New i7-2600k Rig

Inquitus

So as chance would have it I was lucky enough to get the bones of a new Rig as a gift for free, given these recessionary times I would never have been able to lash out on this:

The New
Intel Core i7-2600k
Asus Maximus IV Extreme
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
Prolimatech High End 1155 Cooler, not sure which one specifically as I didn't buy it

The Old
Mountain Mods UFO case
GTX280
4 x 1TB Sata 1
1 x 500GB Sata 1

It's my first run at overclocking without an FSB or a HT, but given the unlocked multiplier, it's pretty straightforward.

I only built it yesterday and as of now I have it Overnight Prime95 stable at 4.7Ghz on a Vcore of 1.368V

Further tweaking to come in the future.

Chosen

Get ready to send that board back to the manufacturer for a full refund or replacement with the new revision (which is only coming out in April-May, as far as I know).

The whole Sandy Bridge chipset family (P6x & H6x series) is buggy and Intel is recalling it.
More specifically, it's got a dodgy SATA controller which degrades performance and kills RAID arrays for breakfast

Intel gave the go-ahead to recall the whole line and so far Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Lenovo, HP and Dell have asked their customer to send back their hardware and get their money back.


Intel hurts PC industry with Sandy Bridge recall

Sandy Bridge recall rippling through the industry

Inquitus

Chosen wrote: »

Get ready to send that board back to the manufacturer for a full refund or replacement with the new revision (which is only coming out in April-May, as far as I know).

The whole Sandy Bridge chipset family (P6x & H6x series) is buggy and Intel is recalling it.
More specifically, it's got a dodgy SATA controller which degrades performance and kills RAID arrays for breakfast

Intel gave the go-ahead to recall the whole line and so far Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Lenovo, HP and Dell have asked their customer to send back their hardware and get their money back.


Intel hurts PC industry with Sandy Bridge recall

Sandy Bridge recall rippling through the industry

Aye I am well aware of this. Mine has 4 unaffected Sata 6Gb ports, so its not an immediate concern, but I will send it back for a replacement in due course.

Spiritine

Nice overclock damn you must be pushing it on liquid cooled I take it ya got any pics, what was your old CPU

jme2010

Murray135 wrote: »

Nice overclock damn you must be pushing it on liquid cooled I take it ya got any pics, what was your old CPU

Aparently, the 2600K's can be pushed through the 4GHz mark on air and stock voltage alone :eek: