Return of Gigabyte OC series - GA-Z87X-OC - LGA 1150 - Haswell

[Bobnova]

HWMonitor relies on calculated numbers based on dubious software readings. It's not especially trustworthy.

 

[wingman99]

No, that isn't accurate at all. I don't think HWMonitor has the ability to get the proper readings to calculate ACTUAL CPU wattage.

When I ran my cpu at stock speed it seemed real close with the watts estimation compared to TDP.

I know it's not accurate however I just wanted to make a comparison with mine overclocked.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Pretty easy to get tdp right - its listed in the CPU spec. When voltage and clocks are customized I think hwmonitor would give you about the same CPU wattage for 4ghz and 6ghz.

 

[wingman99]

My CPU watts with my i5 2500k at stock speed is 78w at 4.1GHz is 103w and at 5.0GHz it is 140w.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Interesting.

 

[ChanceCoats123]

Does anyone know how Haswell is supposed to perform? I'm a huge fan of hardware overclocking (things like the OC series has, as opposed to ROG connect, as nice as it is) because I get instant, hardware level feedback. I might spring for this board instead of a ROG board next time I upgrade.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

I haven't seen any reliable stuff yet. Saw one leak with some funny looking numbers, but thats it.