*****Official Ivybridge Review Thread*****

[P3N9U1N]

Didn't you get a chance to check out all the pre release reviews? people were getting 4.8Ghz on air albeit not with that great temps.

I did indeed, just didnt think people would push pass 4.5 because of the temps

 

[Ollie1132]

I did indeed, just didnt think people would push pass 4.5 because of the temps

I guess it all depends on what you feel like you can put your chip through Id be quite happy to have temps at 75ish underload.

 

[P3N9U1N]

I guess it all depends on what you feel like you can put your chip through Id be quite happy to have temps at 75ish underload.

So would I. Cant wait to see what my custom loop can get out of my 3770k

 

[Ollie1132]

Ahah. Im only going to be air cooling for now Id like to try water cooling but... kinda pricey and if something went wrong Id be down a lot of cash.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

w00t may have just persuaded my missus to let me get a Z77 + 3770k as my birthday present, perfect timing on the release intel haha

Congrats !

Keep making her breakfast in bed dude, the cooking, the ironing etc etc. Don't relent until she signs on the dotted line.

 

[P3N9U1N]

Make sure the fittings are tight and nothing will go wrong, very true about be ing pricey tho.

 

[Ollie1132]

Yeah I know maybe when Im out of Uni and pulling 30k+ a year Ill have like 3-4 PC's to play with

 

[Keod2]

Dunno how useful this is, just popped up on youtube

EDIT: seems like a pretty decent insight into it

 

[mikeym]

Yeah I know maybe when Im out of Uni and pulling 30k+ a year Ill have like 3-4 PC's to play with

Just make sure you delay getting married / children - they can reduce your disposable income greatly!

Or find someone like Mrs Bios!

 

[the_director]

The more you earn, the more commitments you end up with. Mortgage cars, bulls and so forth. Chen of course you have to justify blowing so much money on playing games as an adult.

 

[the_director]

Apologies for the poor typing, my phone keeps switching languages and spellchecker gives up.

 

[G-Sharp]

Dunno how useful this is, just popped up on youtube

EDIT: seems like a pretty decent insight into it

I was just about to post this. Watching through it now. So far it seems that max voltage is around 1.25V-1.3V with a max frequency of around 4.8GHz, with these chips.

Edit: He's using a Corsair H60, so I guess you may be able to squeeze a bit more out of it using the best air-coolers?

 

[Keod2]

Ive seen vids of people with high end air coolers and they struggle to get any higher

 

[Buckster]

I was just about to post this. Watching through it now. So far it seems that max voltage is around 1.25V-1.3V with a max frequency of around 4.8GHz, with these chips.

Edit: He's using a Corsair H60, so I guess you may be able to squeeze a bit more out of it using the best air-coolers?

good vid

but not sure about the don't run "Prime" message

 

[chippy08]

good vid

but not sure about the don't run "Prime" message

You dont run prime because the chip gets way too hot.

 

[The Halk]

It's not much of a step from that to "You don't stability test because it's not stable."

As for people struggling to get over 4.5... early indications seem to be that the ES chips are not as good as the retail ones. Too early to be definitive, but it's encouraging.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

You dont run prime because the chip gets way too hot.

However this is not encouraging.

 

[The Halk]

Like I said the retail chips seem to be doing a bit better than the ES ones.... It's been known for a few weeks that IB has heat issues at high clocks.

 

[Buckster]

You dont run prime because the chip gets way too hot.

is there a list of software we shouldn't run ?

 

[muon]

Its a bit of a cheat isn't it? Don't run the stability benches which will show instability.

AIDA64 in that video was running at 90C+ already in a good open air test setup.