Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[sonofander]

so as far as I can tell, i965 and i940 are pretty much a waste of $$

EDIT: For air and water atleast

I concur...

I went and returned my 965 and exchanged it for a 920.
My max stable oc on the 965 was 4.3 and guess what my max stable oc on the 920 is... Give up?

4.3

Guess for me the 965 was just a waste of money since I can do the exact same thing with my 920. With the exact same volts by the way.
All I know is 4.3 for $320 is WAY better than 4.3 for $1150. Seriously

And my ram, qpi and uncore speeds are almost identical to what they were on my 965 4.3 overclock.
So lost 200 pts on everest read, write and copy but I put $700 back in my pocket...
no brainer, huh?

Anyway, it's funny how context is so important. I was really dissapointed in a 4.3 clock on the 965 but I'm thrilled with the same clock on the 920