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i7 860 results coming tonight - with HT enabled
You might be the first! Loads of reviews on the web today all of them i5 or i7-870!
Poll: I5 - Lets Get Clocking!!!
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You might be the first! Loads of reviews on the web today all of them i5 or i7-870!
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i7 860 results coming tonight - with HT enabled
Hope this time, not with 4 x delta fans or water cooling. Try with air cooler for a change. No offence to you.
i7 860 results coming tonight - with HT enabled
if you could use high end air cooling like 95% of the forum that would be great.
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Arrrg dam you posting info like this, must resist urge to spend! Nice overclocking results, though cooling wise far beyond the average set-up. As said by others; once some LGA1156 Bolt-Thru-Kits arrive would great to see some H50/Megahalems/TRUE etc results at say 4GHz.
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@Rich, will you be using air for the i7 860 tests?
I am sure both the Zalman CNPS10x and 9900 would be decent enough air coolers for some nice overclocks, don't you?
I am sure both the Zalman CNPS10x and 9900 would be decent enough air coolers for some nice overclocks, don't you?
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Awww thats ages!!i7 860 results coming tonight - with HT enabled
lolIt's either i5 750 or i7 860 for me, will decide when I see results.
I'm probally better off with i5 750 as my PC's main function is gaming but with DirectX11 graphics cards soon, maybe they will take advantage of having the 4 threads? who knows . . . .
Yeah they both look good, not an easy choice unless really scrimping!
Are you done with your AM3 steup already!
to overclock you use the best cooling method available to you
i have used air for the 860
hope this is ok with you
the reason i bench on water is because if i just said the chip could do 4ghz [or whatever the max on air is]
then you wouldnt see how far they push
i have already posted what air temps are for the 750
and i will post air results tonight
but to be honest, air cooling is boring
i like taking hardware to its limits and seeing what it can do
we all know an i7 920 sits at around 75'c under load at 4GHz on most of the decent air coolers
knock around 5'c off for the 860
knock around 10'c off for the 750
you really dont need to see air results
if i was benching on LN2 or SS then i could understand
Awww thats ages!!
It's either i5 750 or i7 860 for me, will decide when I see results.
I'm probally better off with i5 750 as my PC's main function is gaming but with DirectX11 graphics cards soon, maybe they will take advantage of having the 4 threads? who knows . . . .
i would just consider a 955 tbh
there really isnt much in it
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Not sure but I don't pay the electricity bill, if I can save 30W power then so be it lol.Yeah they both look good, not an easy choice unless really scrimping!
Are you done with your AM3 steup already!
By the time I've sold my AMD rig, it's going to cost me around £200ish to get a P55 setup, can I justify around £30 per fps improvement at stock clocks i.e. max 7fps ..... not really.
But then again this is stock clocks were talking about, clock for clock the P55 chipset is a lot faster.
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Damn, those MSI boards didn't stay in stock for long did they?!?!
Which cooler have you used for the i7 860 testing?
Which cooler have you used for the i7 860 testing?
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to overclock you use the best cooling method available to you
i have used air for the 860
hope this is ok with you
the reason i bench on water is because if i just said the chip could do 4ghz [or whatever the max on air is]
then you wouldnt see how far they push
i have already posted what air temps are for the 750
and i will post air results tonight
but to be honest, air cooling is boring
i like taking hardware to its limits and seeing what it can do
we all know an i7 920 sits at around 75'c under load at 4GHz on most of the decent air coolers
knock around 5'c off for the 860
knock around 10'c off for the 750
you really dont need to see air results
if i was benching on LN2 or SS then i could understand
I look forward to your results tonight (not after midnight ?)
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=priceAsc&search=1156
should be 6 there.
should be 6 there.
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Looks like ill have to wrestle with the Gigabyte P55-UD4 BIOS for a while then, maybe i should have went ASUS, i knew whichever one of these i selected it would be the wrong one
This will be really daunting, the last OC i did was my Q6600 back almost 2 years ago, theres soooo many more values to change now
This will be really daunting, the last OC i did was my Q6600 back almost 2 years ago, theres soooo many more values to change now
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The Evga motherboards have skt 775 mounting holes as well as 1156 mounting holes.
Now the question is . . . will the Thermalright True 120 fit using the skt 775 bracket.
Also if this is the case, their should be no reasong the Corsair H50 with 775 mount should fit . . . ?
Now the question is . . . will the Thermalright True 120 fit using the skt 775 bracket.
Also if this is the case, their should be no reasong the Corsair H50 with 775 mount should fit . . . ?
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Great work Rjkoneill. I'm really looking forward to seeing your i7 860 results before I make my choice.
Please post your results here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18052218
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