Official Intel Gulftown (Westmere) Overclocking and Batch Tracking Thread

[mbreslin]

The chip in my sig has been stable since launch, 3003B396. From all the threads I've seen it's about average as far as vcore required. I've had it to 5ghz on water able to pass some benches, 1.6ish vcore.

I agree with zalbard certainly the 920 is the better buy if you don't have a specific need for the extra cores, the overclocks are around the same.

In fact I would say the 920 is a much better chip for 24/7 since you can pump vcore and if it dies early you're not out the 1k that a 980 costs. I have been temped to stick my 920 in and crank vcore and run it at its max and use the 980 as a backup.

[nightwoodwolf]

The chip in my sig has been stable since launch, 3003B396. From all the threads I've seen it's about average as far as vcore required. I've had it to 5ghz on water able to pass some benches, 1.6ish vcore.

I agree with zalbard certainly the 920 is the better buy if you don't have a specific need for the extra cores, the overclocks are around the same.

In fact I would say the 920 is a much better chip for 24/7 since you can pump vcore and if it dies early you're not out the 1k that a 980 costs. I have been temped to stick my 920 in and crank vcore and run it at its max and use the 980 as a backup.

dont say that you gonna make me regret selling my 930 D0 which i've been using it for few months and never had an issue, its an awesome chip

[nightwoodwolf]

the other thing is every store i call or any online store i look at the don’t give me the batch number ( that’s if they have it in stock ) , and i just came back to my desk after spending my lunch break searching 6 pc shops and the funny thing is they don’t have it in stock ( we can order it for you sir but cant grantee the batch number ) well duh i can order it myself online and it might be even cheaper.