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My Sandy Bridge Experience

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This has nothing to do with this thread, but this is a bad analogy. There was a pro pitcher a few years ago that was missing half his left arm. He was good,too.Bob
Bob, just ignore him. Seriously, he's not worth your time
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Ok, so the good news is I was able to coerce my voltage down to 1.30v at 4.6GHz. The bad news is that I needed 1.42v to get 4.8GHz... and my temps shot up to 86C!

Corey Meeks

FS2020 | AMD 7800X3D | ASUS ProArt 4080 Super | ASUS B650E-I Mini ITX | 2x32Gb DDR5-6000 CL32 | DELL 38" U3818DW (3840x1600) | FormD T1 | Thermalright AXP90-47 | Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 1000W

The Intel processor i7-2600k (or i7-2500k) is the ideal processor for FSX. It can run Prime95 stable @ 4.6 GHz with air cooling, Vcore < 1.3 V and core temperatures < 70 oC.I deactivated Hyper-Threading, because FSX is not supporting it. Overclocking is also facilitated. See this screen.

Best regards from RelaxX

The Intel processor i7-2600k (or i7-2500k) is the ideal processor for FSX. It can run Prime95 stable @ 4.6 GHz with air cooling, Vcore < 1.3 V and core temperatures < 70 oC.I deactivated Hyper-Threading, because FSX is not supporting it. Overclocking is also facilitated. See this screen.
Yup, got mine to 4.4 Ghz at 55 degrees max temp... which is crazy to me.
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The Intel processor i7-2600k (or i7-2500k) is the ideal processor for FSX. It can run Prime95 stable @ 4.6 GHz with air cooling, Vcore < 1.3 V and core temperatures < 70 oC.I deactivated Hyper-Threading, because FSX is not supporting it. Overclocking is also facilitated. See this screen.
I thought CPU-Z didn't report voltage accurately for Sandy Bridge. I might try disabling HT just to see if I can't hit 5GHz.

Corey Meeks

FS2020 | AMD 7800X3D | ASUS ProArt 4080 Super | ASUS B650E-I Mini ITX | 2x32Gb DDR5-6000 CL32 | DELL 38" U3818DW (3840x1600) | FormD T1 | Thermalright AXP90-47 | Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 1000W

I thought CPU-Z didn't report voltage accurately for Sandy Bridge. I might try disabling HT just to see if I can't hit 5GHz.
That version does. 1.56 doesn't.
The Intel processor i7-2600k (or i7-2500k) is the ideal processor for FSX. It can run Prime95 stable @ 4.6 GHz with air cooling, Vcore < 1.3 V and core temperatures < 70 oC.I deactivated Hyper-Threading, because FSX is not supporting it. Overclocking is also facilitated. See this screen.
Nice results.What air cooler are you using?And what RAM modules?

- PC Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D //  Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO //  2x32Gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 //  ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition // 4Tb Corsair NVMe M.2 MP600  //  Corsair 1600W PSU
Samsung Odyssey Arc 55" curved 165 Hz monitor.
- Simulator Hardware: VIRPIL Constellation Alpha Prime + VIRPIL VPC Universal Control Panel - #3 + MOZA AY210 Force Feedback Yoke + WINWING URSA MINOR 32 Throttle & PAC Metal + WINWING SKYWALKER Metal Rudder Pedals + WINWING Airbus FCU & EFIS + WINWING Boeing 3N PAP + WINWING MCDU-32 + WINWING PFP-4 + WINWING PFP 3-N + WINWING PFP-7. 

   

 

 

Thanks for the PC lesson
You're welcome.
Bob, just ignore him. Seriously, he's not worth your time
I know. It's just that the OP was kind enough to share his experience with this new technology. Then experts (who do not own SB) come on and argue theory, based on someone else's research (that may or may not be accurate),and try to show off how much they think they know. I see this on both sides. I do not know very much about why my computer works, but this forum is proof that FS doesn't follow the rules. Folks with the same rig and software get different results. Folks with "state of the art" (this week)computers still can't run FSX full blast with lots of heavy add ons. Is it because FSX is poorly coded? Is it because Joe Blow doesn't have a clue how to set up his rig? Doesn't make any difference why, but we all quest for the best we can get. Seems to me that the ones with the hardware are in the best position to comment on how it works.Bob

Bob

i5, 16 GB ram, GTX 960, FS on SSD, Windows 10 64 bit, home built works anyway.

Nice results. What air cooler are you using? And what RAM modules?
Prolimatech Mega Shadow4 x 4 GB G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL @ 1.5 V

Best regards from RelaxX

I know. It's just that the OP was kind enough to share his experience with this new technology. Then experts (who do not own SB) come on and argue theory, based on someone else's research (that may or may not be accurate),and try to show off how much they think they know. I see this on both sides. I do not know very much about
Ah yeah.. the laws of physics are everywhere. Just because you don't understand the science doesn't mean it isn't one. I have no idea how you are claiming 150 million transistors doesn't produce more heat.. but to you apparently if I owned one I could watch all those switches turn themselves off.....
Ah yeah.. the laws of physics are everywhere. Just because you don't understand the science doesn't mean it isn't one. I have no idea how you are claiming 150 million transistors doesn't produce more heat.. but to you apparently if I owned one I could watch all those switches turn themselves off.....
What....?Bob

Bob

i5, 16 GB ram, GTX 960, FS on SSD, Windows 10 64 bit, home built works anyway.

What....?Bob
As Dario wrote:
Bob, just ignore him. Seriously, he's not worth your time
:wink:
Prolimatech Mega Shadow4 x 4 GB G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL @ 1.5 V
Thanks. <_<

- PC Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D //  Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO //  2x32Gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 //  ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition // 4Tb Corsair NVMe M.2 MP600  //  Corsair 1600W PSU
Samsung Odyssey Arc 55" curved 165 Hz monitor.
- Simulator Hardware: VIRPIL Constellation Alpha Prime + VIRPIL VPC Universal Control Panel - #3 + MOZA AY210 Force Feedback Yoke + WINWING URSA MINOR 32 Throttle & PAC Metal + WINWING SKYWALKER Metal Rudder Pedals + WINWING Airbus FCU & EFIS + WINWING Boeing 3N PAP + WINWING MCDU-32 + WINWING PFP-4 + WINWING PFP 3-N + WINWING PFP-7. 

   

 

 

Bob, just ignore him. Seriously, he's not worth your time
I don't have it easy with some folks these days.Two of them are out for two weeks, this one has been warned once but seems to enjoy provocations.I am quite saddened to be forced to play this role but I really believe this is the only way to see this forum coming back to a pleasant and normal situation.Mr "veeray", if you want to stay here, it's up to you.

- PC Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D //  Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO //  2x32Gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 //  ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition // 4Tb Corsair NVMe M.2 MP600  //  Corsair 1600W PSU
Samsung Odyssey Arc 55" curved 165 Hz monitor.
- Simulator Hardware: VIRPIL Constellation Alpha Prime + VIRPIL VPC Universal Control Panel - #3 + MOZA AY210 Force Feedback Yoke + WINWING URSA MINOR 32 Throttle & PAC Metal + WINWING SKYWALKER Metal Rudder Pedals + WINWING Airbus FCU & EFIS + WINWING Boeing 3N PAP + WINWING MCDU-32 + WINWING PFP-4 + WINWING PFP 3-N + WINWING PFP-7. 

   

 

 

David Roch: I can keep adding people to my list.... that's about all I can do. I can't help them from stalking me from one thread to another... I really can't see how anyone can argue the 2600k is not the best one for overclocking purposes. There is obviously alterior motives in all of these posts. As bobby jack pointed out he was trying to Make me more PC, when in 2011that is unPC in itself. It's not up to an american how I choose to speak the queens english.

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