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***The Official Core i3 Overclocking Thread***
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i3 looks like a bargain
has no turbo boost and is at a lower initial clock comparing to the i5 dual range
but still has a healthy multiplier so should see 4GHz easily
might have to pick one up myself and finally put my last 775 rig to sleep
the question is how would a 4GHz+ i3 530 (dually) compare to a 3.6GHz (Quad QX6700 775) compare?
has no turbo boost and is at a lower initial clock comparing to the i5 dual range
but still has a healthy multiplier so should see 4GHz easily
might have to pick one up myself and finally put my last 775 rig to sleep
the question is how would a 4GHz+ i3 530 (dually) compare to a 3.6GHz (Quad QX6700 775) compare?
Its good to see the OEM 530...looks like this is probably my route now.
Overclockers staff....What about getting some H55 EVGA mobos in?
And that Geil Ram?
Looks like those GeiL kits are coming in today, if they the ones you are talking about.
geil dual channel 4gb 2133 kit
That looks like a nice bundle. And a good price to boot!
Be interested to see if anyone gets that. It would need to be overclocked though to be worth it do you think?
hello everyone
i just bought a i3 530, an asrock H55m Pro, and 2x2gb gskill (not geil) ripjaw ddr3-2000 memory.
i plan on overlcocking the crap out of this on just an arctic freezer 7! i can post back with results thursday. i didnt see a reason to go with the P55, since this chip has the video you might as well get a H55 motherboard, unless you want to run two video cards someday (i never do!)
i just bought a i3 530, an asrock H55m Pro, and 2x2gb gskill (not geil) ripjaw ddr3-2000 memory.
i plan on overlcocking the crap out of this on just an arctic freezer 7! i can post back with results thursday. i didnt see a reason to go with the P55, since this chip has the video you might as well get a H55 motherboard, unless you want to run two video cards someday (i never do!)
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Will be interested to see how that mobo clocks.
I loved Asrock mobo when building systems on the cheap for people.
How much was it?
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was $110 (might have been shipping, i cant remember. bought from newegg). right now i have my e5200 running at 3.7ghz on the cheapest asrock 775 matx mobo you can buy... it came free with the purchase of the cpu for $100 shipped all that time ago. been running at that speed since i got it, asrock is top notch in my book (long time asus fan too). the board doesnt even support cpu voltage adjustments either, i had to slap conductive paint on the bottom of the cpu to raise the VID just to get it to o/c!
this i3 should be nearly as fast as my o/cd e5200, and once i o/c the i3 i should see a hefty gain in speed. i really bought this stuff to get off the ich7 chipset, its far too outdated for my tastes. im sure later on ill find a 1156 i7 cpu for cheap as well... and if nothing else, ill have really good ddr3 ram out of all this
was $110 (might have been shipping, i cant remember. bought from newegg). right now i have my e5200 running at 3.7ghz on the cheapest asrock 775 matx mobo you can buy... it came free with the purchase of the cpu for $100 shipped all that time ago. been running at that speed since i got it, asrock is top notch in my book (long time asus fan too). the board doesnt even support cpu voltage adjustments either, i had to slap conductive paint on the bottom of the cpu to raise the VID just to get it to o/c!
this i3 should be nearly as fast as my o/cd e5200, and once i o/c the i3 i should see a hefty gain in speed. i really bought this stuff to get off the ich7 chipset, its far too outdated for my tastes. im sure later on ill find a 1156 i7 cpu for cheap as well... and if nothing else, ill have really good ddr3 ram out of all this
thanks
was $110 (might have been shipping, i cant remember. right now i have my e5200 running at 3.7ghz on the cheapest asrock 775 matx mobo you can buy... it came free with the purchase of the cpu for $100 shipped all that time ago. been running at that speed since i got it, asrock is top notch in my book (long time asus fan too). the board doesnt even support cpu voltage adjustments either, i had to slap conductive paint on the bottom of the cpu to raise the VID just to get it to o/c!
this i3 should be nearly as fast as my o/cd e5200, and once i o/c the i3 i should see a hefty gain in speed. i really bought this stuff to get off the ich7 chipset, its far too outdated for my tastes. im sure later on ill find a 1156 i7 cpu for cheap as well... and if nothing else, ill have really good ddr3 ram out of all this
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Just got a i3 530, Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H and OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9
Initial clocking results are looking very promising had a quick play last night and got it to 4Ghz booting on stock volts (didn't have time to test stability but it booted windows fine) and I got 4.4Ghz on 1.32v will do some stability tested tonight and see if I can push anymore
Got it under a H-50-1 so temps are cool 20's idle and max I saw with quick ten min run of IBT was 65c that was when it was clocked to 4.4Ghz @1.32v
Whats max safe voltage I can pump through this little chip?
Initial clocking results are looking very promising had a quick play last night and got it to 4Ghz booting on stock volts (didn't have time to test stability but it booted windows fine) and I got 4.4Ghz on 1.32v will do some stability tested tonight and see if I can push anymore
Got it under a H-50-1 so temps are cool 20's idle and max I saw with quick ten min run of IBT was 65c that was when it was clocked to 4.4Ghz @1.32v
Whats max safe voltage I can pump through this little chip?
Thats very exciting.
If i can have a 530 at 4.5ghz without undue vcore pumping through it and it being on the edge of its life I will be happy.
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