my new intel i7

DamagedTrax

is here and ive just done the d-verb test.

clocked @ 2.8ghz
hyperthreading off
307 instances of d-verb

clocked up to 3ghz
hyperthreading on
358 instances of d-verb

gonna rise the clock to 3.2 next (i7 is safe up to 4ghz) and raise the ram frequency. hopefully ill be hitting the 400 mark then.

these i7's are just awesome.

Anima

Sounds nice

i57dwun4yb1pt8

if thats your daw machine , i dont think its a good idea to run an overclocked one on customer sessions- you bluescreen it and you will have some very unhappy people,

Rockshamrover

DamagedTrax wrote: »

is here and ive just done the d-verb test.

clocked @ 2.8ghz
hyperthreading off
307 instances of d-verb

clocked up to 3ghz
hyperthreading on
358 instances of d-verb

gonna rise the clock to 3.2 next (i7 is safe up to 4ghz) and raise the ram frequency. hopefully ill be hitting the 400 mark then.

these i7's are just awesome.

Any pics of your set up????

DamagedTrax

the missus has the camera with her on hols. ill get some as soon as she's back.

Rockshamrover

DamagedTrax wrote: »

the missus has the camera with her on hols. ill get some as soon as she's back.

excellent.

Dravokivich

Niall - Dahlia wrote: »

You're overclocking the CPU?

Gotta echo what DaDumTish said, I don't think that's a good idea when stability is paramount. You said it ran 358 instances of D-Verb...did you let it run that for a 10 hour session?

why in the high hell are you going gah gah on a virtual studio when you've got the real freacking thing at Salt????

- Drav!

Anima

Overclocking reduces the life expectancy of the processor as well so thats something to consider. Run something like memtest for a day and see if it crashes.

jtsuited

hold on, the missus is away on holidays and you got a new computer?

win.

frobisher

jtsuited wrote: »

hold on, the missus is away on holidays and you got a new computer?

win.

Haha, you bet me to it!

Neurojazz

Have i7 here and you can clock to 4ghtz and abuse it for 3 days in row and it sits there happy. The problems with over clocking occur with badly seated fans / crap paste and inadequate cooling. I've got air cooled and the chip has no problems with prime95 stress testing (which is vicious)

8 threads

DamagedTrax

Neurojazz wrote: »

Have i7 here and you can clock to 4ghtz and abuse it for 3 days in row and it sits there happy. The problems with over clocking occur with badly seated fans / crap paste and inadequate cooling. I've got air cooled and the chip has no problems with prime95 stress testing (which is vicious)

8 threads

exactly. i know what im doing overclocking to a level. the i7 is built for it and ive only scratched the surface.

Overclocking reduces the life expectancy of the processor

definitly, if you're pushing it to the limits but if you're only breaking into the inbuilt tolerances then you wont affect the processor at all.

ZV Yoda

DamagedTrax wrote: »

is here and ive just done the d-verb test.

clocked @ 2.8ghz
hyperthreading off
307 instances of d-verb

clocked up to 3ghz
hyperthreading on
358 instances of d-verb

gonna rise the clock to 3.2 next (i7 is safe up to 4ghz) and raise the ram frequency. hopefully ill be hitting the 400 mark then.

these i7's are just awesome.

Hi DT... just sent you a PM on this