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920 vs 960

Jamestee

Jamestee

Jamestee

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Sorry if this as already been discussed but I was just thinking and would like other people advice, is it worth upgrading my 920 to a 960?

I've already got a good stable o/c from my 920 with to 4.3 on water with 12gig 2000mhz ram and was thinking if I get the 960 I could do the same to that chip and get around 4.6 maybe, what are the 960 like for o/c? Any help and advice woud be greatful.
 
no way mate
4.3 is already a great overclock with 12 gigs of ram...you must have a good chip...you may or may not squeeze another .1 out of a 960 but you would never notice the increase unless you were benchmarking and even then it wouldnt be worth bragging about
 
I agree, stick with the 920. 4.3GHz is an impressive overclock, and I doubt you'll achieve any higher with the 960.

It's an expensive upgrade for so little gain.
 
In a word no. The Bloomfield 920 and 960 are basically the same chip. Chances are you could end up with a poorer overclocker than you currently have.

Bigger numbers aren't always a better thing.
 
very rare to get 2 chips that clock the same regarding voltages ect,play safe stick with the 920,you should be able to push to 4.5ghz with good watercooling and an updated board,older gigabyte non A models need modding to push to 4.5ghz(thats assuming you have a gigabyte)
 
wazza300 said:
very rare to get 2 chips that clock the same regarding voltages ect,play safe stick with the 920,you should be able to push to 4.5ghz with good watercooling and an updated board,older gigabyte non A models need modding to push to 4.5ghz(thats assuming you have a gigabyte)
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never going to reach 4.5 with 12 gigs of ram unless he has willy wonkas golden ticket cherry chip...try it though we may be calling you charlie bucket.
 
cammy5477 said:
never going to reach 4.5 with 12 gigs of ram unless he has willy wonkas golden ticket cherry chip...try it though we may be calling you charlie bucket.
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obviously,unless you run them at 1066mhz maybe,but with 6gb then 4.5ghz is achievable

i dont remember mentioning ram anyway?
 
wazza300 said:
i dont remember mentioning ram anyway?
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you didnt but 12 gigs will limit his overclock
4470 mhz is the most i ever managed on my 920's and i had a few of them and great cooling with 6 gigs of dominator....no danger hes getting higher than that with 12 gigs
 
ThanK you for your advice and input, I know I was pushing it with 12g 2000mz ram and tbh I dnt know why I didn't stick with the 6g 1600mz
 
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wazza300 said:
very rare to get 2 chips that clock the same regarding voltages ect,play safe stick with the 920,you should be able to push to 4.5ghz with good watercooling and an updated board,older gigabyte non A models need modding to push to 4.5ghz(thats assuming you have a gigabyte)
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Yes I do.have a gigabyte mobo, it's the x58a ud3r.

I might go for x79 next year.
 
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i ment you cant go above 103mhz usually when you need high overclocks without it crashing,on the A model boards you can use 130+mhz which you need to be stable at high overclocks,some mod the boards but i wouldnt like to mess
 
Understand now, your right tho I can't go over 103 on my board.

Thanks all for your input, and I will stick with this 920.

Just thought why I had the money I could get a higher CPU and clock it then bit more but like you all said it wouldn't be much of a gain.

Might get myself another 6870 and crossfire x it, that was another dilemma on the graphic thread but no replies.
 
i would keep what you have atm,perfectly good clock and pc,wait for ivy bridge prices to drop and ati 7 series then upgrade,no point in upgrading till all the hoopla has died down
 
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