Recent content by chronicfx

Great to hear. I observed an additional 10 degree drop switching from ultra to pro on the die. Just a head up if you ever need the headroom.

It's your call really. Alot of chips do just fine without de-lidding. Mine hit 4.7 before de-lidding, it hits 5.0 now at the same temperature in IBT as 4.7 used to since de-lidding. If you have no use for 5.0 which most people don't then you won't need to de-lid. But if you are in pursuit of the...

Have you ditched ivy now?

Great job with both chips Sonda5! You truly have mastered the ways of ivy bridge!

Awesome job removing the glue. That chip is spotless. What did you use?

Normal.

You should be fine. Mine was a 3570k but I was able to hit 4.8 without delidding. After I de-lidded I went from being temperature limited to vcore limited. A true should do just fine as the heat is actually trapped between the die and the heatsink and the bad intel TIM makes the thermal transfer...

I actually de-lidded mine 2 nights ago. I will post pics when I get settled in. Power just came back on for me yesterday from after the hurricane.

I am going to assume that 30 degrees is his idle temp and by giving that to us it says to me that he should not be overclocking without some major help.

What's to feel bad about? I will de lid soon too and have temps just like yours.

He is running at 4.8GHz sonda5. While having the vcore at 1.45v is a bit high for that multi on average (4.8 needs about 1.36v on mine), it is believable if he doesn't have an awesome chip. I bet he could get 4.5 stable with 1.2v or just a touch more with that chip. Most people can't tell...

I would run 1.45 24/7 if my temps were in check. Ivy is a new chip design and intel says 1.52. Whether it is true or not only time will tell. Keep running at 1.45 and you can become a data point for us to see if it is indeed alright.

Yeah he did well. It was the right choice going with a 750w instead of getting one that did not allow for expansion. I only looked at corsair because that is what I usually buy, but seasonic is usually seen as equivalent or a bit better so it is a good choice. I am at work so I read the first...

If you are going to spend $75 why don't you just get this for $10 more after rebate and be future proofed incase you decide to buy another 670 one day when prices become cheap. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021&name=Power-Supplies

It is all lottery. My 3570k does 4.8GHz happily and benches a little better than a 2500k at 5.0GHz. I think 2 GPU generations down the road you will find that PCIE 2.0 is not enough anymore. That could be as early as spring 2014 with an 800 series nvidia GPU if you look at the monster the 700...