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Intel To Release Its First 4GHz Processor

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Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#21 - 2014-05-18 01:29:32 UTC
"I'll never buy another OCZ PSU again" i lol'd

spray heat paste from work, SMD soldering, high level modding...

could it be that you are my idol?

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Kesukka
#22 - 2014-05-18 01:40:29 UTC
Rain6637 wrote:
"I'll never buy another OCZ PSU again" i lol'd

spray heat paste from work, SMD soldering, high level modding...

could it be that you are my idol?




hmm SMD soldering. Reminds me of that time when I replaced a graphics chip on a laptop. Of course those use Ball Grid Array and are a pain in the arse to replace. Involves a lot of patience and heat... lots of heat Lol

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CCP Falcon
#23 - 2014-05-23 14:52:27 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
Rain6637 wrote:
"I'll never buy another OCZ PSU again" i lol'd

spray heat paste from work, SMD soldering, high level modding...

could it be that you are my idol?




hmm SMD soldering. Reminds me of that time when I replaced a graphics chip on a laptop. Of course those use Ball Grid Array and are a pain in the arse to replace. Involves a lot of patience and heat... lots of heat Lol


For reference, I HATE soldering, but it's something I did for 11 years in my previous field of work. Do anything for long enough and you get pretty good at it.

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CCP Falcon
#24 - 2014-05-23 14:54:32 UTC
Jax Acami wrote:
You're proud of it aren't you :D


Considering it's still running sweet after 4 years and a 1000 mile trip in an old ass cargo ship to get it to Iceland, yeah... I'd say I'm pretty happy with how long it's lasted and how reliable it's been.

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Kijo Rikki
Killboard Padding Services
#25 - 2014-05-23 19:02:55 UTC
And here I am still using an AMD Phenom II 945. I was hoping to upgrade to an i5 someday.....

You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam. 
Aralez
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#26 - 2014-05-23 20:48:19 UTC
Eternum Praetorian wrote:
AMD is running 4 ghz now isn't it?

yes the fx8350 is an 4 ghz processor and prob the best bang for your buck.

however, If money's not an issue intel runs cooler and wins at benchmarks with the I7
Lady Garden
#27 - 2014-05-23 23:46:10 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
I don't see this as big news at all personally. Stock clock speed isn't everything.

....

It was a big investment back in 2010, and cost me around £4500 to build, however it still chews through any game on the market with ease nearly four years later, and gives me a solid 240fps in EVE without even breaking a sweat.

Money well spent.


It's a similar rig to mine, which I built in 2009. Apart from reboots for installs and updates, I think I've powered it down only a dozen or so times since I put it together, for changing drives and graphics cards (one exploded, no other damage) and recently to replace the corsair cooler which was getting low on coolant. Most reliable computer I've ever had and well worth the cost. Many cans of squirty air have been deployed in loving maintenance.
Max Kolonko
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#28 - 2014-05-24 22:27:01 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
I don't see this as big news at all personally. Stock clock speed isn't everything.

I've been running the same processor for 3 and a half years, and it's still in the rig that I'm currently typing this message on. The fastest I had the chip running was 5.25GHz, but I couldn't keep it stable for more than about 8 hours before the heat got to it and it decided to shut off due to overtemp. I settled for 4.8GHz after I managed to get it stable and running at an acceptable temperature.

The only modification I made to the chip was to machine polish the heatspreader to a mirror finish. I did the same thing with the cooler's contact plate, and used spray-on heat sink compound from my old job.

The machine ran for two years flawlessly, before being boxed up for a year when I came to CCP. I was reunited with it about 5 months ago, unboxed it, plugged it in, replaced the BIOS battery, reloaded the OC Profile, and it booted first time, stable at 4.8GHz again. It hasn't missed a beat for going on half a year.

The only issue I've ever had with it was the first PSU when I built it, which was from OCZ (I'll never buy an OCZ PSU again). Three months in it failed and did this. I was incredibly lucky that there was no damage to the motherboard other than a melted 24 PIN ATX socket. I de-soldered the damaged socket, ordered a new one, soldered it in, replaced the power supply with a more reliable one from Antec and the machine was running again within 48 hours.

The spec on this machine is several generations old, but when you know how to set up a machine, keep it maintained and keep it running, then you have no issues with reliability or longevity. The machine hasn't been formatted in all that time, or had a fresh install of Windows. It's still running the original version of Windows 7 Ultimate that I installed on it in 2010, and still runs perfectly. It just gets a little love now and again to keep its registry clean and tidy and all is well.

It was a big investment back in 2010, and cost me around £4500 to build, however it still chews through any game on the market with ease nearly four years later, and gives me a solid 240fps in EVE without even breaking a sweat.

Money well spent.

Here's the spec for anyone who's interested, and a few pictures below:

> Intel Core i7 980x (3.33GHz / 6 Core) @ 4.8GHz
> Asus ROG Rampage III Extreme Mainboard
> 24GB 1600MHz Corsair Dominator Triple Channel DDR3 @2100MHz
> 2x Palit 3GB GTX580 (SLI)
> 6x 1TB Samsing Spinpoint F3
> 1200w Antec TruePower Modular PSU
> Three Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Panels @ 1920x1200 (5760x1200)
> Antec DarkFleet DF-35 Mid Tower
> Corsair H70 Liquid Cooler
> Corsair Dominator RAM Cooler

Cable OCD
Processor Cooling
Red Lighting
Case (excuse the mental carpet from my old house in the UK)
Extra Exhaust Fan From An Antec 900


I dont see the dvd player, but there is a floppy drive :) Falcon sure like's old school touch on his futuristic rig :)

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Aspalis
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#29 - 2014-05-25 04:49:27 UTC
Max Kolonko wrote:


I dont see the dvd player, but there is a floppy drive :) Falcon sure like's old school touch on his futuristic rig :)


That is how things were back then when CCP Falcon's PC was the bleeding edge, software still came on floppies. Just installing Windows was a epic undertaking.

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