i7-870 And Gigabyte P55-UD5

[Deanzo]

Hey guys,

Not much of an air/water bencher myself, but I will try and get some numbers up for you.
Anyhow, lets get an idea of what it will do cold.


To start with, here is a shot or two of the board/setup :)







One with the heat sinks off.


Getting ready to go cold!


Needed to make a back plate till I can get a "real" one off Vince.


And all setup.
For the top mounting, On the far side, I used the two socket 775 holes. And on the near side the two for socket 1366.

[Deanzo]

Test Bed

i7 870
Gigabyte P55-UD5
Mem Team eXreme/A-Data/OCZ
Gigabyte GTX260 (will go cold with that later)
F1 EE CPU Pot

PiFast @ 5346Mhz = 16.27sec


SPI1M @ 5442Mhz = 7.578sec


SPI32Mhz @ 5206Mhz = 7min 12sec 406mil


wPrime 32 @ 5258Mhz = 4.578sec


wPrime 1024 @ 5179Mhz = 146.5993sec

[Mr.Tweak]

Welcome Dean!

[nate42nd]

Very, very interesting Deanzo. Thank you for posting. It makes me want to do the same with my lesser components. These new i7 chips are making me smile.

[Deanzo]

Originally Posted by Mr.Tweak

Welcome Dean!

Hey mate, thanks :-)

Originally Posted by nate42nd

Very, very interesting Deanzo. Thank you for posting. It makes me want to do the same with my lesser components. These new i7 chips are making me smile.

For the price point, i7/P55 is a nice way to try sub zero cooling.
With X58 you top out the BCLK's to fast, unless you're using an unlocked multi. So P55 may let you clock alot higher.