i7 860 with intel DP55KG any good?

[Deleted member 24505]

I just got a Intel i7 860 and Intel DP55KG motherboard pretty cheap. Are they any good for a second gaming rig? the chip is quad core 8thread, seems pretty nippy, has corsair dominator 1600 DDR3 in it.

Will it OC

Tigger

 

[...PACMAN...]

How much did you get them for? I'm looking to pop an 860 in this system for a boost.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

How much did you get them for? I'm looking to pop an 860 in this system for a boost.

Too much i think Cough £100 Cough but i figured it was better than the old socket 775 rig i had.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

What GPU will you use?

 

[Shihab]

Depends on your definition for "good," but generally yes. Wouldn't fare much better (if at all!) than a modern i3, but it still won't lag a decent GPU (much.)

As for OCing, my old i7 930 could do 3.4-ish on a humble Scythe Shuriken HSF, heard people doing 4GHz. Don't see why this one should be much different (same architecture, same base clocks.)

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Im not sure, suggestions? will it still make a usable Gaming rig?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

HD7970 for another 100 quid but obviously check the PSU specs first.

 

[RealNeil]

They demand a lot of money for any i7 part. 100 isn't so bad.

I used an i7-870 for three years and then went to an i7-2600K.

The 870 was a good little performer, but the Lynnfield platform doesn't have enough PCI-E lanes for dual GPU use.
With one good GPU in it, it was a good gamer.

The Intel DP55KG board was nice and stable for me. I ended up getting an ASRock board instead so I could OC a little bit.
I still have the 870 and ASRock board somewhere in one of my sheds.

Funny you should post about an older CPU & Board. I just fell into a really good deal on an Intel Xeon E3-1270 3.4GHz that will fit my ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 board. So I bought it, just to see what all of the Xeon fuss is all about.
It gets here on Saturday.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

 

[peche]

Im not sure, suggestions? will it still make a usable Gaming rig?

yes, i have an 870 as a everyday quadcore, and 2 3770's for WCG, i did use one of the ivys for a everyday machine and also as a personal rig, the 870 serves me so well that i decided to keep it for everyday work at the office...

Spoiler: Peche's 870 rig

System Name: Norad
Processor: i7- 870
Motherboard: Intel DH55HC
Cooling: stock intel + Arctic MX4 + 2x Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm
Memory: 16GB DDR3-1333mhz kingston + Thermaltake Heat spreaders
Video Card(s): MSi Radeon R7 370 2 GB
Hard Disk(s): Kingston V300 SDDnow 120 GB OS, Seagate Barracuda 500GB 64mb cache x 2
Optical Drive: Lite-ON
LCD/CRT Model: 3x AOC e2243 Led
Case: Thermaltake v3
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 500W 80+ Gold

Regards,

 

[Deleted member 24505]

thanks, i was using a old 775 quad with ddr2 before this, so it is certainly better. One of my friends has a rig with a i5 1156 and a gtx 770 which seems to do pretty well. I think i did myself a nice cheap favour buying this.

I will try and get a gtx 770 or 960 maybe and stick another 2 2gb sticks in, or just 2x4gb.

I need to read up a bit on the board, and take a look at some of the settings in the bios. it does seem to have some oc'ing settings though as i had a quick look but didn't twiddle anything.

Would 2x2 1600 and 2x2 1333 be ok in this board btw?

 

[Deleted member 24505]

They demand a lot of money for any i7 part. 100 isn't so bad.

I used an i7-870 for three years and then went to an i7-2600K.

The 870 was a good little performer, but the Lynnfield platform doesn't have enough PCI-E lanes for dual GPU use.
With one good GPU in it, it was a good gamer.

The Intel DP55KG board was nice and stable for me. I ended up getting an ASRock board instead so I could OC a little bit.
I still have the 870 and ASRock board somewhere in one of my sheds.

Funny you should post about an older CPU & Board. I just fell into a really good deal on a XEON CPU (1270) that will fit my ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 board. So I bought it, just to see what all of the Xeon fuss is all about.
It gets here on Saturday.

Would 2x2 1600 and 2x2 1333 be ok in this board btw?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

if you are UK CEX have got ddr3 1600 4gb sticks for £ 12.00. I havent seen cheaper anywhere

 

[...PACMAN...]

This guy has done a lot of benchmark videos with an 860@4Ghz plus GTX 970 in a multitude of games if that helps

Linky - https://www.youtube.com/user/toutagamon/search?query=I7+860

 

[Deleted member 24505]

This guy has done a lot of benchmark videos with an 860@4Ghz plus GTX 970 in a multitude of games if that helps

Linky - https://www.youtube.com/user/toutagamon/search?query=I7+860

Impressed to say the least. the chip can indeed still play with the big boys. i would be surprised if a modern i3 would get anywhere near it.

 

[Kursah]

Yep that's a good chip. The P55 boards are getting harder and harder to come by. If you can pick up an Asus 55i Sabertooth, DO IT! Excellent boards for stability and overclocking.

 

[hat]

If you can hit 4GHz you'll have a capable gaming rig no doubt.

 

[peche]

thanks, i was using a old 775 quad with ddr2 before this, so it is certainly better. One of my friends has a rig with a i5 1156 and a gtx 770 which seems to do pretty well. I think i did myself a nice cheap favour buying this.

I will try and get a gtx 770 or 960 maybe and stick another 2 2gb sticks in, or just 2x4gb.

I need to read up a bit on the board, and take a look at some of the settings in the bios. it does seem to have some oc'ing settings though as i had a quick look but didn't twiddle anything.

Would 2x2 1600 and 2x2 1333 be ok in this board btw?

well, you can trust that brave soldier you just purchased for cheap, just add 8 or 16GB or DDR3 ram and if possible try to upgrade stock cooler, its decent, but an hyper 212Evo will be better and its pretty cheap!

i did restored and upgraded a build for a friend with a i7 860 like yours, now its running great a GTX 680 4GB variant, 8GB DDR3, SSD and also a quite reliable Antec h2o cooler for more than 2 years, gaming solid on a 1080 display!

how much money do you have for the video card and where do you live? there are several hot deals all around that you can catch my friend!

Regards,

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'm in hull. Budget for card is about £150-180.
I got a cheap antec 900 case today, which had a coolermaster m700 PSU in it. Only problem is the PSU is ticking/clicking. I did a bit of googling and it might be as it's drawing low power. Is this correct and will it be safe to use it?
Pic coming

 

[Deleted member 24505]

 

[Shou Miko]

Awesome setup tigger I wish I had the money lately for a i7-870/875K and a Asus Maximus III Gene.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

You need to factor in for a better cooler if you are aiming for 4.0ghz

your £ 180.00 will get you a GTX 970 and adequate cooling.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Any thoughts on the PSU clicking, will it be ok? i read its because its only drawing low power, i have a gt250 gpu in it atm.

Is a Maximus III Gene socket 1156 Puma99dk?

I will be changing the cooler to a AIO of some sort i would have thought CAPS

 

[Shou Miko]

@tigger yeh the Maximus III Gene is LGA1156 I use to have one back in the day and it's the best M-ATX u can get for the Lynnfield platform, or that's my meaning.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

@tigger yeh the Maximus III Gene is LGA1156 I use to have one back in the day and it's the best M-ATX u can get for the Lynnfield platform, or that's my meaning.

Be nice to find one then. Any idea if the clicking PSU is ok? thanks