New i7 930!

[Red Maw]

Since the 930 and 920 D0 are roughly the same price, what do you guys think is the best purchase?

[momoto]

Since the 930 and 920 D0 are roughly the same price, what do you guys think is the best purchase?

My idea　　

1.920 of the second-hand goods is bought (initial Batch).

2.XeonE5620(2.40GHz, 12MB,TDP80W) is bought though the price rises.
(If you do OC by the mother of ASUS or GIGA. )

[ocZZZ]

I am *thinking* about upgrading to this from my 3.8ghz Q9550 system. Think I should go for it or wait until the less expensive 6 core chips come out later this year? I've been running this same mb/ram since the q6600 days and I've been delaying an upgrade for what seems like forever

[Red Maw]

My idea　　

1.920 of the second-hand goods is bought (initial Batch).

2.XeonE5620(2.40GHz, 12MB,TDP80W) is bought though the price rises.
(If you do OC by the mother of ASUS or GIGA. )

I completely forgot about the new xeons that were recently released once I saw that all the hexa-cores were ~1000$ lol. Might get one of those quads if the price is reasonable.

I am *thinking* about upgrading to this from my 3.8ghz Q9550 system. Think I should go for it or wait until the less expensive 6 core chips come out later this year? I've been running this same mb/ram since the q6600 days and I've been delaying an upgrade for what seems like forever

Personally I would keep a 3.8Ghz Q9550 until about this time next year and upgrade to Sandy Bridge (or what ever else is out then).

[flesheatinvirus]

I am *thinking* about upgrading to this from my 3.8ghz Q9550 system. Think I should go for it or wait until the less expensive 6 core chips come out later this year? I've been running this same mb/ram since the q6600 days and I've been delaying an upgrade for what seems like forever

A lot of that depends on what you use it for as a 9550 at 3800 is certainly fast enough for pretty much anything though I too recently built another system with a 920 and they are certainly faster plus you will be all set for a Gulftown chip when they arrive. I am a clocking freak so I have different systems which is nice but expensive. I still have a Q6600 and 9550 myself with my 920 system dedicated for bench life.

[Musho]

My idea　　

1.920 of the second-hand goods is bought (initial Batch).

2.XeonE5620(2.40GHz, 12MB,TDP80W) is bought though the price rises.
(If you do OC by the mother of ASUS or GIGA. )

Is the E5620 worth it? How well does it clock? The 19x multiplier (with perma turbo) could prove to be quite limiting for overclocking. Add the fact it's quite a bit more expensive than the 930 and 920, and I wonder if the E5620 is really worth it....

[zalbard]

Is the E5620 worth it? How well does it clock? The 19x multiplier (with perma turbo) could prove to be quite limiting for overclocking. Add the fact it's quite a bit more expensive than the 930 and 920, and I wonder if the E5620 is really worth it....

Not really worth it imo, unless power consumption is very important for you.

[Musho]

Not really worth it imo, unless power consumption is very important for you.

Well, if I can go with 4,5ghz on the E5620, I would definitely want one. The question is whether they can run 237mhz bclk stable to be able to hit that target

[Badfastbusa]

It will definitely be interesting to see how the gulftown xeon cpus do... Some say the xeon equivilent of the 920 was a beast.

[momoto]

Please pay attention to an increase in the amount of the cache memory.

If it is a clock similarly, Westmere-EP is surely fast.

I think 32 nm for the OC tolerance of 930 or more to exist.

Very high Vcore is necessary for 930.

WPrime1024m score is very impossible in gulftown.
x5667_2min_15sec_0ms

E5620 $387

[momoto]

Not really worth it imo, unless power consumption is very important for you.

When TDP is low, the trouble of heat is reduced.
It is important in OC

[Red Maw]

E5620 $387

The sweet spot (for me) lol. More then I was looking to spend and yet not enough to rule it out completely; going to need some benchmarks to compare to the 930/920.

[Le Titi]

930 are not very good i can't see some one stable at 4600 or more.

[NGL_BrSH]

got to 4.45ghz tonight.. still with c1e and eist on..

only needed to up the vdroop profile and the cpu voltage to 1.375

ran 30 loops of linX and it was stable for that.. under full load it hit 65c usually idles about 29 but it's also not summertime


Swiftech XT block, 6 gb ddr3 ocz gold 88824, Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5
i7 930 batch: 3001a124

I'm shooting for 4.6+, I think there is much room since this was a very crude overclock and I'm sure I'm overvolting things i don't need to. Plus with EIST and C1E on and still working great.. there must be some more wiggle room. I'll post back later.

[chris719]

Mine is stable at 4.5 GHz on air but it requires somewhere between 1.4-1.5V and gets way too hot.

[werdwerdus]

so i'm getting pissed at my C0 920 only being stable at 3.8GHz 24/7 and I think I'm going to make the 500 mile round trip drive to Minnesota to pick up a 930 at micro center... should I? also will they just let me look at the batch # on the box and decide which one I want?

[flesheatinvirus]

My micro center people let me do just that which is cool, I grabbed a gem that way recently.

[Mescalamba]

Seems i7 950 is still best choice.. sad.. I tought about buying 930 too.

[Dahaka]

to much bla bla and no SS :sad

[Red Maw]

Decided to get the i7 930 for 200$ (microcenter), although I messed up on the TIM application so I can't do any OCing till I redo it.

[Postmodum]

hmmm... so... i have a i7 920 clocked to 3.8 @ 1.272v.

I was thinking on updating the 930 and a new mobo... the problem is that i'm really confused...

the i7 930's are not "that good" or is just my wrong idea of the processors? I saw users very enthusiastic with the 920 D0's and Xeon parts... but the 930's kind of... i don't know ... don't have the same "feeling".

Please, tell me your thoughts about your i7's 930.

[werdwerdus]

embarking on my 8 hour round trip to micro center... going to pick up a 930 and some IC Diamond paste while I'm there. I'll let you guys know my results in a day or three.

[Red Maw]

hmmm... so... i have a i7 920 clocked to 3.8 @ 1.272v.

I was thinking on updating the 930 and a new mobo... the problem is that i'm really confused...

the i7 930's are not "that good" or is just my wrong idea of the processors? I saw users very enthusiastic with the 920 D0's and Xeon parts... but the 930's kind of... i don't know ... don't have the same "feeling".

Please, tell me your thoughts about your i7's 930.

If you have an i7 920 @3.8Ghz there's no reason to get a 930, pure waste of money imo. In fact I would never recommend swapping a 920 for a 930 since the performance increase is very small at best.

Edit: My upgrade was from an E6600 lol

[xann27]

hmmm... so... i have a i7 920 clocked to 3.8 @ 1.272v.

I was thinking on updating the 930 and a new mobo... the problem is that i'm really confused...

the i7 930's are not "that good" or is just my wrong idea of the processors? I saw users very enthusiastic with the 920 D0's and Xeon parts... but the 930's kind of... i don't know ... don't have the same "feeling".

Please, tell me your thoughts about your i7's 930.

well, i went with a 930 because i had a Q6600 before >_> im happy with it, but if you have a 920 right now, i'd spend the $200 towards the new GTX480 GPU or something like that. no sense in gaining a minimal increase. i only did it cuz it was the same price as the 920's at the time, and i was one of the first. (im OP here ^^)

[Badfastbusa]

Ok, just bought another 2 chips yesterday and I am testing the first one right now and it looks like I got lucky again!

The first one I am testing now is 3951A687 and so far I have got it 20 passes of linx stable at 4022mhz @ 1.23v with HT on, that is approaching golden status... It looks like a great batch, and more testing soon to come!

The second I bought and am going to be testing is a 3001A126, results soon to come!