Core i7 965 extreme or qx965 quad

[n-ster]

usually, on 1.39V (at least for C0) you usually get 4ghz

 

[freaksavior]

i get 4.2 lol.

anyway @ op.

if you have a 955 and a QX965 now. i say stick with what you got.

 

[n-ster]

wouldn't it be cheaper to upgrade than to stay?

 

[hat]

nope. The i965 extreme is a thousand dollars on it's own. factor in a decent ddr3 ram kit which will cost anywhere from 150 dollars and up, a decent motherboard which will be 200 dollars and up, and if you don't want to be slow-roasting your processor, a decent watercooling kit, 200 dollars and up...

 

[n-ster]

i7 920 230$ DFI DK 220$ and 6gb of SuperTalent or Crucials 80$ + 9$ ship for DFI and 16$ tax for i7 (Microcenter) = 555$ + s1283V or s1284EE 40$ = 595$

 

[Tatty_Two]

my i7 920 @ 4.2 hits 65c idle

Damn thats toasty

 

[n-ster]

and we love toasty at least the i7 handles toasty quite well

 

[HellasVagabond]

That doesnt mean we should push it...It is not cheap so it ain't worth it.

 

[Jakl]

That doesnt mean we should push it...It is not cheap so it ain't worth it.

Its not cheap, but it is by far worth it...

 

[Tatty_Two]

That doesnt mean we should push it...It is not cheap so it ain't worth it.

Agreed not cheap at all when you factor everything in, although it's an OEM chip so if it goes bang after 3 months no warranty Working on the voltage now to see how low I can get.

 

[zOaib]

and as I said, i7s can go in 80s centigrate... WC isn't needed... 4.0 on air is normal OC... at school will build it by tonight... u live near Microcenter?

nope , and yes i am talking about cpu , gpu , ram , mobo only =)

 

[HellasVagabond]

Its not cheap, but it is by far worth it...

How is it worth it exactly ? From 3.8 to 4.2 you get around a 3fps increase in Far Cry 2 and hardly 1 fps increase in Crysis....So explain to me what you mean with worth it ? Unless we are talking about Overclockers who like to brag about who has the most dry ice in their rooms

 

[hat]

Well, most people like 4.0GHz better than 3.8GHz, just cause they were able to hit 4GHz.

 

[n-ster]

He meant worth it vs stock...

DFI DK 220$ and 6gb of SuperTalent 80$ + 9$ ship for DFI + s1283V or s1284EE 40$ + i7 either used or ask a TPU member to buy it for you (a trusted one) and ship it to you 260$ or if you don't want a hassle just from newegg at 290$... = 640$ or so


I don't think you need a tri-fire or quad-fire

will be more specific later

 

[hat]

He said "From 3.8 to 4.2". There are no i7 chips that run 3.8GHz stock settings.

 

[n-ster]

I must fail to see that quote... anyhow, I'm pretty sure this is a misunderstanding and he MEANT to say it's worth it to OC an i7, NOT OC from 3.8 to 4.2....

Anyways... Here it is, 634$ without SSDs (ship inc.) or 912$ inc SSDs

 

[h3llb3nd4]

that's awesome
Wish I could buy SSDs

 

[n-ster]

thxs Vertex are super duper good SSDs

 

[zOaib]

very nice N-ster u sure have pulled my interest in the 600+ upgrade here, i will not be getting ssds at this time since i dont think they r worth the price to pay right now , specially for 2 30gb ssds, ill most likely jsut get a 300gb ratoptor wd ............... now off to the egg to get this shiat.

 

[n-ster]

nono if you're not getting SSDs, get 2 of these and RAID 0 them or get another drive that is exactly the same as you already have for some RAID 0 goodness lol

unless you already have RAID 0 from your WD drives... so without RAID 0 = 635$ with 2 500GB RAID 0 = 755$

btw, I recommended that HDD because it is only 1 platter of 500gb instead of 2-3 platters (makes it much FASTER)

 

[BarbaricSoul]

question for you N-ster(I'm not trying to start a fight, I'm honestly curious about this), why do you keep recommending a motherboard that has a high rate of failure that you have acknowledged? What makes this board so good that it's worth taking a chance having to RMA it?

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DFI DK may have a high RMA rate, but it is THE best board in my mind

 

[n-ster]

You don't need to bump the voltage as much (example maybe the DFI could get 4ghz on 1.35 stable instead of 1.39), and especially the GREAT BIOS with so many options... Also,, it is quite cheap

and no your not starting a fight It actually is a good question to ask

 

[Tatty_Two]

I do think perhaps it was early batches of the DFI DK, it's not just a problem that DFI have suffered with on in the early days of the X58 platform, there are been a number of issues with boards from EVGA and Biostar to name but a few.... however I acknowledge that it's still not good. Fingers crossed, my DFi has to date been trouble free, I am sure there are better boards out there, but for the price all I can say is "wow", it is really really nice to work with

 

[n-ster]

Tatty, don't worry usually when their is a problem, the problem appears very early... Hopefully the internet won't go bad on ya like Fits' board

 

[BarbaricSoul]

ok, but what good is the good low voltage and great bios if the board don't work to begin with? Personally, if I was to buy that board on recommendation from you, it came DOA, and I found out you knew it had a high rate of failure and didn't give any warning of, I'd be extremely upset, and definently my opinion of the knowledge of the people that recommended me a known high failure rate board would go down dramatically.