you'd probably have to drink eight cans of Red Bull to be able to actually be able to notice this.
So that's the reason for all the grammatical errors on bit-tech! Lay off the red bull guys. :)
Interesting review. I'm surprised it received a 9 when it's no better (worse overclocked) than the lower model in the i7 chain. It's not much of a big deal now they are the same price, but what score would it have got if it was still twice the price?
how would the performance figures look like if you would have used propper rams, capable of doing 187bclk x10 => meaning 1870 mem clock instead of droping the ram speed to a crappy value lower than 1400 (187x8).
Performance whise I´d like to see a comparison between 205x21/mem 205x8 and 187x23/mem 187x10
Hmph, I've always been a bit annoyed my C2D E8400 only ever got to 4GHz with lots of voltage and W/C, when every review site seemed to hit that on air.
Luck of the draw in the end.
Originally Posted by phuzz Hmph, I've always been a bit annoyed my C2D E8400 only ever got to 4GHz with lots of voltage and W/C, when every review site seemed to hit that on air.
Luck of the draw in the end.
True it's pure luck. I had P4 that should have gone to 4GHz the same as every one else was getting, but it would hit 3.6 and fall on it's arse. I killed the mobo in the end trying to get 4Ghz.
Originally Posted by phuzz Hmph, I've always been a bit annoyed my C2D E8400 only ever got to 4GHz with lots of voltage and W/C, when every review site seemed to hit that on air.
Luck of the draw in the end.
Yup, my i7 920 *will* do 4ghz (190x21 w/turbo) but only if I pump massive amounts of volts into it. In reality this is simply not do-abe 24/7 so I settle with 3.8ghz instead. The performance difference is non-existant and I certainly don't miss the whine of my H50 running full pelt to try, in desperation, to cool it.
It's annoying though as 4Ghz is a nice round number.
I am please with this chip, got one for £215 in a weekend sale about a month ago from scan, when they ran out of 920's and 930's. got it with a gigabyte, and happily turbos to 3.2ghz, and is about twice as fast as my q6600 and alot smoother. haven't tried to oc yet, probably won't.
Thanks for the review bit-tech. A good buddy of mine has been looking at the Core i7 950 for a while now, and after contemplating the platform longevity of LGA 1366, he's ready to buy into one. So we're heading over to the Micro Center in Southern California tomorrow afternoon to pick up this chip and install it on his MSI X58 Pro-E. Thanks again for the review, and I'll make sure to keep the QPI limit in mind when overclocking tomorrow evening! \m/
Yup, my i7 920 *will* do 4ghz (190x21 w/turbo) but only if I pump massive amounts of volts into it. In reality this is simply not do-abe 24/7 so I settle with 3.8ghz instead. The performance difference is non-existant and I certainly don't miss the whine of my H50 running full pelt to try, in desperation, to cool it.
It's annoying though as 4Ghz is a nice round number.
My i7 920 wasn't too hard to get to 4Ghz (it's really W/C) - but I am not interested in going in higher :-)
Did have to change waterblocks - damn that thing runs hot when loaded @4Ghz!
are the Idle power consumptions numbers really taken with it idling at 4+ Ghz?
The reason I ask is my current 920 is at 3.6 at 1.2vcore and with speedstep enabled it idles at 2.2ghz.
As soon as I add a second fan to my TRUE I will go for a nice even 4Ghz hopefully I can do it at 1.25vcore or 1.3 at the max. I would like to have my memory running at its rated speed its currently at 1440 with this overclock.
I also plan to go up to 12gb's in the machine which I know will also affect my overclocks slightly so interestingt times ahead come christmas.
Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz I'm locking this one into my "To Buy" list until I see what Sandy Bridge has in store for us.
Same here for me until I get more Sandy Bridge info, if Sandy Bridge doesn't blow me away or cost too much then a Core i7 950 will work just fine in my new build.
Want to get my 920 to 4GHz, but this sabertooth boards options are so vast I'm not sure where to start. Also, my dominator ram doesnt appear to be able to run at its XMP settings :(
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ReplyInteresting review. I'm surprised it received a 9 when it's no better (worse overclocked) than the lower model in the i7 chain. It's not much of a big deal now they are the same price, but what score would it have got if it was still twice the price?
this review could have been summed up on one page in fairness
"its a bloomfield, all bloomfields are the same"
Nice review guys.
Performance whise I´d like to see a comparison between 205x21/mem 205x8 and 187x23/mem 187x10
they will all hit 4ghz and who really needs more outside of benchmarking.
if it was still twice the price it would of had its review score halved id guess as its not twice as quick
Does anyone proof these articles before they are published?
I'd love to see what a good sample can really do. I get 4.3Ghz stable with 1.36v on my 940 so there's got to be more to come from a good 950.
WHAT WHAT WHAt?
Luck of the draw in the end.
True it's pure luck. I had P4 that should have gone to 4GHz the same as every one else was getting, but it would hit 3.6 and fall on it's arse. I killed the mobo in the end trying to get 4Ghz.
Rampage III Gene
i7 950
G-Skill Trident 2,000Mhz
NOMNOM overclockz!
Exactly! Crysis is ok as a cpu bench but is now obsolete as a gpu bench!!!
What gives?
Yup, my i7 920 *will* do 4ghz (190x21 w/turbo) but only if I pump massive amounts of volts into it. In reality this is simply not do-abe 24/7 so I settle with 3.8ghz instead. The performance difference is non-existant and I certainly don't miss the whine of my H50 running full pelt to try, in desperation, to cool it.
It's annoying though as 4Ghz is a nice round number.
Yikes, good spot, that's my bad for not updating the thumbs. Sorted now though, may need a hard refresh to show though.
Unfortunately, it seems Gigabyte motherboards don't like SSDs this week. Aaargh.
My i7 920 wasn't too hard to get to 4Ghz (it's really W/C) - but I am not interested in going in higher :-)
Did have to change waterblocks - damn that thing runs hot when loaded @4Ghz!
Is speedstep enabled on any of those machines?
are the Idle power consumptions numbers really taken with it idling at 4+ Ghz?
The reason I ask is my current 920 is at 3.6 at 1.2vcore and with speedstep enabled it idles at 2.2ghz.
As soon as I add a second fan to my TRUE I will go for a nice even 4Ghz hopefully I can do it at 1.25vcore or 1.3 at the max. I would like to have my memory running at its rated speed its currently at 1440 with this overclock.
I also plan to go up to 12gb's in the machine which I know will also affect my overclocks slightly so interestingt times ahead come christmas.
Same here for me until I get more Sandy Bridge info, if Sandy Bridge doesn't blow me away or cost too much then a Core i7 950 will work just fine in my new build.
You may need to update your mobo's bios. Is it a Corsair SSD?
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