I'm going to mod the mb to run a Xeon LGA 771 which I can grab for about $30. If it doesn't work its still only $30 I guess. Its worth a shot
Yeah, if its going to cost me $80, I would probably save up. I'm going to re purpose the e5200 into a different machine and a friend may have some DDR2 I...
18A of 12V on each rail should be plenty
This is the PSU, not the best, might grab a EVGA 500W later
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817171013
RAM is 4GB of 667mhz
MB is ASUS P5KE
I can take the E5200 a bit higher but then I will have to run at non-stock volts
I guess I'll do...
So I'm upgrading to a new rig and am giving this one to my brother
I have both an 7750 and a 7850
His screen is a 1080p one. I don't know how much more power the 7850 will be over the 7750 since he will likely be limited by his CPU. It also only will have 4GB of ram.
Is the only way to...
i7 is outside my budget and I doubt my 7950 will keep up with it
mainly 4.2-4.4ghz i5 vs 3.8ghz Xeon
I think I'll just get the i5 and upgrade once i5's become hexacores XD
So I'm in a dilemma now
The i5 is $235 for me
The 1220v3 (3.1ghz) is $222
the 1230v3 (3.2gh) is $245
The Xeons give me 4 cores with hyperthreading but are slower
The i5 lets me OC it but does not have hyperthreading
So which option would you guys recommend?
I already have an H60 and H80 as...
Looking for a CPU to run Adobe after effects and premiere pro. Which one would be better? I can get a used i7 920 for $90 and a new FX6300 for about $120
I have an X58 board but it's not good for overclocking. (Zotac X58)
I have a cousin with a stock A10 5800k with a 7770 and he sometimes gets bottle necked on 1080p in some MMORPG's, mostly single thread/core ones which is why I am worrying
I'll be using a 7850 but I plan to upgrade to a 7950/280 later on
I sort of want to give my money to AMD but I really need that single thread/core IPC in world of tanks as well a few others.
I'm hoping they will at least reach Sandy Bridge levels but I don't want to burned if they don't deliver.
Hi all,
Is it worth waiting to see what Kaveri will be like or just grabbing a 4670k when they go on sale during the holidays/black friday?
How will a revamped 2M/4T core be like?
I would mostly be gaming so would the lost FPU performance matter?
Also, does Steamroller/Kaveri support AVX2?
I don't think I could wait an year for Steamroller (3M/6T) if Kaveri can't beat current 3M/6T :P
I hear there will be nothing but APU's for 2014
Hopefully some benches will pop up soon
So I have a dilemma. I'm going to be grabbing an 4670k+z87. I already have an H60 and now I have an H80 as well.
My secondary system will be an OC E5200. I have a 775 air cooler for it and temps won't breach 60c.
What I am planning to do is to use the 4670k as my main rig with either the...
Orgin PC dropping AMD was fine and all but apparently, according to PC-World, you can still special order AMD cards, which they wouldn't do if they were that much of an support issue.
Also no other OEM's have done the same and must be experiencing the same issues.
The date is also...
Hi all,
managed to grab a hold of a Zotac x58. I was wondering if anyone had any experience OC on it and what CPU's are compatible with it?
Zotac gave me a pretty crappy answer
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=35562255#post35562255
I know X58 supports Xeons and i7's but...
They sent me this =.=
They say these are the only chips they have tested.....
ZOTAC X58
Tested CPU
CPU type Speed CMOS CPU power
Core i7-965 Extreme 3.2GHz 45nm 130W
Core i7-940 2.93GHz 45nm 130W
Core i7-920 2.66GHz 45nm 130W
Tested memory
Model marker memory size chipset...
Thanks for the heads up. I think'll shoot Zotac a quick email asking for their CPU support. The W3540 seems great put it does not ship to Canada (Vancouver). I'll look into other offers. Thanks for all the research you've (all of you) done! :)
A light OC is below 30% OC :P
Would there be a big difference from running an i7 920 @ max turbo (3ghz) and say any of the stock alternatives I mentioned and power consumption as well.
Hi,
I have a friend running CS6 and I have a x58 board lying arround. Right now, I can grab him a i7 920 for about $100 and then OC it say about 3.3-3.5 since its an Zotac x58 and likely only a 212+. Another option would be to grab an 1155 board and run something like an i5 or AM3+ with...
Hopefully I get a golden chip like some you guys seem to have :)
Do you guys think AVX2 and FMA3 will become useful in games because it seems like very few games use AVX since the two years its been out
So my z77 mb died yet again so I am thinking of selling my 3570k since a friend is interested. What is the average OC I should be expecting on a 4670k paired with an H60? I am able to hit about 4.4 with my 3570k @ ~1.2v (Its been a while, I OC'd it then left it alone).
My mb price is pretty...
Since the fps got capped, the mins would likely be where the difference is more easily seen. I think seeing frametimes would be even better at differentiating them. What I am guessing for now is that the built in benchmark is not cpu intensive enough or doesn't use AVX2 well to show any...
So does Rome 2 run exceptionally faster on Haswell? I guess to maintain market, most games will still be relatively playable on high clocked 1156/1155 cpus for quite a while but those with the newer instructions will get much better perf, at least cpu wise?
I see the synthetic benchmarks with the new instructions are somewhere from 20-78% faster but what does this mean for games? Can games in the future use these instructions and how long will it take before games will use them and how long until I will need a cpu that has theses instructions just...
Hi all,
I am wondering how useful AVX2 and FMA3 will be in general computing and gaming. I know stuff like Handbrake will likely pick up AVX2 and FMA3 quickly but how about things like games and more mundane programs? How long will it take for them to use these new instruction sets? I'm already...
Hi all,
I've currently got a Adata SP900 64GB running Enhanced Intel SRT on my 2TB drive. I'm using the entire drive as the cache but this thread I saw seems to be I should tone it down to about 45-50GB to get some more over provisioning...
If there had been an i3k version I probably would have jumped on that and OC it all the way, a friend has a 2500k and he can reach 4.5 on stock cooler and stock volts completely stable
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