Intel Sandy Bridge-E Can Reach Close to 5 GHz on Air-Cooling

[jihadjoe]

hmmm, come to think of it....wouldnt 1.5v be pretty dangerious to a 22nm CPU?? If anything about 1.4v hurts standard SB chips. 1.5v through a 22nm CPU cant be healthy

SB-E is made on the same process as SB. Intel's 22nm starts off with Ivy.

 

[cadaveca]

hmmm, come to think of it....wouldnt 1.5v be pretty dangerious to a 22nm CPU?? If anything about 1.4v hurts standard SB chips. 1.5v through a 22nm CPU cant be healthy

Personally, I don't think CPU Voltage is what has been killing chips. I'm more inclined to think IMC volts or PLL volts.

Standard SB chips are rated for 1.525v max VID under stock conditions, so it's most definitely NOT CPU voltage. Perhaps when combined with other things, sure.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Personally, I don't think CPU Voltage is what has been killing chips. I'm more inclined to think IMC volts or PLL volts.

Standard SB chips are rated for 1.525v max VID under stock conditions, so it's most definitely NOT CPU voltage. Perhaps when combined with other things, sure.

But ive read threads about it on Xtreme forums about people runing 1.5v through their 2x00k's and the CPU ending up either dead of degraded within 2weeks despite having good cooling.

 

[cadaveca]

But ive read threads about it on Xtreme forums about people runing 1.5v through their 2x00k's and the CPU ending up either dead of degraded within 2weeks despite having good cooling.

Yes, I have read those posts too. And nearly every single one was ALSO running PLL overvoltage, or high IMC volts, or were ALSO running high clocks(ie, more current) than what Intel has spec'd. Or they were NOT using Turbo to OC. The actual voltage REALLY has NOTHING to do with it. Current kills, not voltage.

There's a user here that ran 1.7v and killed his chip, too. Still doesn't mean it was the volts.

 

[deleted]

This is a clearly a suicide run. We heard the same story just before SB was released, and no 2500K or 2600K will ever be stable for 3 years+ at 5 GHz on air, regardless of the settings used to reach that OC. We're looking at roughly the same overclocking ability here that the 2600K has. The real point is despite the ability to fit in 50% more cores, there's no real decrease in maximum clock speeds and thermals aren't inordinately higher.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Good news to me, I can't wait to get my hands on these!

 

[MikeMurphy]

How so?

AFAIK no official price are out, and even if the non-official ones were true, the 4 core is well priced, and the 6-core @ 500~600$ is understandable. A 4 core SB-E setup is getting dangerously close priced as a 2700K setup, and with many advantages that X79 offers

I apologize I didn't realize the prices I were reading were not yet confirmed.

But, 500-$600 is not understandable for adding 2 cores and cache. Price is almost double a 4-core 2600k. Sure you pay a premium for high end, but a premium was already factored in to the 2600k price and further increased on the chipset price which will be $$$. Total cost (which goes to Intel) for CPU and Mobo will be sky high.

It will be interesting this time around though as last time 1366 was released much in advance of 1156. It's reversed this time around. I wonder if many will see the value play in 2011.

 

[n-ster]

This is a clearly a suicide run. We heard the same story just before SB was released, and no 2500K or 2600K will ever be stable for 3 years+ at 5 GHz on air, regardless of the settings used to reach that OC. We're looking at roughly the same overclocking ability here that the 2600K has. The real point is despite the ability to fit in 50% more cores, there's no real decrease in maximum clock speeds and thermals aren't inordinately higher.

For all we know, theses results were done with the 4-core

I apologize I didn't realize the prices I were reading were not yet confirmed.

But, 500-$600 is not understandable for adding 2 cores and cache. Price is almost double a 4-core 2600k. Sure you pay a premium for high end, but a premium was already factored in to the 2600k price and further increased on the chipset price which will be $$$. Total cost (which goes to Intel) for CPU and Mobo will be sky high.

It will be interesting this time around though as last time 1366 was released much in advance of 1156. It's reversed this time around. I wonder if many will see the value play in 2011.

I think the prices of the 6-core will come down around the time Ivy comes out. Perhaps a non-K version might be significantly cheaper. For now, the value is in the 4-core LGA 2011 if the speculated prices are true. 450$, I think, would be a fair price for a 6-core

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[SteelSix]

But 1.51Volts is crazy I would never put that through my chip. I don't like to go over 1.36V... I'm at 1.25

Yea that's my thinking with both CPU and GPU. I have voltage thresholds, leaving anything higher for the bleeding edge folks out there..

 

[nt300]

i doubt they would struggle with 1.51 volts coursing through their veins....i doubt they would last very long either though!!

I was thinking the same thing. Core voltage at 1.51V will kill this CPU.