Hi all,
Until yesterday I had an i5 750 overclocked @ 4.0Ghz, very stable and efficient. But I got a deal on a i7 860 in exchange for my i5. It was a great opportunity to move to an i7 without having to change my platform since the i7 860 is approximately the equivalent of an i7 920 but in 1156 instead of 1366. In fact the 860 is a bit faster than a 920. Anyway, I almost thought that the stock i7 860 would be equivalent to my overclocked i5 750, I was a bit optimistic...
The fact is that to achieve the speed of my i5 750 @ 4GHz I have to overclock the i7 860 to at least 3.5GHz, over it, my new i7 start to outpace my overclocked i5.
My problem is that I'm stuck at 3.8GHz with the 860, I not able to get stability @ 4Ghz or 4.2Ghz. I am a bit disappointed I did not feel that I get enough for my money. I hoped to obtain a more significant performance gain by moving from an i5 to an i7!
Is overclocking capability of the 860 are known to be less than the i5 750?
My old i5 was stock @ 2.66Ghz and I had no difficulty to get stability @ 4.0Ghz. I am a bit surprised that I'm not able to reach more than 3.8Ghz with this new i7 860.
By the way, I'm not running on the stock heatsink, I have a Coolermaster Hyper N620.
Is there somebody here who has reached more than 4.0Ghz with his 860?
Thks for your help!
edit: sorry, my English is probably not perfect...it's not my first language!
Until yesterday I had an i5 750 overclocked @ 4.0Ghz, very stable and efficient. But I got a deal on a i7 860 in exchange for my i5. It was a great opportunity to move to an i7 without having to change my platform since the i7 860 is approximately the equivalent of an i7 920 but in 1156 instead of 1366. In fact the 860 is a bit faster than a 920. Anyway, I almost thought that the stock i7 860 would be equivalent to my overclocked i5 750, I was a bit optimistic...
The fact is that to achieve the speed of my i5 750 @ 4GHz I have to overclock the i7 860 to at least 3.5GHz, over it, my new i7 start to outpace my overclocked i5.
My problem is that I'm stuck at 3.8GHz with the 860, I not able to get stability @ 4Ghz or 4.2Ghz. I am a bit disappointed I did not feel that I get enough for my money. I hoped to obtain a more significant performance gain by moving from an i5 to an i7!
Is overclocking capability of the 860 are known to be less than the i5 750?
My old i5 was stock @ 2.66Ghz and I had no difficulty to get stability @ 4.0Ghz. I am a bit surprised that I'm not able to reach more than 3.8Ghz with this new i7 860.
By the way, I'm not running on the stock heatsink, I have a Coolermaster Hyper N620.
Is there somebody here who has reached more than 4.0Ghz with his 860?
Thks for your help!
edit: sorry, my English is probably not perfect...it's not my first language!