Now We're cookin.. Clarkdale Over 4Ghz

[Hey Zeus]

 

[Hey Zeus]

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=933114

 

[Acanthus]

prime stable?

 

[ExcaliburMM]

Jesus christ, if these go much higher it'll be my E2140 all over again. 😛

 

[Hey Zeus]

prime stable?

Prime stable for 20 minutes before i had to leave for work. I'll have more extensive prime results later

 

[ExcaliburMM]

I actually forgot to note very few i3 owners who aren't crazy Anandtechers are going to have theirs under a Megashadow or similar. 😛

 

[soccerballtux]

Prime stable for 20 minutes before i had to leave for work. I'll have more extensive prime results later

This is useless if it can't hit 5Ghz.

 

[qazwsxokmijn]

Damn...only 1.211v for a 4GHz+ overclock?

 

[exar333]

This is useless if it can't hit 5Ghz.

Not sure about useless, but I would be impressed if it can be pushed close to or over 5ghz.

 

[Hey Zeus]

I actually forgot to note very few i3 owners who aren't crazy Anandtechers are going to have theirs under a Megashadow or similar. 😛

Well they should. The Mega Shadow looks BEAUTIFUL in my case

 

[cbn]

I wonder at what point will you hit the voltage wall with that chip?

 

[alyarb]

you can go up to 1.4 if you want. it's not like you have to inch through every single voltage notch. xbit got theirs up to 4.4 with 1.3v using the intel H55 board. actually, it was a pentium g9650, so even lower bin.

 

[Markfw]

Jesus christ, if these go much higher it'll be my E2140 all over again. 😛

Except these are $145, and wasn't the 2140 about half that price ?

 

[ExcaliburMM]

Except these are $145, and wasn't the 2140 about half that price ?

I meant in terms of stock frequency vs oc frequency. My E2140 went from 1.6 to 3.2 which was 100%. If we can get 70%+ out of these, they will surely be showing their value.

 

[TJCS]

the Prolimatech M. shadow is so sexy

 

[aclim]

very nice!

 

[soccerballtux]

Not sure about useless, but I would be impressed if it can be pushed close to or over 5ghz.

I saw a few posts about him wanting to game at 5Ghz, so that's why he was going dual instead of quad or something.

 

[Zebo]

Nice but why the 540? Every value clocker knows you buy lowest end chip in iteration. (530)

 

[Zebo]

I saw a few posts about him wanting to game at 5Ghz, so that's why he was going dual instead of quad or something.

Nothing wrong with dual. Quad is over hyped unless you encode 500 DVDs a year and some other things. Plus it hurts OCs for things that matter like games 😀

 

[Hey Zeus]

I saw a few posts about him wanting to game at 5Ghz, so that's why he was going dual instead of quad or something.

I want to play with 5Ghz but gaming at 5Ghz would be nice as well 🙂

Nothing wrong with dual. Quad is over hyped unless you encode 500 DVDs a year and some other things. Plus it hurts OCs for things that matter like games 😀

Exactly.

 

[cbn]

Quad is over hyped unless you encode 500 DVDs a year and some other things. Plus it hurts OCs for things that matter like games 😀

45nm may not overclock as well, but the better memory controller and increased L3 cache give the Core i5 750 better IPC.

I think the bargain gaming chip we are all looking for is L5609 (32nm quad core/No HT/12mb cache).

 

[soccerballtux]

Not sure about useless, but I would be impressed if it can be pushed close to or over 5ghz.

Nothing wrong with dual. Quad is over hyped unless you encode 500 DVDs a year and some other things. Plus it hurts OCs for things that matter like games 😀

Grr I thought we already covered this in the other thread 🙂
There is little point in dual if you want to be set for the future. People saying you don't need more than a dual (even with Hyperthreading) is like all the people that said "there are no multithreaded games, so just get the fastest single core available". Then people bought FX-55's and Athlon64 4000+'s and overclocked them like crazy...and then Oblivion came out and the people who put that money towards a 4800+ came out ahead.

Same will happen with Dual/Quad as developers get better at multithreading.

 

[cbn]

Grr I thought we already covered this in the other thread 🙂
There is little point in dual if you want to be set for the future.

I think as long as the mainboard supports CPU upgrades a person would be just fine with a Intel hyperthreading dual core.

Games and web browsing/email just don't require much in the way of CPU power. Heck this Core i3 even beats Athlon II x4 in Dragon Age Origins.

 

[Zebo]

Grr I thought we already covered this in the other thread 🙂
There is little point in dual if you want to be set for the future. People saying you don't need more than a dual (even with Hyperthreading) is like all the people that said "there are no multithreaded games, so just get the fastest single core available". Then people bought FX-55's and Athlon64 4000+'s and overclocked them like crazy...and then Oblivion came out and the people who put that money towards a 4800+ came out ahead.

Same will happen with Dual/Quad as developers get better at multithreading.

LOL hard to predict- nevertheless best buys in CPU right now IMO are $90 castillos or $130 clarkdales. The former you *can*, 74% chance, make into a powerful Quad and OC the later can OC sky high w/ performance surpassing anything else in majority of today apps. Hehe I like that C&C.

 

[Cattykit]

If 4-cores become the norm, I'd want 6-cores. If 6-cores become the norm, I'd want 8-cores. I'd always want extra headroom so I won't be limited by busy CPU.
This is the kind of notion gamers don't get. I understand that while you're gaming, you probably can't do other tasks, but gaming isn't the only area where CPUs are made for.