Basic i7 Numbers

RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
edited January 2009 in Hardware
Just fired up the P6T and the i7 920 yesterday. Running some basic testing on existing OCZ kits. You do not have to buy the new LV memory to run these systems with some very nice performance. I have Platinum 1600 and 1800, plus the Nvidia 2000 modules here and so far they all run just fine at 1.65V max (not at rated speed, mind you). No problems getting to 1600 MHz though so far with 8-7-7 ram timings, which is comparable to our LV kits.

Here are a couple Everest benches at stock 2.66 Ghz and overclocked to 3.2 which was easy.

http://www.ryderocz.info/icrontic/Default_Everest.jpg
http://www.ryderocz.info/icrontic/3200_everest.jpg

Here are the Dual Channel numbers. IMO, do not hesitate to buy an i7 system if you already own a pair of DDR3 sticks. There just isn't enough difference in Triple Channel to warrant a new kit of ram.
Overall Latency is actually better with Dual Channel, than Triple.

http://www.ryderocz.info/icrontic/dual_default_everest.jpg
http://www.ryderocz.info/icrontic/dual_3200_everest.jpg

Comments

  • KhaosKhaos New Hampshire
    edited January 2009
    Ryder, could you by any chance post a screen of latency @ 8-7-7 1600 dual channel using Sandra's Latency benchmark so I can compare to my own results? Nice report, man.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Which version of Sandra?
  • KhaosKhaos New Hampshire
    edited January 2009
    Whatever the latest is. Sorry; at work and not sure but I downloaded the latest version less than two weeks ago. I believe it is 2009 SP2?
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    K
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