My new i7 2600k 4.8 ghz build

[DB006]

Got this delivered on Thursday

Got obligatory tea for building

Won't be needing this monstrosity

New setup in my case

Into UEFI bios now, getting ready to install Windows

Pressed the OC Genie button on the motherboard after installing Windows, rebooted and got 4.2ghz on stock voltage

Ran SuperPI

Also broke 10k on physics in 3DMark 11

Physics Score

10116

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/369167;jsessionid=1B5DEB71AE33D44CD7634FD24A926B31

Found I couldn't adjust vcore and save it in the UEFI to anything more than stock when it booted to Windows, a quick live update in the UEFI sorted that (Note to others getting MSI boards)

Played around with clocks and volts to get 4.8 ghz at 1.39v

Cinebench 11.5

SuperPi 32m 7min 19.828s

SuperPi 1m 7.815s

Have settled on a 4.5ghz 24/7 clock at 1.275vcore, with turboboost and speedstep enabled to downclock when idling.

Temps at idle after 1 hour of prime 95 small fft and a 5 minute rest

Idle fan now set at 37.5%

 

[taz838]

Nice! How is that RAM by the way? Does it compare to the budget corsairs?

 

[DB006]

Nice! How is that RAM by the way? Does it compare to the budget corsairs?

Thanks

The ram runs as it supposed to at the correct speed, has a lifetime warranty and is cheap - have ordered another 4gb

 

[timothyh]

Very cool rig and nice pics too!

 

[sheroo]

How do you find the UEFI Bios? Is it just a bit of a gimmick, or do find that it is much more intuitive? I notice that Gigabyte haven't implemented it on any of their new boards.

 

[DB006]

How do you find the UEFI Bios? Is it just a bit of a gimmick, or do find that it is much more intuitive? I notice that Gigabyte haven't implemented it on any of their new boards.

It makes a bit more sense than BIOS, but overall it's just a lick of paint, BIOS isn't broke and didn't need fixing, this just looks better. The one thing that is better is the ability to live update the UEFI from within the UEFI at boot. A lot of MSI P67 owners are going to find that they need to update theirs as the vcore refuses to go up despite of what it's set at in the UEFI.

Meanwhile managed to beat my own SuperPi 1m time

7.753s

Some of the fastest systems, none of them air cooled, I come in at #10

These SB chips are re writing the rules about prcessing power, get em while they're hot!

1. 6.437s / ASUS Rampage III Extreme / Intel Core i7 980X @ 6320MHz / STT Project-X @ 957MHz 7-8-7-21 1T / LN2

2. 6.500s / Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD7 / Intel Core i5 670 @ 6552MHz / Kingston HyperX @ 702MHz 6-6-6-18 1T / LN2

3. 6.937s / EVGA P55 Classified 200 / Intel Core i5 670 @ 6222MHz / Kingston HyperX DDR3 @ 691MHz 7-7-7-21 1T / LN2

4. 7.176s / Asus Maximus III Gene / Intel Core i5 655K @ 5824MHz / Gskill Pi's @ 910 MHz 9-9-9-24-1T / LN2

5. 7.317s / Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 / Core i7 970 @ 5625MHz / Super Talent Speeds @ 900MHz 6-6-6 18 1T / DICE

6. 7.328s / Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 / Intel Core i5 655K @ 5698MHz / Mushkin HP @ 982MHz 7-8-7-24 1T / DICE

7. 7.363 / EVGA x58 Classified E762 / Intel Core i7 980x @ 5596MHz / Corsair Dominator GT @ 932MHz 7-8-7-20 1T / LN2

8. 7.531s / Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 / Intel Xeon W3520 @ 5355MHz / ADATA XPG+ @ 1020MHz 7-7-7-20 1T / DICE

9. 7.671s / EVGA P55 *** 200 / Intel Core i5 650 @ 5499MHz / Corsair Dominators @ 619MHz 7-7-7-19 1T / LN2

10. 7.859s / Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 / Intel Core i7 950 @ 5164MHz / Super Talents @ 898MHz 7-7-7-20 1T / DICE