Is My 3570k any good?

[AzR3aeL]

Just come back to PC with this on my screen, if what everyone is saying i am guess this is good, not sure how to deal with the heat any ideas?

 

[AzR3aeL]

@Josh

Here you go buddy, http://imgur.com/zev7A
Just to be sure is it 1 run of 10 or 10 runs or 10?
First time using ITB so not sure if i am meant to run it over and over

 

[PapaSmurf6768]

Screenshot says you're running at 4.3GHZ, not 4.5. So that'll do it.

Edit: Guess you have offset on though. Not to be too picky, but I need a screenshot of CPU-Z reading 4.5GHz, not 4.3.

 

[Josh Weston]

1 run of 10. 10 runs would take forever.

And well, either i'm being blissfully naive/ignorant, or you've got one hell of a chip there. You even have EIST enabled

Edit: missed that 4.3GHz. Hmmm.
And as an edit of my edit: Either you're running your loop on boiled water, or you're not on water. Those temps at that voltage are insane.

 

[AzR3aeL]

If i Switch off the Speed step then it should show the full clock right? even after the IBT has finished?

 

[Josh Weston]

Yes, but your HW monitor is already showing us the 'full clock'.

 

[jamesriley94]

Can you take the screenshot during the test, say after a couple of minutes. CPU-Z will go down to 1.6ghz when it isnt under load which may skew results.
Also - if you're running on offset mode the voltage also cranks down?
Do another during the test

 

[AzR3aeL]

Re running test with speed step off, not sure if my MSI z77a gd55 has off set mode, found a offset vdroop setting which I think is LLC but is not very clear and manual does not explain as its the new BIOS update v1.5 so left it on auto hope that does not screw anything up

 

[AzR3aeL]

Hi all, Just finished another burn, After turning off speed step it failed on my first test IBT step 7 so i upped the V core a little for this one, this time is was able to run full test

saw one thing as IBT was changing between its steps my temps would fall to the mid 50C across the board, could there be a bug of some kind with readings? as there really high temp when test and not near end of each step, but my Loop feel quite cool in fairness?

 

[Josh Weston]

imgur links?
It's the only way i can read your screenshots clearly.

 

[AzR3aeL]

@josh
Sorry dude forgot getting pretty tried over here,

Here you go dude
http://imgur.com/WPn2O,wEVUN

 

[Josh Weston]

Well, if my eyes are not deceiving me, it would seem as though you've hit the chip jackpot
What I will say, however, is that something's definitely wrong if the CPU is getting that hot with such few volts and a water loop. I'd make sure everything was ok with your loop, if I were you. Reseat the block, reapply thermal paste, etc.

 

[AzR3aeL]

I guessed i am very luck not that i am complaining, Nice to have some luck with PC parts, Checked over the Loop when i installed the new Block today 01/09/2012, still a little bit of air in it, but not a huge amount, as for the TIM that will be a pain as i am using Indigo Extreme and that stuff is an ass to redo took me about 1.5 hours today

 

[Josh Weston]

Order some Noctua NT-H1; one of the best thermal solutions you can buy.
Try and work with the stuff when it's still warm and pliable, so not after the PC's been off for half an hour or something.
A little bit of air shouldn't be enough to push the temps that high.

 

[AzR3aeL]

Cant really do that best i can hope to do is re flow the the stuff and see if that help, or i am having to do it all over again, Indigo has always been good for me in the past gets a few good reviews as well

http://skinneelabs.com/indigo-xtreme/

shall look into the Noctua NT-H1

 

[AzR3aeL]

Took Josh's advice Looked over loop and re Flowed my ETI, temps are so much better now
even got a better IBT 4.5 @1.104v complete

Results
http://imgur.com/eSwmz,0dllc#1

 

[yassarikhan786]

Yeah temps do look better now dude . Re-seating the block may improve it further. It may be a hassle, but you could potentially reduce the temps further.

 

[AzR3aeL]

The chip seems to be loving the new Temps so much more, it let me drop the VCore a little more, I will see how far it takes me and post the results

 

[AzR3aeL]

Just had my last push on this little gem of a chip, was able to get 5.0 @1.328
I ran an IBT for 15mins with no fail, I myself bottled it and cut the test sort, as the temp where far to high and i go very worried , Temps where up in the 90s and that the temp my ETI starts to Re-Flow and sadly my mother board tray is not flat.

I am very happy with my 4.5 @1.104v with good Temps, also means i have some wiggle room if i fancy a higher 24/7 overclock at a later date.


Cheers for all your help guys

 

[Josh Weston]

5GHz at 1.33v - absolutely astounding. Strange, however, that your temps are that high. I know the clock was insane, but with a dedicated waterloop at such low volts, they should not have been in the 90s.
You have a gem of a chip - hold tight to it!