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i had only planned on a cheap cpu upgrade after getting the 670. iv since changed ram, mobo, more fans plus fan controller.. iv no money left for another 670!not that its stopped me from looking
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Is the upgrade in the pic just the board, or other stuff too?
I connected the extra 4 pin ATX on my crosshair V formula. I don't know if it made any difference but I am now at 5.04GHz AIDA64 stable at 59C 1,5V air cooled.
It seems you need it for stable 5ghz and above. I'll be retrying it soon.
How much of that increase is down to a clean install ?
well, mines now as ready as it can get til my new cables come. need a new optical drive too
Looking good there orange
Andy and Moogleys interesting to hear about the 4-pin. My PSU is too crappy for this (Antec 750w venom) so it doesn't come with an extra 4 pin cable. Would be nice to try but I can't bring myself to buy a PSU just for that. I can get to 5GHz at 1.5v but reluctant to go much more. Is 1.55v the max for the FX 8-cores?
What case you got?
Had mine running 5.2ghz last night. Was running fairly stable just the temps were insanely high. I managed 20 mins of prime before it shut down. I even fitted a H100i to see if it would cope better but its no better than my decent air cooler...
This chip needs some decent water cooling.