Load Level One is only for extreme edition Intel processors. The i7-930 does not qualify. That said, OC'ing the 930 is very easy from the BIOS. I overclocked mine in about 5 minutes from 2.8 to 3.6 by just upping the base frequency. With the 1333 RAM (which I also have), you won't get much higher since the RAM overclocks along with the processor. That said, 3.6 is pretty fast. I know of folks who have gotten over 4 GHz, but that is with 1600 RAM. Very expensive to get 400 MHz more out of the processor.
My temps run around 40 idle and 50 maxed out (100% on all cores).
As for which processor, get the 930. Intel has discontinued the 920 (930 replaced it). I have been very happy with my system and I think you will be, too.
spaceengineer
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July 31st, 2010 19:00
Load Level One is only for extreme edition Intel processors. The i7-930 does not qualify. That said, OC'ing the 930 is very easy from the BIOS. I overclocked mine in about 5 minutes from 2.8 to 3.6 by just upping the base frequency. With the 1333 RAM (which I also have), you won't get much higher since the RAM overclocks along with the processor. That said, 3.6 is pretty fast. I know of folks who have gotten over 4 GHz, but that is with 1600 RAM. Very expensive to get 400 MHz more out of the processor.
My temps run around 40 idle and 50 maxed out (100% on all cores).
As for which processor, get the 930. Intel has discontinued the 920 (930 replaced it). I have been very happy with my system and I think you will be, too.
Chiller3333
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August 4th, 2010 03:00
I've got the 920 and also 1333 RAM.
You can use the Level 1 OC with the XE CPUs and the 920.
It runs save at 3,2GHz.
The Temps of my 920 are about 40° Idle and 70° under load.
But my CPU is always very hot. @ default it's running at 68° under load.