You can use the unlocked CPU multiplier to increase the CPU speed easily without adjusting any other setting ( well, maybe a little increase in core voltage) and use a memory divider/multiplier to get the ram speed upto 1600mhz'ish.
Upgrade advice please.....
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You can use the unlocked CPU multiplier to increase the CPU speed easily without adjusting any other setting ( well, maybe a little increase in core voltage) and use a memory divider/multiplier to get the ram speed upto 1600mhz'ish.
well,
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/181
including the anandtech i7 test system, thats 433watts and 528watts running Crysis and Furmark.
And heres another - http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-460-sli-review/15
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Thanks for all of the advice!!!!
Gonna sleep on it and order tomorrow I think!
At the moment its looking like one of the MSI boards and stick with the stock cooler safe in the knowledge that I can pick up a better cooler and/or a 2nd 460 down the line!
Just on the SLI part - would it have to be exactly the same make & model 460 (eg. an EVGA 1GB SC) for it to work or would any comparible make do??
Thanks again!!!
Gonna sleep on it and order tomorrow I think!
At the moment its looking like one of the MSI boards and stick with the stock cooler safe in the knowledge that I can pick up a better cooler and/or a 2nd 460 down the line!
Just on the SLI part - would it have to be exactly the same make & model 460 (eg. an EVGA 1GB SC) for it to work or would any comparible make do??
Thanks again!!!
All you have to do is match up the model and memory capacity.
http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_faq.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/245454-15-crossfire-faqs
http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_faq.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/245454-15-crossfire-faqs
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Right.... took the plunge and went for the following:
- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
- MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard
- Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Keeping my Gelid Tranquillo cooler too
Can anyone point me towards an idiots guide to overclocking the i5's and tell me what sort of overclock I should be aiming for?
Thanks........
- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
- MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard
- Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Keeping my Gelid Tranquillo cooler too
Can anyone point me towards an idiots guide to overclocking the i5's and tell me what sort of overclock I should be aiming for?
Thanks........
two guides here, with the Bit-tech one actually including the same motherboard.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/07/how-to-overclock-the-intel-core-i5-2500k/1
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18227651
4.5GHZ at least
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/07/how-to-overclock-the-intel-core-i5-2500k/1
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18227651
4.5GHZ at least
Thanks for all the advice and research stulid!
The MSI board in the guide is slightly different to the one I'm getting but I'll let you off just this once!
Do you wanna pop round and do the assembly and overclock for me? (after all, you've done everything else for me!!
)
The MSI board in the guide is slightly different to the one I'm getting but I'll let you off just this once!
Do you wanna pop round and do the assembly and overclock for me? (after all, you've done everything else for me!!
)