check this spec?

I suppose you don't have to increase the FSB(or whatever its called) as much to reach the same speeds.
 
It's called BCLK (base clock)
I believe the 920 can have a multiplier of 21x aswell if you run intel turbo boost making it exactly the same as the 930. Unless the 930 has turbo boost to 22x?
 
Not that I can see.
I might have a look at Patriot Viper RAM rather than OCZ but that's more personal preference. I'm currently using Patriot and have no complaints :)
 
yeah someone else suggested that but i said that the Viper RAM wont fit underneath the Noctua cooler unfortunately because of the tall heatsinks :(
 
Really? That cooler must be a bit of a beast!
If you're worried about the size of the cooler. How about going for the Corsair H50 as a CPU cooler? I haven't had personal experience but I've heard many people love the things
 
when i first started speccing up i went for one of them. but they just dont look quality to me. and the extra airflow from the Noctua will be good and it is very very quiet. plus i dont have to install any other fans. im not really worried about the size and im sure the OCZ RAM is great. its had good reviews and it has quite good timings for DDR3.
 
yeah i gathered that from reviews and other peoples comments on it. there seems to be a croud that insists they have extreme overclocks on it at incredibly low temperatures. seems doubtful to me...
 
Yes, there is no way a H50 will perform to the level of a 'proper' water-cooling kit. I for example have an EK-Supreme and PA120.3 which keeps my 920 nice and cool @4.2GHz (30'C Idle -50'C Load). My temps suggest that I could push further; however, the limiting factor quickly becomes the heat generated by the mobo at these increased voltages.
I could easily watercool the mobo too, if I had the money, which would allow for an 'extreme overclock'. What I'm trying to say is that the H50 will not give increased clocks compared to the Noctua due to other limiting factors. You might find that the Noctua actually allows for a higher clock as the increase airflow may help to cool down the motherboard and RAM.
 
V4nger said:
the H50 or the OCZ RAM?
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I expect both.
At 4GHz the RAM is required to run at 1600MHz. Above this you'll be overclocking the RAM. I'm not sure how good the OCZ RAM is at overclocking, but the heat sink doesn't seem the most substantial one out there.
 
i know the heatsink on the OCZ doesnt look like the greatest but im pretty sure that they do their job effectively. they can do 1800mhz quite easily at 9-9-9-24 going by a couple of reviews ive read.
 
You can always slow the ram down a touch with some ninja bios memory divider action.

Not as ideal as running the CPU and RAM in sync.
 
of course. these modules look really nice though :p a lot nicer that the Vipers and the Corsair XMS modules IMO.
 
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