intel core i7 Owners Club

[peche]

Blue boxes?

totally welcome! nice blue box!

 

[RealNeil]

I hate that scratch on my side window..

It still looks good to me.

 

[Ruru]

You can always overclock more..

 

[peche]

You can always overclock more..

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

 

[Ruru]

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]

Blue boxes are getting popular again, despite the RGB era!
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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

 

[peche]

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!

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

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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]

I used the term Blue box when I posted this.

But I'm not stuck on blue.

 

[droopyRO]

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.

 

[Ruru]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Ruru]

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]

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]

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 !

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 ...

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.
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You welcome sir!

 

[AlwaysHope]

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

 

[dorsetknob]

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]

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?

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

make it crunch for TPU!

Regards,

 

[dorsetknob]

make it crunch for TPU!

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

 

[peche]

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

give it away! could serve someone pretty well!

Regards,

 

[AlwaysHope]

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:
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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...