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Recommend a board for <5gHz overclocking sandy/ivy bridge cpus

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5/7/12 at 7:50am

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Hey guys,

Have a small collection of sb cpu's here and looking to start doing some more extreme oc's. At least two of the chips with do 5gHz well below 1.5vcore so i hope they can put up some good numbers. Cooling will most likely be phase change.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k	ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z	EVGA GeForce GTX 470	CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC I...	Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 720...	Corsair H80	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Monitor	Power	Case
DELL UltraSharp U2410	XFX Core Edition PRO650w	NZXT Source 210
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Phenom II X4 940 BE	Foxconn A79AS	EVGA GTX 470 X2	OZC Reaper DDR2 1066 (4x2g)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
RAID 0 4xWD 250G	ASUS BLU RAY	XSPC H2O	Win 7 64 bit
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Dell 24" IPS	XFX PRO 1050W	Case Labs STH10	Logitech g700
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k	ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z	EVGA GeForce GTX 470	CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC I...	Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 720...	Corsair H80	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Monitor	Power	Case
DELL UltraSharp U2410	XFX Core Edition PRO650w	NZXT Source 210
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Phenom II X4 940 BE	Foxconn A79AS	EVGA GTX 470 X2	OZC Reaper DDR2 1066 (4x2g)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
RAID 0 4xWD 250G	ASUS BLU RAY	XSPC H2O	Win 7 64 bit
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Dell 24" IPS	XFX PRO 1050W	Case Labs STH10	Logitech g700
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5/7/12 at 3:36pm

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....you guys are like a plethora of knowledge today.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k	ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z	EVGA GeForce GTX 470	CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC I...	Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 720...	Corsair H80	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Monitor	Power	Case
DELL UltraSharp U2410	XFX Core Edition PRO650w	NZXT Source 210
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Phenom II X4 940 BE	Foxconn A79AS	EVGA GTX 470 X2	OZC Reaper DDR2 1066 (4x2g)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
RAID 0 4xWD 250G	ASUS BLU RAY	XSPC H2O	Win 7 64 bit
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Dell 24" IPS	XFX PRO 1050W	Case Labs STH10	Logitech g700
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k	ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z	EVGA GeForce GTX 470	CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC I...	Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 720...	Corsair H80	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Monitor	Power	Case
DELL UltraSharp U2410	XFX Core Edition PRO650w	NZXT Source 210
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Phenom II X4 940 BE	Foxconn A79AS	EVGA GTX 470 X2	OZC Reaper DDR2 1066 (4x2g)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
RAID 0 4xWD 250G	ASUS BLU RAY	XSPC H2O	Win 7 64 bit
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Dell 24" IPS	XFX PRO 1050W	Case Labs STH10	Logitech g700
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5/7/12 at 4:20pm

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you already have a good board man.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3960X	GIGABYTE G1 Assassin 2	SLI GTX 570 940/2200	Kingston 16GB HyperX 2133MHz
Hard Drive	Cooling	OS	Keyboard
Samsung 64GB 830	Antec H2O 920	Windows 7	GIGABYTE Aivia K8100
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair AX1200	Lian-Li PC70	GIGABYTE Ghost M8000X	Creative XF-I C20K2 built in.
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3960X	GIGABYTE G1 Assassin 2	SLI GTX 570 940/2200	Kingston 16GB HyperX 2133MHz
Hard Drive	Cooling	OS	Keyboard
Samsung 64GB 830	Antec H2O 920	Windows 7	GIGABYTE Aivia K8100
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair AX1200	Lian-Li PC70	GIGABYTE Ghost M8000X	Creative XF-I C20K2 built in.
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5/7/12 at 4:31pm

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Hoped you might show up Sin, boards great but thats my 24/7 rig, now i'm setting up a dedicated test bench...suppose i could pick up another?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k	ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z	EVGA GeForce GTX 470	CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC I...	Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 720...	Corsair H80	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Monitor	Power	Case
DELL UltraSharp U2410	XFX Core Edition PRO650w	NZXT Source 210
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Phenom II X4 940 BE	Foxconn A79AS	EVGA GTX 470 X2	OZC Reaper DDR2 1066 (4x2g)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
RAID 0 4xWD 250G	ASUS BLU RAY	XSPC H2O	Win 7 64 bit
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Dell 24" IPS	XFX PRO 1050W	Case Labs STH10	Logitech g700
View all

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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k	ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z	EVGA GeForce GTX 470	CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SD...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC I...	Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 720...	Corsair H80	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Monitor	Power	Case
DELL UltraSharp U2410	XFX Core Edition PRO650w	NZXT Source 210
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Phenom II X4 940 BE	Foxconn A79AS	EVGA GTX 470 X2	OZC Reaper DDR2 1066 (4x2g)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
RAID 0 4xWD 250G	ASUS BLU RAY	XSPC H2O	Win 7 64 bit
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Dell 24" IPS	XFX PRO 1050W	Case Labs STH10	Logitech g700
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5/7/12 at 5:25pm

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theres always the z77 version of the maximus IV gene-z or a another nice board would be the Gigabyte z77x-UD5 or to save money even another one of the board you have

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-3770k	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH	Asus HD7950 DCII Summer has killed my OC :(	G.Skill TridentX 2400 2 x 4GB
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C	Arctic F12 CO PWM x 2 Push/Pull	Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate	LG IPS235V
Power	Case
Corsair AX850	Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced (Asia version)
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
I5-3570K	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3	MSI GTX460 Cyclone 1GD5	8GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Win 7 ultimate	Samsung Syncmaster 932gwe+	OCZ ZT series 550W	Coolermaster 410
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CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
1.67Ghz Atom	stock	1GB DDR2	2 x 500GB Western Digital Cavier Blacks [RAID 1]
Cooling	OS	Power	Case
stock	DSM3.2 [built on linux]	stock	stock
Other	Other
Synology DX510 Expansion unit	5 x 1TB WD Cavier Blacks in a RAID 6
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-3770k	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH	Asus HD7950 DCII Summer has killed my OC :(	G.Skill TridentX 2400 2 x 4GB
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C	Arctic F12 CO PWM x 2 Push/Pull	Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate	LG IPS235V
Power	Case
Corsair AX850	Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced (Asia version)
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
I5-3570K	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3	MSI GTX460 Cyclone 1GD5	8GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Win 7 ultimate	Samsung Syncmaster 932gwe+	OCZ ZT series 550W	Coolermaster 410
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CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
1.67Ghz Atom	stock	1GB DDR2	2 x 500GB Western Digital Cavier Blacks [RAID 1]
Cooling	OS	Power	Case
stock	DSM3.2 [built on linux]	stock	stock
Other	Other
Synology DX510 Expansion unit	5 x 1TB WD Cavier Blacks in a RAID 6
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