Hi, just noticed your CPU is at stock overclocking it to 4.00 to 4.2GHz would be good.
Giving you time to see how X99 performs plus save up more money thats if your not in a hurry to upgrade.
Hi Oldphart, I really need to change that. It is actually overclocked to 3.2GHz which I did with some software that came bundled with the MB.
Originally the MB and CPU were part of a bundle that overclockers had pre overclocked up to I think 4.2GHz. Can't remember for sure.
However, I found it to be unstable when gaming and kept getting the BSOD.
In the end I just dialled it back a bit using the software which sorts all the settings out automatically and left it at that.
For the most part my PC has more or less achieved what I needed it to but I am bit of a graphics fiend and if there is a higher setting available and I can't have it set to that and I know it looks better at that setting it frustrates a little.
At the end of August I am hoping to have around £600.00 spare for reasons I wont bore you with but I thought it would be a good opportunity to upgrade and have a machine that should give me what I want for the next few years.
I do really want to go down the SSD route for my primary drive so I may have to wait another month to afford it.
I'll see how the finances look when I get paid. I'm already getting shiney new kit syndrome and I haven't even bought it yet LOL
In all honesty overclocking really worries me. I have looked into it in the past and put a lot of effort into trying to understand how to get that balance between voltages etc.
I still don't really get it.
I am under the impression the more modern motherboards now make it easier so I may have another look into it if need be.
Thanks again everyone. You guys are always so helpful and it gives me the confidence to make sure I am going down the right road with my purchases.
