cpu Upgrade advice DO i7920 or i7975 extreme

[ryanbatc 12,836]

There is really no reason to get an 975, just throwing money away as a DO 920 will achieve as much and you can use the cash you saved to buy that fancy fermi card in March! :)Come, we all will hep you get there....

Wow, you're at 4.48 with a 920?!? Can you fly FSX, large cities, payware addons with addon traffic and get above 20fps? I've been waiting for the time to come for something like this. I've never seen a 920 go that high. Cool.

[Guest WarpAir]

Wow, you're at 4.48 with a 920?!? Can you fly FSX, large cities, payware addons with addon traffic and get above 20fps? I've been waiting for the time to come for something like this. I've never seen a 920 go that high. Cool.

All i can say is that, a lot of OC work in winter and fail in summer, cause i had to lower my clocks from i7920@3.8Ghz last winter to about 3.4Ghz in summer.This winter am back to stable 3.8. That is why am looking to my cooling before summer comes so i can keep 3.8 or even go higher.I bet the guy at 4.4 is using D0 i7920 though , D0 OC very well. Mine is C0\C1.In any case am going for i7950 and custom built water cooling, the water cooling for about (

[Bob Scott 7,720]

There is really no reason to get an 975, just throwing money away as a DO 920 will achieve as much and you can use the cash you saved to buy that fancy fermi card in March! :)

I disagree. A 920 might achieve as much--if you are blessed with an above-average chip, a good motherboard, and some good RAM that can all handle it. It's one thing to say that something is possible...it's another to set expectations for a result that is the exception rather than the rule. Most folks I know with clocked 920s are getting max stable speeds of ~3.6-3.8 GHz on a 920. Some do better. Most do not.RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO

[Kosta 122]

Since I have gotten myself a complete watercooling setup (600€), about 6 years ago, I have been running it on different setups, and it has never failed me. Either summer nor winter.I would greatly advise to self-build it, I know you said you don't want much trouble around it. The fact is though, its not THAT much trouble than a thing like Zalman Reserator. And it's louder. The ONLY pain in the &@($* when you want to connect everything to the watercooling like I did (CPU, GPU, 2 HDD Silentboxes each for 2 HDDs), you have to cut the pipes yourself of course, and make your own plan. But people from xtremesystems and shop here in Vienna helped me both, and I was up and running in no time.If you would like to only connect the CPU, you would have much less trouble. Meaning: Radiator -> CPU block -> Pump -> Radiator...This is german site, but to give you an idea:CPU block:http://www.pc-cooling.at/product_info.php?...roducts_id=4974 65€Radiator:http://www.pc-cooling.at/product_info.php?...products_id=370 50€Pump incl. Reservoirhttp://www.pc-cooling.at/product_info.php?...roducts_id=1094 100€Additionally you will need couple of pipes and some 120mm vents. And that's it. With about 250€ you will get a great performance. About the same price of the reserator, at least here (costs around 200€).The performance will be MUCH better than Reserator's, guaranteed, and you can also choose which radiator, bigger, smaller, whatever.I bought myself the biggest of them all, as I wanted the most performance with least noise.Anyway, I was ASTONISHED how silent and cool my system ran after all has been connected. All I hear today is nothing more than a fans from the radiator (those are Noctuas, which are more silent than anything else I came across...), PSU-fan and the waterpump.The whole maintenance is as complicated as blowing the whole water out of the system and pouring fresh one, about once a year (advice from the watercooling shop here).In the end, if it's between 920+reserator or 975+air, I would take 975+air any time over the reserator. Reserator is a waste of money. As is 975 too actually...My fav. combination: fast "normal" CPU + awesome cooling.

[Guest WarpAir]

Since I have gotten myself a complete watercooling setup (600

[Guest FlyingBits]

Wow, you're at 4.48 with a 920?!? Can you fly FSX, large cities, payware addons with addon traffic and get above 20fps? I've been waiting for the time to come for something like this. I've never seen a 920 go that high. Cool.

First, I have two custom Bios for startup, 4.4 is with HT=off that helps kepp heat down to achieve higher O/C.But when I multitask which is 80% of the time it runs 4.2 HT=on."20 FPS"? That al depends, like flying PDMG or CS over Aerosoft Manhatten will get you 16-22, but consider the settings I run with LOD Radiuss at 8.500000 and all scenery details to max (detail land textures=off) This also runs FSX well while running Autodesk 3DS, Photoshop with very large files loaded it simply doesnt care, loaded or unloaded. I have it capped at 34 and that where it runs most of the time. We will see what Fermi can do to help when it comes out..Combination of a good 920 DO, the new ASUS P6X58D and attention to detail while setting up, this is just aircooled and the max fan speed is 1200 Nochtua, it helps that the case is Coolermaster 840, 3 giant 240mm fans moving slowly, helps keep it all cool and quiet. I sleaved all wires and it is all tucked out of the way. Used artic sliver5 in the most sparring amount helps. The mounting of the Megahalems is also one of the best. It all adds up. BTW ambiant here is 76 F