Confused On Models

Avenged7Fold said:
Only if you want to play in 3d. People usually don't bother and the high refresh rate is mainly used for smoother movement and feel of play.

I had a choice between the Gigabyte OC and the G1 sniper. Chose the OC board because i do benching and a lot of overclocking. Figured the only advantage the g1 sniper has over the OC is the sound chip, which can be remedied by a cheap sound card which is on par or better and it can be fitted to the lowest PCIe slot which does not share bandwidth with the other lanes. If you are not into your overclocking, there is no reason to go for the Gigabyte OC over the G1 sniper.
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i would like to hit the I5/I7 4.0 abouve - 4.4 ghz Cpu, to have a stable strong performance system for FPS/and CPU usage (would like it not to struggle on grafics or frames and runs extremely smooth, but i do want a a computer, that benfits for the next few years, (and i am grateful for the advise and support from you guys)

i wouldn't know how to start overriding clocking my self.
 
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Fulax said:
Some changes to Lee's spec, partly in light of the new weekly deals:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x BenQ XL2411Z 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
Total : £1,404.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).



The MSI 290 Gaming is on offer - the Sapphire no longer is. It also won't clash with the motherboard as you can't seen the red stripe when it is in the case. And it has a backplate.

The monitor is also on offer. It is 24" rather than 27", but that isn't necessarily a bad thing at 1080p. To be clear about the monitor: yes, you can get them for a lot cheaper - the extra is for the 144hz refresh rate, which will give a smoother gaming experience.

There isn't a great deal I'd spend the extra £100 on. You could get a 780 or a 290X, but performance would be similar to the 290 for £70-80 more. Personally, I'd just get some braided cables and LEDs to make it look a bit sexier.

A big 'No' to AMD CPUs at this budget.
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hehe lights are good but does your bloody head in :P
 
Both boards can overclock perfectly well. The OC board is just for people who do it really often and with multiple GPU's for benching. Both boards are capable of going well past 4.4, what limits the overclock is the CPU rather than the motherboard on Haswell.

I have a link to an overly thorough overclocking guide for the Gigabyte OC board. It has info on architecture, ln2 cooling and loads of other bits which seems daunting but in reality is practically irrelevant for normal every day overclockers. I will link it because it also contains plenty of good info if you sift through it, with some 4.4 Ghz templates for those who just want to input the settings to their bios and get going rather than actually learn how to overclock:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1401976/the-gigabyte-z87-haswell-overclocking-oc-guide

It even shows screenshots of the bios while overclocking. I use this board and the bios makes fiddling around an absolute delight. Spend a few minutes setting up your bios 'home page' to show what settings you regularly change and what temperatures you want to monitor and adjusting failed overclocks becomes more fun than not. I feel this board is ideal for experienced overclockers and beginners looking to become experienced, as the bios layout is customize-able and super user friendly.

*Edit* These are the templates it gives in the guide i linked. Would work the same on any gigabyte Z87 board but not every chip is guaranteed to hit it. I imagine most will though, as they seem fairly generous on the upper voltage imo.

An Easy 4.4/4.5/4.6GHz Template:
Here are the settings I used; you can use them as a template for your settings:
Profile #1 Basic Profile:
CPU VRIN Override LLC: Set to Extreme (this is to make sure VIN doesn’t droop)
CPU VRIN Override Voltage: 1.7-2.0v (reduce if temperatures too high is causing instability, increase if temperatures are fine and you are unstable)
VCore: 1.24-1.34v
Ring Voltage: 1.15 or 1.2v
CPU Multiplier: 44x-46x
BCLK: Auto
Turbo: Auto
C1E, C3, C6/C7, and EIST: All Disabled (There is a table in Step #1 which describes the behavior or different power saving features and what to enable/disable to get the behavior you want.)

Profile #2(trade VIN for vRing):
CPU VRIN Override LLC: Set to Extreme (this is to make sure VIN doesn’t droop)
CPU VRIN Override Voltage: 1.7-1.8v
VCore: 1.25-1.32v
Ring Voltage: 1.2-1.26v
CPU Multiplier: 44x-45x
BCLK: Auto
Turbo: Auto
C1E, C3, C6/C7, and EIST: All Disabled (There is a table in Step #1 which describes the behavior or different power saving features and what to enable/disable to get the behavior you want.)
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It seems daunting but it really is a case of just changing settings in bios. Read up on the stickys on this forum and you will be good to go in no time. Searching youtube for basic guides works well too!
 
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Avenged7Fold said:
Both boards can overclock perfectly well. The OC board is just for people who do it really often and with multiple GPU's for benching. Both boards are capable of going well past 4.4, what limits the overclock is the CPU rather than the motherboard on Haswell.

I have a link to an overly thorough overclocking guide for the Gigabyte OC board. It has info on architecture, ln2 cooling and loads of other bits which seems daunting but in reality is practically irrelevant for normal every day overclockers. I will link it because it also contains plenty of good info if you sift through it, with some 4.4 Ghz templates for those who just want to input the settings to their bios and get going rather than actually learn how to overclock:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1401976/the-gigabyte-z87-haswell-overclocking-oc-guide

It even shows screenshots of the bios while overclocking. I use this board and the bios makes fiddling around an absolute delight. Spend a few minutes setting up your bios 'home page' to show what settings you regularly change and what temperatures you want to monitor and adjusting failed overclocks becomes more fun than not. I feel this board is ideal for experienced overclockers and beginners looking to become experienced, as the bios layout is customize-able and super user friendly.

*Edit* These are the templates it gives in the guide i linked. Would work the same on any gigabyte Z87 board but not every chip is guaranteed to hit it. I imagine most will though, as they seem fairly generous on the upper voltage imo.


It seems daunting but it really is a case of just changing settings in bios. Read up on the stickys on this forum and you will be good to go in no time. Searching youtube for basic guides works well too!
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nice thankyou
 
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