Overview: OCUK 4GHz Bundle!

I'm thinking about buying this bundle, but I have a question about how to apply the thermal paste.

According to the Arctic Silver website, it states that a single horizontal line should be applied to the CPU. However, I have read of others spreading a thin layer across the whole thing. So which is the best method ?

Also, how long is the 'This Week Only' offer of £559.98 on for?
 
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EDIT - Had a play around adding a few higher airflow fans but it's not done much tbh, running around 40-45 idle - hit 80 odd in brief prime testing- which seems a little high?
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This is a little bit concnerning for me, my bundle turns up tomorrow, and I was hoping temps would be lower.. From the OCuk thread about the bundle they were getting same temps when the bundle was put in a cardboard box with poor airflow to simulate worse case scenario.. so I was expecting temps to be quite a bit lower than what you are getting... From reading many posts about i7 @ 4ghz, it seems average temps are low to mid 70c's... Im used to trying to keep my cpus wel below 50c!!!

Myself and Yewen have done extensive testing over the past few days to ensure that the hardware can pass stress under heavy load

the bundle was left overnight inside a cardboard box to restrict airflow whilst running prime on the cpu and furmark on a gtx 280


the temps were high but simulated a case with bad airflow

notice the max temps not even touching 80'c
this is excellent for air cooling
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Lol.. maybe they forget to mention the cardboard box was in an air conditioned office!!

So would 80c 24/7 be perfectly acceptable for the i7??? wow.. if othing else, i can turn my central heating off in the winter!!!

Have not been able to find out what temps are of this cpu at stock.. just to see how much hotter the cpu gets when overclocking... Im of the mind set where anything pushing 60c is bad, and strive to keep my amd x2 under 50c...!!!

Would like someone at OCuk to conclusively say that there is nothing to be concerned about these temps!! Imnot used to seeing such high temps froma cpu, and it worries me a little!!!!

Intel spec:

Thermal Design Power: 67.9°C ??????

Thermal Specification: The thermal specification shown is the maximum case temperature at the maximum Thermal Design Power (TDP) value for that processor. It is measured at the geometric center on the topside of the processor integrated heat spreader. For processors without integrated heat spreaders such as mobile processors, the thermal specification is referred to as the junction temperature (Tj). The maximum junction temperature is defined by an activation of the processor Intel® Thermal Monitor. The Intel Thermal Monitor’s automatic mode is used to indicate that the maximum TJ has been reached.
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there is nothing to be concerned about with these temps

we wouldnt be able to sell the bundle if it wasnt within the hardware's capabilities
 
Will this bundle still be stable with 12GB of RAM by adding the same OCZ kit again?

(Before anyone asks I want to run a few VM's for training that will use that much ram.)
 
no - the kit is tested for 6gb of ram

i have managed a 4ghz overclock with 12gb of ram before

but it was very expensive ram
and on a very good board

with a chip that had a very good memory controller

so in a word - no
 
Thanks for the reply.

Off the record, what would I have to lower the clock to, to get 12GB stable?

Might buy it anyway and if needs be run it at stock settings for a while. Not that I need all that power. :p
 
Trifid said:
Thanks for the reply.

Off the record, what would I have to lower the clock to, to get 12GB stable?

Might buy it anyway and if needs be run it at stock settings for a while. Not that I need all that power. :p
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i could probably get in the region of 3.8

if you wanted this you should call sales

tell them you have spoken with me on the forums and to add another kit of ram to the bundle

i will then see how high i can get it
but obviously cant give a set in stone answer without testing
 
Hi. Also bought this bundle and added 6 gig of ram. Of course I only thought about the possible instability after I bought it. Any way after a few niggles with extended runs, going to remove the extra ram and see if that fixes it, though obviously would like to run with 12 as it's mainly a video editing machine.

I dropped the multiplier as a quick test which made no difference but am I right in thinking if it's the memory I need to drop the fsb down and will I need to change anything else or can I leave it as is and just tweak the FSB?

Temps seem fine btw.

PS also running an OCZ Vertex and oh my, that is fast ;)
 
Think so. I was thinking of chucking the FSB down so the CPU was running at about 3.5GHz. Rjkoneill's offer seems like a better option for me though. Will give a ring in a few minutes. :p
 
we have loads of builds on due to the backlog from the move - i am getting them out as quick as i can guys :)
 
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