Squaredude wrote: » Well thats the fastest delivery I've ever gotten. Ordered a 4790k and a new mobo and a few other bits and pieces from overclockers.co.uk yesterday and it arrived this morning. And they threw in a bag of haribo☺
Gumbi wrote: » Have you much experience overclocking haswell? (It involves more than just adjusting vcore and clock multiplier and watching temps). Let me know how your chip overclocks. What cooling do you have? I'm thinking of grabbing one to see how it overclocks, and if it out performs my 4770k, I can sell it, or vice versa if I'm unlucky with the 4790k).
Squaredude wrote: » I have zero experience overclocking haswell, but I'll be changing that over the next few days. Any good guides you'd recommend? My rig is water cooled so I wont be able to get up and running until Monday when I have some time off work.
ZeroThreat wrote: » hmmm with all this talk of z87, z97s, haswell vs devil's canyon vs upcoming broadwell, I'm virtually in the stone age with my ivy bridge & z77 board :P
Gumbi wrote: » Don't get Haswell or DC! Haswell is only marginally faster than IvyB and overclocks the same, DC is the same as Haswell. IvyB ypu're fine for years if you overclock unless it's a vanity upgrade.
ZeroThreat wrote: » They changed from the solder method of heat dissipation with sandy bridge to cheaper thermal paste method for ivy bridge, so I think ivys didnt o/c as well and got hotter doing so. Afaik haswell has the same heat dissipation system as ivys, but they've changed back to a solder method (or better than thermal paste solution at least) for the new Devils Canyon??
Yeti Beast wrote: » Seems like it's just lip service from Intel - the paste is near identical to the previous stuff according to a few posters on other forums (they delidded). It might be marginally better, but nowhere near as effective as solder. The IHS is definitely a wee bit thinner on Devil's Canyon though, so at least that's something. I'll be building a 4790K rig in August/September hopefully, but I'll see quite the boost coming from an E8400.
Varik wrote: » Considering upgrading my underpowered GPU (6870), but now I'm looking at changing the CPU (i5 2500k) as well. Any point, is a 3rd gen enough of a increase to bother and going to the 4th means a new motherboards so an extra expense; would still be looking at the higher end unlocked i5s.
ZeroThreat wrote: » Upgrading your processor from 2500k to 3570k isn't worth it, only a few % difference.
ShadowHearth wrote: » If any to be honest. With silicon Lottery you might even be better off with 2500k. If you got 2500k there is no point to upgrade to anything that is out in the market right now.
ZeroThreat wrote: » I have a 3570k myself, bought 2 years ago along with a z77 board. Similar situation for me, there's no point upgrading to haswell, and even if I were to do so, I'd have to spend more on a new mobo. My GPU is a gigabyte gtx 670, so not really much point upgrading 1 generation to the 700 series for single screen gaming. I'd rather wait for the 800 series to be released. My HDs consist of a samsung 830 256 SSD and a mechanical seagate 2tb 7200 drive. Was thinking of getting a new 500gb ssd, the crucial mx100 ones seem to be a little cheaper than the samsung ones. With the Samsungs, I'm not sure if the pros are worth the 50% premium over the evos though.
Gumbi wrote: » Mind telling me how she cools? Core, vrm etc. Beauty of a card. If only I had the cash.... Done any overclockimg with it? Any numbers on that too?
