OCUK Sandy Bridge, SB-E and Ivy Bridge 5GHZ Club

BUZZIN_NICE said:
hey mate, how you getting on with these? I am pretty sure mine is of the same batch number but I'm unable to test yet as with the mobo chipset issues I am holding out for a Z67 board.

I'm eager to see how well these clock lol!
Click to expand...

the mobo chipset issue is already sorted and put to bed, B3 revision boards will be around march/april latest. Z67 is rumoured to be out Q2 2011, it has the same core chipset logic as the P67/H67 but allows for both overclocking and use of the internal gpu at the same time. So unless you need the fairly average onboard gpu(which at best can be comparable to a HD5450), I would still go for the P67 boards.
 
EniGmA1981 said:
If I want to go above 5GHz I'm going to need a bloody miracle LOL

Would that bios give me more modifier options? My current bios doesn't give me much to choose from :( and I don't really want to flash it again (panicked enough doing it once lol) especially with a beta bios that may or may not be fully stable... oppinions please? :D
Click to expand...

Could you refresh my memory as to what board you are using. Sorry if you told me but I am having a blonde moment. :D


With the Gigabyte boards you can flash away till you turn blue. With their dual bios, you have to really work hard to mess up. So go for it.

Also the Giga beta bios which specifically have the PLL overrider are needed to get over 5GHz.
 
Liquid said:
the mobo chipset issue is already sorted and put to bed, B3 revision boards will be around march/april latest. Z67 is rumoured to be out Q2 2011, it has the same core chipset logic as the P67/H67 but allows for both overclocking and use of the internal gpu at the same time. So unless you need the fairly average onboard gpu(which at best can be comparable to a HD5450), I would still go for the P67 boards.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the advice mate. I was hanging on for the ssd caching feature that i thought was coming with the z68 boards, sorry i got confused earlier when i mentioned z67!
 
Last edited:
BUZZIN_NICE said:
Thanks for the advice mate. I was hanging on for the ssd caching feature that i thought was coming with the z68 boards, sorry i got confused earlier when i mentioned z67!
Click to expand...


Right i'm with you, just checked z68 out and it is indeed as you describe, should have twigged myself lol

Personally, I prefer having seperate stand alone drive, just makes life simpler if you have issues.
 
just a quickie...

with regards to the first page with the 5ghz results, would it be possible to get the mobos listed so we can look for a pattern over-clockability whilst considering boards from different manufacturers, we may see a brand offer better results over others.
 
The motherboards make no difference to what overclocks are achieved. The CPU is all that matters. Regardless of which board you use you will get the same maximum (give or take a 1Mhz) frequency of your CPU. I have tested this with 11 different CPU's and all the major motherboard brands - with one exception, Intel boards. I did not bother with the retail versions as I tested with them in December.

Sadly it is all CPU this time around.

And that is a lottery too.
 
1Day - Good information to know I was tempted to upgrade my p8p67 deluxe to a maximus see if I could get a lower vcore on my max overclock. With socket 775 the maximus range could always knock a few levels of vcore off but you had to use skews etc which we don't have now.

I also heard that the UD7 can sometimes be a bit better on vcore, did you notice this?
 
I have been thinking along the same lines - I have a P8P67 Pro and was thinking of going for the Maximus, but the more I think about it the more I come to the conclusion that it will make no difference to the overclock.

Anyway i have an RMA number from OCUK for the Pro and am just struggling to press the button on the replacement board because of the price... I'm hopeing that it just might be a today special tomorrow morning :) HINT HINT
I'm just going to stick with the P8P67 Pro.

If the B3 version still has the same issues with Raid 0 then I will spend what I save on not upgrading to the Maximus on a Vertex 3 single drive later in the month.

I also have another retail 2600K sat at the RM sorting office for me to collect in the morning (you never know 5th time lucky)
 
Last edited:
tommytinkle said:
What issues with raid 0 mate?
Click to expand...

I have 2xVertex 2e 2.5nm 50GB drives in Raid 0 on the SATA 6GB slots and when I boot from cold it sees one drive wrongly (as a sandforce and only 1/2 size 25GB). I have to reboot upto 20 times before it sees it correcty and therefore boots from the Raid array.

The drives are both fine.. it is the motherboard causing the issue.
 
Is there any website to compare the specs of mobo's on one page?
Its a nightmare to figure out what is what even with one manufacturer...

@1Day, so you are saying that you can't get better o/c or stability, or even higher score in your benches with the UD7 than with other P67 mobo?
 
What I am saying is that the motherboard does not make any real difference to your max overclock. And you are correct, it made no difference to my maximum overclock which board I used.

Higher scores is a different matter. And that was not part of the original question. With performance/efficiency however not all boards are equal.

I use the UD7 currently because the Gigabyte boards (UD5 and UD7) are the most efficient MHz for MHz on the market right now for benching. And by a long way.
 
1Day said:
Ah - non-SandyBridge. For you to get to 5GHz you will need, either Dry Ice or Liquid Nitrogen. :D :D
Click to expand...

LOL or as I said before: a miracle! - Don't think the E8400 could hit 5GHz in a million years lol (would LOVE to be proved wrong though... anyone out there wanna try it?(not with my cpu though!))

I just want more options in my BIOS to try to get my vCore down a bit!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom