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Poll Results: would a Gigabyte 890xA-ud3 be enough to handle DICE overclockin to begin with

 
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post #1 of 7
8/20/12 at 11:36am
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Hi guys;

I am planning to start getting into DICE and later on Ln2 benchmarking....

My question on you overclocking lords how ever is based on my motherboard. I am planning to start overclocking on AMD simply because I can get cheap second hand chips thumb.gif I am currently running a Gigabyte 890xA-ud3 and I was wondering if the VRMS on this board would be enough to just start running some DICE overclocks. I know I wont be able to push to far on this board, but to just start off till I can save up for something with beefier VRMs would this be enough?


ohh
and another question I have would be about CPU pots for both ln2 and DICE, since I live in Austria ive been having a hard time finding a place to get a good pot. Would you guys know by any chance a company that ships decent ln2/Dice pots throughout europe??


Tank you and any help would be appreciated thumb.gif
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8/20/12 at 5:51pm
Vince with Kingpin cooling will ship anywhere in the world. His pots are expensive but highly regarded (I have an F1EE).

I know the 890 UD5 board was highly regarded, but I'm not as sure about the UD3. I do know that the 990FXA-UD3 works perfectly for Phenom II chips and is quite cheap, even new. Hopefully someone with a bit more AMD experience can tell you about the 890 board.
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8/20/12 at 6:55pm
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Would you guys know by any chance a company that ships decent ln2/Dice pots throughout europe??
Most of the pot makers are in europe. Here is a semi full list http://hwbot.org/forum/showthread.php?t=29726 Most of the makers will ship globally regardless of where they are though.
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8/20/12 at 9:26pm
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890FX w00t w00t! biggrin.gif ..or GX for that matter..wink.gif It's a good chipset for AMD. thumb.gif
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post #5 of 7
8/20/12 at 11:24pm
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thanks for all the help thumb.gif so im assuming I can start some "light" overclocks on my current motherboard till Ive saved up for something beefier??
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8/21/12 at 2:51am
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Hi guys;
I am planning to start getting into DICE and later on Ln2 benchmarking....
My question on you overclocking lords how ever is based on my motherboard. I am planning to start overclocking on AMD simply because I can get cheap second hand chips thumb.gif I am currently running a Gigabyte 890xA-ud3 and I was wondering if the VRMS on this board would be enough to just start running some DICE overclocks. I know I wont be able to push to far on this board, but to just start off till I can save up for something with beefier VRMs would this be enough?
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and another question I have would be about CPU pots for both ln2 and DICE, since I live in Austria ive been having a hard time finding a place to get a good pot. Would you guys know by any chance a company that ships decent ln2/Dice pots throughout europe??
Tank you and any help would be appreciated thumb.gif

The board has 8+2 VRMs ( http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3421#sp ) . The chipset is older but it is good for overclock.

Since you are in Austria , i think Piotres would be a good choice. He lives in Poland and is really fast with shipping and honest to .
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8/22/12 at 10:22am
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Thanks for all the responses and tips guys !! thumb.gif plus one cred for all of you thumb.gif

but as luck has it im faceing a major PC problem as it currently wont do anything... so itll still be a while till I can finally start benching frown.gif
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