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Read more.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.
Would of been nice to have some temperatures to back this up.Good choice of supporting motherboard and cooler
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.
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
quiet-running Arctic Cooling heatsink that kept the overclocked chip below 60°C at all times.
I'm used too the flurry of bars and graphs though /sigh
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
@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'.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
Domestic_Ginger (19-03-2010)
That presumably means the integrated graphics isn't being used, so temperatures are lower than without the discrete GPU?
Last edited by miniyazz; 19-03-2010 at 07:36 PM.
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.
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??
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