3930K @ 4.9Ghz

[rjbarker]

By far the nicest Chip I've owned....threw 1.43v at it and no issues at all running some benches @ 4.9 Ghz.
Dont think I'll ever let this chip go ;) .....the 680's had a "slight" OC as well.....should never "drink n OC" ;)

[Dzzope]

Stop... Tempting... Meeeee... Must resist must resist.. all I need is an i5... i5.. god damn it..

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Yup, that's awesome. I hear the new IB (E) may be supported on X79 chipsets?

[Dzzope]

Yea, unfortunately I'll be upgrading probably just before they come out (again, SB came out just after my last full build)


Girlfriend got let go from her paint-monkey job, so I'm donating my PC to her and building new... question is.. do I do a minimum spend... do I go for something that looks awesome but not much better than the minimum spend..

or do I go for the juicy stuff and to hell with the looks / budget. 3930 will be the chip if I do.

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I'm like a kid in a candy store when it comes to hardware myself. So, wrong guy to ask.

Myself, I plan to pay more attention to aesthetics than I have in the past. But performance wise, I plan to go with a 4770K and Socket 1150. Just above my needs for gaming and not quite server/Photoshop territory.

It should play my games and edit my videos for the next half decade.

[Dzzope]

Yea I'm not jumping on haswell yet.. too many reports of high temps and low clocks for me.

Granted it should be good for video stuff.. but then I think I would look at a 8350 if I was doing it myself.. near i7 performance in rendering and decent for games too.

[rjbarker]

I was thinking of picking up an IV-E 4930K in Sept, but with Haswell-E next year, think I may just "sit" on this Chip. I'd like to "find room" on my H100i for a couple of more fans and see if I could "stabilize" at 4.9Ghz....but I believe a WC Loop would be in order ;)

[draemn]

1.43 volts... Are you trying to burn it out in a year?!!?!?! I'd suspect that voltage will cause degradation in less than a year.

[rjbarker]

...Thats kinda humorous....no offense but its few Bench runs, even so I would hardly be worried about Electrical Degradation in a year at 1.43v ;)

...and whatever you do please refrain from posting all the info I have already read on CPU Electrical Degradation, i'm well aware and banking this Chip will be fine....had my previous 980X going for 2.5 yrs at 1.45v and its still a killer chip.

What your concerned with would likely be a longterm concern.....4 or 5 yrs...who knows, certainly not concerned though .....with offset OC mode right now at desktop its "idling" at 1.2 Ghz w .898v (vCore)....C1 and Speedstep enabled.

Have a read as well.....apparently Eldonko (a real guru compared to me) has been running a 3960x at 5 Ghz for a couple of years, I'm sure him and every other OC'er out there that puts either the 3930K or 3960/70X under water for 5 Ghz isnt too concerned about "frying" there Chip in a year and they will likey be trying to settle on 1.4 - 1.45v, maybe even some as high as 1.5v ;)

Your absolutely correct the "risk" of electrical degradation increases, but the likelyhood of frying a Chip "in a year" is highly unlikely .....not impossible, but unlikely.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-14.html

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Originally Posted by rjbarker

By far the nicest Chip I've owned....

So how does it compare to your 980X in wPrime 1024?