Ivy Bridge Results and Discussion thread

[Don Karnage]

I got my 3770K in yesterday morning. I'm starting the build on it now. Maybe this will break my overclocking curse? It's batch 3213B589 I guess that's week 13? It's from Costa Rica, they could have at least put some of that awesome coffee in the box....

Edit: Yay, this is the only relevant Google result for that batch number. I'm a trailblazer.

It seems the later batch's are getting better and better

 

[Diogenes2]

Based on what ?

 

[Don Karnage]

Based on what ?

Overclocking results across the web

 

[baik]

That sounds like a pretty good chip, given the fact that it needs so little voltages for 4.4GHz. How long did you run stable Prime95 at that settings?

I ran p95 stable for about 3 hours and stopped it and ran 10 cycles of LinX stable in like an hour-ish

 

[Xeris]

It seems the later batch's are getting better and better

Yeah it seems mine doesn't overclock as good as others and I got mine on release day :\ Mine takes over 1.27V for a 4.6GHz OC. I've seen other reviews hit 4.8GHz with like 1.3V

 

[videogames101]

Got a 3570k under a 212+.

Seems to be taking about 1.27v for stability at 4.4, however load temps hover around 70C which seems quite low compared to other results at that voltage.

Is it safe to take these chips to 1.3v+? I'm not worried about my temps yet, thinking I could hit 4.6 with some more juice.

 

[jpiniero]

Overclocking results across the web

I noticed that the Ivy Bridge Xeons are coming out soon. They are apparently including a 4.1 turbo chip, so maybe the process has gotten a little better? They did have to jack the TDP up to 87 W to get there though.

 

[Don Karnage]

Yeah it seems mine doesn't overclock as good as others and I got mine on release day :\ Mine takes over 1.27V for a 4.6GHz OC. I've seen other reviews hit 4.8GHz with like 1.3V

You could say that again.

 

[Xeris]

Just got home and after around 7 hours on Prime my CPU is doing fine with max temps around 89C. I can live with that 4.6GHz at 1.28V.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Consider this board too it is the top of the line Biostar board in the same price range:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138354

If your going to overclock and you really want a great M/B I highly recommend 1of these. I am an MSI guy. and they over clock OK and use top components . But this M/B is great .

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-sabertooth-z77-review/1

 

[Don Karnage]

Newegg has a few Maximus IV Gene Z68 boards for 127 dollars OB. Thats a steal

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131806R

 

[special33]

is it worth upgrading?
most reviews dont seem to say so...hm

 

[Chaotic42]

is it worth upgrading?
most reviews dont seem to say so...hm

I did an informal test from my i7 920 to 3770K. I went from 1001 seconds for a POV ray render down to 640.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

is it worth upgrading?
most reviews dont seem to say so...hm

Depends

 

[bigsnyder]

If your going to overclock and you really want a great M/B I highly recommend 1of these. I am an MSI guy. and they over clock OK and use top components . But this M/B is great .

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-sabertooth-z77-review/1

They are not very clear on how they are cooling the cpu at 5Ghz for their tests.

 

[MPiland]

So, I finally got stable at 4.5GHz @ 1.24v.

PLL: 1.55v
LLC: Ultra High (75%)
CPU Power Management Control: Ultra High
Offset: -.010

 

[MPiland]

It seems the later batch's are getting better and better

I hope this is true. If so, I'm buying their warranty and burning the chip in roughly six months

 

[TaranScorp]

I got my 3770K finally from MicroCenter today.
They get like six in at a time and sell out in half a day.
Mine is a Malay chip L211B450.

 

[blastingcap]

3570K@stock. Intel Burn Test set to Maximum. Highest temps 57 73 65 64. Once again, Core 1 is giving me the highest temps by a mile. I have given up trying to reseat the 212EVO and cleaning off/reapplying TIM. I think the problem lies beneath the heat spreader, like some uneven Intel TIM or something. Damn you Core 1!

(Edit: I tried one last time after all. Now am getting 59 72 64 64 and do not plan on messing with it further, for now at least.)

 

[Ferzerp]

So, I finally got stable at 4.5GHz @ 1.24v.

PLL: 1.55v
LLC: Ultra High (75%)
CPU Power Management Control: Ultra High
Offset: -.010

Nice. Now de-lid that sucker and fix the temps!

 

[zijin_cheng]

Getting my 3570k on friday. If later batches seem to overclock better, what max OC can I expect on stock cooler?

 

[richierich1212]

one core is always much hotter than the others.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Getting my 3570k on friday. If later batches seem to overclock better, what max OC can I expect on stock cooler?

Stock cooler? Maybe 4ghz. Since sb could do 4.2 on stoxk

 

[dma0991]

Damn you Core 1!

If I were to use the idea that heat moves to the sides as well, Core 0 will be the coolest since the heat could move towards the IGP which is unused. For Core 1, the heat can't move to the other parts of the CPU, therefore the heat is concentrated and causing it to be hotter. Correct me if wrong though.

But yours is still peculiar as mine would only differ about 5C from core to core.

Getting my 3570k on friday. If later batches seem to overclock better, what max OC can I expect on stock cooler?

Try maxing out your temps with the stock cooler first on stock settings, only then attempt to overclock it. Increase the multiplier till it reaches the temps that you're comfortable with. Probably about 3.8GHz possible. But in the long run I would suggest getting a cheap CM Hyper212 Evo instead because the noise from the stock fan is going to be a turn off.

 

[MPiland]

Nice. Now de-lid that sucker and fix the temps!

Naw, those mid 80s were just peak points. It was average in the low 70s. I can handle that if that's at full load . On idle I was hitting roughly 23-30C. Not too shabby.