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

[hundredislandsboy]

LOL, more bashing coming....

This article can't be serious (ala John McEnroe)!

Who's gonna spend $1,000 for a CPU and then risk killing it on LN2? For what, for the sake of a few percentage points gained on framerates which should be obvious to begin with?

To me, would have been more interesting to try it with an e5200 or an AMD CPU under $70 just to see how well the cheapest CPUs can withstand additional volts OC'd with LN2. Along that line, how about a "poor man's" overclocking experiment with a homemade rig built from ready made kitchen parts and an ice cube?

 

[dark_lord69]

Just goes to show, with a good CPU you don't really need to overclock for gaming. You may be able to squeeze out a few more frames but unless it's a game that is heavily dependant on the CPU then it's not necessarily needed.

 

[hundredislandsboy]

I'm gonna follow my own suggestion - lay flat my tower, wrapped an ice cube in three layers of very thin tin foil and try and cool down my CPU (before the ice cube melts!) and once I think it's reached the coolest it can get, I'll overclock and see if it performs better than the Cooler Master Hyper 212...

Should I worry about condensation or since I'll have the ice cube on it for 2 minutes before I power on and run the test for not more than 5 minutes, will condensation matter?

 

[notty22]

I'm gonna follow my own suggestion - lay flat my tower, wrapped an ice cube in three layers of very thin tin foil and try and cool down my CPU (before the ice cube melts!) and once I think it's reached the coolest it can get, I'll overclock and see if it performs better than the Cooler Master Hyper 212...

Should I worry about condensation or since I'll have the ice cube on it for 2 minutes before I power on and run the test for not more than 5 minutes, will condensation matter?

I hope your kidding.

 

[hundredislandsboy]

I hope your kidding.

I'd like to try it. In the winter I opened the side panel and placed the desktop at the balcony entrance and left the door hal opened, enough for below freezing air temps to cool the whole motherboard and CPU/CPU cooler and was able to hit 2000 MHz FSB on both the p5n-d and p5q se plu mobos with the e8400 @4 Ghz and run full benhcmarks, no BSODS. However, can't replicate it during summer.

 

[redechelon]

I'd like to try it. In the winter I opened the side panel and placed the desktop at the balcony entrance and left the door hal opened, enough for below freezing air temps to cool the whole motherboard and CPU/CPU cooler and was able to hit 2000 MHz FSB on both the p5n-d and p5q se plu mobos with the e8400 @4 Ghz and run full benhcmarks, no BSODS. However, can't replicate it during summer.

Well it's just funny how you were bashing phase-change cooling and overclocking "For what, for the sake of a few percentage points gained on framerates which should be obvious to begin with?" and then you talk about putting ice cubes on your CPU hahah.

 

[hundredislandsboy]

Well it's just funny how you were bashing phase-change cooling and overclocking "For what, for the sake of a few percentage points gained on framerates which should be obvious to begin with?" and then you talk about putting ice cubes on your CPU hahah.

LOL. Right. But my CPU isn't worth a thousand dollars and I won't have to spend another thousand for LN2. When I do overclock, I stay true nature to the "essence" of the overclocker, getting extra performance for free (unless you count the expense of an ice cube and the cold air outside!)
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[jkflipflop98]

Crashman.

Thanks for taking the time to hang around in the comments section and answering the questions and concerns. You're one of the last elements from the old Tom's that people actually like.

 

[redechelon]

Crashman.

Thanks for taking the time to hang around in the comments section and answering the questions and concerns. You're one of the last elements from the old Tom's that people actually like.

^+1 to this... I haven't even been here for that long, but Crashman's comments are always informative and nicely said.

 

[madass]

[citation][nom]Moshu78[/nom]I'm sorry but once again, Tom's is testing CPU's while bottlenecking the Video. Can't you guys just use a simple rule like: When you test the CPU, use highest available video power (like Xfire of 5970), and when testing the GPU, use highest available CPU (980X). It's THAT simple. The 3D benchmarks are meaningless, waste of time AND money AND information. I predicted those graphs in the moment I saw you used a 5850 for the tests.[/citation]
Hes right. Curious about what would happen when you add dual 5970's to a 5GHz 980X.....

 

[g9udaya]

hydro h55

 

[fayskittles]

I was thinking that if you where to submerge the hole system in something like Mineral oil that after the oil came down in temp it would help keep the system stable at the high over clocks. Puget systems did a computer in only the oil and they had a system stable at 88c (http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php#update).

 

[jeetsm]

What's AMD doing right now, I can only wonder!!!!