Not really my idea of fun, doing the before and after thing. You tend to think of these things after you make the change then the whole idea of changing back and forth to run benchmarks and other test kicks in my "what a pain in the ass" mode. So with that said "your mileage may vary". Was my quad fast .....yep real fast....is this system fast, omg yes! But in the end it's what I designed this system for and then recycle and re-use the quad. I just wait till the products have hit and then fall in price. I'm not an early adopter but more of a future planner and patient waiter. lol sometimes I have to admit the wait is a killer !
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^ I understand. That was why I was hoping that you would have captured some of this information before you started and keep running the tests in the middle.
I understand the fun and challenge of overclocking. But it's the end result that really matters...in my opinion It's the same way that I feel about racing cars and such. You can pack all of the horsepower in the world into a car, and you can modify tons of performance parts and the like. So, lets say you have a drag racing car that you take the track and race every few weeks. And lets say you bump up the horsepower from 200HP to 400HP and you spend $5k, if your overall quarter mile times go from say 12.5 seconds to 11.9 seconds....it's an improvement....but it's not the 2x improvement that the horsepower might indicate.
I just think it would help to quantify for others whether or not an upgrade would be worth it in terms of real world things. For example, telling me that you went from 3.6Ghz to 4.1Ghz doesn't tell me anything, but saying that it used to take you 240 seconds to encode 1 minute of HD video and now it takes 180 seconds...I can relate to.
Oh well, glad to see this chip is working out good for you and you are getting the performance out of it that you had hoped for.
And using auto analogy this is like adding a free flow exhaust and a low restriction cold air intake along with proper caster, camber, tire pressure and some octane boost to the fuel. It allows the stock components to work better and aids in handling both on and off the track. Do these things double horsepower....no way but a 10-20% gain isn't out of the realm of possibility and that's nothing to sneeze at.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck. OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 CPU: i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD80 b3 Memory: 32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133 Graphics Card: XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5 Sound Card: Sound Blaster Z Series Card Monitor(s) Displays: (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port Screen Resolution: 1680 X 1050 p Keyboard: (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless Mouse: Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop PSU: EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS Case: CoolerMaster Storm Styker Cooling: 7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60 Hard Drives: Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
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Well I'm not hitting those High numbers like i was with the previous board and what not im trying to play it safe and not get into putting massive v-core like i was before
Also @Allen I mentioned to you in my PM about my temp issue
That has me worried and i am well hitting 61c especially in Bios
im already 54c Cpu temp in Bios so I am like hmmmm
My idle temps are wierd Im wondering if i did a clean install will it be any different
Seriously put the new board same model and new cpu same series and hooked everything back up like normal
Im some what thiking it would be a good idea
here is a snip also I have been monitoring gaming sessions a WEI check Cinabench was 7.15 @4.3 Ghz
Well a clean re-install won't hurt but it seems odd that this could be an issue but hey one never knows. It may be some as simple as a bit too much TM and its acting as an insulator and not a conductor of heat. This why I don't like super thick compounds as I just don't think they flow as well. I mentioned the single lentil sized dot has now given way to one small dot surrounded by four small dots in a square and I think this will encourage the paste to spread out to all four corners.
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(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
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Here is some more Temps and Cinabench test this is about 20 pts lower then i would have scored with the other set up But my Gpu's are running faster this is @ 4.4ghz temps are improving
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Actually waiting like I did and then as luck had it Tiger had a deal running and I picked up another 38.00 off so damn the chip was twenty five bucks less than I paid for my Phenom 3.4BE. It's a beast of a chip and yes I'm real happy, it took awhile to sort out some issues with my ram and overclock but this too is normal!
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck. OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 CPU: i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD80 b3 Memory: 32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133 Graphics Card: XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5 Sound Card: Sound Blaster Z Series Card Monitor(s) Displays: (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port Screen Resolution: 1680 X 1050 p Keyboard: (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless Mouse: Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop PSU: EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS Case: CoolerMaster Storm Styker Cooling: 7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60 Hard Drives: Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
(1) Drobo 5N w/5 Seagate 3tb Internet Speed: Basic 120mbps down Browser: Chrome and IE 10 Antivirus: Trend Micro Titanium Max Security & Malwarebytes Premium Other Info: 5 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on NZXT cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
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