BF2s Intel Core i5/i7 Thread

2008-12-15 13:07:43

#1

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6679|Finland

Since these awsome pieces of silicon start to find their ways to more and more PCs, I think it is time to dedicate a thread for them.

Anything about Intel's Core i5/i7 processors will do here.

Overclocking results, test results, BIOS settings, help, info etc... I will personally try to help as I get my 920 soon.

I might add a Core i5/i7 SuperPi 1M ranking here too when we have more Nehalem users.

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2008-12-15 13:40:55

#2

^*AlphA*^: F*ckers; +3,135|7003|The Hague, Netherlands

I will also post some results when I/they get that rig fully operational.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36eac2cb6af70a43508fd8d1c93d3201f4e23435.png

2008-12-15 13:43:06

#3

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6718|The Twilight Zone

cool

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2008-12-15 17:35:18

#4

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

First question - what's the difference between an 'i5' and an 'i7'?

2008-12-15 17:37:00

#5

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6981

the i7 is 2 louder... and it goes to 11.... lol

Love is the answer

2008-12-15 17:41:10

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
First question - what's the difference between an 'i5' and an 'i7'?

i7 has QPI to connect to the NB or other CPUs, i5 has a different socket and the NB built in. GPUs, ethernet and all that connects directly to the CPU

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2008-12-15 18:15:24

#7

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

i5?

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2008-12-15 18:19:56

#8

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6170|CA

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2008-12-15 20:31:03

#9

GR34: Member; +215|6810|ALBERTA> CANADA

I am honetly thinking about Blowing my cash on a i7 920 3 gigs of ram and a 4850/4870

2008-12-16 05:34:04

#10

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6843|Columbus, OH

Ok I am in. What do you want to know?

I have upgraded to the i7 965 processor (3.2GHz), with FoxConn Renaissance mobo, and OCZ Platinum 3GB, DDR3 1333 Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory.

Other Hardware:
Nvidia 8800GTX
WD Raptors, model WD740ADFD RAID0 - 64blocksize
Enermax 550watt power supply, model: EG651P-VE 24P
Windows Vista Ulitmate 32-bit, (friend could not get me the 64bit version for free of course)

After a week of not playing due to a RMA, I am making up for lost time of gaming playing so I haven't done much of anything else. Though I did run a couple of baseline Everest (ver 4.06) benchmarks; one in dual-channel and the other in triple-channel. The scores blew every computer they had listed except for a dual-xeons, but b/w dual-channel and triple-channel the scores are similar. I'll somehow publish my reports for you to see.

2008-12-16 05:50:24

#11

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6679|Finland

.awsmPrice of Core i7 920 dropped to 280€ here. Time to order Asus P6T Deluxe & i7 920 now...

edit: Ordered.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-12-16 06:30:46)

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2008-12-16 12:07:16

#12

twoblacklines: all grown up now (its boring); +49|6472

im waiting for £110 motherboards, fuck paying £250 for mboard, another £250 for shitty timing ram, and then £270 for i7 !!!

2008-12-16 12:45:12

#13

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6914

This thread needs more SuperPi times.

2008-12-16 12:51:25

#14

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6843|Columbus, OH

ghettoperson wrote:
This thread needs more SuperPi times.

ok I will run one on my computer

Also run/post PC Advantage and 3D Advantage and compare them to these mobo: source

SuperPi will run when I go to bed and check it the morning after. Damn I won't get any game playing tonight

https://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j296/loubot/Computer/bench1.gif

3DMark Score
PCMark Score

I have two PDF files from Everest benchmark:
Everest4.6 Def_Bench
The first Everest Benchmark is with the default CPU / Memory BIOS settings (AUTO).
Everest 1333_Bench
The secondh Everest Benchmark is with the memory timing changed to manual and speed set to 1333.
I am using OCZ Tech platinum triple channel kit; they will not go 1600 or faster.

Last edited by loubot (2008-12-17 05:59:02)

2008-12-16 17:05:04

#15

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
.awsmPrice of Core i7 920 dropped to 280€ here. Time to order Asus P6T Deluxe & i7 920 now...

edit: Ordered.

ditto. Well sorta
i7 920, Gigabyte X58-UD5, 3x2GB DDR3-1600, NH-U12P LGA 1366 with 15% off.
Also 600W PSU and a HD3450

I'll pick it up around 1pm tomorrow

Last edited by max (2008-12-16 17:09:05)

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-12-16 17:10:09

#16

alexb: <3; +590|6205|Kentucky, USA

max wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
.awsmPrice of Core i7 920 dropped to 280€ here. Time to order Asus P6T Deluxe & i7 920 now...

edit: Ordered.
ditto. Well sorta
i7 920, Gigabyte X58-UD5, 3x2GB DDR3-1600, NH-U12P LGA 1366 with 15% off.
Also 600W PSU and a HD3450

I'll pick it up around 1pm tomorrow

2008-12-16 17:20:45

#17

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7108|Reykjavík, Iceland.

max wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
.awsmPrice of Core i7 920 dropped to 280€ here. Time to order Asus P6T Deluxe & i7 920 now...

edit: Ordered.
ditto. Well sorta
i7 920, Gigabyte X58-UD5, 3x2GB DDR3-1600, NH-U12P LGA 1366 with 15% off.
Also 600W PSU and a HD3450

I'll pick it up around 1pm tomorrow

2008-12-16 20:14:20

#18

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6679|Finland

Sydney wrote:
max wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
.awsmPrice of Core i7 920 dropped to 280€ here. Time to order Asus P6T Deluxe & i7 920 now...

edit: Ordered.
ditto. Well sorta
i7 920, Gigabyte X58-UD5, 3x2GB DDR3-1600, NH-U12P LGA 1366 with 15% off.
Also 600W PSU and a HD3450

I'll pick it up around 1pm tomorrow

<3

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2008-12-17 06:17:31

#19

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6843|Columbus, OH

I finished posting my scores on my previous post. Also compared my score with the $300.00+ mobos on AnandTech website (link in previous post).

Everest 4.6 I did good but PCVantage/3DVantage Mark my score was meh.
The Renaissance board is not a true gaming board, but the price is under the $300 price line.
On top of that, my PSU can not support the latest video card(s) so I am kinda stuck there for now

I'll have to run Super Pi again, not sure how Anandtech got those numbers for the other X58 motherboards.

Last edited by loubot (2008-12-17 06:19:46)

2008-12-17 12:39:57

#20

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

I think I'll settle for final clock of 3.8GHz @ 1.344V with HT on. I can push north of 4GHz, but I need either loads of voltage or disable HT

*continues tweaking*

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-12-17 12:51:02

#21

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6914

max wrote:
I think I'll settle for final clock of 3.8GHz @ 1.344V with HT on. I can push north of 4GHz, but I need either loads of voltage or disable HT

*continues tweaking*

SuperPi plz. Given that loubot posted 13 seconds at default clocks, sub 10 should be easily achievable with 3.8ghz.

2008-12-17 14:51:52

#22

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

Holy shit. This i7 system need 280W under load. And I'm not running any fancy GPUs either. Just the mobo, 3 sticks of ram, HD3450, 2.5'' HDD. Even if I estimate the PSU efficiency conservatively that's still like 170W for the CPU

I'm getting 11.03s under vista for superPI @ 3.8GHz. Not really surprising as the i7s aren't all that much faster than the C2Ds in single threaded apps. Most other people also seem to get ~11s

on fah I'm getting 9800PPD. That's like 4 times faster than a C2D clock for clock

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-12-19 07:46:36

#23

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6679|Finland

O my GAWD this is really a fucking fast CPU

https://triton.imageshack.us/Himg179/scaled.php?server=179&filename=cpu2660zk7.png&xsize=578&ysize=480

And the Noctua... My case has a fan in the sidepanel but the cooler is so huge the fan hits the cooler! So running it without sidepanel atm...

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-12-19 07:48:19)

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2008-12-19 07:49:04

#24

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7108|Reykjavík, Iceland.

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
O my GAWD this is really a fucking fast CPU

http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpu2660zk7.png

And the Noctua... My case has a fan in the sidepanel but the cooler is so huge the fan hits the cooler! So running it without sidepanel atm...

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

20x MULTIPLIER?

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

THAT'S MADNESS!

2008-12-19 08:00:31

#25

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
O my GAWD this is really a fucking fast CPU

http://triton.imageshack.us/Himg179/sca … ;ysize=480

And the Noctua... My case has a fan in the sidepanel but the cooler is so huge the fan hits the cooler! So running it without sidepanel atm...

Can you post screeny's of the Mainboard, Memory and SPD tabs too, please, thx?

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