The Core i7 980X Review: Intel's First 6-Core Desktop CPU
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 11, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
Overclocking - Updated!
With six cores and 12MB of L3 cache on a relatively new 32nm process, it's not surprising that we weren't able to push our Core i7 980X too far. At stock voltage I was only able to reach 3.5GHz with turbo mode disabled using the stock cooler. I could get the system into Windows at ~3.7GHz, but not stable without additional voltage.
3.5GHz - Max overclock with stock cooling and stock voltage
Giving the chip extra voltage let me go up to 4.13GHz without sacrificing stability.
4.13GHz - Max overclock with stock cooling at 1.359V
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Emcha_Audio - Saturday, January 8, 2011 - link
Now that you've tested it with Sonar, might be worth it to test it with something more powerful and heavy than Sonar. I'd suggest Pro tools Le.chakrivenu - Sunday, March 3, 2013 - link
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