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-RusH
Profile Joined June 2012
United States240 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 04:16:11
June 06 2013 04:07 GMT
#30421
That's weird. + Show Spoiler +
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All of the ASrock motherboards show up as 1 year for me.
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skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
June 06 2013 04:14 GMT
#30422
That's strange I guess. I don't see any warranty information on their website either so I guess if you want a peace of mind, go with Gigabyte, ASUS, or MSI for a three year warranty.
holistic
Profile Joined June 2013
United States21 Posts
June 06 2013 12:08 GMT
#30423
Have benchmarks of haswell (4770k or 4670k) for sc2 been released with a dedicated graphics card? Anyone here own haswell and have benchmarks to share? Much appreciated!

This is the only bench I have seen and it is for the GPU on haswell.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i7_4770K_Haswell_GPU/16.html
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
June 06 2013 12:23 GMT
#30424
Acceptable benchmarks of sc2 are very few and far between; you can just bet on minimum framerates being ~5-15% higher at the same clock speed as ivy (cut a few % off both ends i think for more tight estimation)

BUT there is evidence it is more tricky to overclock, at least in raw difficulty and amount of settings you have to tune, but there's a lot of weirdness going on with heat right now that is kinda unexplained. Like i saw from literally i think 4 sources, 90-100c on 1.2-1.25v on haswell with a h100i, but there's also a ton of people saying temps are only a few C hotter than ivy bridge, or the same
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 12:39:45
June 06 2013 12:38 GMT
#30425
Here are benchmarks: http://i.imgur.com/vp4Lspb.png

I tried finding the scene they use to get those low FPS, but couldn't. For WoL, they probably used this sequence:
+ Show Spoiler +
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
holistic
Profile Joined June 2013
United States21 Posts
June 06 2013 12:43 GMT
#30426
I wonder if the weirdness in heat has to do with the gap between the cpu and ihs in manufacturing.

In reading up on oc stuff I came across a page for 3770k delidding. This was the conclusion: The Intel stock CPU TIM is not the reason Ivy Bridge's run hot, and replacing the Intel stock CPU TIM is not the reason a delidded Ivy Bridge runs so much cooler - the benefits of delidding are entirely due to the resultant reduction in gap height between the CPU silicon die and the underside of the IHS.

Could it be that the lottery of heat rates in ivy bridge/haswell chips stems from the variable size of gap between cpu and IHS?

Maybe someone will be brave enough in the coming months to test this.
holistic
Profile Joined June 2013
United States21 Posts
June 06 2013 12:51 GMT
#30427
Thanks Ropid,

It's disappointing that even with a Titan and a 4770k, the max frames from a scene of terrible, terrible damage on max cpu settings is 32.4, with a minimum of 12.

Where can I find out if the 4770k was overclocked for that bench test?
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
June 06 2013 12:54 GMT
#30428
People usually mention lottery when talking about the voltage. With a chip that needs higher voltage, you get more heat and your cooling will fail earlier, you can't overclock as much.

That delidding stuff is something separate, but it's true that some chips are also worse than others in that regard.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
holistic
Profile Joined June 2013
United States21 Posts
June 06 2013 12:57 GMT
#30429
Thanks for helping me understand. I'm new to cpu components.
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 13:06:21
June 06 2013 13:05 GMT
#30430
This is the article with the benchmark: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Haswell-Codename-255592/Tests/Haswell-Test-Core-i7-4770K-Core-i5-4670K-Core-i5-4570-1071762/2/

I didn't read the article, only skimmed it. I didn't see anything about overclocking for the tests. It should be at stock speed.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
June 06 2013 13:09 GMT
#30431
On June 06 2013 21:43 holistic wrote:
I wonder if the weirdness in heat has to do with the gap between the cpu and ihs in manufacturing.

In reading up on oc stuff I came across a page for 3770k delidding. This was the conclusion: The Intel stock CPU TIM is not the reason Ivy Bridge's run hot, and replacing the Intel stock CPU TIM is not the reason a delidded Ivy Bridge runs so much cooler - the benefits of delidding are entirely due to the resultant reduction in gap height between the CPU silicon die and the underside of the IHS.

Could it be that the lottery of heat rates in ivy bridge/haswell chips stems from the variable size of gap between cpu and IHS?

Maybe someone will be brave enough in the coming months to test this.


People are already testing, and i plan to be one of them soon (:

The highly variable temp loads are scary though. I've heard too of massive changes in temp during load, as much as 15-20c variance within short periods of time etc, it makes me wonder if there's another thing like adaptive voltage where people were accidentally getting 0.15v more than they set without realizing and getting crazy temps; there's also some reports of CPU death at low voltages, but only on non-retail cpu's AFAIK

To have two cpu's, with the same cooler and settings and have one below 70c while the other is breaking 90 is extremely worrying unless one of them is a freak accident
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 13:15:04
June 06 2013 13:14 GMT
#30432
Cyro, did you see those posts where people say they can use lower vcore if they change some other voltage setting? It was something using values around 2 V or so, I forgot the name.

Basically, I'm speculating that could be a difference between different boards and their Auto settings for that.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 13:24:09
June 06 2013 13:16 GMT
#30433
Yea voltage into the IVR, quite a few other settings to mess with too. It's not a sandy/ivy bridge set llc and then play with multiplier/voltage any more, i didnt dive in 100% yet because i wont have my cpu for a little while and i'd rather learn when things are more solidly known and experimented with, than jump on every little detail on the first day of release when nobody really knows what anything does

Basically, I'm speculating that could be a difference between different boards and their Auto settings for that.


Ah i dunno. There's so many more variables. I know you can change it pretty vastly, along with other stuff
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
holistic
Profile Joined June 2013
United States21 Posts
June 06 2013 13:57 GMT
#30434
I saw on LinusTechTips there was a video about OC for Haswell with a ROG Extreme VI.

There is a setting called adaptive voltage in the bios that allows for minimum power usage and maximum usage when its needed, based upon your settings. The only issue is that it is overridden during specific stress testing programs, such as PRIME95. EG: 1.25V turns into 1.37V

Apparently, it is safe to use the adaptive setting AFTER you finish setting up your OC.

The explanation of voltage settings in the BIOS starts at 12:30


Hope this helps!
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
June 06 2013 14:14 GMT
#30435
I saw it and a lot more (:

I wouldn't use adaptive with any kind of high OC especially with reports of CPU death. If you're running 1.4v and you get a 0.2v overvolt you'll degrade the cpu extremely quickly even if it's hardly ever triggered, even at something conservative like 1.2v, i wouldnt want to risk a random 0.15v overvolt, even if it's not "supposed" to happen. It triggers with a ton of AVX instructions or something, which a lot of stress tests do, but i wouldn't be suprised if you could make it happen in some niche real world load
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Alryk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2718 Posts
June 06 2013 15:20 GMT
#30436
Cyro, when are you going to get your CPU? Could you post a list of what you found stable at what voltage and how you did it if you have the time? I know not all CPUs are the same but it should help a bit, for me and possibly more her!
Team Liquid, IM, ViOlet!
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
June 06 2013 16:20 GMT
#30437
I'm not sure yet, il update when i am

I plan to (:

And lots of attention, wow, is nobody else building haswell? ;p
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Alryk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2718 Posts
June 06 2013 19:00 GMT
#30438
I am on Friday, but you're much more experienced than me. I'll post some data of my own to everybody, but I imagine yours will be much more thorough and helpful
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Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-06 20:04:35
June 06 2013 19:55 GMT
#30439
On June 06 2013 08:26 skyR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2013 07:36 Antoine wrote:
On June 06 2013 07:10 skyR wrote:
On June 06 2013 07:05 Antoine wrote:
On June 06 2013 06:34 skyR wrote:
On June 06 2013 04:13 Antoine wrote:
if I saved $60-70 between going down to a Seasonic M12II-650 BRONZE ATX 650 PSU and ASUS Z87-A or ASRock Z87 Extreme4, where could I even put that for better performance? I would if it would be really helpful but I don't know where else I could go for a meaningful upgrade? Maybe the higher-end SSD I mentioned, but I don't mind going $20 over the estimated 200 there.


While the Seasonic M12II is a good unit, its in an awkward position since the newer better gold units are in the same price point so you wouldn't want an M12II. I see that the Capstone-M 650 unit is out of stock so I'm guessing you want a modular unit and that's why you selected a M12II. I assume you also want SLI judging by the original choice of 750w so I'd select the Corsair HX650 for $105 ($80 after mail in rebate): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139012

Rosewill got their poor reputation in the past when they were using cheap ATNG and Solytech units. They still sell these units (Stallion, Performance, etc), which are still shit btw. Recently, they started using Superflower as their OEM. Capstones, Lightnings, and Tachyons are all superb units from Superflower, on par with Seasonic (the Corsair HX650 is a Seasonic).

You hardly use a DVD burner so its nothing to worry about. The least expensive one is probably from Microcenter.

The two notable differences between the 840 Pro and 840 is that the 840 Pro has significantly better write speeds and has two extra years of warranty over the 840. So if you are going to be writing to the SSD a lot then get the 840 Pro without a doubt. Otherwise, you should probably get the 840 because the performance difference between the two in loading WoW or Windows bootup is milliseconds.

Why the Coolermaster TPC 812? From what I remember, it performs worse than equivalently priced heatsinks like the Thermalright True Spirit or Macho. And Coolermaster's mounting system is god awful. Remember that heatsinks and cases can last through a lifetime of builds so don't settle for shit from Coolermaster when you're spending $50+, $20 more gets you something from Noctua, Phantek, Thermalright, or even Corsair. Noctua provides a six year warranty and mounting kits free of charge for life. Their support is pretty top notch as well if you ever need help with a heatsink? o.O Phantek is relatively new but their heatsinks perform well and looks nice, backed with a five year warranty.


Thanks for the advice on the first 3 - will follow that and pick up the 840 pro as well as the PSU you linked.

I was choosing between a couple different heatsinks. I have read some reviews for my case and it's not the greatest as far as temps go, plus it's a mid tower so it can't fit huge ones. I thought the TPC 812 would be better performance than the NH-U12s which is similarly priced but likely priced for its tiny size? I was also looking at the ThermalTake Frio but it's a few mm taller than the TPC 812. I couldn't find any hard numbers for the max height of a heatsink in this case and wasn't sure where to go. I'll do some more research into heatsinks though, thanks again.


Most mid-towers including the C70 have clearance for large heatsinks such as the Noctua NH-D14


Ah, that's a relief. One name that keeps popping up in these reviews is the Xigmatek Aegir. Seems to be great in terms of cooling and noise, at a similar price level to the Frio, 812, etc. Is there a reason you didn't mention it among those other brands?


Xigmatek isn't widely available in Canada and they don't have products that particularly stand out. And as Ropid mentioned, the use of direct touch is not as good as a base.

The Hyper 212 got Coolermaster famous but other than that, I don't think they have anything good.

Noctua is well known for their free lifetime mounting kits and were one of the first companies to debut these high-end heatsinks. Phantek is relatively new but their dual radiator heatsink has been shown that it performs better than the NH-D14 and is available in various colours. Phantek and Noctua also have similar easy mounting procedures and their provided TIM is excellent as well. The same can be said for Thermalright but their availability in North America isn't great.

You might as well treat yourself to the best for $20 more since you're already getting an i7 and planning on doing SLI. The cost is justifiable if you consider their level of support, the included two fans, and quality of TIM compared to Thermaltake, Coolermaster, and the other non niche companies.


I'm back after another day's research. Definitely going with the NH-D14 now, edging out Phanteks based on customer support reputation and extra year of warranty.

I'm still waffling on the power supply. That one you linked, the HX650, has lots of reports of sounds like bird chirps when the fan changes speeds. This is the kind of thing that will almost certainly annoy me. I'm not sure where else to look for a 650w gold-rated modular PSU though.

actually I found http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151118&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10440897&PID=5961731&SID=0 but it's not as cheap as I was hoping to get.
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zSoloo
Profile Joined May 2010
50 Posts
June 06 2013 20:37 GMT
#30440
On June 03 2013 04:33 zSoloo wrote:
Just for reference to anyone who is in the same boat that I'm in:

Case: SilverStone Temjin Series TJ08B
PSU: SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W ATX12V
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
CPU:Intel Core i5-4670 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA
GPU: Sapphire 7850 1GB
Mobo: ASUS B85-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel B85 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (99$)
Ram: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
DVD Drive: LITE-ON DVD Burner


795$ +/- (Add extra 99$ for SSD)


Thanks for all the help everyone


I got all my parts in, tried to put it together - Wont even turn on for more than 2 seconds

So i took everything apart, And just hooked up the Mobo + Processor + Mem (+ / - Vid Card ) And still the fan only cuts on for 1-2 seconds then shuts off

Tried re-mounting the CPU + all Ram sticks, still same problem -

Any help?
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