Kepler news and discussion

[Rockdpm]

Yea i know Dave... I don't ever plan to do 4 way SLI... or even 3 way... 2 way is more on my mind but of course i would SLI my 670 after i have Intel

 

[Anik8]

^^ yeah like a big bang Xpower ii X79 with i7 3990X and for the psu,one may simply use 'Thor's hammer' :lol:

 

[Rockdpm]

uh no.... i don't plan getting 2011. Whatever Intels next socket is going to be

 

[davemaster84]

I'm an on AMD too but I think a 8150 is pretty decent for a gtx 680 sli (OC'ed of course) . I was thinking about changing to intel but I know I wont find a motherboard with the same features on intel for the same price as mine. +1 On Thor's hammer haha

 

[Anik8]

honestly, I expected ivy bridge to perform better.Also the the supply needs to improve.Here where I live, 690s and 680s are in stock but ivy bridge haven't yet made it to the market.

 

[Rockdpm]

wow, Dude just get Sandy bridge. Its not really worth it to me. @Dave, your 8150 has to be overclocked to what? to get two 680's not bottlenecked?

 

[Anik8]

@ mal
Kolkata(India) with Hulk 😛

 

[Rockdpm]

where are you.?

Yea really? I thought itd be out every

 

[Anik8]

Yea really? I thought itd be out every

yeah but ivy is more shiny
haven't been to the dealer up close,going through their servers,I am.Might also be they haven't refreshed.

 

[Rockdpm]

@ mal
Kolkata(India) with Hulk 😛

India is always like a year behind for some reason. Right now the 6000 series is the regular for you guys right now

 

[Rockdpm]

yeah but ivy is more shiny

But sandy is cooler and Overclocks nice and is CHEAPER!

 

[Anik8]

are you tracking his footprints.. or is he in David Banner mode.?
😉

tracking 😀

But sandy is cooler and Overclocks nice and is CHEAPER!

ivy saves power so its greener too and you know I fall easily to new hardware.On overclocking I read ivy can be the pocket monster with the 3570k easily overclockable to 7 gigs on ln2.

 

[saint19]

But sandy is cooler and Overclocks nice and is CHEAPER!

The "heat" problem of Ivy is caused for a generic TIM, remove the TIM that comes from manufacturer an apply a decent one, then you will see good temps.

 

[Rockdpm]

But are you using LN2?

 

[Rockdpm]

The "heat" problem of Ivy is caused for a generic TIM, remove the TIM that comes from manufacturer an apply a decent one, then you will see good temps.

So i have heard

 

[saint19]

But are you using LN2?

No. Remove the stock TIM and use something like AS5 or TX4 and you will see good temps on that CPUs.

 

[Anik8]

But are you using LN2?

no but vice versa ocing on air will edge ahead of sandy,I think.
@saint19
the only 3rd party TIM I have with me is from Cooler Master,do you think theirs' will be good enough?

 

[saint19]

no but vice versa ocing on air will edge ahead of sandy,I think.
@saint19
the only 3rd party TIM I have with me is from Cooler Master,do you think theirs' will be good enough?

Not sure how good is the Cooler Master TIM, but AS5 is cheap and good or you can test an compare results.

 

[Anik8]

alrite I'll try it then,thanx

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea i Use Artic Silver 5 all all my CPU's

 

[jjtober1]

The only reason I would go Ivy is to get PCI-E 3.0

 

[-Fran-]

Yea i Use Artic Silver 5 all all my CPU's

Yep, AS5 FTW.

And about the GTX660... Any more inside info, saint? 😗

I really want to know if a 7870 will be a match for it and at what price 😛

Cheers!

 

[davemaster84]

wow, Dude just get Sandy bridge. Its not really worth it to me. @Dave, your 8150 has to be overclocked to what? to get two 680's not bottlenecked?

Well the 8150 is not mine yet I only have a 955 OC to 3.8 , but yeah anything below 4.0ghz would bottleneck a 680 sli, and I'm sure I'll be able to OC the 8150 to 4.4 with my current cooler.

 

[davemaster84]

Oh yeah sorry, although most i5, i7 owners keep their processors above that clock. But yes I was talking about AMD

 

[de5_Roy]

iirc there was a hardocp article with fx8150+gtx580 sli. it came out in november... i think.