Ol' Faithful CPUs

Who still using i7 920 here? Previous CPU was Q6600. The 920 will not die. It runs everything with no sweat.

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i5 750 at 4.2 for about 9 years

How is it for games?

i7 920, never had a cpu so easy to OC, she bloody loves getting to 4ghz for me.

What other specs? I upgraded to an SSD and 24gb of ram. Very fast.

still running my 2600k after just over five years
recently upgraded from my gtx 580 to a 1070
I strongly suspect that it will be the last upgrade I make for awhile

920's not old m8.
On a core2quad equiv xeon here

C2D P8600 2.4, running as good as ever

Intel Core i7 980x, best $1,000 I've spent. Had a Q6600 before that. Getting a 6950x for my new PC in a few weeks and a 1080ti when it arrives.

if you are still on x58 just get a Xeon X5675 hexacore beast for cheap on ebay
Replaced my 950 a year back, got a 1070 and this 5 year old system will last me for another 2 years kek

i7 880 here - running at 3.8

Athlon 64 X2 5200 at 3 gHZ. Works for VMs and porn.

Thanks for the hot tip, time to finally upgrade my i7 950 lol

I ran my Q6600 until 2015.

The 5820k is a nice upgrade.

Still running on a Pentium D
I wish I was joking

i3 2125 here. works like a horse, no need to switch.

Considering it released in late 2008, the 920 is 8 going on 9 years old now.

This user fucks, Q6600 to a 5820k means you bought a C2Q at it's prime, and rode that bitch until almost it's dying breath.

Hell you skipped DDR3 entirely. Good job.

My q6600 is still around, I turned it into a NAS.

That's all you need it for anyway. Might as well use it for another 5 years

Ew, Broadwell-E? At least wait for Skylake-E, Broadwell had massive problems overclocking. Comes out in August.

If you can't wait that long, Zen should collapse prices on the high end and comes out before Feb 27th, I could see $1000 6950

Yeah he's a fucking moron if he does that upgrade, he's waited this long, no reason to get X99 this late in the game, X299 comes out later this year. Just wait.

Phenom 2 X3 720 BE w/ 4th core unlocked @ 3.9ghz

Zen soon.

>pic
if i had one of those ... idk what they're called, i'd do the same thing
i mean, what else would you do? put it on your lap? leave it sitting there by itself, risking some fuck to swipe it right from under the walls?

Patiently waiting for Skylake-E(Now X)

I used to be able to clock this higher but I got higher density RAM and since then it doesn't like going too high

still better than my Q6600 at 3.7GHz I had until last year.

still rocking

Q6600 4lyfe

But seriously, I'm waiting for ryzen or a cheap auction for a 2500K combo. I don't even play demanding games anymore

i5-2500 master Race reporting in

>cheap auction for a 2500K combo
why would you buy into a 6 year old platform, even if it IS at a good price, it can't be worth it unless it's free.

Its awesome but i only play wow ( im pretty good at it btw)

I had a i5 750 at 4.5ghz for about 7 months before the motherboard decided to say fuck it.

Still on the 920, hoping Zen gits gud.

Still more power efficient than the q6600 with its 8/9 year old motherboard, but yes you are right as well

Oh dont get me wrong, 2500k is GOAT.

BUT in 2017 you'd have to be eastern europoor to even think it's a good buy.

kek, mine ran at 100C+ for years because I thought the readings where bullshit until I actually checked the cooler and saw that the termak paste was fucked, this thing is probably going to run forever

I started with the 920, sold it and got a 975.

i5 2500k sand bridged @ 4Ghz
ran on stock speeds since 2011 and @4Ghz for 1 year now

Intel core 2 quad with 4.1ghz overclock being cooked with ghetto diy liquid cooling

>Cooked
Cooled

just updated an i3 2100 this year
with an ivy chip
that i'll use for another 2 years at least
p67 still running strong
butter

>not knowing ddr3 boards are available for core 2 systems

i have two of them, come on man.

why have you not put in a 10 dollar core 2 quad instead? there's no excuse for running a core 2 duo.

what's funny is that cooked and cooled differ by only 1 letter, yet they are antonyms

Mah 2500k nigga

I started OC'ing at around the same time, expecting the chip to die within a few months b ecause I had no idea what I was doing, but still going strong.

I actually went to 4.1GHz and wanted to go further but my retarded Mainboard wouldn't let me. You could set the multiplier to 42, 43, etc. it'd just reset back to 41 the next time you restart.

I5 2540m is still amazing.

i5-2500k
Still holding up, half a decade later.

stop lying faggot are u 6/10m yet

>4790k
had it since release and there's literally no point in an upgrade

Yeah but they weren't out at release of the Q6600. Those came out ~5-6 months later.

2670qm since june 2012.

and there won't be a reason to upgrade for a few years, and even then it will still be fast as fuck.

i7-930 at 4.0 checking in

There's really no point upgrading from the i7 920. It's a powerhouse. It plays any game and it handles my VM workload easily.

Going to a Xeon Hex-core is certainly worth it from a number of standpoints. Biggest one: You get 2 more cores/4 more threads.

Being built on the 32nm node comes with the bonuses of using less power, generating less heat, and overclocking higher than the 920.

Hell, I bought a 32nm quad-core based off the hex-core die, and the fact it runs far far cooler than either one of my 45nm i7s is enough to justify the purchase. The fact it was $8 shipped didnt hurt either.

Running my i5 750 at 3.8 for 8 years np stable max temps 60 on simple shitty 120 aio

But my i7 does everything I need it to do already. It literally never feels slow. 24GB of triple channel ram and an SSD.

If you can't slow down a 920 then you're not doing much, go play GTA 5 while playing a high bitrate movie on your 2nd monitor and tell me how well that 920 does.

Let alone ALSO running some VMs.

Core 2 Duo e8400.

Runs like a chamo. Fried 2 mobos with it but the chip aint just yet.

Games barely touch CPU. I have no issues with GTA 5. Even with vms running.

well then lower temperatures (which in turn directly translates to a quieter rig) is certainly a reason to go to a 32nm chip. And it's not like that shit is any expensive either.

Are Xeons even compatible with the i7 mobos?

a8 6600k
I don't even use most of it, I have it underclocked at 2.9 gHz

Same, love it!

I got a gtx 970 but it runs everything fine at 1080p and when I compare different cpus with the same gpu on 3dmark it seems like my gpu score isnt being bottlenecked at all, I max out gta v on ultra with no AA solid 60fps, metro ll benchmark on ultra with no AA runs at 72fps, etc.

Still fine for gaymen.

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Maybe at 1200x800, but not at any normal resolution.

My 920 at 4ghz was giving me frame dips in GTA 5 down to 30fps, with a GTX 970.

Upgraded to a 6600k and suddenly i'm getting solid 70fps

Hello brother, I've been using a 920 and a HD5850 for 6 years, it can still run 90% of modern games at max settings and can keep open all my toolchain with no sweat.
The last upgrade I did was 4 years ago when I got gifted a dual fan for the GPU and bought a H60.

Memory bottleneck? I have Dominator GT memory and a Fury X and I never have frame drops at 1080p in GTA. Also running 3 monitors.

This little shit had no problem going all the way up to 3.5GHz from 2.6GHz on nothing but BCLK and voltage increase.

I dont believe you.

DDR3 at 1600Mhz
I was at 1440p not 1080p, but even so I was getting frame dips even at low/medium settings.

6600k and DDR4 at 2400MHz with the same GPU and same 1440p and things are fine at medium-high.

...

Depends on the board. Some can be bastards about it, others do it just fine. I know my DX58SO, which is the middling-tier board (at best) Intel shat out with the release of Nehalem will easily run Xeons, even the 32nm chips despite the fact the board was released in 2008. All it needed was a bios update, the last one available being released in 2013.

General rule of thumb though if that the board is made by someone reputable and hasn't been treated like shit it will run one. Just don't expect ECC or registered ram to work.

I've never experienced that. When I upgrade to 4K I'll be upgrading to Ryzen or a 6600K though.

>HD5850
>90% of modern games at max settings

You're delusional.

Witcher 3, GTA5, Rome 2, CIV6, etc, etc. Good luck at max settings

Atleast my xeon e3 1231 plays well with a run of the mill motherboard

Here's an i7 920 @ 4ghz running GTA V with a GTX 1080 @ 3440x1080. It runs at relatively high settings at ~40-55 constant FPS

I actually get worse performance out of Starbound @ 2x mode

I have a X58A-UD7 which I paid a whopping $700 for at the time. It was one of the first mobos with USB 3, and subsequently the USB 3 support is garbage. It's very flaky.

whoops I'm retarded, I meant 3440x1440

>3440x1080
Doesn't exist, you mean 2560x1080.


2560x1080 is 2764800 pixels
2560x1440 is 3686400 pixels
Almost a whole 1 million more pixels.

Further, that's with a GTX 1080 instead of a GTX 970.

And I said frame dips, mostly I was 45-60fps, but I was getting frame dips down under 30fps in fast driving in the city and other similar areas.


TLDR, your results match mine more or less.

gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3251
The 32nm and 45nm Workstation Xeons are officially supported by the board.

The better Xeons are not "officially" supported, but since they're all cut from the same silicon it should work. Just make sure you're on the latest bios before you try it.

>2600k
my nigga
>nvidia shit
not my nigga

even at 3440x1440, you're still running a GTX 1080

>GTX 1080
>SP GFlops:
8873
>Memory bandwidth:
320GB/s


>GTX 970
>SP GFlops
3494
>Memory bandwidth:
196GB/s


not exactly a shocker you're managing more consistent FPS, though you'd probably be even MORE consistent with an i5-6600k or 6700k.

I was actually just posting that to show that the graphics processor is being fully utilized in GTA V with the i7 920. In a game like GTA V you may very well get the full benefit of a 1080 with an oc'd i7 920. Starbound totally kicks this same processor's ass because it doesn't leverage the GPU nearly as much. Pic related. Me idling at the outpost on the arc, around 40fps average.

If it rains on a planet FPS can dip below 20.

1st gen i3
Still brettu good
but srsly intel should get super cancer with all their 11XX socket changes