is this a golden sample: 5960X

sirbaili · Oct 8, 2016

Hi Guys.

I have had a 5820K for almost an year - it is ok sample can do 4500Mhz under 1.275vcore.
So one of the biggest computer hardware chains i n Israel had a sale and I purchased 5960X for less than 6900K.
At first looking at the bios vcore I thought that I have purchased the dreaded non overclockable sample - than I started to OC via TURBO VCore software and results looked promising.
Maximum I have dared under air cooling: 4.6ghz 1.235 VCore stable - but temperature hit was lower 80-s.
So Now I am at 4500Mhz 1.2vcore.
So the Question is - is this a golden sample?

some pics:

natr0n · Oct 8, 2016

5 GHz would be a golden sample.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117404

Others are hitting the same area and some even more.

Outback Bronze · Oct 8, 2016

Well id say its pretty good!

My 5960x is an absolute pig!

I have to pump like 1.5v to get 4.5Ghz

Recon-UK · Oct 9, 2016

It's all about relativity.

An i5 2500k for the most part will easily hit 4.7ghz-4.8. Those that hit 5 are above average, and the golden ones will hit over 5.

cadaveca · Oct 9, 2016

sirbaili said:
So the Question is - is this a golden sample?

Meh, kinda in the middle-top end. Good for 24/7 OC, not so great for pushing hard under LN2 IMHO.

Outback Bronze said:
Well id say its pretty good!

My 5960x is an absolute pig!

I have to pump like 1.5v to get 4.5Ghz

Yeah, pig for sure.

But you might have better results under extreme cooling, where the OP's might have cold bug.

High temps and low voltage is not so nice, where high voltage but lower temps is a bit better, I feel. Same for ANY CPU.

Outback Bronze · Oct 9, 2016

cadaveca said:
But you might have better results under extreme cooling

Yeah true but I would still need a higher voltage to get to any given clock speed which could result in degradation no? Or does extreme cooling cancel that out?

Cheers.

Estaric · Oct 9, 2016

I mean think of it like this if you get it to 4.0 GHZ it the same clocks as a stock 6700k and 4790k plus the extra .5 ghz id say it not golden but defiantly didn't lose the lottery

cadaveca · Oct 9, 2016

Outback Bronze said:
Yeah true but I would still need a higher voltage to get to any given clock speed which could result in degradation no? Or does extreme cooling cancel that out?

Cheers.

Extreme cooling cancels that out, but we are talking extreme temperatures. You are shoving the voltage high, but it doesn't overheat... where another chip can't take the voltage at all, and gets too hot. Extreme cooling minimizes electro-migration (which is what really kills chips. Electromigration creates pathways for the current to flow that is wasn't intended to, which is why it "kills" chips; the juice flows out of the path you want it to.) So the ideal chip, in my books, between these two examples... like we want s to see 4.6-4.8 GHz @ 1.325V. That goes for 3770K, 3960X, 4770K, 4960X, 5960X, 6700K, and all subsets of those models. 1.2v... too low. 1.5V, too high!

eidairaman1 · Oct 15, 2016

cadaveca said:
Extreme cooling cancels that out, but we are talking extreme temperatures. You are shoving the voltage high, but it doesn't overheat... where another chip can't take the voltage at all, and gets too hot. Extreme cooling minimizes electro-migration (which is what really kills chips. Electromigration creates pathways for the current to flow that is wasn't intended to, which is why it "kills" chips; the juice flows out of the path you want it to.) So the ideal chip, in my books, between these two examples... like we want s to see 4.6-4.8 GHz @ 1.325V. That goes for 3770K, 3960X, 4770K, 4960X, 5960X, 6700K, and all subsets of those models. 1.2v... too low. 1.5V, too high!

aka a Leaky Chip (electromigration)

5820 is a broken down chip of the X Model.

peche · Oct 18, 2016

under air and getting like 4.6GHZ .... well golden chips are like 5.0GHZ easy and no high volts.. but since yours is cooled by air.. you still have the chance to push a little moar the limits with water...

Regards.

terroralpha · Oct 22, 2016

good but not gold. i'd say slightly above average. i've seen 5GHz with all in one water coolers (corsair H110)

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