Testing Ivy Bridge: Intel Core i7-3770K Reviewed

Well, it looks as though the issue with Ivy Bridge temperature scaling with voltage has been isolated. Intel, in their wisdom used TIM to attach the heatspreader to the die package -as opposed to the solder usually used....and the TIM used doesn't seem of the best quality judging by PC Watch's replacement of the stock TIM with a better quality product. (Use your favourite translator if not adept in Japanese).
Quick summary (in English) at TPU

In other words the temperature barrier was purposely engineered by Intel to prevent a huge over-clock.

So does this make just grabbing a i7 2600K instead of of the 3770K a really good idea?

Fortunately I just learned Japanese last week, so the real question is can we just remove the heat spreader and pit the heatsink copper baseplate directly on the chip to achieve maximum heat transfer?? Can someone whos tried it post a step by step

Lets not forget about the thickness of the heat-spreader. If removed there would have to be compensation somewhere to make up for the removal of the heat-spreader. Definitely a delicate process I wouldn't be comfortable doing with one of my CPU's.

Wouldn't you have to put TIM on the heat sink and die anyway? It's not like you can just slap a heatsink on without it.

True enough. You would also need an adequate mounting system that applied a reasonable anount of downforce without crushing the die- Ivy Bridge doesn't present a lot of surface area.

the only thing I wanted to ask is if you maximized the amount of shared memory from your ram to the intel HD 4000 graphics. I've know from using intel's igpu's in the past with maximum DVMT that it definitely shows a big differance. I thought you probably already did that, but I couldn't be sure cause I don't remember you specifying it.

Thank you for writing this Review. It was sufficiently great, I will return to your Site.

Every bit of information gained from various Reviews adds to our knowledge and allows us to make informed decisions - well at least for those with good judgement.

• If the issue of temperature (versus previous generation) were briefly addressed in the Review and if those requesting the info be provided approached the matter with a different tact then this Thread might have been shorter.
• The voltage used to OC was too high (out of spec) and thus some were keen to know the temps since they had heard that the new Chips are hot.

Perhaps a one-liner like this might have sufficed:

"The Intel Core i7 2600K was more than 20 degrees Celsius cooler than the Core i7 3770K 'Ivy Bridge' Processor under the same circumstances even though we were running more voltage through it!." (Source: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1924/8/ ).

A Graphic is helpful for some.




People should appreciate the effort made to write a Review, they don't write themselves (unless they are Cut-n-Paste). The Reviewer was kind to understand that opinions are at least one of the two things possessed by everyone; the ability to 'Google' and provide some added helpful info not being the other.

Thanks for the Review and your efforts to maintain a FREE Site (that no one is obligated to visit).