Cheaper Intel 6C/12T CPU coming? Core i7-3910K spotted

[TerryMathews]

Yeah. I definitely replied without reading the entire page for context. My badskies.

+1 to you for admitting it. :thumbup:

 

[crashtech]

+1 to you for admitting it. :thumbup:

+1

Blackened23 has presented an example which I will attempt to emulate.

 

[aigomorla]

Yeah. I definitely replied without reading the entire page for context. My badskies.

Just blame APPLE!!! :whiste:
(Sarcasm)
^ i hope u dont miss it this time..

 

[Maximilian]

Yeah. I definitely replied without reading the entire page for context. My badskies.

And you have proved to be a real human being... and a real hero!! :'(

http://youtu.be/-DSVDcw6iW8?t=1m37s

 

[TerryMathews]

All of my 1366 gear arrived today except for the processor.

 

[crashtech]

All of my 1366 gear arrived today except for the processor.

Will you start a thread on this when the CPU arrives? It sounds like fun!

 

[TerryMathews]

Yep. Assuming I get it running near the speed I think it will, I'm going to swap parts over from my 8150 rig. Should make for an interesting heads-up race. "Budget multi-core showdown"?

Crossfire 6950s, Asetek 920 CLC, 4x4GB DDR3, 850w PSU. I've ran 3dmark Firestrike and the Handbrake benchmark challenge from the thread here.

 

[jihe]

All of my 1366 gear arrived today except for the processor.

What MB did you get?

 

[gbeirn]

Mine doesn't look like it will be here until Monday. It's going to be replacing an i7-960. Anything in particular people would like to see?

P.S. they are now down to $103

 

[TerryMathews]

What MB did you get?

I linked it earlier in the thread. MSI X58A-GD45

 

[ehume]

When you folks start your thread, be sure to put a link to it in this thread.

 

[TerryMathews]

When you folks start your thread, be sure to put a link to it in this thread.

Will do. From the little I've been able to find on this board, it should be capable of over 210 bclk. Maybe much higher, I couldn't find any discussions online of it pared with such a low multiplier processor.

In my head, I need 3.6 for this to be a worthwhile upgrade.

 

[john3850]

I was under the impression that the cpu also has something to do with getting a high bclk.
For what ever reason the 920s seemed to produce a higher bclk on a same mb then the 930 could.
Do to my cheap mb I could never get get more 204-205 on bclk.
Wish you luck with a high oc.

 

[gbeirn]

It's here!!

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=35354917#post35354917

 

[TerryMathews]

Mine's here as well. I've got it running Windows 7 setup at 16x220. We'll see how stable that is.

 

[gbeirn]

I'm testing at 18x190 since it's having a hard time POSTing with a BCLK of 200 even though my 960 had no problem.

 

[TerryMathews]

This thing is a goddamn monster. Anyone who was thinking about the 3910K better go snap these up before the supply dries up.

Installing Handbrake now. 16x215 seems perfectly stable at 1.25V. Now that I can get a more accurate bead on what's going on with CPU-Z, I'll bump the Vcore up a little higher and see where the top is.

FWIW, this MSI motherboard is one of the ones that uses offset voltage instead of a fixed override. Great if you know your proc's Vcore table. Not so great if you have one that Intel doesn't officially acknowledge.