New CPU / Mainboard

[Pilotasso]

Theres a fan between the radiator and the back of the case pulling the air out. My point is not that 70c celsius isnt average, the point is: its already better in 28c inside the case with just one fan, than both the ND-H14 and the H70 in open air shown your video review. :)

[Vault]

Theres a fan between the radiator and the back of the case pulling the air out. My point is not that 70c celsius isnt average, the point is: its already better in 28c inside the case with just one fan, than both the ND-H14 and the H70 in open air shown your video review. :)

 

You have H60? video was H70!. You have 2500K. Video was 2600K. Like I said different beasts. So you're pulling warm air over the rad?. Can you say toasty mosfets?. Don't have that problem with D14.

Edited October 23, 2011 by Vault

[Pilotasso]

You have 2500K. Video was 2600K. Like I said different beasts.

 

 

You still ignoring THIS

 

You have H60? video was H70!.

 

Yes, what conclusion you get when my suposedly inferior H60 gets lower temps than both of those coolers?

 

So you're pulling warm air over the rad?. Can you say toasty mosfets?. Don't have that problem with D14.

 

Dont need that noctua monster when I already have lateral 25mm fan, nor it would get me any advantage, it would even take space and obstruct the case. Can you say maintenance nightmare?

[Vault]

You still ignoring THIS

 

 

 

Yes, what conclusion you get when my suposedly inferior H60 gets lower temps than both of those coolers?

 

 

I dont need that noctua monster when I already have lateral 25mm fan, nor it would get me any advantage, it would even take space and obstruct the case. Can you say maintenance nightmare?

 

Well everyone else seems to think it's better than the H series coolers. See that heatsink that resembles the Sydney opera house on your P8P67? That keeps the mosfet's cool. You got little airflow over that. Toasty.

 

Maintenance?. on a 250,000 HR MTBF fan lol. The real maintenance is keeping that rad clear of dust when it builds up.

 

I didn't ignore it you did. ;) You didn't know that each series consumes different amounts of power. You should see the margin when OC'd.

 

That graph represents power consumption for a single tested chip where in the world of reality every die is different.

 

man, they are both 95W maximum output. Its everywhere on the internet.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-efficienct-32-nm,2831-2.html

 

;)

[EtherealN]

Vault, it is not the fan that is the target of maintenance, it is anything and everything in the computer. Learn to live withthe fact that other people have different priorities. ;)

 

Also, you fail to be consistent. Every die is different, yes, but he has given data while you have given none at all. Intel has the statistical data on this, you do not. And for the record, every single review i have seen has shown the same result as in Pilots graph. And finally, the thing that has the most impact of everything is stepping, which you conveniently ignored throughout this. The die to die differences are minor imperferctions having a microscopic difference, Steppings are entirely different masks, sometimes even architecture changes and/or process updates. That is why we talked about D0 step 920s earlier, they are much better overclockers than other 920's. Go ask on your overclocking forum about that. :)

[104th_Cobra]

After playing around with overclocking my I7 920, I'm posting the results.

 

My specs:

Coolermaster CM 690 case with 1 frontal and 2 lateral 120 mm fans.

Corsair HX620 psu

Corsair H60 cooler

Asus P6T Deluxe board

Intel I7 920 C0/C1 cpu

GSKILL Ripjaws F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL 12GB DDR3 1600MHZ (9-9-9-24) memory (12 Gb is overkill but sometimes I need memory for huge data quantities or databases)

 

As I can't boot in Ubuntu/Debian (my main and work OS) overclocking with Intel Turbo Mode (20 to 21 multiplier), I disabled this feature when overclocking. Not sure about the reason, but probably something about the linux kernel.

 

I'm using XMP memory profile.

Hyperthreading and Intel Turbo mode disabled.

 

Tests on Windowze:

1) Internal Base Clock (BCLK) 200 MHz, all other options AUTO, Intel Turbo mode ENABLED, hypertheading disabled (4 threads).

Results: 21 x 200 MHz : 4200 MHz, Core voltage 1,432v, maximum temperature 78ºC after 15min on Prime95.

 

2) Conservative aproach. Core voltage 1,3v (Manual), Internal Base Clock (BCLK) 190 MHz, all other options AUTO, Intel Turbo mode disabled, hypertheading disabled (4 threads).

Results: 20 x 190 MHz : 3800 MHz, maximum temperature 67ºC after 1 hour on Prime95.

 

The bottleneck is my graphics card: Asus 9800GT 512MB. I'll substitute the card to a Nvidia 570 (ATI has bad support to Linux drivers), in three months, when my budget permit that.

 

I noted FPS improvement and reduce of stuttering in DCS A-10C with Shadows medium, Water low, MSSA 2x, TSSA on, VSync on, Grass/clutter 300m, Trees 6000m, Cockpit Shadows on; all others options High. Variation in FPS in Weapons Training mission: 14 - 30 fps ( to 40 - 50 in open sky). Turning Cockpit Shadows off, 15 - 34 fps, but more fluid.

Edited October 27, 2011 by Xpto