intel core i7 Owners Club

[peche]

An i7-870 was the first. I won it as part of a complete system in a contest. I still have this on the shelf.

Next I bought an i7-2600K and built my gaming rig using that. I'm using it as I type, but it's soon to go away.

i7-4790K Main gaming rig now, slight OC on it and it's good to go for a long time. (I also have it's little sister, the i5-4690K)

i7-5930K will be delivered here soon. I have everything I need to build my first X99 box.

nice builds you have there fella, excellent hardware i may said!

Regards

 

[Mussels]

Next I bought an i7-2600K and built my gaming rig using that. I'm using it as I type, but it's soon to go away.
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make it go away my way, i need a K chip XD

 

[RealNeil]

We can probably do that if you can wait for about a week, maybe 10 days.
PM me with an offer on the CPU and my board. An ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen-3

 

[Mussels]

We can probably do that if you can wait for about a week, maybe 10 days.
PM me with an offer on the CPU and my board. An ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen-3

do you accept kidneys? cause i'm totally broke. i should be able to sharpen a butter knife and remove some homeless mans organs, although mailing them may be tricky.

 

[RealNeil]

Snort! LOL!

Smart ass,.............LOL!

 

[yotano211]

How do I start. I have two sets of computers, gaming and business.

1st started with a gaming laptop with a i7 740qm, I upgraded that to a i7 920xm that was overclocked to 3.4, that laptop is sold to a friend.
I bought a business laptop with i5 something that I upgraded to a i7 2670qm.

Next bought another gaming laptop with a i7 2670qm. Kept the same business laptop.

Then got a used laptop with a i7 3610qm that I upgraded 3 months later to a i7 3920xm overclocked to 4.4. Motherboard fried, sold for parts on ebay. Sold the business laptop for the next upgraded.

Bought a used gaming laptop with a i7 4700qm that I upgraded to a i7 4900mq. Still using it today but sold the 4900mq on ebay, will ship towards the end of the crunching event. I will piece it out and sell it for parts. Bought a semi used business laptop with a i7 4700mq.

I just bought a semi used desktop with a i7 5820k that will be my new gaming computer. Still run the same business laptop.

 

[peche]

well, another update for my repaste, 15C dropout between old paste and new paste still noticeable!

for those hot chips you have there ... coolermaster icefusion, for the win!

Red tag: confirmed on my old i7, the old coolermaster icefusion still works!

Regards,

 

[xkm1948]

First i7 is my wife's i7-720qm back in 2009. It was a pretty impressive little chip. With some proper cooling the chip turbos all four core to around 2.6GHz.

Second i7 is my current 5820K. With 12 threads at 4.2GHz it works wonders at raw genome alignment. Well, at least until I can find a way to utilize OpenCL.

 

[yotano211]

First i7 is my wife's i7-720qm back in 2009. It was a pretty impressive little chip. With some proper cooling the chip turbos all four core to around 2.6GHz.

Second i7 is my current 5820K. With 12 threads at 4.2GHz it works wonders at raw genome alignment. Well, at least until I can find a way to utilize OpenCL.

The 720qm is impossible to get 2.6ghz on all 4 cores. That laptop processor is locked down, the highest on 4 cores is 1.7 something. In dual core mode it can do 2.6ghz, the only processor chip that can do over 2.0ghz on all 4 cores is the 920xm and 940xm. Those can be overclocked to 3.2-3.6 using Throttle Stop and depending on the laptop cooling.

 

[Mussels]

The 720qm is impossible to get 2.6ghz on all 4 cores. That laptop processor is locked down, the highest on 4 cores is 1.7 something. In dual core mode it can do 2.6ghz, the only processor chip that can do over 2.0ghz on all 4 cores is the 920xm and 940xm. Those can be overclocked to 3.2-3.6 using Throttle Stop and depending on the laptop cooling.

throttle stop is awesome, i use that on my i7 as well. cant max it out, but can raise it higher than default (replacing the TIM stopped the throttling, made like a 40% speed boost in Wprime - was amazing)

 

[yotano211]

throttle stop is awesome, i use that on my i7 as well. cant max it out, but can raise it higher than default (replacing the TIM stopped the throttling, made like a 40% speed boost in Wprime - was amazing)

Its pretty much the only thing to use on laptops since the Bios are always locked down and that intel program, XTU. But I like throttle stop better.

On laptops, check out Liquid Ultra for TIM. I use it on all laptops. Just have to be careful on using it.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

well, another update for my repaste, 15C dropout between old paste and new paste still noticeable!
View attachment 65730

for those hot chips you have there ... coolermaster icefusion, for the win!
View attachment 65731
Red tag: confirmed on my old i7, the old coolermaster icefusion still works!

Regards,

Normally i would never use coolermaster pastes as MX-4 is so cheap and has always worked so well. but my experience with CM TMs goes back to the late 939/early C2D era when i bought some CM 'Nano fusion' to test. It dried out super quickly and had the texture of cake mix when a little water is added.

Im not sure if it was the tube that was just 'off' but when i bought it, it was a fairly new product that had just been released on the market. so it couldnt of been that the shelf life had expired. Who knows what was wrong with it anyway. I checked some reviews of that particular paste a few years back and most reviews were still negative about the product. It seems i wasnt the only one who had a bad experience with it.

Theyve probably gotten better since then i hope. otherwise MX-4 is still the price|performance king.

If i had the funding id test every available thermal paste on the market every 6-12months. There is just so many to choose from out there.

 

[peche]

throttle stop is awesome, i use that on my i7 as well. cant max it out, but can raise it higher than default (replacing the TIM stopped the throttling, made like a 40% speed boost in Wprime - was amazing)

@Mussels
i always try to avoid using stock Thermal interface material on all my chips and also recomend for friends and customers to replace it with a decent aftermarket options like arctic for example,


regards,

Its pretty much the only thing to use on laptops since the Bios are always locked down and that intel program, XTU. But I like throttle stop better.

@yotano211

On laptops, check out Liquid Ultra for TIM. I use it on all laptops. Just have to be careful on using it.

Coollab can make miracles on delid processes, but i dont completely use on cooler anr IHS directly ... i preffer arctic MX4 for laptop coolers,

i will recognize that using coollab on laptops makes pretty much sense because of direct cooper contact on heatpipes and CPU die ....but i will confess that i have never done it before.. and still not 100% agreeing to do it that way!


regards,

Normally i would never use coolermaster pastes as MX-4 is so cheap and has always worked so well. but my experience with CM TMs goes back to the late 939/early C2D era when i bought some CM 'Nano fusion' to test. It dried out super quickly and had the texture of cake mix when a little water is added.

@FreedomEclipse
Im not sure if it was the tube that was just 'off' but when i bought it, it was a fairly new product that had just been released on the market. so it couldnt of been that the shelf life had expired. Who knows what was wrong with it anyway. I checked some reviews of that particular paste a few years back and most reviews were still negative about the product. It seems i wasnt the only one who had a bad experience with it.

Theyve probably gotten better since then i hope. otherwise MX-4 is still the price|performance king.

If i had the funding id test every available thermal paste on the market every 6-12months. There is just so many to choose from out there.

fella trust me, this coolermaster ice fusion is pretty decent... it have been runing for almost a week withot problems, also temps drop out still noticeable on that rig,

the story behind this evil compund is pretty long, i have from a long time ago and it still works as the first day, i'll definelty buy another one when this one gets over, for sure im pretty happy with all the results it has shown, nanofusion is another thing... i have never used before so i cannot coment about it,

by the way i also have arctic silver 5 and arctic mx4 tubes, but i decided to give a try with this one to that brave i7 870,




regards,

 

[EarthDog]

If you had a 15C difference and only changed pastes, then there was something else causing that difference. If you look at all the TIM roundups, most are within a couple of degrees C from each other. They test properly with multiple mounts and attempts. It was likely a poor original TIM application or poor mount on the heatsink that was resolved on the reapplication. But it surely wasn't the TIM itself showing that big of a difference.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-17.html

 

[peche]

If you had a 15C difference and only changed pastes, then there was something else causing that difference. If you look at all the TIM roundups, most are within a couple of degrees C from each other. They test properly with multiple mounts and attempts. It was likely a poor original TIM application or poor mount on the heatsink that was resolved on the reapplication. But it surely wasn't the TIM itself showing that big of a difference.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-17.html

totally agreed, but take in consideration that most results never include stock thermal paste from intel or amd coolers, I and not always you can get the same result with the same paste for example results with arctic MX4 varies from most sites also artic silver 5 for name a few, that’s why I don’t trust so much those reviews and rather to review or test myself, despite that some reviews are pretty complete using some application and mounts methods that vary the final result, but your statement is completely acceptable,

 

[EarthDog]

The stock thermal paste isn't that bad... it really isn't. Not to mention, it is kind of impossible to test considering it only comes on stock coolers, which they do not test with.

Is that what you did? Tested against the stock TIM on the stock cooler and then switched pastes?

 

[RealNeil]

I just bought a few more GELID GC-Extreme tubes. It works well for me.

 

[Mussels]

If you had a 15C difference and only changed pastes, then there was something else causing that difference. If you look at all the TIM roundups, most are within a couple of degrees C from each other. They test properly with multiple mounts and attempts. It was likely a poor original TIM application or poor mount on the heatsink that was resolved on the reapplication. But it surely wasn't the TIM itself showing that big of a difference.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-17.html

paste decays over time too, if someones comparing old paste to new paste.

 

[EarthDog]

Indeed. But it depends on how long it was on there, but most last years. He has a new system so I would risk in saying it wasn't because the TIM dried up.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

i only own 1 i7, the one in my Asus Laptop, an i7 2630QM.

 

[peche]

The stock thermal paste isn't that bad... it really isn't. Not to mention, it is kind of impossible to test considering it only comes on stock coolers, which they do not test with.

Is that what you did? Tested against the stock TIM on the stock cooler and then switched pastes?

take a watch ! yes is the stock cooler,

Repasted my old i7 870 @ work,

Temps were kinda decent due the crappy stock cooler, I have tuniq TX4, for a year, here are the results of that paste on my heavy abused i7:
View attachment 65651


then decided to give a fresh layer of thermal compound to my old soldier, used Coolermaster Ice Fusion, thin layer on the CPU cooler, beam size on CPU die, then mounted with a little presure on top, here are the results, so far I haven been running for 2 and a half days, I was supposed to make this post yesterday
View attachment 65652

Coolermaster Ice Fusion TIM is a decent alternative for replacing your old and dried paste, lasts pretty much, also is easy to apply, comes with a pretty useful device for easy applications, easy to spread and in this particular case, comes in a great size for the money paid! this flask has like more than a year with me, is perfect for several applications, also hard to dry, even with the flask open !

I'm looking forward a new cooler for this computer, maybe if a got another decent cooler I will make another breif review /adventure story of Repaste on this little one!


Regards,

Indeed. But it depends on how long it was on there, but most last years. He has a new system so I would risk in saying it wasn't because the TIM dried up.

tIM's tend to dry faster when used with the stock cooler,

Regards,

 

[ensabrenoir]

1. i7-860 : passed to my son then to my mother in law
2. i7-3820 : sold it along with Asrock x79 extreme 9
3. i7-4790k : current machine

 

[EarthDog]

take a watch ! yes is the stock cooler,




tIM's tend to dry faster when used with the stock cooler,

Regards,

Ahh, ok, you did test like that...

I still stand by the fact that TIM by itself did not do that. The intel cooler is a B1tch to put on properly I would be willing to bet that it was the mount more than the TIM. Testing like this, in order to have some merit, need multiple mounts to rule out mounting as the issue.

Anyway, glad temps dropped for you regardless of the reason?

 

[peche]

I still stand by the fact that TIM by itself did not do that

correct, paste itself cannot show such a dropdown in temps.... it can noticied with liquid metal like coollab stuf for example, i do have that one too, but restricted to delid only!

The intel cooler is a B1tch to put on properly I would be willing to bet that it was the mount more than the TIM

ya know, 7 years working with them may helped me out to understand more of them, now is pretty easy, here in the office 97% od computers have stock coolers, aftermarket ones are bough when stock ones die,

Anyway, glad temps dropped for you regardless of the reason?

pretty happy with the results, this tomorrow i'll repaste the other i7 that i have crunching here!

Regards,

 

[Mussels]

reminder to all i7 owners to umm, cool them.

i may have forgotten to plug the pump back in on my h80i last week and have been running a passive (well, zero) cooling i7.

97C and throttling, oopsie.