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Lifer
- Dec 30, 2004
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Lol, I was really close to spraying water over my monitor there. That's a really good idea. I will seriously consider trying it. (the thread part. Not the hammering part).
Originally posted by: DanK414
damn im soooo confused right now... what to buy? i7 920 or pII 955. newegg isn't helping. someone do OC results already
Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Its at newegg!
Originally posted by: DanK414
damn im soooo confused right now... what to buy? i7 920 or pII 955. newegg isn't helping. someone do OC results already
Originally posted by: Forumpanda
I think the kicker for people who are OCing to the limit is that fact that i7 deals much better with heat.
In my experience a pII on air will throttle because of heat when you start raising the vcore, much before it hits its real OC limit.
I have not used any Intel cpu's for the past 4 years so I could be wrong, but its my impression that you can have the i7 sit at 60-80C when under full load without problems, whereas the pII will throttle at about 60C (which is a pain as soon as you raise the voltage).
or maybe its just my board that is a failure
Originally posted by: Forumpanda
I think the kicker for people who are OCing to the limit is that fact that i7 deals much better with heat.
In my experience a pII on air will throttle because of heat when you start raising the vcore, much before it hits its real OC limit.
I have not used any Intel cpu's for the past 4 years so I could be wrong, but its my impression that you can have the i7 sit at 60-80C when under full load without problems, whereas the pII will throttle at about 60C (which is a pain as soon as you raise the voltage).
or maybe its just my board that is a failure
Originally posted by: lopri
I don't know what's true and what's not, but personally I'd rather take a throttle @60C than full-running CPU @80C. (does anyone really want a CPU running @80C?) All my CPU's are running below 50C under 100% load.
Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Whoa! The initial Canadian price sucks! Better go down in a couple of weeks.
http://www.ncix.com/products/i...BGIBOX&manufacture=AMD
Originally posted by: Rick James
Originally posted by: Sylvanas
Its at newegg!
Inching closer and closer to the I7 920's price point
Originally posted by: DanK414
damn im soooo confused right now... what to buy? i7 920 or pII 955. newegg isn't helping. someone do OC results already
What do you do with your computer? Only gaming then get the 955. Video editing? Ripping? Encoding? I7 kills the Amd in everything but gaming.
Originally posted by: DanK414
It appears newegg has dropped their price on 955 already its now $235shipped. Just saw the deal on techbargains, Promo Code: AMD4231.
Originally posted by: richierich1212
Originally posted by: DanK414
It appears newegg has dropped their price on 955 already its now $235shipped. Just saw the deal on techbargains, Promo Code: AMD4231.
And now they have free shipping