Intel 2011 CPU Lineup

[BLindsay]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

Yeah, I do some of that sometimes. I'll keep an eye on the price and see if Microcenter has it cheaper any time soon.



That's cool! I've never overclocked before, how do you learn how to do that? I know the basic idea is to raise the frequency and voltage for stability while still maintaining the temprature....or at least that's what I think it is lol, but what if you fry something and can't un-do what you did? Do you get a warning or some kind of safety measure when things get out of control?

Sorry for asking all these questions by the way, I'm just into this stff.

here is a pretty good article

http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1111057.htm

i can get some more if you want, Overclocking the Intel I series chips is a bit different then the Core 2 ERA chips .

If you fry something you cant undo it, but A: its pretty hard to do and B: as long as you move in small steps you will be ok.

Usually you try to find the highest speed your chip can run on stock voltage first as voltage tends to heat things up the most and voltage is generally whats more dangerous to the chip

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

That's cool! I've never overclocked before, how do you learn how to do that? I know the basic idea is to raise the frequency and voltage for stability while still maintaining the temprature....or at least that's what I think it is lol, but what if you fry something and can't un-do what you did? Do you get a warning or some kind of safety measure when things get out of control?

Sorry for asking all these questions by the way, I'm just into this stff.

Yeah there are fail safes where the mobo will need to be reset, but even that can happen to late before the chip fries.

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

here is a pretty good article

http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1111057.htm

i can get some more if you want, Overclocking the Intel I series chips is a bit different then the Core 2 ERA chips .

Yeah, why not? I'll bookmark and read them slowly. Thanks!

If you fry something you cant undo it, but A: its pretty hard to do and B: as long as you move in small steps you will be ok.

Usually you try to find the highest speed your chip can run on stock voltage first as voltage tends to heat things up the most and voltage is generally whats more dangerous to the chip

Ok.

Originally Posted by supersix4

Yeah there are fail safes where the mobo will need to be reset, but even that can happen to late before the chip fries.

Ok. So, it's not only for the old processors? Even Intel's i7 can fry?

[dobyblue]

I built my buddy a PC last October 2009 with the i7-920 chip.
AMAZING!

So all these new i7 chips will work with the 1366 socket mobo's right?

Can't imagine anyone wanting to overclock the i7-920 with 12GB DDR3 RAM, I threw 3 1080p streams at it (one Blu-ray, 2 Apple trailers) over 2 monitors with an HD 5750 card and it didn't even blink.

[BLindsay]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

Yeah, why not? I'll bookmark and read them slowly. Thanks!



Ok.



Ok. So, it's not only for the old processors? Even Intel's i7 can fry?

You can kill any processor but like i said its pretty hard as long as you move in small steps, and voltage is the real killer.

i got some more links that have some good reading ill get you later when im home

Originally Posted by dobyblue

I built my buddy a PC last October 2009 with the i7-920 chip.
AMAZING!

So all these new i7 chips will work with the 1366 socket mobo's right?

Can't imagine anyone wanting to overclock the i7-920 with 12GB DDR3 RAM, I threw 3 1080p streams at it (one Blu-ray, 2 Apple trailers) over 2 monitors with an HD 5750 card and it didn't even blink.

i overclocked my i7-920 to 4.2GHz

all of the 900 series i7 chips are socket 1366

the 2000 I series chips require a new socket ie like socket 1155 which is replacing socket 1156 and socket 1366 will get its replacement late in the year or in 2012

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

I built my buddy a PC last October 2009 with the i7-920 chip.
AMAZING!

So all these new i7 chips will work with the 1366 socket mobo's right?

Can't imagine anyone wanting to overclock the i7-920 with 12GB DDR3 RAM, I threw 3 1080p streams at it (one Blu-ray, 2 Apple trailers) over 2 monitors with an HD 5750 card and it didn't even blink.

Do you have to have two graphics card to use two monitors? Or just one capable of doing both?

Originally Posted by BLindsay

You can kill any processor but like i said its pretty hard as long as you move in small steps, and voltage is the real killer.

i got some more links that have some good reading ill get you later when im home



i overclocked my i7-920 to 4.2GHz

all of the 900 series i7 chips are socket 1366

the 2000 I series chips require a new socket ie like socket 1155 which is replacing socket 1156 and socket 1366 will get its replacement late in the year or in 2012

By "socket" are you guys referring to the type of motherboards the chips go to? And how come socket 1155 is replacing socket 1156, shouldn't it be the other way around?

[BLindsay]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

Do you have to have two graphics card to use two monitors? Or just one capable of doing both?



By "socket" are you guys referring to the type of motherboards the chips go to? And how come socket 1155 is replacing socket 1156, shouldn't it be the other way around?

Pretty much any video card will run 2 monitors at once these days. ATI 5000 and 6000 series cards can run anywhere from 3 to 6 monitors on 1 card though.


and yes socket refers to the type of motherboards the chips go to. 1155 is replacing 1156, as to why well u would have to ask intel on that but while its been the trend, more pins doesnt have to = more performance

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

Pretty much any video card will run 2 monitors at once these days. ATI 5000 and 6000 series cards can run anywhere from 3 to 6 monitors on 1 card though.

I still use a CRT for my old PC () so I wouldn't know lol.

[razor81]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

Pretty much any video card will run 2 monitors at once these days. ATI 5000 and 6000 series cards can run anywhere from 3 to 6 monitors on 1 card though.

Yes that's ATI Eyefinity and Nvidia have too with 3D Vision

[rkproceed]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

Gonna pass on socket 1155, im waiting for the replacement socket for 1366

we're 2 now

[BLindsay]

Originally Posted by razor81

Yes that's ATI Eyefinity and Nvidia have too with 3D Vision

3D Vision requires 2 cards in SLI though, ATI can do it from 1 card

Originally Posted by rkproceed

we're 2 now

huh?

[rkproceed]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

huh?

I meant that am waitin for the 1366 replacements too
guess we'll wait a lot

[BLindsay]

Originally Posted by rkproceed

I meant that am waitin for the 1366 replacements too
guess we'll wait a lot

ah ok lol. Honestly though if you have a socket 1366 chip there is no rush to replace it. Most programs dont know what to do with 8 threads quite yet as it is lol

[aznkidlee]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

I still use a CRT for my old PC () so I wouldn't know lol.

Time for an upgrade. I remember I had a 19" CRT and it was awesome back then but it took so much desk space.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

Do you have to have two graphics card to use two monitors? Or just one capable of doing both?

I installed an XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 video card with dual DVI and single HDMI out, was running one monitor with DVI another with HDMI, one at 1680x1050 and the other at 1920x1200.

Great card, down to $129 now on Tiger.

[lucv13]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

I installed an XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 video card with dual DVI and single HDMI out, was running one monitor with DVI another with HDMI, one at 1680x1050 and the other at 1920x1200.

Great card, down to $129 now on Tiger.

Doing exactly the same with my old HD 3850 512mb DDR3 however I need to run SPDIF out as well as it doesn't have HDMI just the 2 DVI

[Offender_Mullet]

Some cpu's are out now. There's a review on Tom's Hardware, also this guy has a nice Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/motherboardsorg

I went back to Intel a couple weeks ago. I bought an i7-950 @ MicroCenter for $229. They dropped the price a few days later, so I went back to get what should have only been a $20 refund. Instead, the girl screwed-up and refunded me $86. Got it for only $143 Score!

[BLindsay]

Originally Posted by Offender_Mullet

Some cpu's are out now. There's a review on Tom's Hardware, also this guy has a nice Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/motherboardsorg

I went back to Intel a couple weeks ago. I bought an i7-950 @ MicroCenter for $229. They dropped the price a few days later, so I went back to get what should have only been a $20 refund. Instead, the girl screwed-up and refunded me $86. Got it for only $143 Score!

nice thats a nasty price for that cpu!

the new chips are nice. the laptop ones are nasty. i wont be replacing my current i7 though until we see the high end stuff later in the year.

my laptop with the i7 720 is nice but one of the new mobile i7s are a huuuge upgrade

[Offender_Mullet]

I was so happy she did that. After this post: https://forum.blu-ray.com/4170592-post134.html I'm not even going to say the reason I returned my Crosshair IV Formula AMD motherboard. lol It's soooo ridiculous. Felt like a total newb after realizing why it wouldn't post. But regardless, the Intel cpu is better than my AMD 1090T six-core.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

but one of the new mobile i7s are a huuuge upgrade

which ones? I think I'm getting a new MBP when apple announces their new lineup and I don't want to get an old i7 if the new ones are that good.