soarwitheagles
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Well on Intel, everything was placed in the CPU as of the first gen Core i CPUs. PCI-E lanes, IMC, QPI, and the only stuff left on the PCH is SATA and USB, as well as a few other very minor things (PCI lol). My P55 heatsink right now isn't even warm to the touch. My X79 on the other hand was slightly warm, but not in the 60s.
Sean had a 965 before he jumped ship. I think he is loving it.
Ok, I too checked my Intel rig and see a completely different story and after reading your post here, now I know why.
Thanks for the input!
yup screw that freaking phenom II 965BE...
i am currently in the works of upgrading to Ivy bridge, water cooling it and overclocking the snot out of it with a goal of 5-5.2ghz( i know it wont matter PP, before you get started )
Nice rig Sean. I just recently finished my new Intel rig, but I do not know how to overclock it. Let me know if you have any suggestions for me.
THanks!
Please see pic!
Merry Christmas to all!
Soar
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