Quote Originally Posted by aussie-revhead View Post
Cool, sb may score higher easily but then the fun is over, set the multi/vcore and its over, 1366 has alot more tuning options to try to optimise.

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Ever tried to calculate costs benching with SB and 1366 ?... with ya 970 you will be rapidly limited by board ( Bclock ) in the 3D department... find a good SB and it will eat ya 1366 for breakfast in benching... only 980 and 990X are still the ideal bench CPUs to due their unlocked multiplier...

Also less LN2 required ( if you want to push ya SB to the max , ideal temp control is must ) eg I have to keep my 5666CPU between -10 and -15°C, otherwise supeprpi32m and 06/Vantage CPU tests will crash, I can bench close to 5600 on the phase... but it's hit and miss then... sometimes it will erratically return me to the desktop as temps are too high or too low at a certain moment...

Indeed a SB CPU can be maxed out within let's say 10-20 minutes from opening the box... 1366 can be more fun to tweak, but so is REX and E8600...