Giving away my 5GHz i7 SandyBridge CPU 4 free

[BitMaster]

Since my motherboard went dead last Thursday I am giving away my Intel i7-2600k D2-A7 ( best stepping there was ) that runs on 4.8/1.35V-5.0/1.40V GHz if you own adequate cooling.

 

 

 

Since I have no 2nd Socket-1155 motherboard I cannot test the CPU but I am confident the CPU is intact, anyway, it will come for free.

 

 

If you own a Socket-1155 Motherboard plus good cooling I am willing to give it away, aka send it to you worldwide ( if customs etc. allow.. need to sort that out once we know where it goes to ).

 

 

So, please apply :)

 

 

Bit

[NRG-Vampire]

So, please apply :)

Bit

 

Hello BitMaster.

 

Thank You for your generous offering. :thumbup:

I have a 1155 socket Mobo. A Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 with a slower i5 Proc but with a good cooler , so I would be happy with an i7.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Phantom88]

Very Cool of you:thumbup:

[BitMaster]

Hello BitMaster.

 

Thank You for your generous offering. :thumbup:

I have a 1155 socket Mobo. A Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 with a slower i5 Proc but with a good cooler , so I would be happy with an i7.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

BINGO !

 

There you go mate :)

 

Mail me your details in PM and we can arrange the shipping.

[JetwasH]

Thats awesome! Good onya mate..:thumbup:

[Cibit]

BAH missed the boat again:doh: Very generous offer :thumbup:

[NRG-Vampire]

BINGO !

 

There you go mate :)

 

Mail me your details in PM and we can arrange the shipping.

 

PM sent. Thanks again :thumbup:

[Sim Flyer]

That a very impressing Bitmaster, well done!

[Shadow KT]

Oh well, guess the early bird gets the worm. I am staying on my old ass Q9550 and 20 fps in DCS :/

[tusler]

I have the same cpu on a MSI military class II mainboard. SOooo what are you going to build next. I would be cery interested to hear your views.

Thanks

[BitMaster]

Totally unsure tbh !

 

For DCS a Z-97 based 4790k is all you need I guess BUT it could well be that the new 7700k that comes soon will surpass ( finally ) the old King of single thread..and already at 4.5 GHz.

 

Need to look a bit, save some bucks and then decide when the Z270 hits the market

 

FYI: I only DCS on this rig, for work I use Mac and basically any PC/linux/mac I can grab that runs VPN and RDP, so I can taylor this ONLY for MY game ;)

Edited October 25, 2016 by BitMaster

[tintifaxl]

FYI: I only DCS on this rig, for work I use Mac and basically any PC/linux/mac I can grab that runs VPN and RDP, so I can taylor this ONLY for MY game ;)

 

The road I will go as soon as 2.5 is here and it becomes clear which gpu is needed to run @high settings. Till then it's Bootcamp for me.

[BitMaster]

The road I will go as soon as 2.5 is here and it becomes clear which gpu is needed to run @high settings. Till then it's Bootcamp for me.

 

 

I bootcamped my MBPRetina almost to death in 1 year :joystick: DCS !

 

Watch the fans inside your Mac...I am just ordering a new "left fan" for my MBPr15"

as the sqeeeeek gets worse and worse...LoL the price you pay for misusing a 2.01kg laptop for DCS.

[tintifaxl]

My iMac is under warranty until 6/2019, so I don't have concerns about overheating or other hardware failures. And most propably it will be replaced with a new one late 2018.

[Justificus]

Wow, thing like this are what make the flight sim community so great and unique, imho. There is never a shortage of kind/generous folks that are always so willing to help out. Good on ya Bit! S!

[howie87]

Aww man! I'm running a sandybridge i5 too and would love to step up to an i7.

 

If anyone else decides to give one away let me know lol. :thumbup:

[NRG-Vampire]

K guys. Thanks for the kind, the funny-jealous :D and for the congratulation messages what I got in PMs.

 

CPU is on the way. BitMaster just left the post office. :) Big thanks to him :thumbup:

 

Some people asked what will I do my "former" i5 processor.

Unfortunately I don't know yet. Not decided yet.

 

If the i7 CPU is arrived then I will need to run some tests on it.

AFAIK sometimes a faulty Mobo can damage the CPU also, so first, I will check that.

Hopefully the CPU is intact as BitMaster wrote.

 

After that I will need to reinstall everything. I guess. Windows, DCS all programs.

I don't know yet what will need/cause the new processor.

 

If everything is OK, probably I will giving away my "former" i5-2500K CPU for free, as well as BitMaster.

 

But no promises now.

Sorry, my sim-companions.

We will see what future brings.

Edited October 25, 2016 by NRG-Vampire

[PureEvil]

Intel i7-2600k D2-A7 ( best stepping there was )

 

same?

[tintifaxl]

After that I will need to reinstall everything. I guess. Windows, DCS all programs.

I don't know yet what will need/cause the new processor.

 

No need to reinstall Windows because of the cpu swap, but I think you need to deactivate all your modules in DCS.

[BitMaster]

yes, deactivate

 

and...if you own 10, bind it to your Hotmail account to have one more way to activate/deactivate it from certain hardware and have an easier re-activation....read google about it before you void a win10 lic !

 

Still, I would sooner or later do a fresh 10 install, it certainly pays back over time.

[BitMaster]

same?

 

100% same pal !! :)

 

you are lucky hehe now clock the hell out of it :D

 

 

P.S.: All I did to OC was raise the core Volts in Asus AI Suite to 1.35 for 4.8GHz. I did not need to change ANY other setting but this.

 

You may enable those OC functions on the mobo, LLC etc... to modest settings, "extreme" settings for those Auto-Volts and Spectrum Changers often will yield a less overall overclock on this CPU.

 

Just some tips how mine behaved on my board

Edited October 27, 2016 by BitMaster

[PureEvil]

100% same pal !! :)

 

you are lucky hehe now clock the hell out of it :D

 

 

i've been at 5GHz for sometime in summer, back to 4,5. seeing what happened to your MB, i think i'll better stay on the safe side for now, can't afford new hardware atm :D

[BitMaster]

i've been at 5GHz for sometime in summer, back to 4,5. seeing what happened to your MB, i think i'll better stay on the safe side for now, can't afford new hardware atm :D

 

I think, I ruined my board cause I didnt put the VRM watercoolers on it 18month ago when i put it together. The constant higher Volts on those parts must have taken its toll, looking at the standard heat-transfer mushroom like tape I dont wonder anymore and do know now why I will watercool them in the future, just to make sure I have a good quality heat-diss-tape between the VRMs and whatever cools them down.

 

I made my choice and will go with a Z-97 board and a 4790k chip, thus keeping my 16GB ( 2x8 ) 2400er RAMs and will be thru with 380€ net.

 

X99 is too old and has many mixed reviews...only makes sense with 6+ core CPU's which I dont want for DCS.

 

Z170...nahh the 6700k is not my choice either, DDR4-2133 is same or even slower than my 2400 DDR3 afaik and the 4x NVMe...well...I just bought half a dozen 850-Pro SSD's for all machines..I dont need NVMe for now, skip it, rather more RAM, double up to 32GB :)

 

 

I really hope I am fortunate with the Silicon Lottery on that 4790k....most dont really overclock well :(

 

Aiming 4.6+ at least or I am slower than with my 2011 CPU LoL ( Intel, wth are you doing ?? )

 

 

At 4.8 or faster on my 2600-k I could see my 1 core not being maxed out, hitting another limiter I guess, so I'd assume anything 4.5 or faster is over the ridge and wont get faster.

Something else limits it. I am no coder and no DX junkie but its gotta be somewhere in that corner.

Edited October 30, 2016 by BitMaster

[PureEvil]

atm 6700K costs less than 4790K here in finland, so if i had to pick one now, i'd pick newer tech, live next 3 years in pain (until waranty runs out) and then delid cpu lol or pick used and no-waranty 4790K and delid now )))

[BitMaster]

atm 6700K costs less than 4790K here in finland, so if i had to pick one now, i'd pick newer tech, live next 3 years in pain (until waranty runs out) and then delid cpu lol or pick used and no-waranty 4790K and delid now )))

 

I am not sure if delidding is my way, I will have to review more I guess and if it turns out that it's mandatory on the 4th gen but not on 6th gen Skylakes I will surely reconsider my choice and bite the apple with DDR4 but therefor get a wc mobo right away off the shelf, those arent available anymore for the z97 sadly, neither amazon or big vendors have them instock. Adding one later on is like 120€.etc...warranty...better buy directly the right thing...I am biased as you can see.

 

..delidding a brand new 350€ CPU...I dunno...rather not 1st time