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What do you get out of a 4960x ?

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Topic title says it all i guess...

 

i am wondering what other happy folks get out of a I7 4960x.. ??

 

my best (that i feel is safe and sound) is 4,8 Ghz with 1,360 volts (vcore) .. 

 

So if you got one please let me know your experience :):) 

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Topic title says it all i guess...

 

i am wondering what other happy folks get out of a I7 4960x.. ??

 

my best (that i feel is safe and sound) is 4,8 Ghz with 1,360 volts (vcore) .. 

 

So if you got one please let me know your experience :):) 

a much lighter wallet and a cheaper heating bill.

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Well a CPU...

 

But over the 4930K a few more GHZ and more cache.

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a much lighter wallet and a cheaper heating bill.

 

HEY HEY.. i wasn't talking about wallets and heating bill :P in Norway we don't know what heating bills are :P 

 

i was only wondering about the experience others have with it, the people  who is so fortunate to have one ;)   

 

and do you kinda live in this forum.. you pop up everywhere i look i threads :P 

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HEY HEY.. i wasn't talking about wallets and heating bill :P in Norway we don't know what heating bills are :P

 

i was only wondering about the experience others have with it, the people  who is so fortunate to have one ;)   

 

and do you kinda live in this forum.. you pop up everywhere i look i threads :P

hehe. i live on the internet, not just here. i would love a 4960x, but not at the price its at. not many people buy them and most that do are pretty extreme and take them over 5ghz for fun.

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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I dont have a 4960X but I do have the 3970X at 4.8ghz at 1.3v and since the 4960X is only 4.5 % faster in real world performance, I think i can inlude it into this convo. Honestly you buy these chips just to have them, no other reason then bragging rights of having the highest consumer Intel chip. The price to perfomance does not even come close to justifying the price and performance over the 3930K and the 4930K.

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I dont have a 4960X but I do have the 3970X at 4.8ghz at 1.3v and since the 4960X is only 4.5 % faster in real world performance, I think i can inlude it into this convo. Honestly you buy these chips just to have them, no other reason then bragging rights of having the highest consumer Intel chip. The price to perfomance does not even come close to justifying the price and performance over the 3930K and the 4930K.

Absolutely.. i bought it just beacause i wanted to have one.. i got a system with a 4770k (h)aswell :) wich does what i need just aswell as the 4960x.. or better if you consider money. but that wasn't what my thread was about ;) 

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hehe. i live on the internet, not just here. i would love a 4960x, but not at the price its at. not many people buy them and most that do are pretty extreme and take them over 5ghz for fun.

hehe.. well that is kinda what i am curios about .. if there are people out there with a 5 ghz (or more) 24/7 OC that haven't got a voltage that is scary high.. ;)  i know silicon lottery and all that ;)

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hehe.. well that is kinda what i am curios about .. if there are people out there with a 5 ghz (or more) 24/7 OC that haven't got a voltage that is scary high.. ;)  i know silicon lottery and all that ;)

The highest i have ever been able to get my 3970X at, is 5.2Ghz @ 1.450V stable. I ran it for a week being at that, then desided that there really was no need for it and bumped it back down to 4.8Ghz and that's were it has been ever sense. I'm almost positive i could go  higher just have never tried it past 5.2

My Sig Rig: "X79 (3970X) -Midas"http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wsjGt6"  "Midas" Build Log - https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/59768-build-log-in-progress-code-name-midas/


"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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The highest i have ever been able to get my 3970X at, is 5.2Ghz @ 1.450V stable. I ran it for a week being at that, then desided that there really was no need for it and bumped it back down to 4.8Ghz and that's were it has been ever sense. I'm almost positive i could go  higher just have never tried it past

 

Thats pretty good :) .. with ok temps and all?  i get 5 ghz at 1.420 volts but i am a bit scared if it will degrade my chip in the long run with a voltage over 1.4..  so i feel safer with 4,8 ghz at 1.360 volts... actually its 1.325 volts in bios but cpuz says 1.360 so the loadline or something is pushing it up a bit i guess..  

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Thats pretty good :) .. with ok temps and all?  i get 5 ghz at 1.420 volts but i am a bit scared if it will degrade my chip in the long run with a voltage over 1.4..  so i feel safer with 4,8 ghz at 1.360 volts... actually its 1.325 volts in bios but cpuz says 1.360 so the loadline or something is pushing it up a bit i guess..  

Yeah my over all temps were @70c at full load. I agree, I felt a little scared about pushing any further. I belive i could with no issues but I'm not willing to take the risk lol

My Sig Rig: "X79 (3970X) -Midas"http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wsjGt6"  "Midas" Build Log - https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/59768-build-log-in-progress-code-name-midas/


"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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