hey 87dtna, I cant figure out how to private message someone on this forum for the life of me. How is it possible to get such high frequency on that i3 of yours ? low power = low heat ? it's very interesting to me why you went with that CPU. you got you some cool points on that one lol .
sorry to hijack the thread but... yea
Well, a good mobo, a good aftermarket cooler, and a little know how :good:
With the stock cooler, I can run 4.0ghz at 1.35 Vcore but it hits 80c under load. I have a TRUE, which stands for ThermalRight Ultra Extreme which has and 12 copper heat pipes a 120mm fan on it. At 4.6ghz at 1.3925 Vcore, it hits about 70c max.
Not all chips clock this well though. I had an I3 530 also, and it would only hit 4.4ghz with 1.45 Vcore.
I have gotten over 5ghz on air, but with hyper threading off and Vcore that you shouldn't run on a 32nm chip! LOL
I went with the I3 because it's more than enough for my needs, and it's cool to have a 24/7 overclock of mid 4ghz clocks!
I had an I7 860 before it, and an I5 750 before that, both very powerful CPU's but way more than I needed. Just used them for benching and then sold them. I'm a hardware junky.