Anything else I should know about SandyBridge build?

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since speccing up a P67 / 2500K build for my dad ive learnt many things and if i hadnt I would have bought all the wrong stuff

namely...

1. You need P67 chipset to be able to overclock the 2500k

2. SandyBridge chipset only allows for 1333mhz RAM speeds by default (without overclocking) some p67 boards seem to be advertised as 1600Mhz without the (OC) next to it so I thought it meant 1600Mhz would run @ 1600Mhz without need to overclock...maybe they are advertised wrong...do any boards support 1600Mhz without overclocking? if not..why do they make 1600Mhz ram?

3. your memory has to be 1.5v to work on SandyBridge board.

is there anything else I should know before I **** up?

thanks
 
snadge said:
since speccing up a P67 / 2500K build for my dad ive learnt many things and if i hadnt I would have bought all the wrong stuff

namely...

1. You need P67 chipset to be able to overclock the 2500k

Or Z68.

2. SandyBridge chipset only allows for 1333mhz RAM speeds by default (without overclocking) some p67 boards seem to be advertised as 1600Mhz without the (OC) next to it so I thought it meant 1600Mhz would run @ 1600Mhz without need to overclock...maybe they are advertised wrong...do any boards support 1600Mhz without overclocking? if not..why do they make 1600Mhz ram?

All you need is to change the setting in the BIOS from 1333MHz to 1600Mhz so it's technically overclocking but no effort is involved.

3. your memory has to be 1.5v to work on SandyBridge board.

Ideally 1.5V but you have some wiggle room if you need to use a little more.

is there anything else I should know before I **** up?

I don't know what else you don't know.

thanks
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dont worry about the RAM. getting the RAM to the correct speed literally a couple of bios changes. or, if you dont want to change anything in the bios, 1600Mhz RaM will happily run at 1333Mhz (this is what ive done on my PC because im a lazy bum :p)
 
if I get 1600Mhz @ 1.5v and change the setting from 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz is that all I have to do to get it running at 1600Mhz? no voltage changes or anything like that?
 
snadge said:
if I get 1600Mhz @ 1.5v and change the setting from 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz is that all I have to do to get it running at 1600Mhz? no voltage changes or anything like that?
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You may need to manually set the timings.

If you get RAM with an XMP profile for 1600MHz all you need to do is turn XMP on.
 
Surveyor said:
You may need to manually set the timings.

If you get RAM with an XMP profile for 1600MHz all you need to do is turn XMP on.
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thought it was supposed to be easy? hehe - im getting Corsair 2x2Gb XMS3 1.5v
how and why do i adjust timings? I overclocked my friend 1600Mhz memory to 1600Mhz on his Core-i7 860 system 2 years ago (under advice/supervision of users on TSG) and no complaints yet but i didnt adjust timings on that? although I did change voltage
 
snadge said:
thought it was supposed to be easy? hehe - im getting Corsair 2x2Gb XMS3 1.5v
how and why do i adjust timings? I overclocked my friend 1600Mhz memory to 1600Mhz on his Core-i7 860 system 2 years ago (under advice/supervision of users on TSG) and no complaints yet but i didnt adjust timings on that? although I did change voltage
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If you're getting the XMS3 then you should just be able to enable XMP in the BIOS and be good to go.
 
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