Another Q6600 to Haswell upgrade

r_gtx · 6 Jun 2013 at 21:00

Having a bit of spare play money I'd decided to upgrade my creaky ole Q6600/P35-3DS3R/HD4850.
The main components purchased to date include:

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail (No Grid 2 voucher - Order No. 4244766

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Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780D5-3GD-B)
Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2)
Asus PA248QJ 24.1" Professional ProArt Widescreen IPS LED Monitor - Black /w hood and calibrator
Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply
Lian Li PC-B12SB Midi Tower Aluminium Case - Black
Corsair Vengeance K95 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Red Switch
Razer Ouroboros 8200 DPI Elite Ambidextrous Wireless Gaming Mouse
BlackGold High Definition PCI-e Card, Dual DVB-T/T2, Dual Digital DVB-C

Next purchase will be the RAM, I've my eye on the Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz. Does any forum member know whether this will work with the Z87X-UD5H?

Enigma80 · 6 Jun 2013 at 22:00

Nice spec. That RAM should work, I've opted for 16GB of 2400MHz, £107.99.

Enigma80 · 6 Jun 2013 at 22:03

Now this is weird. I'm sure I read that it supported 2400MHz, but I've just looked on the Gigabyte site and it says only 1600MHz in the manual, and I can't seem to locate memory support list either.

Enigma80 · 6 Jun 2013 at 22:08

Just saw this on the OcUK product page:

4x DDR3 1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules, (1866/2133/2200/2400/2600/2800Mhz OC)

If the RAM is already at 2400MHz out of the box, do I have to manually set it at 2400MHz from the BIOS OC utility or will it just automatically run at the correct speed? Likewise for r_gtx's 1866MHz RAM.

r_gtx · 6 Jun 2013 at 22:16

Reading the manual, Extreme Memory Profile is set to Disabled by default, so the 2400MHz setting will have to be enabled manually in the BIOS.

Enigma80 · 6 Jun 2013 at 22:21

So similar to what I'm doing in my current build, had to mess around with the clock speeds to get it to it's correct 1066MHz as it kept setting to 800MHz at default.

Can't wait to get all the new kit up and running tomorrow. It's quite funny how a lot of people are upgrading from Q6600 to Haswell now.

gpuerrilla · 6 Jun 2013 at 23:29

Enigma80 said:
It's quite funny how a lot of people are upgrading from Q6600 to Haswell now.

It's a testament to how good that generation was. I myself have a E8500 setup and it clocked well, it seems a good stepping stone to upgrade from this era to the haswell which I am now paying great interest to.

The number of years people seem to have got from this system is plausible, some are still going strong.

Enigma80 · 6 Jun 2013 at 23:32

Yes I'm only upgrading now as my system is playing up and I don't want to throw any more money at it + I want to treat myself

I will be looking at sorting it out as smaller general desktop once I've got my new one up and running for a couple of months.

Akagi · 7 Jun 2013 at 00:29

That is a very, very nice spec. I am jealous. Enjoy it

The RAM should work fine if you enable the XMP memory profile in the BIOS

Glad to be back in GH after being brutalised in GD :rolleyes:

jesusismyairbag · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:01

thats a half-way decent setup. low-end to mid-range. not bad ;-)

Enigma80 · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:06

jesusismyairbag said:
thats a half-way decent setup. low-end to mid-range. not bad

Low end to mid-range? Really?

I was say it was pretty much high-end? Anything more would be classed as extreme no?

Akagi · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:20

Enigma80 said:
Low end to mid-range? Really?

I was say it was pretty much high-end? Anything more would be classed as extreme no?

Yah. Don't know what jesusismyairbag has been smoking. Perhaps he is rich?

DogsBody · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:21

I am assuming the ;-)

on the end of his post indicated some level of sarcasm.

Enigma80 · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:24

DogsBody said:
I am assuming the on the end of his post indicated some level of sarcasm.

Lol, I thought it was more to do with the 'not bad' comment.

Akagi · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:24

Maybe, honestly didn't notice it at first

Enigma80 · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:26

acme15 said:
Yah. Don't know what Enigma has been smoking. Perhaps he is rich?

I feel too wasted to understand this comment...

I've been staring at a case fan for over an hour now trying to figure out where one the plugs goes

*** Just noticed your edit... I need more sleep, but got to get this system up in less than 3hrs.

Akagi · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:47

Yeah sorry Enigma, I put the wrong person's name at first

The plug... Goes on a fan header. UNLESS it's a molex powered fan, in which case, you plug one of those into it.

Enigma80 · 7 Jun 2013 at 13:50

acme15 said:
Yeah sorry Enigma, I put the wrong person's name at first

The plug... Goes on a fan header. UNLESS it's a molex powered fan, in which case, you plug one of those into it.

Sorry, I'm being stupid here... Why does it need to go on a fan header if it's connected to the case controller or is it simply there as an optional plug? Basically it has two cables coming from it, one 3 pin that connects to the fan controller and the 2 pin which isn't currently connected to anything yet.

I've also realised that the Bitfenix 230mm fan does not fit the 230mm fan mountings on my case either :rolleyes:

r_gtx · 7 Jun 2013 at 22:57

16GB Dominator Platinum now ordered. The h80i leaves plenty of room for its oversized heatspreaders.

Enigma80 · 8 Jun 2013 at 00:19

r_gtx said:
16GB Dominator Platinum now ordered. The h80i leaves plenty of room for its oversized heatspreaders.

This is the trouble I've had with my TeamGroup, luckily I hadn't opened the RAM, the H100i hovers over the RAM slots when mounted in the pull-push way along with the case fans.

Just looking for some decent low profile/standard heatsink RAM to replace it with.