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***Intel i7 4790K Owners thread***

varkanoid said:
An i7 4790k and a GTX 260 is not a good combination. Bit of a waste. Depending on what res you use the 260 will be a bottleneck.
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How can you say that? If the 260 runs everything he needs at a frame rate he's happy with (eg: 60fps) then why upgrade it for nothing? :confused:

Save the money for a card when it is required, and for when it will buy more bang for the bucks.
 
Darkman said:
Let's hope the 260 isn't causing the instability ;-)
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True that! :p All I play is CS:GO at 1080P I know it's going to be the bottleneck in the system but it does everything I want it to at the moment. I'll upgrade it in time I just don't want to splash so much cash on something that isn't really required!

I plan to keep this CPU for a while just like I have done with my 955.
 
I'm having a problem running older (late 90s/early 00s) era games on my new 4970k based PC. I've tried many things (changing graphics, sound, OS (Win7 vs Win8.1)) and they still crash randomly. I suspect it might be something up with the motherboard or RAM, as people with similar PCs have the games working fine!

Please, if you're running a PC similar to mine, see if the Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 demo will work for you or not (http://www.gamershell.com/download_110.shtml)?

Read up more on all the many (almost hilarious) trials I made, and the fuller list of games that crash for me (mostly racing games): http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=42736
 
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Mana said:
ah the trusty old Q6600. That thing was a beast of an overclocker.
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Yep, just replaced my trusty Q6600 which I ran for six and a half years (!) @ 3.6Ghz.

Replaced it with an even better beast of an overclocker, the Xeon 5650 running @ 4.4Ghz. Awesome chip.
 
New 4790k owner here and what can I say, it's one hell of a chip :)

Currently running:

Core Freq: x47
vCore: v1.230
Turbo: Disabled

Temps are high 60c's running valley/firestrike :)
 
I just upgraded from an overclocked Q6600 to the 4790K, and I've hit a wall. The BIOS has changed massively, new terms, new voltages etc etc. TBH I'm bewildered with it all.

Can anyone post a link to a guide on overclocking these chips or a good guide on overclocking theory so I can get up to speed? I have googled and found stuff already but I'm getting lost with it all!

Thanks :)

edit mobo - Gigabyte GA-Z97X Gaming 7
 
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So just wondering if I may have won the ''thermal lottery''. My 4790k is cooled by a zalman cnps 9900 max perfomance. Holy ****, who knew air cooled could be this good.

Measured with RealTemp, CoreTemp.
Idle: 19c-22c cool room temprature, 23c-25c warm room temprature
Load: 44c-48c Far Cry 4 or Dragon Iinquisition and 80% cpu fan speed. The hottest it gets is 48c-52c with hot room temprature.

I did do a prime95, sliiightly higher temps but not by much. My cpu was still dancing mc hammer in ice it seems.

4.4 Ghz atm, but I will push it later. I have to say though, thumbs up to Zalman.

I was relatively unlucky with my Q6600 b3 stepping. This time around my 4790k is treating me well!

I was also relatively lucky with my 970 not getting hotter then 64c furmark, unigine u name it... heavily oc'ed too (175 core 475 memory).
Seems my case has good airflow, Corsair 450D, very happy with it. (I forgot to mention I have 7x 120mm Corsair AF quiet edition... overkill? you bet, but I'm loving it.)
 
PullTheTricker said:
So just wondering if I may have won the ''thermal lottery''. My 4790k is cooled by a zalman cnps 9900 max perfomance. Holy ****, who knew air cooled could be this good.

Measured with RealTemp, CoreTemp.
Idle: 19c-22c cool room temprature, 23c-25c warm room temprature
Load: 44c-48c Far Cry 4 or Dragon Iinquisition and 80% cpu fan speed. The hottest it gets is 48c-52c with hot room temprature.

I did do a prime95, sliiightly higher temps but not by much. My cpu was still dancing mc hammer in ice it seems.

4.4 Ghz atm, but I will push it later. I have to say though, thumbs up to Zalman.

I was relatively unlucky with my Q6600 b3 stepping. This time around my 4790k is treating me well!

I was also relatively lucky with my 970 not getting hotter then 64c furmark, unigine u name it... heavily oc'ed too (175 core 475 memory).
Seems my case has good airflow, Corsair 450D, very happy with it. (I forgot to mention I have 7x 120mm Corsair AF quiet edition... overkill? you bet, but I'm loving it.)
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When did you get the chip? Can you provide the batch number?

I think you've got a good chip there. I can push mine to 4.7ghz on 1.238v, highs of 77c while gaming so I'm not going to complain either.
 
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