intel core i7 Owners Club

peche · May 4, 2018

Chloe Price said:
Blue boxes?

totally welcome! nice blue box!

RealNeil · May 4, 2018

Chloe Price said:
I hate that scratch on my side window..

It still looks good to me.

Keullo-e · May 5, 2018

You can always overclock more..

peche · May 7, 2018

Chloe Price said:
You can always overclock more..

last time i said that fried a core2quad, to much voltage, oh my dumb OC days,

Keullo-e · May 7, 2018

peche said:
last time i said that fried a core2quad, to much voltage, oh my dumb OC days,

Well at least 5.1GHz seems to be stable. I need to have fine tuning with BCLK..

Vayra86 · May 7, 2018

peche said:
Blue boxes are getting popular again, despite the RGB era!
View attachment 99565

I beg to differ

(and my oh my this Iphone SE makes crappy photos)

Inside <- see specs
8700K
GTX 1080
AsRock Fatal1ty Gaming K6
SSD's/HDD's are on the back / bottom

Oh and that purple thingy slowly moves up and changes color, perfect balance between epeen and not annoying in use :laugh:

peche · May 9, 2018

Chloe Price said:
Well at least 5.1GHz seems to be stable. I need to have fine tuning with BCLK..

5.1 is pretty interesting result, i'll stay there for a while!

Vayra86 said:
I beg to differ (and my oh my this Iphone SE makes crappy photos)

Inside <- see specs
8700K
GTX 1080
AsRock Fatal1ty Gaming K6
SSD's/HDD's are on the back / bottom

Oh and that purple thingy slowly moves up and changes color, perfect balance between epeen and not annoying in use

View attachment 100709

there is nothing wrong going other schemes, i was just joking about blue boxes!
also the blue box thing came with some ideas of new case!

Regards,

RealNeil · May 9, 2018

I used the term Blue box when I posted this.

But I'm not stuck on blue.

droopyRO · Jun 6, 2018

Seven years, i finally got an i7 930 and X58 board(Asus Rampage 2 Extreme). Paired them with a dual channel 2x4GB 2133 kit and a Prolimatech SuperMega with two 1200 rpm fans(don't know the brand).
Got them to 3850Mhz 1.36V. With ROG RealBench it reaches 82-84ºC with idle 45-50ºC. In the only game i got around to run it got to 60-65ºC. I guess they are ok temps for that generation no ? Thanks.

Keullo-e · Jun 9, 2018

No problem with temps. My i7-5820K @ 4.5GHz warms up to about 85C on maximum stress and I am not worried. Kicking with Rampage V Extreme.

biffzinker · Jun 9, 2018

Chloe Price said:
No problem with temps. My i7-5820K @ 4.5GHz warms up to about 85C on maximum stress and I am not worried. Kicking with Rampage V Extreme.

How is the 5820K six core working out compared to the more updated generation 7700K you had? Are the extra couple of cores worth the down grade to the prior gen?

rtwjunkie · Jun 9, 2018

Still i7 owner here. I upgraded slightly from 3770k to 4790k. Perhaps it was the motherboard change out as well, but after a month, I can say it just feels better and snappier.

Most of my benchmarks also reflect a much better CPU causing improved scores.

Devon68 · Jun 10, 2018

Knock knock. Can I enter?

I dont have a blue box (No LED's in mine), but I got myself an laptop with an i7 7700HQ.

remixedcat · Jun 10, 2018

Just joined the i7 club.

Got a lenovo W530 with an i7 3740QM @ 2.70Ghz, 16 GB RAM (came w/8 and I put the 8GB stick I had in my toshitta) , and I put in a 500GB samsung 850EVO SSD.

haven't done Cinebench on it yet.

Look what speccy thinks it is lol

droopyRO · Jun 11, 2018

I7 3770k passive cooled with a Ninja 2, down-clocked to 3.3Ghz and 1.05V, 560 pts. Cinebench R15. 2nd photo(i did replace the thermal paste on that Asus motherboard) a i7 930 overclocked to 4Ghz 1.29V(iirc) 620 points in R15 benchmark.

Good Guru · Jun 11, 2018

I just bought a used i7 4790k looks like it's gonna do 4.8ghz @ around 1.3 volts. Some games are starting to use more threads/cores now.

It is my 3rd haswell my 4770k I did a delid and ran it bare die and ended up bending the cpu substrate then I broke it trying to bend it back.
My second one a i5 4670k was a real dog doing 4.2 @1.3v and 4.4 @1.40 also delided.

I'm afraid I may have to delid the 4790k for 4.8. Although it'd probably be fine under my custom watercooling loop, just playing video games is all I will use it for.

Keullo-e · Jun 16, 2018

biffzinker said:
How is the 5820K six core working out compared to the more updated generation 7700K you had? Are the extra couple of cores worth the down grade to the prior gen?

Well.. one core is defective, so I'm running with five cores and ten threads. But well, if a game or software uses that fifth core, this feels like it has more horsepower.

Good Guru · Jun 17, 2018

peche said:
last time i said that fried a core2quad, to much voltage, oh my dumb OC days,

I seriously degraded my core2quad when I had a newer cpu on the way, gave the Q9450 2.66GHZ 1.6Vcore and now it will barely work at 3.2 instead of 3.6. I also think I accidentally degraded my 4770k at 1.432vcore.
I'm pretty stoked with my new i7 4790k at 4.8 1.3v

peche · Jun 18, 2018

rtwjunkie said:
Still i7 owner here. I upgraded slightly from 3770k to 4790k. Perhaps it was the motherboard change out as well, but after a month, I can say it just feels better and snappier.

Most of my benchmarks also reflect a much better CPU causing improved scores.

totally interested on that 3770K !

Good Guru said:
I seriously degraded my core2quad when I had a newer cpu on the way, gave the Q9450 2.66GHZ 1.6Vcore and now it will barely work at 3.2 instead of 3.6. I also think I accidentally degraded my 4770k at 1.432vcore.
I'm pretty stoked with my new i7 4790k at 4.8 1.3v

im interested on an unlocked processor now days just for the resale value, i might try to reach 5GHZ again, for some days cuz i probably end up using it stock and giving some numbers up when necessary ...

Devon68 said:
Knock knock. Can I enter?
I dont have a blue box (No LED's in mine), but I got myself an laptop with an i7 7700HQ.
View attachment 102260

You welcome sir!

AlwaysHope · Jul 14, 2018

Can I join with this pioneering 1st gen i7? or should I post this in TPU nostalgic hardware club?

dorsetknob · Jul 14, 2018

Its an I7 >>> That's good enough
I got same processor in a foxcom Board (in the attic)
Heck even a 2 core I7 laptop CPU qualify's (its still an I7

)

peche · Jul 16, 2018

AlwaysHope said:
Can I join with this pioneering 1st gen i7?

could also be promoted as council or something, i do love older i7's, my daily quad core is that exact processor, take a watch:

this babe almost makes all my dreams come true, or least let me do monkey stuff on internet and office everyday! lolz,

how much does he have been your best soldier?

dorsetknob said:
I got same processor in a foxcom Board (in the attic)

make it crunch for TPU!

Regards,

dorsetknob · Jul 16, 2018

peche said:
make it crunch for TPU!

No case .............and no Space (1 bed flat )

peche · Jul 16, 2018

dorsetknob said:
No case .............and no Space (1 bed flat )

give it away! could serve someone pretty well!

Regards,

AlwaysHope · Jul 17, 2018

peche said:
could also be promoted as council or something, i do love older i7's, my daily quad core is that exact processor, take a watch:
View attachment 103980
this babe almost makes all my dreams come true, or least let me do monkey stuff on internet and office everyday! lolz,

how much does he have been your best soldier?

make it crunch for TPU!

Regards,

Nice!
I ran a quick cpuz bench.... surprised at how competitive 1156 i7 still is @ stock clocks, even with several generations down the line, at least with that test suite...
Currently got it installed under win10 on GA-P55A-UD6, whole setup been in hibernation some 5 yrs already. Still in excellent condition. It's involved with Memtestx86 ram testing atm.

My best soldier? lol... for my current gaming needs atm, AMD is where I am.
fanboi TRAITOR... :laugh:

System Name	Athenna
Processor	intel i7 3770 Dellided
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory	16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s)	GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage	Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s)	22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case	Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s)	On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply	Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse	Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard	Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software	windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores	well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?

System Name	Home Brewed
Processor	i9-7900X and i7-8700K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme & ASUS Prime Z-370 A
Cooling	Corsair 280mm AIO & Thermaltake Water 3.0
Memory	64GB DDR4-3000 GSKill RipJaws-V & 32GB DDR4-3466 GEIL Potenza
Video Card(s)	2X-GTX-1080 SLI & 2 GTX-1070Ti 8GB G1 Gaming in SLI
Storage	Both have 2TB HDDs for storage, 480GB SSDs for OS, and 240GB SSDs for Steam Games
Display(s)	ACER 28" B286HK 4K & Samsung 32" 1080P
Case	NZXT Source 540 & Rosewill Rise Chassis
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000 & Corsair RM850
Mouse	Generic
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow Tournament & Corsair K90
Software	Win-10 Professional
Benchmark Scores	yes

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer XV273K 4K120 + Lenovo L32p-30 4K60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	Athenna
Processor	intel i7 3770 Dellided
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory	16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s)	GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage	Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s)	22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case	Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s)	On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply	Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse	Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard	Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software	windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores	well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer XV273K 4K120 + Lenovo L32p-30 4K60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

intel core i7 Owners Club

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

RealNeil

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

Vayra86

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

RealNeil

droopyRO

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

biffzinker

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

Devon68

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remixedcat

droopyRO

Good Guru

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

Good Guru

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

AlwaysHope

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

AlwaysHope

Processor	i7 8700k 4.6Ghz @ 1.24V
Motherboard	AsRock Fatal1ty K6 Z370
Cooling	beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200/C16
Video Card(s)	ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 830 256GB + Crucial BX100 250GB + Toshiba 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440)
Case	Fractal Design Define R5
Audio Device(s)	Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	XTRFY M42
Keyboard	Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II
Software	W10 x64

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2

System Name	Bayou Phantom
Processor	Core i7-8700k 4.4Ghz @ 1.18v
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax T40F Black CPU cooler
Memory	2x 16GB Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Xc
Storage	1x 500 MX500 SSD; 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 4TB WD Black; 1x400GB VelRptr; 1x 4TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	HP 27q 27" IPS @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black w/Titanium front -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic X-850
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

System Name	Ryzen 2023
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Motherboard	Asrock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G Skill Flare X5 2x16gb cl32@6000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 6950 XT Nitro + gaming Oc
Storage	WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB 64MB 7k SATA600 Blue WD10EZEX, WD Black SN850X 1Tb nvme
Display(s)	LG 27GP850P-B
Case	Corsair 5000D airflow tempered glass
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-850W
Mouse	A4Tech V7M bloody
Keyboard	Genius KB-G255
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	RemixedBeast-NX
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9Ghz (8C/16T)
Motherboard	Dell Inc. 08HPGT (CPU 1)
Cooling	Dell Standard
Memory	24GB ECC
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 6GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD//2TB WD Black HDD
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in @ 1920x1080 + Dell E2013H 20 in @1600x900
Case	Dell Precision T3600 Chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 // Fiio E7 Amp/DAC
Power Supply	630w Dell T3600 PSU
Mouse	Logitech G700s/G502
Keyboard	Logitech K740
Software	Linux Mint 20
Benchmark Scores	Network: APs: Cisco Meraki MR32, Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC-LR and Lite Router/Sw:Meraki MX64 MS220-8P

System Name	The Tempest
Processor	i7 5960x at 4.5ghz 1.235 bios vcore 4.1ghz cache 1.15v on custom water
Motherboard	MSI X99A Godlike Gaming
Cooling	Swiftech DDC mcp50-x pump XSPC Raystorrm waterblock Acool xt45 Supernova1260 rad 9 140mmfans 1vrmF
Memory	32gb 4x8gb Kingston HyperX Fury 2400mhz 15-15-15-35 @ 3200 16-19-19-36 2T 1.36v
Video Card(s)	AMD 6800 XT reference OC to 2500~2600 1.135v mem oc 2150 Fast timing Acool Eisblock gpx waterblock
Storage	WD Blue M.2 512GB SSD Toshiba 4tb Western Digital Black 6tb 7200's
Display(s)	4k HDR TLC 43" 60hz TV
Case	Cooler Master 140 rear fan 200mm 2top/1side/1front External 1260 rad 1700RPM 1VRM fan
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtech Logitech 5.1 surround/ Bluetooth headphones
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i PSU
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Time Spy ~20000 Extreme 7800 Fire Strike 55000 Extreme 27415 Ultra 13604 Port Royal 10032