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- Oct 29, 2003
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AMD is still a king of budget.
They have to be, because they don't have the faster architecture or the manufacturing process advantage.
AMD is still a king of budget.
They have to be, because they don't have the faster architecture or the manufacturing process advantage.DITTO,
I love the fact that you can buy a Quad Core AMD CPU loaded with ALL the features for around $100.00
AMD is still a king of budget.
doesn't bother me as long as it's fast enough to keep games >60fps. That's all that matters.
doesn't bother me as long as it's fast enough to keep games >60fps. That's all that matters.
do you mean power consumption? I like their Cool'n'Quiet a lot more than Intel's speedstep.
AMD doesn't have any good low-power offerings though unforunately :/
LOL, Elfenix.....Look at my horse...my horse is amazing!
Nice Avatar!
As yoda would say...
Strong is the darkside.. yes..
A cursory tour of overclocking tonight, guided by Gillbot (I'm generally a leave it at stock kind of guy) took me to 3.48GHz at 1.28v right off the bat. Pretty nice. Still trying to determine whether my HSF needs tweaking though.
A cursory tour of overclocking tonight, guided by Gillbot (I'm generally a leave it at stock kind of guy) took me to 3.48GHz at 1.28v right off the bat. Pretty nice. Still trying to determine whether my HSF needs tweaking though.
just wondering what temps you getting with your core contact cooler? I wonder if it's sufficient to cool the i7 at high clocks.
I think you got more there, you just need some more tweaking.
75c @ 3.48GHz under linpack (OCCT, IBT both) with HT on. 72 under Prime95. Idles in the mid 40's. I was hoping for a bit lower, mind you this is in an Antec P180b, so it's not the best airflow situation either.
I do have a 5c swing between hottest and coolest cores too, so we questioned whether or not I have a good spread of AS5 on there. I noticed that the gaps between the heatpipes and the aluminum block are rather wide, looks like the block may have warped a bit while on my AMD setup for the last year. I'm betting I may have a couple small TIM voids as a lot of the AS5 probably ended up filling the gaps instead of spreading over the heatpipes. Either that or it's the LGA1366 adapter for the CCF.
I'm sure I do. Just need some tweaking, balls, patience and probably some water.
i've seen that kind of spread on all my quads with a bunch of different coolers... even the i750 i just did with a corsair hc50... it just seems to be the way it is...
Well, at least you sold the X4 940 and hopefully for enough to defray the cost of this a good bit. The prudent thing to do would be to wait to see if your current setup couldn't handle the planned VM well and then upgrade (being it wasn't some hoary old setup to begin with). If you said your main use was gaming I wouldn't really question the move from a cost perspective. Just wouldn't make much sense (but again, good job on selling the old chip).
That's my point.
75c @ 3.48GHz under linpack (OCCT, IBT both) with HT on. 72 under Prime95. Idles in the mid 40's. I was hoping for a bit lower, mind you this is in an Antec P180b, so it's not the best airflow situation either.
I do have a 5c swing between hottest and coolest cores too, so we questioned whether or not I have a good spread of AS5 on there. I noticed that the gaps between the heatpipes and the aluminum block are rather wide, looks like the block may have warped a bit while on my AMD setup for the last year. I'm betting I may have a couple small TIM voids as a lot of the AS5 probably ended up filling the gaps instead of spreading over the heatpipes. Either that or it's the LGA1366 adapter for the CCF.
I'm sure I do. Just need some tweaking, balls, patience and probably some water.
@OP: you should've used AC MX-2.