Ivy Bridge, Overclocking, Heat

Sun, May 6, 2012

Ivy Bridge runs hotter, but for the casual overclocker, this might not matter. The Tech Report has initial samples of the chip at 4.4 GHz, on air cooling, and without needing to increase chip voltages.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Intel said the shrink to the 22nm process node leads to higher temperatures due to increased thermal density, adding that “users may observe higher operating temperatures when overclocking”.

via The Inquirer

The Core i7-3770K was stable at 4.4-4.5GHz without so much as an extra millivolt applied to the CPU. Those speeds only increased system power consumption by a modest amount, so there’s no need to invest in an aggressive cooling solution. With our single-fan Frio config, CPU temperatures were in the 50-60°C range under load.

via The Tech Report