Theonik
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The E packages are much larger than the mainstream ones despite the mainstream also having an iGPU, though the actual die isn't that massive unless you are looking at the larger CPUs like the 8+ core ones. The size is to accommodate for the 40 PCI-E lanes available in the $500+ CPUs.Ah makes sense yeah, I wondered why the E versions run off of a different socket so thanks for the explanation! I guess more cores will indeed pay off in the future but for now I'll stick to my 3570k.
And wow that's almost as much as a complete build for a friend I just ordered two days ago. In retrospect I'm not really that fuzzed about not knowing about the -E line when building the PC for him as we already bent his budget a bit anyway and it's posed to be a semi-portable high-end PC in a Corsair 380T case which only takes mini-ITX boards and the only 2011-3 mITX board that is available has a price that bents my stomach a little![]()
Stock fans are not meant for overclocking and I'd argue they aren't great at stock either. Too noisy.Alright guys, I was trying some OC'ing and I have a question about temps.
I OC'd my i5 2500k up to 3.6 GHz and I'm getting temps with Prime95 maxing at 87 degrees. Is this too high? I feel like I barely overclocked but I'm getting temps that seem high. Also, I just have stock fans which may be the issue.