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Is 5ghz i7 achieveable on just water?

I highly doubt those were done on ambient water (unless it specified in the link, I didn't click). Those highend water scores normally just have a bucket full of ice water instead of a radiator.

Most of the highend water solutions Ive seen have Bloomfield i7s maxing out at around 4.6ghz, with 4.4ghz a more reasonable standard. Id imagine if you get an insanely cherry processor and wouldn't mind running it without HT and at unsafe voltages 5ghz is possible, but I wouldn't expect it to last for years like that.

Didn't IDC have a q6600 running 24/7 at something rediculous like 4.2ghz under phase change? I know it lasted a few months at least (and promptly died), this is the same feat as the OP is asking. Possible? Yes. Cost effective or practical for the most of us? No.
 
Ben90 said:
I highly doubt those were done on ambient water (unless it specified in the link, I didn't click). Those highend water scores normally just have a bucket full of ice water instead of a radiator.

Most of the highend water solutions Ive seen have Bloomfield i7s maxing out at around 4.6ghz, with 4.4ghz a more reasonable standard. Id imagine if you get an insanely cherry processor and wouldn't mind running it without HT and at unsafe voltages 5ghz is possible, but I wouldn't expect it to last for years like that.

Didn't IDC have a q6600 running 24/7 at something rediculous like 4.2ghz under phase change? I know it lasted a few months at least (and promptly died), this is the same feat as the OP is asking. Possible? Yes. Cost effective or practical for the most of us? No.
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haha, thx for the input. Ugh... guess I just have to wait for intel's tick phase.🙁

I really want a 5ghz i7 because, according to the benchmarks posted in my starcraft 2 phenom thread, the required cpu for solid 60fps in Starcraft 2, is exactly 4.88.

And I definitely don't want to do phase cooling because that shit is just not 24/7 with consumer products.
 
Sure, a very lucky sample of a Core i7 extreme 6 core should be able to do it. Chance of it happening, you are probably better off spending money on phase change.
 
Most of the highend water solutions Ive seen have Bloomfield i7s maxing out at around 4.6ghz, with 4.4ghz a more reasonable standard.
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+1 for that, more at the 4.4 peak.
 
AdamK47 said:
Says the guy with an AMD CPU.

Runs at a steady 60 FPS (vsync) with everything at max on my system. It's really not a very demanding game.
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Says the guy with an overclocked i7-980X and triple SLI 5870s ....

I gotta ask though, why triple SLI 5870s when you screen is only 1080p ? Seems like overkill.
 
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khon said:
Says the guy with an overclocked i7-980X and triple SLI 5870s ....

I gotta ask though, why triple SLI 5870s when you screen is only 1080p ? Seems like overkill.
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To be correct, it's CrossFire. And yes, it is overkill. I love overkill. It's part of my eccentricity.
 
AdamK47 said:
To be correct, it's CrossFire. And yes, it is overkill. I love overkill. It's part of my eccentricity.
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Fair enough. And yeah you're right, should be Xfire and not SLI, my mistake.

Just wondering though, does any game run below 60fps on that setup ?
 
khon said:
Fair enough. And yeah you're right, should be Xfire and not SLI, my mistake.

Just wondering though, does any game run below 60fps on that setup ?
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Cryostasis, Metro 2033, and certain parts of Crysis. All of The Force Unleashed.
 
Cryostasis runs below 60 without PhysX on 3 5870's? I have it running pretty damn well with PhysX. It only drops below 60 in a few places at max settings with AA. The Force Unleashed is capped at 30 for some stupid reason.
 
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there was a batch of 920 D0 that did like 4.6-5GHz on air cooling, i think rubycon has one but not sure
 
AdamK47 said:
It's part of my eccentricity.
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oh... unfortunately, its mine as well, wanna see who has the faster 980X?

🙂

OK... seriously can we stop having the pissing contest?

OP 5ghz i7 to a person who knows overclocking, the reaction is gonna be:

BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHA..


BTW, Bobfast, i know the guy, he's an XS member, and he BINs his chips on a much larger scale then i do. ()🙂

mutz said:
at these points is where the XE CPU's comes in handy..
say WOW ...
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do i need to rebring out my 975?
My 975 is a better clocker then my 980C on acceptable 24/7 values.

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mutz said:
+1 for that, more at the 4.4 peak.
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wanna re evaluate my score and say that again?
On a good 975, id say 4.7ish to 4.8ish @ 1.45vcore is most doable.
 
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yeah, we were talking about the 920's,
hard to get above 4.4 on a usual batch, even though the one above reached 5Ghz with a week 49!
now that's a huge wow.

with a 975, 5.0Ghz should be very doable with water or atleast 4.8,
many actually did it on air,
and that's were these chips truly have meaning and comes in handy.

you can run them 5 on an SS much better then any other I7, most probably even the 980.
 
yeah, we were talking about the 920's,
hard to get above 4.4 on a usual batch, even though the one above reached 5Ghz with a week 49!
now that's a huge wow.

with a 975, 5.0Ghz should be very doable with water or atleast 4.8,
many actually did it on air,
and that's were these chips truly have meaning and comes in handy.
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sorry, missed the actual question,
OP, as been said here, your only true chance with water might be with a good 975,
other then that (and even) it's quite too much.

don't go for the 980 in that direction,
there are some who got broken at much lower OCing after only a few weeks, or few days
it smells like these chips are not too stable as the 4 cores when raising they're clocks above 4Ghz and 1.4, and are quite sensitive to heat.
 
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