The 5 GHz, Six-Core Project: Core i7-980X Gets Chilly

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Question .. do the mounting holes on the head of the compressor match the holes that support nvidia's fermi gpus? I'm wondering, cause it could be an interesting cooling option for hot gpus.
 
[citation][nom]SpadeM[/nom]Question .. do the mounting holes on the head of the compressor match the holes that support nvidia's fermi gpus? I'm wondering, cause it could be an interesting cooling option for hot gpus.[/citation]No, but Cooler Express does make liquid chillers to go with liquid-cooling components.
 
[citation][nom]doomtomb[/nom]Overclocking is OVERRATED and this article proves it.[/citation]
If you had said "Extreme...," I would agree with you, but you didn't. I only do mild OCs, but the benefit is clearly visible, and has been shown in tests, so you get a -1.
 
I can't help but think we got a man into space with slide rulers but we can't find some meaningful use for a 5-ghz 6-core Super Computer other than to Download porn. I also can't help but think Toms Hardware is going to accidently create Sky-Net.
 
[citation][nom]doomtomb[/nom]Overclocking is OVERRATED and this article proves it.[/citation]

I would agree for the most part. Usually to have moderate gains you need a significant OC.
 
Interesting article, but it would have been nice if the board and socket were prepped before the cooler was installed so condensation wouldn't be a problem.

I think this deserves a follow-up article seeing how far you can push the system with a liquid-cooled CPU and liquid-cooled NB, SB, and GPU; you would probably get better all-around performance than just maxing out the CPU.

Its amazing how much heat that puts out, getting into low-positives from -12, I'm almost glad it wouldn't get to 5ghz with 12 threads.. at that point it probably would've become self-aware >:[
 
The performance gain is offset by the fact that it's not sustainable to put that much voltage and to maintain the frozen CPU temps. It as a fun exercise to explore the mobo and CPU limits but for all practical purposes (gaming, productivity, etc.), it's not worth the effort. But for an overclocking contest with a nice prize (lots $$$) it could be worth it.
 
Even the CS4 version of Photoshop appears to be limited to six or fewer threads, since disabling HT has no noticeable impact on the 5 GHz configuration’s performance leadership. . . . One of the first programs we saw to take advantage of four CPU threads, 3ds Max doesn’t appear to use more than six.
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Maybe consider using Blender v2.5 for productivity benchmarks? It supports up 64 CPU threads in rendering, and is very stable despite being "alpha" right now.
 
Even the CS4 version of Photoshop appears to be limited to six or fewer threads, since disabling HT has no noticeable impact on the 5 GHz configuration’s performance leadership. . . . One of the first programs we saw to take advantage of four CPU threads, 3ds Max doesn’t appear to use more than six.
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Maybe consider using Blender v2.5 for productivity benchmarks? It supports up 64 CPU threads in rendering, and is very stable despite being "alpha" right now.
 
I never overclock, and all I saw on this article was:
$900 for a cooler? What!?
and a jump on the electric bill from $200 to over $500 yearly?

No Thanks.
 
[citation][nom]Crashman[/nom]I'm pretty certain they have a total of 3 to share between 4 labs, that Chris has two, Don has one, and Paul and Thomas have zero. I'm also pretty certain that Chris uses his two often enough that he hasn't been able to lend them to Thomas, and that Don actually lives in Canada[/citation]

Actually, I only have one :) They're pretty rare birds.
 
This is a general request: could you include a GPU rendering program with your benchmarks?
I've been following SmallLuxGPU (LuxRender) which is based on OpenCL, so it can use either ATI or Nvidia, and scales fairly linearly with adding cores (CPU and/or GPU).
I understand it's still a beta and if there is a more complete commercial version of some product I'd be happy with that too... but openCL (sorry CUDA, but you need to include ATI before I'll get too excited about you) seems so promising. And what a great excuse to buy a fast computer AND a fast gpu (gaming is just a bonus).

Thoughts?
 
3ds max doesnt use 6 cores...cmon dude...i have see eating dual xeon i7 at 100% during rendereing...
 
Overclocking is OVERRATED and this article proves it
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you're right, most of us use $1000 cpu so we don't have to worry about cpu bottlenecks. The reality of it is that you can go out and buy a MUCH lesser processor and overclock it to gain preformance. compare a $140 amd quad core vs $140 amd quad overclocked. or get a 920 i7 vs 920 i7 overclocked and you will see the difference.

2nd, look at the video card. they paired up a $1000 cpu with a $280 video card. what did you think would happen on graphics.
 
[citation][nom]Moshu78[/nom]I'm sure Tom's have 2 x 5970 at their disposal and if they don't, just don't start to work if you don't have the proper tools. Cause the quality (results) will disapoint. Come on... I know there are Tom's fanboys on this website, which is understandable, but bottlenecking a stock 980X with a 5850 and then making graphs with how FPS don't change if you increase the frequence is just... sad.[/citation]

If the only thing people were concerned with was playing games, then your argument would make more sense. Every other bench in this article is 100% relevant.
 
[citation][nom]dsarchs[/nom]This is a general request: could you include a GPU rendering program with your benchmarks?I've been following SmallLuxGPU (LuxRender) which is based on OpenCL, so it can use either ATI or Nvidia, and scales fairly linearly with adding cores (CPU and/or GPU). I understand it's still a beta and if there is a more complete commercial version of some product I'd be happy with that too... but openCL (sorry CUDA, but you need to include ATI before I'll get too excited about you) seems so promising. And what a great excuse to buy a fast computer AND a fast gpu (gaming is just a bonus).Thoughts?[/citation]

Also, there is an Unofficial Blender Benchmark here. But yes, a rendering benchmark would be nice. Blender supports up to 8 cores, so it should be fine. But external rendering programs like LuxRender would be nice too. Actually, anything to compare would be cool.

Thanks 😛
 
Thanks for the article!

Have you guys ever considered doing this to one of the dual
or quad-socket i7 XEON boards? For highly threaded tasks
like rendering, the results would be interesting, ie. 12 or
24 cores without HT, double that with it active. Hmmm...

Ian.

 
[citation][nom]Sprunth[/nom]Also, there is an Unofficial Blender Benchmark here. But yes, a rendering benchmark would be nice. Blender supports up to 8 cores, so it should be fine. But external rendering programs like LuxRender would be nice too. Actually, anything to compare would be cool.Thanks[/citation]

Actually, if you use Blender 2.5 (instead of 2.4x), it supports up to 64 threads, which could make a slight difference here since the 980x w/ HT supports 12 threads vs. 6 threads w/ HT. Anandtech actually used it a short time ago for some CPU benching (link) for a similar reason.
 
OOT --> I Love very much this type of article. Please make all Toms article like this. In print preview I don't need to make my eyes hurt like anyother Toms Prin Priview Articles. Although it save as MHT as big as near 8 MB but I like ^^
 
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