Future Prospects..

Neoni · 4 Oct 2013 at 02:33

Built this monday a new rig..

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz

Avexir MPower Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

Asus GeForce GTX 680 Direct CU II V2 2048MB

Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87

Now, ive no idea how to overclock.. at all.

Would future ideas be good to say boost the ram to 16GB?

and maybe a future SLI setup? i'd like to push the processor further it gets to 55'c full load in games

Neoni · 4 Oct 2013 at 03:11

teppic said:
There are loads of guides on overclocking Haswell around. A small one isn't very difficult but if you are on the stock cooler you won't be able to do it really, as they get extremely hot quickly.

You won't need 16gb RAM for gaming.

its on an h100 doesnt go over 56'c full load

Neoni · 4 Oct 2013 at 03:20

spoffle said:
"rig"

As for RAM, what is your current RAM usage? Do you feel you'll get benefit from going to 16GB?

Personally, I wouldn't go below 16GB myself, but my computer habits are a lot more RAM intensive than most people's.

I'd also test the CPU with something that loads the CPU up fully that isn't a game.

Some sort of CPU benchmark that loads up all the cores.

What resolution are you running games at? SLi 680s isn't the best choice because 680s are already being limited by their memory bandwidth, so another down the line would make less sense than just a totally new graphics card with more VRAM and more memory bandwidth.

Prime 95 ive been using.... 1920x1080 is the resolution i use..

Neoni · 4 Oct 2013 at 04:11

teppic said:
That's what I was thinking... One of these is most likely cheaper than the 680 and would cover the return postage:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-AS

(Free next day delivery, too)

Im an Nvidia Fan Boy...

Im having problems, i cant overclock because i cant seem to access bios..

Neoni · 4 Oct 2013 at 04:14

teppic said:
You should try a change The 7970s are at a stupidly low price at the moment.

Your board may have a boot to BIOS option, if not just keep pressing del (or whatever) as soon as you power on.

Tried it all it will not go in, it did monday when i built the machine.. before os was installed i just cant seem to boot it in now

Neoni · 4 Oct 2013 at 04:16

teppic said:
Try removing your graphics card so that it uses the IGP.

noob question, why would that help?

i dont have a hdmi to dvi-d

Neoni · 4 Oct 2013 at 04:23

teppic said:
In case there's some weird problem with the card. If you can get into the UEFI firmware via the IGP you can at least check it works ok. Most boards have HDMI + DVI.

Apparently its the keyboard i've just been reading up..

Ill sort it tomorrow, need to read up on overclocking.

Depending on how funds are in a year or so i may update the gpu, but for now it runs everything i need, CS:GO/DOTA2 it may struggle with the new BF4 we'll see