain...but of course, not as much as to a SB or IB i5/i7.
 
Would a corsair A50 cooler be ok for it ? On bit of a budget. I've got the above bundle for £140.

So the above build with a 580gtx will see me good and I wont of wished i'd held out for a 2500k build.
 
Should do ok with it, they can run hot. But not as much as an ivybridge. The sandy and ivybridge i5 models will clock higher, (sandy runs cooler than ivy). With the hyperthreading that the i7 920 has, in some tasks and games it gives an advantage over the non hyperthreaded i5 ivy and sb chips. My minimum frames in bf3 have suffered a slight drop by switching from the hyperthreaded i7 920 @4.2ghz to the 3570k, even though the 3570k is clocked 300mhz higher.
 
Thank you setter, think ill take the guy up on the offer then unless anyone thinks it wont be much of an upgrade and can offer his view as well has you have.

I also know who to pm for OC setting, not Overclocked many of the new platforms. With summer round the corner. I wont be going to high The Q6600 kicks out enough heat as it is :d

What do you think of the cooler corsair A50, will it do a decent enough job of cooling the chip or should I look out for something better. ?
 
It looks pretty good for a budget cooler. On mine i used a thermalright ultra extreme 120, an excellent cooler that can be bought very cheaply secondhand. This is similair to it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-098-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2352

Theres the more expensive model with 6 heatpipes that can take 140mm fans.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-095-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2352

If you could manage to source one of the early ultra 120's, it would be a fantastic choice. They sell for little over a tenner now. If you have members market access, try in there.
 
As setter says, a nice upgrade, still using my i7 920 overclocked at 4.2ghz and it still kicks butt and still a few years left in it yet. ;)
 
I went from a q6600 to a 920 and glad i did,even though my 920 is stock and on speedstep it still flies along and a lot quicker than my q6600.

got a h100 with push/pull on my 920 and at idle it sits at 28c.
 
id say it depends on price at end of day

for what you can pick up a i2500k for second hand id probably go with that over a 920

a 920 is about same as a phenom 2 quad at 3.6-7 and a q6600 @ 3.67 at stock
 
Axil said:
still using a i7 920 @ 3.8GHz - way faster than the q6600 @ 3.2GHz that I had before it
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what ram settings are you using?

p.s. I went from a Q6600 to a 920. Overclocked to 3.6GHz at the moment. I'm not sure if my ram timings are too slack or not though.
 
Hi, my 920 OC settings use as a guide X58 UD5A mobo -

BIOS SETTINGS 4.0GHz -
Adavanced CPU Features - [A = AUTO][E = ENABLED] [D = DISABLED]
CPU CLOCK RATIO----------[a] - 4.0GHz - [21]x191 / 4.2GHz - [21]x201
INTEL(R)TURBO BOOST------[A] - E
CPU CORES E------------[ALL] - ALL
CPU MULTI THREADING------[A] - E
CPU ENHANCED HALT (C1E)--[A] - E
C3/C6/C7 STATE SUPPORT---[A] - D
CPU THERMAL MONTIOR------[A] - E
CPU EIST FUNCTION--------[A] - E
VIRTUALIZATION TECH------[A] - E
BI-DIRECTIONAL PROCHOT---[A] - E

UNCORE & QPI FEATURES -
QPI LINK SPEED-----------[A] - 36
UNCORE FREQUENCY---------[A] - 17
ISONCHORNOUS FREQUENCY---[A] - E
INTERGRATED PERIPHERALS -
ICH SATA CONTROL MODE----[IDE:ACHI] - ACHI
STANDARD CLOCK CONTROL -
BASE CLOCK[BLCK]CONTROL--[A] - E
BCLK FREQUENCY [MHz]-----[A] - 201x20=4.2GHz / 191x21=4.0GHz
PCI EXPRESS FREQ[MHz]----[A] - 101]
C.I.A.2------------------[A] - D

ADVANCED CLOCK CONTROL -
CPU CLOCK DRIVE----------[a-OPS] - 800mv
PCI EXPRESS CLOCK DR-----[a-OPS] - 900mv
CPU CLOCK SKEW-----------[A-Ops] - OOOMV
IOH CLOCK SKEW-----------[A-Ops] - 000MV

ADVANCED DRAM FEATURES -
PERFORMCE ENHANCE--------[A] - TURBO
EXTREME MEMORY PRO[XMP]--[A] - D
SYSTEM MEMORY MULTI[SPD]-[A] - 8x=1608mhZ
DRAM TIMING SELECT[SPD]--[A] - EXPERT
CHANNEL A+B+C TIMINGS SETTINGS[ALL THE SAME] -

##CHANNEL STANDARD TIMING CONTROL##
CAS LATENCY TIME---------8 [A] - 9
TRCD---------------------8 [A] - 9
TRP----------------------8 [A] - 9
TRAS--------------------24 [A] - 24
CR-----------------------2 [A] - 2

CHANNEL A+B+C TIMINGS SETTINGS[ALL THE SAME] -
##CHANNEL ADVANCED TIMING CONTROL##
TRC----------------------[A]
TRRD---------------------[A]
TWTR---------------------[A]
TWR----------------------[A]
TWTP---------------------[A]
TWL----------------------[A]
TRFC---------------------[A]
TRTP---------------------[A]
TFAW---------------------[A]
COMMAND RATE[CMD]--------[1]

CHANNEL A+B+C TIMINGS SETTINGS[ALL THE SAME] -
##CHANNEL MISC TIMMINGS##
ROUND TRIP LATENCY-------[A]

ADVANCED VOLTAGE CONTROL - 4.0ghz - LLC=L1 - Vc-1.32v / 4.2ghz - LLC=L1 - Vc-1.33v

CPU VOLCORE - 4.0ghz - LLC=L1 - Vc-1.32v / 4.2ghz - LLC=L1 - Vc-1.33v / DYMANIC VCORE[DVID]------[0+00000v auto]

CPU-
LOADLINE CALIBRATION-----[a] STANDARD - LEVEL 1 - LEVEL 2 - ENABLED TO Level 1 = 4.2GHz / 4.0GHz
CPU VOLCORE--------------[0.00000v]
DYMANIC VCORE[DVID]------[0+00000v auto] to set DVID = NORMAl/[1.3250- 1.25625 = +0.06875v DVID] 4.0GHz
QPI/VTT VOLTAGE1.150v----[A] - 1.315v
CPU PLL 1.800v-----------[A] - 1.800v
MCH/ICH -
PCIE 1.500v--------------[A] - 1.500v
QPI PLL 1.100v-----------[A] - 1.140v
IOH CORE 1.1v------------[A] - 1.120v OR 1.100V
ICH I/O 1.50v------------[A] - 1.500v
ICH CORE 1.1v------------[A] - 1.140V OR 1.00V

DRAM -
DRAM VOLTAGE 1.500v------[A] - 1.540v
DRAM TERMINATION 0.750v--[A] - 0.750v
CH-A DATA VREF---0.750v--[A] - 0.750v
CH-B DATA VREF-----"-----[A] - --"--
CH-C DATA VREF-----"-----[A] - --"--
CH-A ADDRESS VREF-0.750v-[A] - 0.750v
CH-B ADDRESS VREF---"----[A] - --"--
CH-C ADDRESS VREF---"----[A] - --"--

Oldphart.:)
 
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