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New here and new to overclocking. I have a MSI Z77A-G43 w/ i5 2500K. any ideas where i can get...

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6/4/12 at 7:28pm
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Not sure if this is even a good mobo to overclock> MSI z77a-g43 but that is what i bought. not too late to take it back. I know that my 2500K is very overclockable. any ideas to overclock this cpu with the mobo i have? thanks....
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6/4/12 at 11:19pm
Pros: Very clean board with everything I need and little that I don't, well laid out for my case and has nice colors. Stable so far but not really pushing it.

Cons: Horrible overclocking ability, lost an egg for that. The bios is the most restrictive I have ever seen, it's pretty and a 6 year old can use it but it's almost useless do anything of importance in it. IMO if you can't work in a text based bios you really don't need to be messing in one anyway.

Other Thoughts: Would have easily been a 5 egg had not been so restrictive on timing and voltage changes. They also should have spent less time on a GUI and more time on a better user guide.


was the first review i read, idk


edit: get a sabertooth imo
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6/5/12 at 12:28am
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shotgun, thanks for the response man!!! appreciate it. yes i have heard good things about sabortooth. good thing is that it is available at frys which is where i will be returning the msi z77a-g43. I am also considering asrock z68 but still shopping, reading and learning. thanks again. i want to use the 2500K to its fullest.
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6/5/12 at 12:32am
I have an ASUS Maximus IV Gene-z/Gen3 which is z68 and a 2500k as well.
I love them both, so really it's your choice.
Good luck man!
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