i5-2500K/2600K batch number and o/c results

[ugotd8]

Feel free to ask about what you don't understand.

Different architectures have different failing mechanisms; on Nehalem the execution units (add, multiply, load/store) were the bottlenecks, but Sandy Bridge it seems the instruction decode is the bottleneck.

Linpack is designed to be more execution stress whereas Prime95 could possibly require more decode stress (especially if you choose blend instead of small fft).

I cannot verify this (still waiting for my Sandy Bridge), but if more people have problems with Prime95, that might be the goto test until more evidence comes in.

I'll be interested to see your thoughts once you get your SB. A 2600K I assume?

In the meantime, there are others that have noticed this:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=264940

Thanks again.