TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[Fitseries3]

wow... 300 pages of i7 talk in 14 months.

its crazy to think i've had i7/x58 for over a year now.

i have my reciept here for my 1st i7 920 and RIIE dated 11-17-08

i think i've had almost every x58 since then... almost.

and now im running a xeon 3520 while i wait for the i9s to come out.

its been fun and i hope it continues to be that way.

 

[fatguy1992]

Yesterday I did a quick test with my W3570, I got this...

http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=936839

I should get much better scores next time, I had really bad evap contact, evap @ -85C and CPU @ -25C

Since this is a high leakage chip, it overclocks better with lower temps rather then more voltage.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Good job Daniel. Why can you do to improve evap. Contact?

 

[SummerDays]

wow... 300 pages of i7 talk in 14 months.

its crazy to think i've had i7/x58 for over a year now.

i have my reciept here for my 1st i7 920 and RIIE dated 11-17-08

Same here, I ordered when they had just came out, manufactured in Costa Rica. Motherboard prices have dropped by a good 40%.

I can't remember how much they were when they came out, $400?

 

[Fitseries3]

i paid $465 shipped overnight from asus usa

cpu was $320 overnighted

 

[Chicken Patty]

In December of 08 I ordered mine. $300 for CPU and $300 for motherboard. Overnight was about $50

 

[Jakethesnake011]

How are you liking the new chip fit? It is much different than an i7 920? Some have said the Xeon's are binned better due to the reliability that they are expected to hold up to, I am not sure if such is true.
Can you post some pics of the clocks you can run, I did see the 4.2ghz 3d mark 06 run with something like 1.27v for vcore, if you have any others laying around please share

 

[Fitseries3]

its a tad better than a i7 but not alot.

i'll get more runs in after a bit.

 

[fatguy1992]

Good job Daniel. Why can you do to improve evap. Contact?

Level the insulation out around the cpu so the evap can touch the CPU.

 

[PaulieG]

its a tad better than a i7 but not alot.

i'll get more runs in after a bit.

I've had 2 of the 1156 Xeons. They were fairly disappointing. The 860's in general are better for sure.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Level the insulation out around the cpu so the evap can touch the CPU.

Ha, gotcha. Isn't the insulation soft? Like I mean if you screw down the evap block, whatever you wanna call it, the insulation should give right?

 

[Binge]

Ha, gotcha. Isn't the insulation soft? Like I mean if you screw down the evap block, whatever you wanna call it, the insulation should give right?

It's pretty malleable but it depends on what kind of insulation you're using. If it's foam then it'll give quite a bit, but if it's needed eraser then it won't give as much as you might think.

Good suggestion Fatty

 

[Binge]

Same here, I ordered when they had just came out, manufactured in Costa Rica. Motherboard prices have dropped by a good 40%.

I can't remember how much they were when they came out, $400?

Fit got me before I almost signed off the interwebs and I got in contact with someone on anandtech who was selling a 920 and Rampage II Extreme for $500 shipped.

That was a good November 08

 

[Fitseries3]

x58's i've owned and am quite familiar with...

asus..
RIIE
RIIgene
p6t6 ws revolution
p6t dlx

dfi...
ut-x58-t3eh8
dk-x58-t3eh6

gb...
x58-ud5
x58-ud3

ecs...
x58a

foxconn...
renaissance

evga...
classified 759
classified 760

and i hate to say it...

i had an intel x58 for a few days that i sold to a friend that wanted a fast machine.

 

[PaulieG]

x58's i've owned and am quite familiar with...

asus..
RIIE
p6t6 ws revolution
p6t dlx

dfi...
ut-x58-t3eh8
dk-x58-t3eh6

gb...
x58-ud5

ecs...
x58a

foxconn...
renaissance

evga...
classified 759
classified 760

and i hate to say it...

i had an intel x58 for a few days that i sold to a friend that wanted a fast machine.

It's crazy how we can go through so many boards in the name of benching. . Here's my i7 boards, both x58 and p55:

x58
Biostar x58 Tpower
Gigabyte UD5
Gigabyte UD3
Asus Gene
Foxconn Blood Rage
Asrock x58 Extreme
DFI DK x58 t3eh6

p55
EVGA p55 FTW (current board)
Gigabyte p55-UD4
Gigabyte p55A-UD6 (current board)
Asrock p55 Extreme (current board)

 

[mastrdrver]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1700947&postcount=237

Letting the temps drop a few to take a shot at 4ghz.

 

[Fitseries3]

hey guys i think i figured something out.

can you please post me a pic of your mobos... i just need to see the upper part of the board, 1st pcie slot to the upper edge by the cpu socket.

most boards have cooling only on the VRMs for cpu power control and lack proper PLL and VTT cooling. some boards also lack proper 2+ stage mem and IOH VRM cooling as well.

i have found that if you cool these spots you can gain 300-700mhz but YMMV.

i'd need to see your board to know what needs extra cooling..... so if you are interested post a pic for me and i'll tell you more.

 

[t_ski]

My board is the same as yours...

 

[Fitseries3]

 

[Chicken Patty]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100109/Capture676.jpg

It has cute little heat sinks. Is that what you are trying to show?

 

[Fitseries3]

read up a few posts

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yeah I read that, but is that the parts of the board that were lacking cooling according to your post?

 

[Fitseries3]

on the classifieds there are a few spots yes.

 

[Chicken Patty]

on the classifieds there are a few spots yes.

That's pretty cool. I do bet those areas get really hot under some load and good clocking. Smart move there. Is that the first board you see cooling those particular areas? I ask you because you've had more boards than I probably will ever have in my lifetime.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Still got my old C0 chip steaming along, even on air she benches at 4,2gig on less than 1.3V with temps never going out of the 60's, had a play earlier today, got her to 4.4gig on 1.4V but she was getting a bit toasty there, I ran 2006 at 4.2gig with just one of my 4890's as I had not run the bench in like a year! ...............