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i7 965 overclocked to 5.1 GHz on GA-EX58-UD5

runn3R

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i7 965 overclocked to 5.1 GHz on GA-EX58-UD5
« on: February 18, 2009, 10:10:00 am »
Hi All

pls see this link with overclocked i7 965 from 3.2 to 5.1 GHz installed on EX58-UD5 motherboard:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=509434
ZX-S & C64 are still my favourites ;-)

Badbonji

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Re: i7 965 overclocked to 5.1 GHz on GA-EX58-UD5
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2009, 08:17:03 pm »
Nice, do you know what cooling was used? I need to update my water cooling as my temperatures get high on this currently.
Core i7 965 @ 4.35Ghz 1.37Vcore
6Gb G.Skill 1600Mhz DDR3 @ 1740Mhz 8-8-8-20 1T
HIS HD5970 @ 800/1100
Gigabyte Extreme X58
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty
256GB M4 + 150GB Raptor
EK Supreme HF/GTX480/MCP655/EK Res :D

jabski

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Re: i7 965 overclocked to 5.1 GHz on GA-EX58-UD5
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2009, 09:54:14 am »
HI
that was using a cascade. The cpu was cooled down to -103c
I am just waiting for some desent ram to arrive then i will do more testing with the cpu.
Please also note that was with 1.456 vcore

Badbonji

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Re: i7 965 overclocked to 5.1 GHz on GA-EX58-UD5
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2009, 04:52:55 pm »
Cool, how does a core i7 965 at 5.1Ghz compare with a phenom II at 6.5Ghz? I know the core i7 is faster clock for clock. What is the world record for the highest i7 oc?
Core i7 965 @ 4.35Ghz 1.37Vcore
6Gb G.Skill 1600Mhz DDR3 @ 1740Mhz 8-8-8-20 1T
HIS HD5970 @ 800/1100
Gigabyte Extreme X58
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty
256GB M4 + 150GB Raptor
EK Supreme HF/GTX480/MCP655/EK Res :D

jabski

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Re: i7 965 overclocked to 5.1 GHz on GA-EX58-UD5
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2009, 04:36:43 pm »
here is a list of the fastest i7 965's

http://www.ripping.org/database.php?cpuid=871

Badbonji

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Re: i7 965 overclocked to 5.1 GHz on GA-EX58-UD5
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2009, 08:09:07 pm »
I am not too far off that list, I have gotten to around 5Ghz suicide run @ 1.5V, unstable though   ;D
Core i7 965 @ 4.35Ghz 1.37Vcore
6Gb G.Skill 1600Mhz DDR3 @ 1740Mhz 8-8-8-20 1T
HIS HD5970 @ 800/1100
Gigabyte Extreme X58
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty
256GB M4 + 150GB Raptor
EK Supreme HF/GTX480/MCP655/EK Res :D