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- Jun 7, 2011
Pretty mixed opinion.
What i learned at running Prime95 for 15 min inside a SFF:
The good:
-It does run stable even at 105 C/4GHz, it could handle the clock easely
The bad:
-Even without overvolt** a 200 Mhz increase does increase the heat output by 20 C, i was shocked. At 3.4 Ghz, it does run at a maximum value of 85 C, still very very hot, a worse CPU as far as the heat is concerned. At 105 C it does throttle. Intel didnt need to tell us that because i found out its throttle meter after 15 min of Prime testing.
**apparently it does increase itself to 1.212V i dunno why.. standart volt is lower than 1 V. Every bit of volt counts, that micro nuclear reactor can heat like never seen before.
So.. it performs awesome, it can stay stable at temps other processors would totaly give up, but the problem truly is that the CPU can not dissipate heat. Because the cooler is much lower on heat than what i had on a 990X CPU, and the 990X CPU stayed 25 C colder under comparable conditions... i just cant believe that.
So, i can even turn up fan speed, it helps nothing, because the CPU simply doesnt dissipate. Thats now a proven fact, tested in a "usual" system not inside rocket-cooling towers.
I was almost unable to believe it, but its the hottest CPU of all time, as far as i can say, no good deal for systems with lesser cooling capacity sadly.
What i learned at running Prime95 for 15 min inside a SFF:
The good:
-It does run stable even at 105 C/4GHz, it could handle the clock easely
The bad:
-Even without overvolt** a 200 Mhz increase does increase the heat output by 20 C, i was shocked. At 3.4 Ghz, it does run at a maximum value of 85 C, still very very hot, a worse CPU as far as the heat is concerned. At 105 C it does throttle. Intel didnt need to tell us that because i found out its throttle meter after 15 min of Prime testing.
**apparently it does increase itself to 1.212V i dunno why.. standart volt is lower than 1 V. Every bit of volt counts, that micro nuclear reactor can heat like never seen before.
So.. it performs awesome, it can stay stable at temps other processors would totaly give up, but the problem truly is that the CPU can not dissipate heat. Because the cooler is much lower on heat than what i had on a 990X CPU, and the 990X CPU stayed 25 C colder under comparable conditions... i just cant believe that.
So, i can even turn up fan speed, it helps nothing, because the CPU simply doesnt dissipate. Thats now a proven fact, tested in a "usual" system not inside rocket-cooling towers.
I was almost unable to believe it, but its the hottest CPU of all time, as far as i can say, no good deal for systems with lesser cooling capacity sadly.
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