well my 2600k has survived 1.5 volts for 2 years!

[grkM3]

I have been beating the living crap out of my 2600k and used it strictly for benching and having fun tweaking it and going for personal records.I have ran it in my Asus mive extreme board with load line set to 100% and every thing set to extreme and 130 % extra off set on load along with all the max settings on the current allowed.

I want to also note I have ran almost 1.7 volts threw the memory controller pushing 4 sticks of 2133 ram with tight timings.the core would hit high 90s on prime once fully loaded but to be honest I didn't run Linux and prime for more then 10 min to test over clocks and this chip has seen 5.6ghz benching on water and 5.3 on high end air.

I just Bought a 3770k to mess with and damn that chip runs hot!!!

37 idle in bios with stock clocks and voltage while my 2600k with 1.48 would idle 32-33

I'm going to take it easy but wanted to share how robust my 2600k was

 

[blastingcap]

Not for 2 years unless it was continuous without any stop, 100% load for 2 years. But congrats.

 

[grkM3]

Not for 2 years unless it was continuous without any stop, 100% load for 2 years. But congrats.

Well voltage was set at that without it ever seeing idle volts but yeah not on 2 years straight lol

 

[Kallogan]

Sandy forever <3

 

[Face2Face]

Nice, I just got one to mess with and compare to my 3570K and 8320.

 

[grkM3]

Quick update!!! Man do I love this motherboard,its like they say you get what you pay for and this sucker was 400 bucks when I got it.So far I left the ivy with the stock heatspeader and Im using a corsair air heatsink that is nothing special.

Stock volts and everything set to extreme phase and I literally get zero voltage drop under load and Im getting stable linx 8 threads with avx enabled and not going over 1.1 volts staying under it actually so around 1.072 volts at 4.4ghz!

This is with the same 4 sticks of 2133 running at 1.65 volts

highest temps so far running intel burn test are

69
75
72
71

 

[inf64]

Congrats and good luck with 3770K.

 

[SickBeast]

OP have you thought about taking some vice grips and popping the lid off that Ivy CPU?

 

[grkM3]

OP have you thought about taking some vice grips and popping the lid off that Ivy CPU?

I was going to do that right from the get go but wanted to see how far I can go with it on.

Running Intel burn test at 4.5 now

 

[24601]

I was going to do that right from the get go but wanted to see how far I can go with it on.

Running Intel burn test at 4.5 now

Don't apply too much downward force to the core before you do it.

It will make it harder to have clearance to cut through the adhesive.

When I tried to delid my E4400, I found that my excessive force applied to it has made the IHS completely flush (Perhaps even indented in a bit) as far as I can tell to the face of the PCB.

 

[grkM3]

4.7ghz @1.2v is the max I feel is stable and safe with the stock lid on the cpu.I hit 97c on one core and the rest are low to mid 90s running intel burn test with 8 threads and stress level set to high.I did 2 passes and that's enough for me to call it stable as nothing else will come close to loading these cores like the way intel burn test does.

also passes 32m pi so the ram is doing well also.

What are the normal temp drops once you delid it? If I can lower them 15-20c I can prolly hit 4.9ghz

 

[felang]

I´ve been running my 2600K at 4.5 ghz and 1.3V for about 2 years as well. I´m thinking I should start running at 5 ghz and 1.5V so it blows and I´m "forced" to upgrade.

 

[grkM3]

I´ve been running my 2600K at 4.5 ghz and 1.3V for about 2 years as well. I´m thinking I should start running at 5 ghz and 1.5V so it blows and I´m "forced" to upgrade.

My 2600k is fine and is sitting next to me my friend.I got a 3770k because haswell is a joke and the 3770k was a side step upgrade as I got bored and wanted something new to mess with.

I also picked the 3770k up for 229 at bestbuy and got them to pricematch microcenter.

Ive actually pushed 1.6 volts into it and it runs fine to this day

 

[FalseChristian]

I´ve been running my 2600K at 4.5 ghz and 1.3V for about 2 years as well. I´m thinking I should start running at 5 ghz and 1.5V so it blows and I´m "forced" to upgrade.

Don't fry your CPU. Be happy with 4.5GHz like me. Your CPU is uber-powerful so you have no reason to 'upgrade'.

 

[crashtech]

I'd have a 2600K but for the fact that a 2700K became available for the same money. For what I gave for it it's the best CPU I've ever had. I have it running at 4.4 without even trying, just a couple clicks and go. I'd bet there is a lot more in it, but for what? If I don't get an IB-E this fall, I'll crank this puppy up just to help warm the room.

 

[Ketchup]

I've got a 16-year-old Pentium II in my office running 24/7. So if if your i7 is still running in another 14 years, give me a call.

But seriously, congrats. I am sure the chip will last as long as you need it.

 

[pcunite]

I've got a 16-year-old Pentium II in my office running 24/7. So if if your i7 is still running in another 14 years, give me a call.

I have a FUJITSU MPE3064AT hard drive ATA 66 (over 10 years folks!) that is still going in a Linux router. The processor is some AMD Athlon 1.1Ghz of some sort.

 

[LagunaX]

My Sandy 2500k and 2600k both at 4.8ghz have never degraded.
My 3770k at 4.8ghz degraded after 3 mo.

Dumbass 3d structure and sissy sensitive IMC probably.

 

[grkM3]

long live the sandy bridges!!!!

 

[crashtech]

A 2600K at that speed is running well in excess of a stock 4770. Since the average Haswell is turning out to be a slightly worse overclocker than even IB, it would be interesting to see how an OCed Haswell does against one of these "old" Sandy Bridges. I assume Haswell would win, but by how much? Low single digit percentages, perhaps?