@bjornkn said:
Thanks for the tip
Any idea what's the difference between the plain and Ti versions?
AFAIK the K in 2600K means that it is easy to overclock?BTW, I get a 404 on that link..
GTX560Ti is better.
GTX560: 336 Shader units /'Cuda Cores'
GTX560Ti: 384 Shader Units/'Cuda Cores'
Copy this link:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4221/nvidias-gtx-550-ti-coming-up-short-at-150/15
And put in your browser.
Yes the K means the cpu as a unlocked multiplier. It means it's easy to overclock and that you can more overclock.
The cpu's have a base frequency [100Mhz] and a multiplier. On i7 2600 is 34x, so 100Mhz x 34= 3400Mhz [3.4Ghz]
On turbo mode the multiplier can reach 38x [3.8Ghz].
If you have a unlocked multiplier the limit of the oc will be the vcore and temperatures of cpu.
If you have a locked multiplier [non k cpu] you can use the turbo mode multiplier and then raise the base multiplier [100Mhz default], but on this Sandy bridge cpu's it's dificult to raise this value.
On previous intel cpu's, like my i7 920, it was easy to change the base frequency: i only have a multiplier of 21x but i could reach 200mhz or more of base clock.
The new Intel cpu's have a embedded gpu - the right name is more SoC [System-on-a-Chip] - so if you change the base frequency of the cpu you will mess with the gpu, because they are linked, and thats why you cant push the base frequency.
If you change the multiplier you only change cpu settings.. this is the reason why have a unlocked multiplier - K versions - is much better to do OC.
[Sorry for my bad english]
MK
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i7-2600K Processor