IB MALAY BATCH vs. COSTA RICA BATCH

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Post your IB build place with batch number and over clocking/temp/voltage accomplishments.

Also share what kind of cooling you are using.



This is mine.

Intel i5-3750k Batch 3204B958 Made Costa Rica.



Ambient temp 25C.

4.5GHZ 1.17V

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2355447

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Cooling:

Swiftech Apogee HD, 1x120 +1x360 mm HWLabs Stealth GT radiators, Each has 1 Triebwerk 123 fan in pull, TIM is IC Diamond.
 
Oh man, didn't know they made the chips in different parts of the world like that. Is there a big difference? One more reliable than the other?
 
Oh man, didn't know they made the chips in different parts of the world like that. Is there a big difference? One more reliable than the other?
They made chips around the world yes, but I don't really believe in any difference, there were some people that kept telling us, the costa rica factory makes CPUs which overclock better. However in these countries the CPUs are only assembled. The wafers are made in US and EU.
 
Means squat as the chips are all made in Intel foundries in the US/Europe/Israel. Costa Rica and Malaysia merely assemble them.
 
I'll post my results monday, missed the friday delivery =(. My hyper 212+ evo sure looks good on my desk though....
 
Intel work their factories on a concept of "Copy Exactly". That means that the production chain like machines and such is exactly the same as in other factories, even down to the quality of the air and the color temperature of factory light (ceiling fixtures, desk lights).
So there should be no noticable difference whether it comes from one factory or other.
 
Back in the 90's, having a Malay Celeron 300a over a Costa Rica 300a could mean the difference between a overclock of 450, 464, even 504. Nowadays, no.
 
Back in the 90's, having a Malay Celeron 300a over a Costa Rica 300a could mean the difference between a overclock of 450, 464, even 504. Nowadays, no.

Great old times, managed to get 464 out of mine :cool:

In the last few years, I never saw any significant difference between assemblies plants when it come to overclocking results.
 
Great old times, managed to get 464 out of mine :cool:

In the last few years, I never saw any significant difference between assemblies plants when it come to overclocking results.


Same here 464 on SL2WM Costa Rica Clover Leaf, but did bench at 504. ;)
 
Costa Rica. Not at home so I don't have a batch # for you.

3570K @ 4.7 with 1.25vcore. I have never used a server to upload pics before. Not sure how or what server to do that on.
 
Batch 3209C030

Still waiting on my P8Z77-I Deluxe so I can do comparisons.
 
Disregard this post, my thoughts were a mess with my numbers.
 
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I'd imagine the cpu would just shut back off from throttling if not burn out at that volt on air.
 
um what?
that's a typo right? because that number scares me

Hah, whoops I meant 1.175, yeah, BIG difference there! I don't even want to think of what would happen if I tried setting it that high.

I'll see what I can manage when I get home from work with my Malay CPU, my thoughts were a jumbled mess when I tried to make that post, I can't even remember what numbers I was trying now.
 
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Great old times, managed to get 464 out of mine :cool:

In the last few years, I never saw any significant difference between assemblies plants when it come to overclocking results.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw this. I didn't know that's changed now. I miss my old Celeron 300a.
 
I was playing with my 3570k today. Pretty discouraging numbers, but my testing methodology has been start windows with auto-run of cpu-z, hardware monitor, IBT, Prime95, a notepad document, the asus OC app, and Firefox. I found that while IBT and Prime95 would never show errors (and I mean NEVER), the load would cause other areas to crash. With Firefox open on a few tabs, it would generally crash before other more vital processes.I would set a frequency, lower the voltage until a crash, then try another frequency and repeat...

Running just IBT or just Prime95 would not crash in places where the above consistent steps would cause crashes. Below are my numbers (set voltage and reported voltage, temperature, and fan speed which equates to noise). I use the original TRUE heatsink with 1155 mounting kit and Arctic Cooling PWM fans all around. 2 intake fans, 1 exhaust fan, 1 CPU fan, all the same 120mm fans running at the same rpms at different loads. Fractal Define R3 case with Sabertooth Z77 mb, closed up with HD5650 at idle.

4.7GHz 1.340v (1.344) stable 83C (1500rpm)
4.6GHz 1.270v (1.280) stable 71C (1050rpm)
4.5GHz 1.220v (1.224) stable 66C (900rpm)
4.4GHz 1.175v (1.176) stable 65C (750rpm)
4.3GHz 1.140v (1.144) stable 62C (700rpm)
4.2GHz 1.090v (1.096) stable 61C (700rpm)
4.1GHz 1.060v (1.064) stable 61C (650rpm)
4.0GHz 1.020v (1.024) stable 55C (650rpm)
3.9GHz 1.000v (1.000) stable 55C (600rpm)
3.8GHz 0.970v (0.976) stable 53C (600rpm)
3.7GHz 0.940v (0.944) stable 50C (600rpm)

Costa Rica Batch# 3210B794
 
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Post your IB build place with batch number and over clocking/temp/voltage accomplishments.

Also share what kind of cooling you are using.



This is mine.

Intel i5-3750k Batch 3204B958 Made Costa Rica.



Ambient temp 25C.

4.5GHZ 1.17V

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2355447

lowV4point5.jpg




Cooling:

Swiftech Apogee HD, 1x120 +1x360 mm HWLabs Stealth GT radiators, Each has 1 Triebwerk 123 fan in pull, TIM is IC Diamond.




Same chip with the magic of delidding.

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Ambient Temps 18.6C
IBT quick and dirty standard run

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http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2578924

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Idle Temps

21C 24C 21C 18C


Maximum Temps

62C 70C 67C 62C
 
3770K @ 4.8Ghz, 1.272V
24hr Prime95 stable with the maximum possible heat/stress settings..

SR0PL 3.5GHZ
Malay
L212B289 (e4)

I can't wait to get my hands on a better radiator..I am gonna ditch this Koolance 20FPI Copper, most likely for an XSPC RX360..That would give me a HUGE, 25-35%, boost in flow rate, and less noise to boot!
 
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