Quote Originally Posted by gallag View Post
Nehalem looks to be the best and easiest cpu to oc ever. Before you reply with the predictable "But anandtech found that if you oc the lowest binned part by 1.3ghz on the stock cooler it might overheat" Think what you will say if deneb runs hot when you oc the lowest binned one by 1.3ghz on a stock cooler.

My prediction, Deneb will be a success, It will enjoy a 10-15% ipc improvement on average some things higher and some things lower and will have very good power usage below 3ghz, Over 3ghz it will be a lot worse due to current leakage with no highk metal gates.
It has a good chance of taking the performance per $ crown and the performance per watt below 3ghz crown.

I agree it will be a lil hoter under higher clocks.. but I still feel it will not be as bad as Agena.. did the guys over at Coolaler ever mention temps on the OC they had on air? I believe it was a huge heatsink..but anyways.. untill Highk, the OCing attepmt will most likely still need the v's to get there..which will result in higher temps and more power draw of course. I still agree they will do a much better job at OCing tho. I am no engineer so correct me if I am off base