OCZ Gladiator Max any thoughts
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I am currently using Xigmatek Dark Knight, my previous cooler, is one of the quietest fans out there regardless of price is the OCZ Gladiator Max. The Gladiator Max runs 4 degrees Celsius hotter than the Dark Knight does when overclocking my AMD 955 from 3.2 to 3.7 GHz. However, the Dark Knight is much louder than the Gladiator Max even though in reality it is quiet. If you are not overclocking, you diffidently have one of the best coolers available.
My Gladiator Max is now running a 940 in my old rig at 3.3 GHz it is quieter than my current rig, to match it on noise I will be purchasing a Noctua NH-D14.
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Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P, 955 BE(C2)@3.7GHz 1.45V, Geil Value 4GB DDR3-1600,
ATI 5850 1GB, CM90 II Advanced, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black, 4 HDDs, Jeantech Storm 700w,
Asus Xonar Essence STX, Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX Dual Analogue + DVB-T.
My Gladiator Max is now running a 940 in my old rig at 3.3 GHz it is quieter than my current rig, to match it on noise I will be purchasing a Noctua NH-D14.
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Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P, 955 BE(C2)@3.7GHz 1.45V, Geil Value 4GB DDR3-1600,
ATI 5850 1GB, CM90 II Advanced, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black, 4 HDDs, Jeantech Storm 700w,
Asus Xonar Essence STX, Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX Dual Analogue + DVB-T.
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The difference in performance between the 940 and the 955 is huge. However, I put that down to the boards. The 940 is running on an old Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (BIOS 1701) which is SATA I, SocketAM2/AM2+, DDR2 up to 1066 and does not officially support the chip. The Gigabyte is an AM3 socket only, which is not compatible with the 940.
That said in my 13 years of PC building the 940 chip is the biggest performance increase I have ever experienced from any upgrade, that old Asus board is now running 3 times faster than when I bought it 4 years ago, incredible! This is the main reason why I did not go with Intel i7 920. AMD has the best upgrade path.
Your current clock speed is already faster than the stock clock of the 955 and I see your board has a 790GX chip set you should be able to overclock comfortably to 3.6 GHz, have fun. In my opinion you have a very good chip, I would only change it for an AMD 6 core.
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Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P, 955 BE(C2)@3.7GHz 1.425V,Geil Value 4GB DDR3-1600,
ATI 5850 1GB, CM90 II Advanced, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black, 4 HDDs, Jeantech Storm 700w,
Asus Xonar Essence STX, Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX Dual Analogue + DVB-T.
That said in my 13 years of PC building the 940 chip is the biggest performance increase I have ever experienced from any upgrade, that old Asus board is now running 3 times faster than when I bought it 4 years ago, incredible! This is the main reason why I did not go with Intel i7 920. AMD has the best upgrade path.
Your current clock speed is already faster than the stock clock of the 955 and I see your board has a 790GX chip set you should be able to overclock comfortably to 3.6 GHz, have fun. In my opinion you have a very good chip, I would only change it for an AMD 6 core.
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Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P, 955 BE(C2)@3.7GHz 1.425V,Geil Value 4GB DDR3-1600,
ATI 5850 1GB, CM90 II Advanced, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black, 4 HDDs, Jeantech Storm 700w,
Asus Xonar Essence STX, Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX Dual Analogue + DVB-T.