Ivybridge upgrade

Pilgrim57 · 9 May 2012 at 00:05

Socket 2011 seems a cul-de-sac but is still the only way to get more than a quad.

So thinking about a IB quad K with ASUS mobo + 16gb ram. The o/c gains over SB don't seem to be great due to Intel changing from solder to thermal paste under the heat spreader.

Am using Boinc for Seti/Rosetta/cpdn with F@H on the GPU most of the time with a bit of cuda for Seti.

Would I get good ppd with the SMP FAH client + Big ADV bonus?

Or should I wait until autumn for the release, of the more expensive, IB-E or whatever the hex core will be. [there's not going to be 8 core is there?]

Any input suggestions welcomed.

Stickman · 9 May 2012 at 06:17

I've also heard that the ivybridge OC woes are not just to do with the TIM under the heatspreader, but also maybe process related (intel's 22nm process i mean). If that's the case then SandyBridge-E might be just as effective as IvyBridge-E, and available sooner. Doesn't seem like there'd be that much to gain with Ivy-E at the mo.

Pilgrim57 · 9 May 2012 at 15:42

Thinking I may either get a cheap SB [scratch that just checked prices

] or go with a a 3570K & see what the future holds. Considering a water cooling kit in place of air.

hanluc · 9 May 2012 at 18:28

I've recently upgraded to an Asus P8Z77-V pro, [email protected] & 8GB samsung green@2200Mhz, I did buy 16gb of RAM but I'm struggling to get the all the sticks working at high frequencies.

I've been trying out FAH7 on normal SMP, The PPD is all over the place due to the imbalanced of points, the highest I've seen on any given WU is 56K, the lowest 22K. Power consumption is good, it pulls around 170-180w from the wall.

Clock for clock it's faster than SB by around 3-5%, my 4.6Ghz overclock is supposed to be the equivalent of a SB at 4.8Ghz. If you're thinking of upgrading from a SB though, I wouldn't bother, you'll hardly notice the difference.

Pilgrim57 · 9 May 2012 at 18:39

Thanks hanluc. I was thinking of this mobo as I only need 1 lan port.
I thought OcUK had tested 4x4gb sticks :confused:

of the Samsung to 2400GHz

I have an aging Q9550 +560Ti + Corsair 850w
What PSU do you have? What are you using for CPU cooling?

hanluc · 9 May 2012 at 19:03

I believe Gibbo tested it on an x79 board which is obviously quad channel. When I put the other two sticks in at 2133mhz or 2200mhz my machine doesn't boot, I've tried for ages to get it work with all sorts of voltages and settings, though there is chap who posted in the Samsung green thread who has the same board, with a 3570K happily using 16Gb@ 2133Mhz apparently, so I dunno.

I have an Antec 650w truepower .. nothing special, and the CPU is watercooled with a triple rad, temps still hit 79c on IBT though 1.3vcore, but nowhere near that when folding and crunching, high 60s.