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i3 6100 to replace i7 920 @ 3.5GHz

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Denithor said:
Sweet. Let us know how it goes with the Xeon, and then also once you add the 970. Bet it's going to fly!
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Will do. I struggled with deciding between r9 390 and gtx 970, but in the end went with the 970 because of it's project cars and witcher performance. Either of them would have been awesome, but I got a EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ Cooling Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR) for $303 and that was $30 cheaper than the r9 390.

Can't wait to install the Xeon and 970. My rig will be pretty good for a few more years I'm pretty sure. 6 years and counting on this x58 platform (Amazing!!!).
 
Well, the gtx 970 is installed and Wow! This card is great! 1080p Ultra @ 60fps on just about every game I throw at it.

Haven't even installed the Xeon x5650 yet. My i7 920 is running again at 4ghz. Just needed to make some small voltage tweaks. Not sure if the Xeon will even make a difference in games. What do you think?
 
krypto1300 said:
Well, the gtx 970 is installed and Wow! This card is great! 1080p Ultra @ 60fps on just about every game I throw at it.

Haven't even installed the Xeon x5650 yet. My i7 920 is running again at 4ghz. Just needed to make some small voltage tweaks. Not sure if the Xeon will even make a difference in games. What do you think?
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Awesome! Congrats!


You won't seem anymore frames per second as the ipc is almost identical but there will be more overclocking headroom with probably less volts and less heat until you get into the 4.4Ghz and > area.
 
I would go with the Xeon, they're sweet chips. That 920 could start getting cranky on you and degrade even further. At least try to find the limits of the x5650 anyway . . .
 
krypto1300 said:
Well, the gtx 970 is installed and Wow! This card is great! 1080p Ultra @ 60fps on just about every game I throw at it.

Haven't even installed the Xeon x5650 yet. My i7 920 is running again at 4ghz. Just needed to make some small voltage tweaks. Not sure if the Xeon will even make a difference in games. What do you think?
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Put the six core in, what are you waiting for? 🙂
 
tynopik said:
well . . .



as long as it's stable, it's not dying
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It is dying. Hes had to incrementally step it down. Many who did the same thing with Q6600's cant even run the chip at stock without tons of voltage. These are the last few legs before it craps out entirely
 
DrMrLordX said:
Actually higher, since the 920 was down to 3.5 GHz before retirement.
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True! Yeah, this is a massive upgrade on the cheap. I wish current Xeons could be overclocked via BCLK; this would make owning X99 much more attractive longer term as you could count on being able to buy some cheap used 6, 8, or even 10 core chips on eBay several years down the line and get a massive perf boost.
 
So I had to back the Xeon down to 4GHz (182bclkX22@1.35vcore), but it is stable 24 hours running Prime95. At 4.4GHz it was stable, but running hot (90c) here in Hawaii's climate.

My i7 920 could hit 4GHz @ 1.2vcore in its prime. All in all, I'm very happy with my PC now. Thanks for all the help and suggestions.
 
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