Reviews - Scan 3XS SMART pre-overclocked Core i3 530 bundle: 4GHz and counting

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Scan cranks up a Core i3 530 to 4GHz and offers it as a bundle. We scrutinise the details and tell you if it's worth it.

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Good choice of supporting motherboard and cooler

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Would of been nice to have some temperatures to back this up.

Also, the power consumption is pretty poor at idle, I assume Gigabyte still doesn't offer any form of voltage scaling when overclocking (?) - one of the things that peeved me off about my P45-DS3L.

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quiet-running Arctic Cooling heatsink that kept the overclocked chip below 60°C at all times.

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:):)

I'm used too the flurry of bars and graphs though /sigh :(

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Originally Posted by Philipp

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@Phil what kind of headspace are you guys getting over the 4.0ghz? CustomPC with the same setup was not getting much more oc out of the system offered by your competitor. I'm just curious to know how high these things go as an 'average'.

I would say 4Ghz is the sweet spot, the chips capable of more for a quick benchmark or screenshot but we test each bundle with prime95 with 3dmark running (with high end discreet GPU) to ensure 100% stability.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by Philipp

I would say 4Ghz is the sweet spot, the chips capable of more for a quick benchmark or screenshot but we test each bundle with prime95 with 3dmark running (with high end discreet GPU) to ensure 100% stability.

Cheers

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That presumably means the integrated graphics isn't being used, so temperatures are lower than without the discrete GPU?

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Originally Posted by miniyazz

That presumably means the integrated graphics isn't being used, so temperatures are lower than without the discrete GPU?

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We test with both discrete (GTX 285 etc etc) and the onboard to ensure stability, the temps will be higher with the on chip graphics for obvious reasons.

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Fair enough, cheers.

Interesting review but couldnt the tests have been all run with the same ram at the same speeds as the differing speeds and timings for the ram could have squewed the results a bit??