Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[dejanh]

cmon a screenshot of your load temps with the tool of your choice running 1 hour.

Here you go, as promised It kept on going, 2h+ and then I finally stopped it. Temps were unchanged. Oh and, the load, it is 99.9% on all cores, but since priority was set to normal when I loaded CPUZ and went to take the screenshot it dropped off for a split second to 99.4% or whatever you see in the screenshot.

With good cooling this chip could do 4.4GHz or even 4.6GHz with HT on. On air 4.3GHz (another 100MHz) would be the absolute max I think with HT on. Still, considering that my room temp is 23C and that the temp around the computer is probably closer to 28C-29C this is very good. Finally an i7 940 worthy of its designation

My previous chip needed 1.46V to do 4GHz and temps were in mid to high 80s. Better cooling would allow me to drop the volts further as well for the same overclock. If I open the balcony door when Priming to drop the ambient to about 17C-18C I can drop the voltages for 4.2GHz to 1.38V.

What does everyone think about cooling this thing with the CoolIt Freezone Elite cooler? I do not want to go water because it is too much hassle for me, but I am thinking about FZE. Any opinions on it? What kind of temps can I expect?