Currently @ 4.2 GHz (42x100) on my i5-2500K. Gigabyte P67A-UD3 board and Hyper 212 Plus cooler. Seems fine in initial runs of Prime95, but I'm starting an overnight run soon.
No exhaust?
Good vcore on that - 1.068V. Can you tell us what the rated voltage range is on that chip? (Of course I could just try to look it up online, I'm lazy)
Is this a good ram for normal ocing? When I say normal, I mean using stock heatsink, oc to around 4.2
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0317832
That's fine but i would go with atleast DDR3 1600
Ok, I will post my results so far.
i7 2600 @ 4.0Ghz @ 1.165v. No issues thus far and Prime95/LinX stable @ 55C full load. I will let me Artic Silver set and then set it to 4.2Ghz. I just do not want to go above 60C.
And the non K 2600 can OC to 4.2GHz on all cores. Saved $40 from the K and i get TXT and VT-d.
don't forget to run some games for stability I remembered reading somewhere, the OC holds using linx/prime but fails on games. this new cpu has some peculiarities.
No, it is 1.65 Volts you want 1.5
Read that over at Hardocp. Bad Company 2 is an amazing game to test with for stability.
Why do you recommend against 1.65v RAM?
How about this?
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...namitedata.com
The one before is cheap enough i can easily buy 8 gig, but I doubt i use more than 4 atm.
aHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i blame brian at ASUS for being so awesome @ CES.
Total Props to him!
He's convinced me to get SB.
^ thats why.. Motherboard review will be posted today.
I got no cpu tho... lol.. now i need to tell my sponsor ACK i need a 1155!
I'm curious about how the vdroop will behave in this generation. Also, like the last few commenters have mentioned, how many brands of DDR3 memory will behave if they're rated for 1.65V. My guess, based purely on nothing, is that putting 1.65V RAM in there won't matter since the memory controller and chipset will just run it at the recommended settings anyway. All of us will know a lot more in a few weeks.