Posts by jprovido

a 4.5ghz IVY matches a 4.8ghz SB that tells you the diffference is not much really. better IMC and pci-e 3.0 for ivy though

my 3570k was the same thing btw. out of the box it sucked. even with an H100i I couldn't go over 4.5ghz and temps would hit 90 degrees and above. after delidding though it was a different story

Quote:Originally Posted by DBEAU It's like when you go to the deli counter and you ask for a pound of peppercorn Turkey (for the best sandwich ever) and he gets to slicing and put the first cuts on the scale and it's like .86 lb so...

Quote:Originally Posted by omari79 so it is true! and it does matter when i have a 450W PSU right? my USB WIFI adapter stops working after some gaming! just don't OC too much on a 450w PSU. you can still get great overclocks with...

ive been using intel systems for tha past few years now and it's the first time I've heard about "vrm frequency" am I missing something here?

Quote:Originally Posted by Daredevil 720 I know it's most likely a bad chip, I just want to make sure of it. Is there any BIOS option that could be messing with my OC? BTW, at least I had good luck with my 670s! not that i know...

Quote:Originally Posted by omari79 the power consumption of a GTX460 can go up for 160W to 270W if overclocked by ~ 15%?! afaik yes but 270w isn't that much tbh

every chip is different. my 3570k can OC to 4.2ghz at stock votlage on the contrary the gtx 560 Ti I picked up for my brother couldn't even OC for peanuts didn't matter what gpu voltage I set it to. just luck of the draw man sometimes...

The Sims

any chance my z77 board can have an awesome bios like that?