830 at 4ghz... to 950 at ????

[GStueyXR]

Forum Noob here Hello all

Anyone got the 950? I am keen to know your OC results for an idea of where to start with my OC. Just ordered one.

My rig is as follows:

All Water Cooled
P5WD2-p
Pd 830@4ghz (950 ordered)
2g ddr2 667
Asus en7800gtx
Tagan 530w PSU
500gb raid 0
Blah, blah

I am praying for the C1 stepping

 

[ihatelag]

950 sucks for OC'ing, great for everything except overclocking.

I can't get my cpu to overclock above 3.5Ghz without rebooting!

Although in saying that, the stock speed is awesome, especially when using 64bit.

 

[GStueyXR]

Wow, what motherboard / PSU are you running ?

EDIT: Just read your sig.... No need to answer that Q then..

I can assure you, your board sucks at OCing... Not your processor.

 

[ihatelag]

Wow, what motherboard / PSU are you running ?

EDIT: Just read your sig.... No need to answer that Q then..

I can assure you, your board sucks at OCing... Not your processor.

Gigabyte boards suck in OC'ing...I thought they were very good?

 

[monkeypants]

Gigabyte boards suck in OC'ing...I thought they were very good?

Gigabyte are possibly THE WORST BOARDS EVER

 

[R B Customs]

Gigabyte boards suck in OC'ing...I thought they were very good?

its an nvidia chipset too... what were you expecting :S

why not go for an 805... they clock like crazy !
cheap as chips too.

 

[GStueyXR]

Gigabyte boards suck in OC'ing...I thought they were very good?

Sorry to tell you mate... but no....The nf4 for intel are poo poo, as are gigabyte. Bad combo.

I bet (seeing as you aint running SLI) that if you throw an asus P5WD2-x in that system you would get 4.5 on air and 4.7, maybe 4.9 on water.

Really.... it would sooooooooooooooo be worth you spending that 100 notes.

 

[Webster]

Hold off for conroe IMO.

2 month wait.

If you DO decide you want to upgrade your board and chip - then make sure you buy a motherboard which is going to be conroe compatible, as you ARE going to want to get one

Imo - be patient, and upgrade when the time is right.