Which speed for Overclocking?

unknownsock · 10 Jul 2009 at 12:12

Atm im doing some research into maybe upgrading to i7, should cost too much if i sell my current parts first etc.
Although i may wait for the lynnfields or later i7's..

But whats bugging me is what speed should i be looking for, i have an idea but not 100% sure.
As ill be wanting to go 4ghz+, which makes PCI3-12800 the maximum for a optimal OC right? Obviously depending..
So would be it be ideal to still get PCI3-16000+ for the headroom, or is that a waste of cash.

But also im looking at these motherboards with memory controllers rather than a NB, so wouldnt i be able to run memory at a higher speed then and still be stable?

Kennysevenfold · 10 Jul 2009 at 12:42

These

Venares · 10 Jul 2009 at 12:59

Or these

unknownsock · 10 Jul 2009 at 13:39

So any higher speeds than that is pretty much useless for overclocking?

pendy · 10 Jul 2009 at 13:57

Patriot Viper is great memory, and it looks cool

Venares · 10 Jul 2009 at 13:58

unknownsock said:
So any higher speeds than that is pretty much useless for overclocking?

Pretty much, yes.
Unless your going for stupidly high OC's with very very good water or LN2

craig3000 · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:50

I really like the OCZ reaper, there some good value!

Soldier786 · 10 Jul 2009 at 20:52

Not to sound like an idiot, but the Dominator GT's 1866MHz, are a total waste then? If im looking to overclock the i7 to 4GHz +?

JonJ678 · 15 Jul 2009 at 22:56

What counts as stupidly high? I'm on good water at present, and likely to be on chilled water before the machine becomes eol. I'm struggling to make sense of the ram speeds for i7.

I think the PC3-12800 (1600MHz) are good for 200bsck but no higher without clocking the memory, am I right in this?