After much debating, I finally decided to move from the socket 775 platform and my Q9650. While I am certainly not an extreme overclocker like many here, I do have quite a bit of experience over the years overclocking DDR2 chips and making them 24x7 prime stable (I currently run 5 different overclocked 45 nm core2 chips), overclocking on the DDR3 platform is completely new to me having skipped the 1156/1155/1366 platforms altogether.
My new hardware is the 3930k C-1 (currently RMA'ed to Intel for a C-2 stepping unit), with a ASRock Extreme6. I am currently using a 4 GB GSkill DDR3 1333 kit, waiting on a deal for the GSkill 16 GB 2133 kit.
Hardware
2x160 gb ssd raid0
2x750gb hitachi raid0
ASRock Extreme6
Corei7 3930k C-2
4 GB GSkill DDR3 1333
PSU: PC Power Silencer 750
GFX: Sapphire Radeon 6970 crossfire.
Audio: Creative XFi Extreme Gamer
Cooling: Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme with socket 2011 adapter kit
Cold Cathodes: 4
8x120mm fans, 1x200 mm fan, 4x40mm fans
PSU concerns
I currently push 1800 FSB 24x7 on my Q9560 at 4.05 ghz with the PC Power 750 also powering my 6970 cards in crossfire, and the 750 W power supply is holding up quite nicely. Estimating requirements for the new SB-E hardware, I find that this barely meets minimum requirements, without overclocking the 3930k. Running numbers through a PSU calculator, I find that any overclocking pushes the requirements to 865~900 watts. I might run just one 6970 until I buy a 1200W PSU and currently do not want to upgrade due to cost concerns.
Overclocking Help
Where do I even start? There is no FSB to deal with, so how does one overclock these things?
Edited by c0re2 - 2/19/12 at 4:01pm
My new hardware is the 3930k C-1 (currently RMA'ed to Intel for a C-2 stepping unit), with a ASRock Extreme6. I am currently using a 4 GB GSkill DDR3 1333 kit, waiting on a deal for the GSkill 16 GB 2133 kit.
Hardware
2x160 gb ssd raid0
2x750gb hitachi raid0
ASRock Extreme6
Corei7 3930k C-2
4 GB GSkill DDR3 1333
PSU: PC Power Silencer 750
GFX: Sapphire Radeon 6970 crossfire.
Audio: Creative XFi Extreme Gamer
Cooling: Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme with socket 2011 adapter kit
Cold Cathodes: 4
8x120mm fans, 1x200 mm fan, 4x40mm fans
PSU concerns
I currently push 1800 FSB 24x7 on my Q9560 at 4.05 ghz with the PC Power 750 also powering my 6970 cards in crossfire, and the 750 W power supply is holding up quite nicely. Estimating requirements for the new SB-E hardware, I find that this barely meets minimum requirements, without overclocking the 3930k. Running numbers through a PSU calculator, I find that any overclocking pushes the requirements to 865~900 watts. I might run just one 6970 until I buy a 1200W PSU and currently do not want to upgrade due to cost concerns.
Overclocking Help
Where do I even start? There is no FSB to deal with, so how does one overclock these things?
Edited by c0re2 - 2/19/12 at 4:01pm
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