Release the Kraken - i7 990x

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02-14-2011, 09:26 AM
Kimofil

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viss

:up:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...cpu-3471-1.jpg
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1654957

Great! But wanna see LinX run on 5Ghz with HT!
02-14-2011, 09:34 AM
Buckeye

So what are these bad boys running at under Single Stage Phase cooling ?
02-14-2011, 09:39 AM
K404

I'm guessing/ hoping the 990x results we're seeing so far are just the right chips in the right hands. They are still B1, so I don't see how there can be anything special going on, other than the improvements in the most recent batches
02-14-2011, 10:33 AM
Sam_oslo

It will be interesting to see these puppies in real action.
I'm afraid Intel is repeating the old trick. First made everybody to buy a "cheap" SB, and then releases an "expensive" monster that nobody can resist.
Hey guys, lets see if they can do 5GHz+ on air. :D
02-15-2011, 07:40 AM
tom1

Very interesting
02-16-2011, 10:17 AM
k0rnh0li0

open box 980x are now less than 800.

i've seen them go for 650SHIPPED even.

1.1k for a 990X and a open box probably goes fr 900 shipped or so.

not a bad price for chips now. SB needs to get fixed and get some new chips out already
02-17-2011, 01:56 AM
Leeghoofd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viss

:up:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...cpu-3471-1.jpg
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1654957

which batch Bart ? I just got my 3045A596 one...
02-17-2011, 02:00 AM
diezel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viss

:up:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...cpu-3471-1.jpg
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1654957

put it on ln2 Bart
02-17-2011, 08:47 AM
Viss

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

which batch Bart ? I just got my 3045A596 one...

3044B19, looking forward to your test results :up:

Quote:

Originally Posted by diezel

put it on ln2 Bart

Not much time buddy :D
02-17-2011, 08:59 AM
diezel

to bad mate ,,make some time ;) and let the 990x fly like hell
03-03-2011, 11:01 PM
PcCI2iminal

new toys :D
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...il/fotos/1.JPG
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...il/fotos/2.JPG

its cold here (17c),
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...stes/air/1.JPG
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...stes/air/2.JPG
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...stes/air/3.JPG
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...stes/air/4.JPG

1.58v
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1690623

anyway..
not a bad start :D
03-03-2011, 11:11 PM
TurboDiv

Quote:

Originally Posted by PcCI2iminal

new toys :D

Hate powers engaged !!!!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/...19a32e117b.jpg

ps: Love it ! :D:D
03-04-2011, 12:10 AM
l0ud_sil3nc3

Quote:

Originally Posted by PcCI2iminal

new toys :D

anyway..
not a bad start :D

very nice 5.4 on nothing but cold air:clap:
03-04-2011, 01:49 AM
xarot

umm 17 degs cold? Well, maybe inside the house.. but we just had -20 degrees C outside a while ago. And that's nothing special. :D
03-04-2011, 01:58 AM
namegt

Wow air cooling
Very nice. ln2 cooling to expect a great score. ;)
03-04-2011, 06:40 PM
PcCI2iminal

Quote:

Originally Posted by namegt

Wow air cooling
Very nice. ln2 cooling to expect a great score. ;)

Hi Bro,

http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...il/fotos/3.jpg
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...il/fotos/4.jpg
http://ftpbackup.mojostech.net/revie...il/fotos/5.jpg

cold bug at -138c
cbb at -108c ..

im running out of LN2 ,i need more ...quickly
03-05-2011, 04:15 PM
willip90

i got this one http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/v...9364967352.jpg so far its running low 20c's to low 30c on all cores,,, @ 4.672 @ 1.472v im waiting a week for the thermal paste to settle before i push anything serious,,,
03-07-2011, 03:23 PM
sin0822

me too ! but i didn't try higher, i will tonight http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1696317

SB can run away
03-07-2011, 03:44 PM
NaeKuh

Quote:

Originally Posted by willip90

i got this one http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/v...9364967352.jpg so far its running low 20c's to low 30c on all cores,,, @ 4.672 @ 1.472v im waiting a week for the thermal paste to settle before i push anything serious,,,

u know 32nm isnt anywhere near as durable with voltage as the 45nm and 65nm were.

I hope those are for quick benches.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdsdv10

It depends on your situation.

My understanding is raising the BCLK (bus speed) raises the speed of the entire system (cores, imc, memory, etc). If what you want to do is bandwidth limited you want to do a BCLK overclock. This does put more "strain" on all of the computers subsystems. If however, if you use you computer for applications that are not bandwidth limited then raising the multiplier is fine. With triple channel memory, the x58 platform has pretty good bandwidth without overclocking the rest of the CPU. I believe a good example of a non-bandwidth limited program is Folding@home or WCG (world computing grid). The don't move really large blocks of data but do a lot of fp (floating point) type of calculations. I'm sure someone here will correct me if I'm wrong.

To aid the discussion, could you explain more what you plan to do with your computer (the types of applications you plan to run).

All this is moot on a EE cpu which has everything unlocked from ram multi to QPI multi.

I asked a few of the guys at GooC what the best is, and they said go Multi OCing.
You get better latency from what i heard, and if u need faster ram speed, just up the multi on the ram.

The higher Bclk u have, the higher VTT u need, and u really dont want to push a lot of VTT on these guys.
03-08-2011, 12:10 AM
FlanK3r

PC:nice, u are crazy, 35V to the chip ,-)....Love this bugs :D. Now u are +300 MHz better than mostly 980x.
03-10-2011, 06:05 PM
crossg

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Batch# 3045A752. Seems pretty much the same as my 980 except it requires lower voltage below 4600 Mhz. Just mounted it so the paste hasn't settled yet. Air cooling.
03-11-2011, 01:21 PM
justin.kerr

after 15 min of playing with my new 990x. :p:
hope to get some decent numbers this weekend. :D

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b140/hoss3430/66.png
03-12-2011, 06:22 AM
Rosty

i tryed my 990x today on cascade, load temp -90
http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/...wprime1024.jpg
http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/...d/DSCN1803.jpg
03-12-2011, 12:53 PM
marcolecorse

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Max Freq H2O

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1706753
03-12-2011, 01:10 PM
Mafio

awesome CPU marco :yepp:
03-13-2011, 06:07 AM
M.Beier

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcolecorse

Max Freq H2O

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1706753

Not bad at all buddy!
How high can you do 32M and 3D?
Hope it will scale well with cold!
03-20-2011, 03:08 AM
CryptiK

So other than LN2 use are these any better than a 980X?

What's the chances of getting a good one? I guess I want to know are the 990X all binned and better than a 980X or are some total crap too like the 980X's?
03-20-2011, 09:44 PM
fatherTime27

holy crap
03-21-2011, 08:22 AM
NoGuru

Quote:

Originally Posted by CryptiK

So other than LN2 use are these any better than a 980X?

What's the chances of getting a good one? I guess I want to know are the 990X all binned and better than a 980X or are some total crap too like the 980X's?

From what I could tell they are better then the 980's. Looks like most of them do 5 GHz on air too.
03-22-2011, 12:31 AM
CeleronS

Why guys you don't do cinebench tests?
03-28-2011, 05:17 PM
T_M

because they arent worth scores ;)

Seems retail 990x arent all amazing like the samples seeded to reviewers/benchers.
Mine here so far has -113C CB, and cant 1M above 6GHz :(
Will continue to work on it a while.
03-28-2011, 11:32 PM
FlanK3r

Heh, dont worry, Il benching CInebench R10/R11.5 under LN2 :)
03-28-2011, 11:40 PM
lv_88

Great! Im actually 99% interested only in Cinebench =)
03-29-2011, 12:50 AM
Leeghoofd

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_M

Seems retail 990x arent all amazing like the samples seeded to reviewers/benchers.
Mine here so far has -113C CB, and cant 1M above 6GHz :(
Will continue to work on it a while.

I share your pain mr Marshall Matters... 6ghz 3D06 is barely all she does :(
03-29-2011, 01:38 AM
CryptiK

Well I guess they had no more Krakens left and just started handing out octopi instead :rofl:
03-31-2011, 09:52 AM
Splave

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here is mine -92c cbb and -122cb 1.65vCore 1.35vtt 1.55vpll re3 0704
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1742449

hopefulyl she will like more cold with more voltage
03-31-2011, 10:02 AM
sin0822

why does he call it the Kraken, is that its real name? sounds like a sea-monster(Kraken) deserves to be underwater! LOL
03-31-2011, 10:06 AM
sofos1990

Did you try with single channel, Allen ?
03-31-2011, 10:28 AM
Splave

yes with 1 dimm in closest to cpu red slot CB is -127c :/
03-31-2011, 12:37 PM
NoGuru

Quote:

Originally Posted by sin0822

why does he call it the Kraken, is that its real name? sounds like a sea-monster(Kraken) deserves to be underwater! LOL

Just sounds catchy, and I think it was the name of the monster in the movie with the mechanical owl and Medusa :shrug:
03-31-2011, 02:03 PM
T1Cybernetic

Quote:

Originally Posted by sin0822

why does he call it the Kraken, is that its real name? sounds like a sea-monster(Kraken) deserves to be underwater! LOL

Kracken is indeed a sea monster :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

Also in the film clash of the titans :up:

/End swat.
03-31-2011, 03:20 PM
needforspeed

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Here is mine on water.. still trying to get into the 5ghz .. linX stable +/-
04-03-2011, 01:39 PM
Russ_64

Nice work, oh so close to the magic number :)

Just installed and started running my shiny new Kraken - went straight to 4Ghz and only needed to push up the voltage to 1.28 to fold at 30x133.
When I have more time over the next few weekends I will give her a push - hoping that these newer batches can reach good clocks.
04-03-2011, 03:40 PM
sin0822

gotcha thanks guys, lol i never saw that movie.
04-04-2011, 03:55 PM
crossg

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Not a Kraken but I'm happy with it and it will surely go higher. (air cooling)

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/731...c6tlinx.th.jpg

A quick Vantage bench at 4.8 with PhysX off.

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