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Posted: 08 Dec 2008 at 10:05pm

we have not seen the extreme come out yet but over 4.0GHz for sure, the 920 is hitting 4.0GHz so I'm sure the 965 will be mid 4s

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Posted: 08 Dec 2008 at 11:35pm

Yes, I have the same question, but was hoping for a more detailed answer. I have been waiting to order a new computer from DS until I could get some more info on OC speeds of the i7 920 vs. the 940 (to decide which I want to go with). Any word on the OC speeds for each of them on LC? And which stage of LC? Any and all help is much appreciated.

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 12:02am

frostbite is the one you want as far as cooling goes.

we have not seen any 940 or 965 yet, they are beginning to roll out slowly, in a couple of weeks we should have a good number and be able to tell average OC speeds.

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 7:04am

Yeah they are still building mine. I thought maybe someone else bought a 965 too.. But as soon as I find out Ill post mine.

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 7:06am

That would be great

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 10:03am

Still building my 965 also. Been stage 3 since 12/1 YIKES! Hope there is no problem.

I will post OC once I get the word.

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 10:48am

My i7 940 shipped yesterday, Frostbite cooled, DS oc'ed to 4.025GHz. Should receive this Thursday.

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 12:57pm

Core i7 world record 5.5 http://www.i4u.com/article22099.html

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 3:21pm

I just got my Core i7 965 system from DS. It's overclocked to 4.0 GHz.

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 4:28pm

StLBluesFan and JamesAstro, you both will have room to push your OC if you like when you get your pc but 4.0GHz is great

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 4:29pm

nice you gonna post some pics. Like to see how it scores in vantage 3 gtx280's damn.

Edited by XpubuX - 09 Dec 2008 at 4:31pm

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 4:50pm

Originally posted by DST4ME

StLBluesFan and JamesAstro, you both will have room to push your OC if you like when you get your pc but 4.0GHz is great

Yeah, I was thinking it might go higher. However, I'm an overclocking noob, so I might just leave it where it is.

You know what they say: "The enemy of good is better."

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 4:52pm

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nice you gonna post some pics. Like to see how it scores in vantage 3 gtx280's damn.

I'll definitely post some pics this weekend. Dang this thing is fast! My old system with a 260 GTX only got about 45 fps while playing Tomb Raider. The new system gets between 150 and 200 fps!

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 9:01pm

Thanks DST4ME! Love how you seem to help EVERYONE on this site......hope you know it is much appreciated. I'm sure I'll be bugging you all much more very soon!

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 9:05pm

Okay all, now I'm confused.............why would the 920, 940 and 965 all be getting OC's of 4.0? Especially the 965? Are those all on stage 3 frostbite LC? If these are accurrate, why would we buy the 965 (or even the 940) over the 920? (especially a newbie like me who doesn't plan on trying to mess with the OC myself...........I'll just take what DS gets for me, since I wouldn't know what the heck I was doing anyway

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Posted: 09 Dec 2008 at 9:43pm

965 is able to achive higher OC if you tweak it yourself, DS does moderate Ocing, so you always have room to push it yourself, the 965 also can handle higher speed ram then 920 and 940.

for you depends on what you want, you want the best you go with 965, you want the moderate go with 940 or 920

but you need to understand that every 920 is not gonna hit 4.0

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 4:05am

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nice you gonna post some pics. Like to see how it scores in vantage 3 gtx280's damn.

I just ran the free version of 3DMark Vantage. Here are the results:

3DMark Score: P31817
CPU Score: 49984
Graphics Score: 28379

http://service.futuremark.com/home.action?resultId=584233&resultType=19

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 12:13pm

Nice cpu score My chip q9550@ 3.83 gets around 44,000

Edited by XpubuX - 10 Dec 2008 at 12:35pm

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 12:24pm

Originally posted by JamesAstro

Originally posted by XpubuX

nice you gonna post some pics. Like to see how it scores in vantage 3 gtx280's damn.

www.overclock.net/benchmarking-software-discussion/55468-official-top-30-computers-graphics-benchmarking.html

CONGRATS . NICE SCORE!!! Confused

Edited by jtspectra2 - 10 Dec 2008 at 1:07pm

Q9650 @ 4.2Ghz( Liquid Cooled), 4GB 1600Mhz DDR3, GTX280 SLI, VRaptor,HAF 932

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 12:27pm

nice score boss

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 3:07pm

Wheres the pics man your the first to post receiving an i7 lets see it already.

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 3:23pm

Really doesn't make sense for DS to be putting out 940 and 965 i7 chips at 4ghz most people have there pc oced by ds so they dont have to mess with it so who would buy a 1000$ chip when the 500$ one is acheiving the same thing? It would be cool if ds had a chart set up that showed what ocs are going out of the store and how many are oced to what.

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 6:52pm

Originally posted by XpubuX

Wheres the pics man your the first to post receiving an i7 lets see it already.

I'll post some this weekend. :)

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 9:53pm

Hey DST4ME... Eric just sent me a pic of my comp.. its still being put together.

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 10:18pm

very nice boss

wow

guess we have not gotten to the oc with that dual rad, which rad did you get again?

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 10:25pm

Well what happened was... when I called in the change they thought I wanted 2 extra rads and not just a dual so they gave me 3 total! haha They had to take out an optical drive to fit the 3rd one in. I am pretty sure they are Swiftech.

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 10:27pm

Swiftech is good

3 is better, I wonder if that CPU is ever gonna get warm

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 10:30pm

Haha Hope not! Looks like they are getting close to being finished with stage 4... I cant wait! I start heading home for leave in less than 2 weeks!

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 10:41pm

can't wait to see your oc, you are the first one with dual rads, let along 3

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Bradesco - Did they give you 6x1gb memory?

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 11:51pm

Originally posted by XpubuX

Really doesn't make sense for DS to be putting out 940 and 965 i7 chips at 4ghz most people have there pc oced by ds so they dont have to mess with it so who would buy a 1000$ chip when the 500$ one is acheiving the same thing? It would be cool if ds had a chart set up that showed what ocs are going out of the store and how many are oced to what.

I totally agree, which is why I'm still trying to figure this out........don't want to make a purchase until I hear what OC's their getting (and with good stability) with each chip, and wether or not I need to go with LC to get it (or if air cooling is sufficient). Any info on this is appreciated!

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Posted: 10 Dec 2008 at 11:58pm

Originally posted by DST4ME

965 is able to achive higher OC if you tweak it yourself, DS does moderate Ocing, so you always have room to push it yourself, the 965 also can handle higher speed ram then 920 and 940.

for you depends on what you want, you want the best you go with 965, you want the moderate go with 940 or 920

but you need to understand that every 920 is not gonna hit 4.0

Thanks for the info DST4ME!

Really? Higher speed RAM? Then what RAM speed should I choose with the 940 vs. the 965? And once I choose it, should I have the RAM OC'd also, or is that not worth it?

I would LOVE to just get the best (965) but unfortunately I have a budget. The problem is it is a budget with a "soft cap", meaning I might be willing to exceed it by a bit but only if I was convinced it was worth it. (Almost wish I had a hard-cap budget..........would make the decisions a lot easier!

)

I gotcha as far as not all 920's will hit 4.0.........which is why I want to wait and see what the "normal" or average is for each chip when "moderately" OC'd by DS. Any and all numbers from those getting these systems is much appreciated!

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Posted: 11 Dec 2008 at 9:21am

Originally posted by Rad!caL

Bradesco - Did they give you 6x1gb memory?

That MB only has 3 mem slots if I recall correctly.

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