Whats the diffrence between a 975-965 I7?

[Sagath]

5ghz is a stretch for current 920's on anything but LN2 and above. Water you can hit 4-4.2ish pritty reliably with low heat (my 4ghz loads at 62c). From what I have seen around the net, the i7 D0's cap out regardless of heat/volts between 4 and 4.4ghz. To go above that, you have to crank the volts and get it colder then water can do.

So, it sounds like the architectural limitations of the i7 are at play, limiting it to 4ish.

[r0bc]

I heard that Intel are phasing out the 920's before the i5 comes out and the new i7's are going to be more expensive. Not sure if it true.

Anyone word on when Gulftown is going to be released?

[Overclocker~4.1]

Originally Posted by r0bc

I heard that Intel are phasing out the 920's before the i5 comes out and the new i7's are going to be more expensive. Not sure if it true.

Anyone word on when Gulftown is going to be released?

Holy jesus, that the hell is that?..

Sagath: what about TEC?

[Sagath]

Originally Posted by Overclocker~4.1

Holy jesus, that the hell is that?..

Sagath: what about TEC?

I really couldnt say first hand. I'm not familiar with the performance capabilities of them. There is a couple guys on the forums who are. One of them is selling his Boreas on the BST forum right now.

My gut says it would meet somewhere half way between high-end air/water and LN2...but dont hold me to that at all because its just a guess.

[ToXic]

Originally Posted by Sagath

I really couldn't say first hand. I'm not familiar with the performance capabilities of them. There is a couple guys on the forums who are. One of them is selling his Boreas on the BST forum right now.

My gut says it would meet somewhere half way between high-end air/water and LN2...but dont hold me to that at all because its just a guess.

TEC is only good if the water kit has mass amounts of TEC coolers on it, most cheaper TEC kits contain insufficient amount to sufficiently cool the i7... Do not but a CoolIT...

[Overclocker~4.1]

Originally Posted by ToXic

TEC is only good if the water kit has mass amounts of TEC coolers on it, most cheaper TEC kits contain insufficient amount to sufficiently cool the i7... Do not but a CoolIT...

So if i TEC'd say, my rad. It would help chill the coolant?

I would use a PhaseChange device, but i have no clue how to go about that, I even have a freezer i can use or a mini fridge.... would love a how to to do that... it would be fun.

[3.0charlie]

Freezer - mini-fridges don't work. They are designed to hold a temperature, with no added heat dump.

A modded CoolIt Boreas would be interesting to try on an i7, to see how much load the unit can handle while cooling at 100%. But condensation would be an issue.

[bojangles]

Originally Posted by Overclocker~4.1

Yeh, i diddn't think they would be getting rid of the 1366 socket so fast. especially since that was the 775 killer. and i took a closer look at those I5's (or whatever they are called) and they aren't impressive.. at all. only "neat" thing i saw was a mAXT board with SLI...

After I learn QPI, I want to push the I7 to 5Ghz on liquid. With my QX9650 I got my computer to boot into windows at 4.9, but then immediately crashed...so i am hoping this miracle chip will excell.

Who said they were getting rid of the socket? I didn't see any word on that. The 1366 socket is the only socket that will get 6-core chips and beyond. It is meant as a workstation server socket, much like the 771 socket was.

[Sagath]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

But condensation would be an issue.

Shouldnt you be using Artists Eraser with this kind of setup anyways, for exactly this reason?