- Jan 11, 2001
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The reason I ask this is.....
After reviewing many threads in CPUs and Overclocking, Cases & Cooling and Motherboards, it seems MANY are buying the i7 920 expecting to walk into a 4GHz overclock. We had the same scenario with the Q6600 G0 where people basically bought one expecting to walk into an easy 3.6-4.0GHz overclock on those. Unfortunately many found out later on, the later G0 batches were lucky to hit 3.4GHz.
Is all the internet hype around the i7 920 D0 giving people the wrong impression? I know, I never really pushed my i7 920 D0 at all. I ended up selling it to my brother and got it up to 4.0Ghz after battling with settings for quite some time. Even at that, it still runs VERY hot and IMHO, 3.6 seems to be a more reasonable clock.
There seems to be MANY threads asking for help getting the 920 up to 4Ghz and even fewer showing the 920 at 4Ghz. That leads me to believe the 920 is the next Q6600, where everyone buys them expecting a certain clock only to struggle and be disappointed.
After reviewing many threads in CPUs and Overclocking, Cases & Cooling and Motherboards, it seems MANY are buying the i7 920 expecting to walk into a 4GHz overclock. We had the same scenario with the Q6600 G0 where people basically bought one expecting to walk into an easy 3.6-4.0GHz overclock on those. Unfortunately many found out later on, the later G0 batches were lucky to hit 3.4GHz.
Is all the internet hype around the i7 920 D0 giving people the wrong impression? I know, I never really pushed my i7 920 D0 at all. I ended up selling it to my brother and got it up to 4.0Ghz after battling with settings for quite some time. Even at that, it still runs VERY hot and IMHO, 3.6 seems to be a more reasonable clock.
There seems to be MANY threads asking for help getting the 920 up to 4Ghz and even fewer showing the 920 at 4Ghz. That leads me to believe the 920 is the next Q6600, where everyone buys them expecting a certain clock only to struggle and be disappointed.