Worth upgrading to 4ghz i7 920?

[Burts]

Is it worth upgrading to a evga x58 board with a i7 920 clocked stable at 4ghz air cooled and ocz gold ram? How much faster would it be then my q6600 at 3ghz.. I can get the mobo combo for a good price 800.00

I mostly just game and do the normal stuff on the computer, I do play high performance games..


Base specs im running now is
Asus p5k-e wifi/q6600 at 3ghz/ocz ram
evga295gtx

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Keep what you have, IMO.

 

[ExcaliburMM]

DDR3/I7 is not worth buying right now IMO. Wait till price goes down.

 

[exar333]

If you are really itching for an upgrade, sell yout Q6600 and get a Q9550 or Q9650 and OC to 4.0-4.2. That would give you a great lift, and sinceyou already have a SLI-card (GTX 295) the X58 probably wouldn't benefit you much unless you planned to get another GTX 295 for quad-SLI.

I love the i7, but you already have a great system and I don't know if the cost would be justified or not.

 

[Tempered81]

Id keep the q6600 and for 3.5g, or sell it and try for 4.2g on a q9650

 

[BubbaBooBoo]

Cant say about ocing as mine is box stock but my i7 920 / Veloceraptor / 12 GB RAM has to be the hot ticket. Ridicolous fast! Keeps on amazing me every single day.

 

[Denithor]

Actually with a GTX 295 (which is a single-card SLI setup) you would see some benefits from an i7 setup.

Comparison: i7 965 vs QX9770 vs E8400 with TripleSLI GTX 280

The differences are not as well-defined for dualSLI as they are for this TripleSLI setup but still definitely present (read the rest of the article).

Two Quad-Core CPUs vs Two Fast nVidia Graphics Cards

Another excellent read, featuring GTX 285 & GTX 295 on Q9650 and i7 920 (clocked at 3GHz/4GHz and 2.67GHz/4GHz respectively).

Now, why'd they choose not to include a PhII 940 in this lineup? :roll:

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Go for it! You'll see a huge performance boost with an i7

If you still feel hesitant as the price appears steep;I'd suggest this:

sell off your mobo, cpu, & ram and pick up a Gigabyte UD3P, Get either a 9550 or 9650, and get some DDR2 11 or 1200 for some high overclocking but don't skimp on the ram as timings do play a role in gaming. 99% of the time you'll hear the opposite...

 

[Rick James]

Get some better ram and cooling and take that Q6600 to 4Ghz

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

 

[Rick James]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

Very few Q6600's are going to make it to 4Ghz. Many don't make it to 3.6.

Also, 1.6v is pretty scary for that chip.

Also, TT was using water cooling, which really distorts the value in a negative way.

 

[Rick James]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

Very few Q6600's are going to make it to 4Ghz. Many don't make it to 3.6.

Also, 1.6v is pretty scary for that chip.

You just have to push it haha. I'm reckless when it comes to overclocking. Chips are cheap these days anyway

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

suicide run; nuff said

EDIT: and not 24/7

no offense

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

Very few Q6600's are going to make it to 4Ghz. Many don't make it to 3.6.

Also, 1.6v is pretty scary for that chip.

You just have to push it haha. I'm reckless when it comes to overclocking. Chips are cheap these days anyway

What's cheap for you is not cheap for others... 😉

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

many MIIF boards do not run 500fsb with a quad - mine did, but it froze 2-3 seconds into prime - i wouldn't want to end up corrupt files from a miss-firing cpu

 

[Rick James]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

Very few Q6600's are going to make it to 4Ghz. Many don't make it to 3.6.

Also, 1.6v is pretty scary for that chip.

You just have to push it haha. I'm reckless when it comes to overclocking. Chips are cheap these days anyway

What's cheap for you is not cheap for others... 😉

Very true.

My last baby. I'm building another I7 rig now

http://i234.photobucket.com/al...e88/BlackTTC6/4931.jpg

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

Very few Q6600's are going to make it to 4Ghz. Many don't make it to 3.6.

Also, 1.6v is pretty scary for that chip.

You just have to push it haha. I'm reckless when it comes to overclocking. Chips are cheap these days anyway

What's cheap for you is not cheap for others... 😉

Very true.

My last baby. I'm building another I7 rig now

http://i234.photobucket.com/al...e88/BlackTTC6/4931.jpg

Aww, c'mon, you couldn't get another 68.8mhz out of it? 😛

Heck, 20Mhz more, we'd give you credit for 5!

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

If those (q6600 & your 8500) were both stable i'd then be impressed

 

[Rick James]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
lol, a Q6600 to 4ghz!?! thats impossible

http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...600_to_4ghz/index.html

Very few Q6600's are going to make it to 4Ghz. Many don't make it to 3.6.

Also, 1.6v is pretty scary for that chip.

You just have to push it haha. I'm reckless when it comes to overclocking. Chips are cheap these days anyway

What's cheap for you is not cheap for others... 😉

Very true.

My last baby. I'm building another I7 rig now

http://i234.photobucket.com/al...e88/BlackTTC6/4931.jpg

Aww, c'mon, you couldn't get another 68.8mhz out of it? 😛

Heck, 20Mhz more, we'd give you credit for 5!

hahahaha i didn't have the balls to go over 1.6v in the bios even tho my idle's were only 38C at that voltage.

 

[Rick James]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
If those (q6600 & your 8500) were both stable i'd then be impressed

My E8500 was stable up to 4.87ghz. The 4.9Ghz failed Super pi 3 iterations in.

I'm waiting for my new W/C kit to turn the wick up on my current I7. 4.5Ghz will be good for this system. I want 5Ghz out of the new one. 🙂

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
If those (q6600 & your 8500) were both stable i'd then be impressed

My E8500 was stable up to 4.87ghz. The 4.9Ghz failed Super pi 3 iterations in.

I'm waiting for my new W/C kit to turn the wick up on my current I7. 4.5Ghz will be good for this system. I want 5Ghz out of the new one. 🙂

Did you try a few different stability tests? Why only superPI?

 

[Rick James]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
If those (q6600 & your 8500) were both stable i'd then be impressed

My E8500 was stable up to 4.87ghz. The 4.9Ghz failed Super pi 3 iterations in.

I'm waiting for my new W/C kit to turn the wick up on my current I7. 4.5Ghz will be good for this system. I want 5Ghz out of the new one. 🙂

Did you try a few different stability tests? Why only prime?

Because it would keep locking up above 4.9Ghz. It needed 1.65v atleast but i didn't want to push it.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
If those (q6600 & your 8500) were both stable i'd then be impressed

My E8500 was stable up to 4.87ghz. The 4.9Ghz failed Super pi 3 iterations in.

I'm waiting for my new W/C kit to turn the wick up on my current I7. 4.5Ghz will be good for this system. I want 5Ghz out of the new one. 🙂

Did you try a few different stability tests? Why only prime?

Because it would keep locking up above 4.9Ghz. It needed 1.65v atleast but i didn't want to push it.

so you never did infact use any other stability testing

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: Rick James

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
If those (q6600 & your 8500) were both stable i'd then be impressed

My E8500 was stable up to 4.87ghz. The 4.9Ghz failed Super pi 3 iterations in.

I'm waiting for my new W/C kit to turn the wick up on my current I7. 4.5Ghz will be good for this system. I want 5Ghz out of the new one. 🙂

Did you try a few different stability tests? Why only prime?

Because it would keep locking up above 4.9Ghz. It needed 1.65v atleast but i didn't want to push it.

so you never did infact use any other stability testing

Obviously. LinX would kill it in a heartbeat.