Ivy Bridge 3570K Testing, Opinions, Results, New Bios, 4.5Ghz At 1.236v

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Absolute0

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4.4 Ghz @ 1.26v is pretty discouraging, I do about 4.7 with that

But even if the results are bad, we are all waiting to see...
 

Tempered81

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4 or 5 posters at XS, Tweaktown, Obermeir, Kyle, and now Don Karnage, LagunaX have samples

Even though the control is small, the results are constant. OBR used to be all "Hey guess what losers, i have a 3770K its my new toy, I'm overclocking it yayy!" Now if you look at his site, it's "DONT GET IVY, KEEP YOUR SANDIES, IVY DOESNT OC, WAHHHH!"

heheh. I'm still going to wait for some more results, but the reports so far don't look good for IB.

Still waiting for some further news from Don Karnage...
 

Don Karnage

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Sorry about the lack of details last night guys. Got home, played Alittle, woman decided she wanted some attention so I went to bed... ;)

Anyway first impressions are that this processor runs cool.... very cool. With the H80 I was getting 20c idles and high 50c cinebench at 4.6@1.32v. Im still learning the biostar bios which is a joke compared to Asus so after some fine tuning I think those numbers will come down.

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alex_123_fra

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Wish I could give you my maximus V Gene to play around with using a 3570K. I hope your tests can dispel the rumours of ivybridge chips heating up too much when OCed as horse sh*t.
 

dma0991

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Anyway first impressions are that this processor runs cool.... very cool. With the H80 I was getting 20c idles and high 50c cinebench at 4.6@1.32v. Im still learning the biostar bios which is a joke compared to Asus so after some fine tuning I think those numbers will come down.
What are your ambient temps and what program did you use to measure the temps?
 

pelov

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So the general consensus was right? A poor overclocker due to excessive heat and small die size? If the clocks are under 300-400mhz difference the performance will be exactly like Sandy if you consider the single-digit IPC increase along with the 100mhz bump. So the IVB chips are essentially laptop / HD4000 upgrades :/
 

exar333

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Not sure if 'poor overclocker' is the right term, just not as good as SB (which was amazing). From what we have seen, this will be great for laptops and 98% of everyone else who runs their CPUs under 4.2ghz.

SB may be the better enthusiast chip, but it remains to be seen how the power consumption and performance bumps do for the CPUs at stock and normal turbo levels. This might just not be an enthusiasts dream this time around...:/
 

Rvenger

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Not sure if 'poor overclocker' is the right term, just not as good as SB (which was amazing). From what we have seen, this will be great for laptops and 98% of everyone else who runs their CPUs under 4.2ghz.

SB may be the better enthusiast chip, but it remains to be seen how the power consumption and performance bumps do for the CPUs at stock and normal turbo levels. This might just not be an enthusiasts dream this time around...:/


Well, there is one other issue that we now have with SB. The PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth limitation when running more than one card.
 

pelov

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Well, there is one other issue that we now have with SB. The PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth limitation when running more than one card.

I'm not sure buying a new platform just to crossfire/SLi is a great selling point for a new chipset AND CPU upgrade =P A nice feature, yes, but I'm not even sure why it was limited in the 6x chipsets either.

I'd imagine that the 2011 IB-E's might fare a bit better than these 1155 chips due to that increase in die size. At least I hope so for those waiting on them. Personally, I was sort of expecting IVB to be a mobile chip first and a marginal-at-best upgrade to SB. Now it's just a matter of a Trinity or IVB laptop :D
 

boczek

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Sorry about the lack of details last night guys. Got home, played Alittle, woman decided she wanted some attention so I went to bed... ;)

Anyway first impressions are that this processor runs cool.... very cool. With the H80 I was getting 20c idles and high 50c cinebench at 4.6@1.32v. Im still learning the biostar bios which is a joke compared to Asus so after some fine tuning I think those numbers will come down.

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The same image is there http://www.overclock.net/t/1241776/newbie-with-some-ivy-bridge-goodness
 

Absolute0

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^Did you read his post? it's pretty obviously the same person, just mistyped H70 vs H80 cooing.
 

Dufus

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If your interested in doing a comparison with 2500k then here is some results running hyper-pi at 5.3GHz and air cooling on the tz77xe4 board.
 

Subyman

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Obviously "LordZedd" is trolling and stealing pics. He joined OCN at 4:20am today, or a few minutes after Don posted the images. Unless Don created a new account.
 

geokilla

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Hrm these are the first steppings though. Maybe the newer steppings may be better?

This is definitely making me think twice about Sandy Bridge vs Ivy Bridge purchase...
 

Edrick

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Hrm these are the first steppings though. Maybe the newer steppings may be better?

This is definitely making me think twice about Sandy Bridge vs Ivy Bridge purchase...

What newer steppings? This is the retail stepping. SB has been the same stepping since release. No reason to think IB will be different.
 

Edrick

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So the IVB chips are essentially laptop / HD4000 upgrades :/

IB is going to be great for laptop/ultrabooks. Like I said many times before, IB is not going to be that much better than SB for desktops. But hey, if people want to spend $300 for their 5-7% increase, that is their business and I am sure they will enjoy it. Personally, I am saving that money for a bigger and better Haswell rig in less than a year.
 

Remobz

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IB is going to be great for laptop/ultrabooks. Like I said many times before, IB is not going to be that much better than SB for desktops. But hey, if people want to spend $300 for their 5-7% increase, that is their business and I am sure they will enjoy it. Personally, I am saving that money for a bigger and better Haswell rig in less than a year.

Fact? Assumption?
 

Stoneburner

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I need to upgrade my phenom II x4 920 ASAP. I've been waiting for the IV-B's and it will be better than a sidegrade (obviously). BUt I wonder if i should just get a 2600k NOW.
 

Rvenger

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I need to upgrade my phenom II x4 920 ASAP. I've been waiting for the IV-B's and it will be better than a sidegrade (obviously). BUt I wonder if i should just get a 2600k NOW.


I had a chance to get a BNIB 2700k for $267 so I figured it would be my "out" if IVB turns out to be meh.

If you can pick up a used 2600k for ~ $250 then do it. If you want to upgrade to IVB you can wait until the hype dies off and sell yours for around the same and get a 3770k.