Dual socket Core i5 2500K versus Core i7 2600K
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Does anyone know where I might find application benchmarks for dual socket core i5 2500K versus one and two socket core i7 2600K? Curious about Excel and compiler benchmarks. Is overclocking effective with dual socket machines with or without liquid cooling? Note that this will be for my personal machine that I will program on at home and not for a server, etc.
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Does anyone know where I might find application benchmarks for dual socket core i5 2500K versus one and two socket core i7 2600K? Curious about Excel and compiler benchmarks. Is overclocking effective with dual socket machines with or without liquid cooling? Note that this will be for my personal machine that I will program on at home and not for a server, etc.
I haven't seen any 2 socket benchmarks yet. Annand did a compiler benchmark with single socket systems. The catch with overclocking is that in general 2 socket boards are intended for servers and have minimal hardware support (most notably they typically don't have VRMs capable of handling the excess load, or the extra heat it produces) even if it's allowed in the BIOS.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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I haven't seen any 2 socket benchmarks yet. Annand did a compiler benchmark with single socket systems. The catch with overclocking is that in general 2 socket boards are intended for servers and have minimal hardware support (most notably they typically don't have VRMs capable of handling the excess load, or the extra heat it produces) even if it's allowed in the BIOS.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Thanks. I'll probably go with single socket overclocking 2600K or dual socket 2500 without overclocking if I find a two socket board in the next month.
I didn't occur to me at the time, but you're not going to find a 2 socket 1155 board because it's not a supported configuration (no QPI to link the chips). On the Intel side you'll have to wait until Q3 for LGA 2011 to launch before you can get multi-socket support for Sandybridge.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18