hokiealumnus Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 You might have seen this elsewhere already. I'm posting in multiple places because this thing is so darn good looking. Anyway, I had the "photo shoot" of this beast last night and can't help but share a few. It's just a great looking piece of hardware. The review will be written after I have a chance to drive it cold. If you have never taken photos of something that shiny and that dark, it is difficult to say the least. These were some of the best I could come up with, hope you like them! You'll have to wait until the review for the rest. Barring unforeseen complication I plan on livestreaming with it during the day on Monday, January 16th on Sandy Bridge-E to test control and (time and LN2 allowing) Bulldozer to test balls-to-the-wall full pot action! Hope to start ~9am EST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdnord Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 looking forward for your BD test, i am kinda curious about pot's performance since i am interested to buy it too kepp us posted hokie ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoF Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I will never get used to that square-design as sexy as it looks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 It makes sense in a roundabout way (heh, round). CPUs are square, thus the pot should be. Will definitely post up the livestream when the time comes next Monday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoF Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) It makes sense in a roundabout way (heh, round). CPUs are square, thus the pot should be. But SandyB1tches are clocking in "a circle" past the clock wall so we need round pots, or don't we? I say it isn't possible to really improve CPU-OC with a better pot but for GPU's the 580 GTX was a real challenge...and there have been very few pots really optimized for that... Edited January 10, 2012 by SoF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Sweet Posted January 11, 2012 Crew Share Posted January 11, 2012 merveilleuse wonderful maravilloso meravigliosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondacity Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 i wanna see her holes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hah...sorry, no can do. There are photos of it out there, but I agreed not to show internals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 i wanna see her holes lol This is not a pr0n site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzan Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 This is not a pr0n site. ha ha ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'lll be benching LIVE, Monday, January 16th @ ~9:30AM EST Sub-zero benching tomorrow starting with Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E platform and (time & LN2 allowing) AMD’s FX platform after that. Tune in to Overclockers Live! at ~9:30 a.m. EST (plus or minus 15 minutes)for some overclocking with liquid nitrogen (LN2). ... Return to article to continue reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massman Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Can you post here ~5 minutes before you start? I'll throw the news on Facebook then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Absolutely will, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Live now! http://www.overclockers.com/overclockers-live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Today was a very fun if only partially productive day. The 3960X was a massive fail on cold. Its 5.1GHz brick wall on water didn't move one MHz on LN2. So I just ran the Mini-Forum Wars benches and tore it down. (htpp = hardware team power points & ugp = user global points) 3960X Benches SuperPi 1M: 7.375s - 2.1 htpp UC Bench: 1831.2 - 2.4 htpp WPrime 1024M - 100.999s - 2.0 htpp / 3.8 ugp 3D Bonus Benches 3DMark03: 158711 - 2.2 htpp / 16.7 ugp Heaven DX9: 4944.39 - 3.6 htpp Then I tortured the hell out of the FX-8150. I mean that quite literally. It wouldn't get above 7651MHz for validation. So I ran all the benches at the highest I could.....then made it scream. It was going to give me some more megahurtz or it was going to die trying. FX-8150 Benches SuperPi 1M: 11.468s - 5.4 htpp SuperPi 32M: 11:54.813 - 5.5 htpp PiFast: 21.36s - 6.1 htpp UC Bench: 1670 - 6.3 htpp WPrime 32M: 4.765s - 2.9 htpp / 9.3 ugp WPrime 1024M: 151.172s - 2.6 htpp CPUz: 7651.2MHz - 3.6 htpp / 18.9 ugp .....it died trying at 2.3V. RIP. Now pictures! 3960X light freezing. FX-8150 all kinds of frozen. Cool frost formation. All in all a very fun day. Thanks to everyone that stopped by and watched! Edited January 17, 2012 by hokiealumnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Review is up! Overclockers have always been a bit extreme – we take hardware many people are perfectly satisfied with and then push every last MHz we can out of it within our cooling limits. Some choose air cooling, some choose water cooling. Then there are the crazy people. ... Return to article to continue reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Machine Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I've had one for a while, but haven't gotten around to test it yet. Pretty hard to tell by your review if it's something I'll like or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'm sorry you feel that way. If you have any questions I didn't answer, I'm more than happy to try and do so. All you have to do is ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Machine Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Sorry to sound bitter, didn't mean it that way. It's just hard without a reference, such as my old Inflection point, or a good old F1 EE, but a pot I've never heard of. The review is a nice try, but as always, it's hard to write something to convey the true benching feeling since it isn't all as black and white as with graphics cards, etc, where all the differences can be shown in graphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 It was compared to my experience with an F1EE, I guess it should have been more clear I used both. I didn't have one to photograph side-by-side, but I've used the F1EE too. It wasn't mentioned in the performance section because I didn't take notes when using the F1EE to know the actual temperature swings. The feeling was very similar. Picture this one as an F1EE with nickel plating and perhaps a little bit more mass. It is very close to the same performance (or feeling as you mention), if not identical. "Giraffe Pot" is a Duniek pot, fwiw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Machine Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Well, hey, to be honest, I didn't read too carefully either, wasn't my intention to crash the party. I'm sure I'll get on benching it later, so I could've shut up to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 No worries man, I'm always happy to address any questions or concerns people have about my reviews. If you don't have people watching you and commenting on what should have been better, you don't improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondacity Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It was compared to my experience with an F1EE, . The feeling was very similar. I just read this and its very helpful. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiealumnus Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 No problem. IMHO, which is just one little guy's opinion, if you already have an F1EE with the proper mounting kit you need, keep it and be happy. Unless you just want something a bit prettier to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondacity Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I was benching 3d06 1x core and 6x core. I was benching 7ghz celeron(1core @ 1.9ish volts) with the classic f1ee. maintaining temps @ -140c, coldbugging setup. and a gulftown 5.8ghz with the infxn (1.78volts 12threads) maintaining temps @ -140c both glazed. one pot is superior to the other and reacted better with small pours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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