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Sandy Bridge on watercooling?

Watercooling isn't great in terms of mhz/£ on the last generation. Assuming sandy bridge runs cooler, watercooling should offer less of an improvement than it did before.

It's possible that watercooling will offer zero performance over air this time around.
 
Ezyryder said:
I disagree, he makes a valid point. Is he struggling with his current setup? Most probably not. He is just spending money for the shake of it to be honest. His money of course but still a waste.

And I don't need to increase my post count ;)
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cheers buddy :)

yes i have made a few posts i am a member of a few forums so just trying this one out and trying to help people thats all.

to the OP if you have money to burn and you like the latest tech then get the 2600k.
 
My watercooled 2600k is running 4.8ghz 24/7 with temps of around 60c when stressed, with 1.38 vcore. I need 1.5 vcore for a stable 5ghz which brings my temps up to 78-80c. I really want to leave it here but i think it's just too much. Probably just need bigger kahoonas! Will Intel replace it under warranty.......I wonder. My water loop is just the cpu by the way and uses decent components.
 
I ran mine with Zalman cooler and at 4.5 gig running prime maxed at 75c but when i did 5 gig the temps hit 98c.

Just finished fitting h20 tried prime with 4.5 gig and it maxed at 53c so yes air is fine for 4.5 or so but if you want to push it higher you need good water.

I upgraded from i7 930 and sandy bridge is a upgrade and i dont regret it.

http://sites.google.com/site/ayupfromdik/files/johnandpc.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1
 
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I have just got my new SB ordered, Currently on Air cooling.

I'm holding off on a WC setup for 30 days while we see what the guys on water are getting.

So far it seems that the limitations are nothing to do with heat. If this turns out to be the trend then I may well leave this rig on air and save the 300 notes.

I spent long time with OC checking batch numbers, so fingers crossed ill get a nice chip :D
 
Don't think the watercooling makes much of a difference with SB.
With my Q6600 I could throw silly voltages at the chip for overclocking and it stayed at a reasonable temperature.
My 2500K clocks well up to 4.6GHz but after that the amount of vcore needed rockets. I had a play with 4.8Ghz and went up to about 1.42v on vcore with at best 5 minutes prime before BSOD. Temps still never went about 52 on the hottest core.
 
I am currently priming my i2500k @ 4.6Ghz with 1.344v as per cpu-z. Idle temps are between 29 & 32c and at load cores are between 49 & 55c max (not all cores are the same temp under load. I may lap it yet like my Q6600 to try and even them out). Water cooling is as per my sig. Block is an Apogee XT.
 
coughs said:
What numbers could sandybridge achieve on a good water loop setup?

What do you think?

Anyone done it?

I want at least 5GHZ stable, its not recommended on air.


Regards,
Coughs
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You could ask rjk to put that on his own custom water cooling but I don't think rjk wouldn't buy sandybridge himself.
 
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