Sandy Bridge i7 & i5 Reviews

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Originally Posted by shoota

am i reading this to say there will be no 1066 ram support? even thru dividers?

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I don't see why it wouldn't work with 1066's but why use them when 1333 is so cheap( unless you own them)

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Originally Posted by Movieman

I don't see why it wouldn't work with 1066's but why use them when 1333 is so cheap( unless you own them)

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because of that :)

Even if you buy say 1866mhz and run them at default wouldnt they be @ 1066?

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Originally Posted by Johnny87au

Even if you buy say 1866mhz and run them at default wouldnt they be @ 1066?

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1866's would default to 1333 and if you wanted 1866 you'd either set for XMP profile or manually set them.

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Originally Posted by Movieman

1866's would default to 1333 and if you wanted 1866 you'd either set for XMP profile or manually set them.

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Ah fair enough, on my x58 default is 1066, so 1333 is default for the Sandybridge mobos?

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Originally Posted by Johnny87au

Ah fair enough, on my x58 default is 1066, so 1333 is default for the Sandybridge mobos?

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It is with the DDR3-1600 GSKill sticks I used.
bios defaults:

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Originally Posted by Lucky_n00b

I got the retail i7-2600K already(D2 stepping), but cannot get it past 4.9Ghz.

4.8Ghz @ 1.35V running IBT about 2-hour (on Corsair H70), motherboard is MSI P67A-GD65.

4.9Ghz need 1.5V, a little unstable, but still can do Vantage CPU test/Wprime 1024Ms easy

5Ghz CANNOT Boot at all...no matter what voltage I applied. Already testing on air , testing a lot of various configuration, for about one week and don't seem to get better result. Still cannot boot @ 5Ghz.

And the most confusing experience, it DOESN'T Scale at ALL with LN2(-130C)...wasted 35L already, no result. Triend the same processor on 4 different motherboard(ASUS,GBT,MSI,Intel), no gain.Not even a 100Mhz increase.Nothing.nada.zip

BLCK Scaled a bit from 104Mhz(air) to 110Mhz(LN2), but clockspeed seems the same (4.9Ghz).

So far, SB = Good for air, nightmare for Xtreme overclocker

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Look like my chip at 5.0GHz can't boot anyways to windows but it can reboot from bios to post screen always and for stable like you too about 4.8GHz and benching 4.9GHz for now on Intel mobo but my chip bclk is bad only 102MHz :(

ps. waiting to try more with other mobo :)

but still is 4.9 GHz verynice for evereday using :)....1.5V and extra 100 MHz is not good idea, your 4.8GHz with lower voltage seems better

found another short review:
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Sorry if this was posted earlier

thanks for that spu, good comparison between the 2600k and the 875k

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Originally Posted by RPGWiZaRD

Wonder how far i5-2500K are gonna clock

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Just got my 2500k running last night, it's LinX stable at 4.8GHz 1.33v in bios 1.35 ~ 1.36v Gigabyte easy tune under load. Thats great for me but the best bit is it only just hits 60oc with a 15oC ambient on air!!!

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so will 2500K do 5 ghz on H50?

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Originally Posted by geo

so will 2500K do 5 ghz on H50?

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Maby, slim chance though, If your aiming for 5ghz better off getting the 2600k

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Originally Posted by geo

so will 2500K do 5 ghz on H50?

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To early for me to speculate, my board/chip makes 48x100 1.35v easy but 49x100 takes a shoot load more vcore just to get into windows. I have googled a lot about this & most appear to be the same, its either the chips can easily run right up to there max & no more or there's another Intel BCLK type bug!!!

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Originally Posted by zolkorn

look like my chip at 5.0ghz can't boot anyways to windows but it can reboot from bios to post screen always and for stable like you too about 4.8ghz and benching 4.9ghz for now on intel mobo but my chip bclk is bad only 102mhz :(

ps. Waiting to try more with other mobo :)

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อิๆ ท่านซอล แสดงว่าเตรียมปล่อยรีวิวตามวันนัดหมายแล้วดิ???

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Originally Posted by PatRaceTin

อิๆ ท่านซอล แสดงว่าเตรียมปล่อยรีวิวตามวันนัดหมายแล้วดิ???

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Yep if not an accident it should be follow the timing :)

btw. you should type English for here mate ;)

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Originally Posted by C-N

To early for me to speculate, my board/chip makes 48x100 1.35v easy but 49x100 takes a shoot load more vcore just to get into windows. I have googled a lot about this & most appear to be the same, its either the chips can easily run right up to there max & no more or there's another Intel BCLK type bug!!!

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Are you using dual ram slots with the Megahalem ? is there enough space ?

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Originally Posted by EagleRock

Are you using dual ram slots with the Megahalem ? is there enough space ?

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See here

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&postcount=16

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Originally Posted by Metroid

Yeah. That reinforces what Anand said, 2500K = 52x. So the 2600K is likely to be = 57x.

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Originally Posted by Movieman

Nope, higher!:D

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Are you sure about that? ;)

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Originally Posted by MACMAC

Are you sure about that? ;)

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my 2500K can boot x53 into windows, so max. x52 isn´t true :D

new AIDA shows x63 as maximum Multiplier, the Bios of my DP67BG shows x65.

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Originally Posted by MACMAC

Are you sure about that? ;)

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No he isn't...other wise he would show us proof. :D:p:

Interesting with new details, Thanks for sharing and i'll try to check on my chip it same or not with your chip ;)

what about encryption performance of SB?

http://morepic.ru/images/6767666.png

Thubans are here very impressive!

Beating the 980x by that amount! :eek: