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Looking for some advice from you major overclockers ( and hopefully rjkoneill )
Having resisted i7 up until now, I couldn't say no to an i7 920 D0 from the (allegedly) golden batch 3845B which I just managed to pick up. Most of these do in excess of 4.5GHz at pretty low volts.
So I am trying to pick a motherboard (and Ram for that matter) for this. CPU will be cooled by chilled water (overclocked Q9650 system in my sig, which will be on MM soon- runs IBT at 50 deg C ), and the board will also be cooled (using my existing seperate loop, not chilled). My initial thoughts are
The old faithful GB X58 Extreme ( but doesn't that have a problem with BCLK > 220?)
EVGA X58 SLi plus EK blocks
Don't really want the EVGA Classified (or Asus equivalent)- seems over the top unless using phase or cryogenic coolants, OcUK don't have any, and maybe my chip won't be as golden as I hope in which case would be a waste of money!
What do you guys think?
Many thanks
Geoff
Having resisted i7 up until now, I couldn't say no to an i7 920 D0 from the (allegedly) golden batch 3845B which I just managed to pick up. Most of these do in excess of 4.5GHz at pretty low volts.
So I am trying to pick a motherboard (and Ram for that matter) for this. CPU will be cooled by chilled water (overclocked Q9650 system in my sig, which will be on MM soon- runs IBT at 50 deg C ), and the board will also be cooled (using my existing seperate loop, not chilled). My initial thoughts are
The old faithful GB X58 Extreme ( but doesn't that have a problem with BCLK > 220?)
EVGA X58 SLi plus EK blocks
Don't really want the EVGA Classified (or Asus equivalent)- seems over the top unless using phase or cryogenic coolants, OcUK don't have any, and maybe my chip won't be as golden as I hope in which case would be a waste of money!
What do you guys think?
Many thanks
Geoff