Single core performance or total performance?

lukasbrooklyn · June 27, 2014, 12:45pm

TheNavigator:

Absolutely what I thought, too, Patanjali.

I was watercooling for years, but couldn’t manage to get my loop stable so I switched to air this time. What I’m considering now is a Corsair H100i, but I need a different case for this one, and I really have to find out what I want first, before I start this “project”.

On a sidenote: I’m running 4.0 GHz now, stable, with my “custom built” burn in test for Cubase (Diva + Aether orgy). Stable, not more than 71°C. I like it.

Why Intel doesn’t put the stock clock higher puzzles me. May be “ignorant user” issues (those guys who think that stock coolers are any good) or a question of yield.

When it comes to me all I can say is: 4.0 GHz at stock voltage seem to be fine. A solid 17.6% overclock. Perfectly reflected in Passmark as well.

Interestingly, the guy at the computer shop, who sold me the Scythe Mugen 4 I use as a temporay solution told me that customer built watercooling has falling out of favor and the closed systems you mentioned are the way to go nowadays.

i’m using this guy, apart from keeping the cpu @ around 50-55 with a 30% oveclock, it’s super silent: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608024