
Want to see what you can get from this board... wanna try it



Cheap and Cheerful!
(15 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5 3570K | MSI Z77 MPOWER | HD6950 2GB | 8Gb Kingston HyperX Beast |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb | Kingston HyperX 3K | Alpenfohn K2 | Windows 7 |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Cherry MX Black | Antec True Power 650w | Coolermaster CM690ii | Steelseries Sensei |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Steelseries 9HD | Steelseries Siberia V2 | ||
| View all | |||
Cheap and Cheerful!
(15 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5 3570K | MSI Z77 MPOWER | HD6950 2GB | 8Gb Kingston HyperX Beast |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb | Kingston HyperX 3K | Alpenfohn K2 | Windows 7 |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Cherry MX Black | Antec True Power 650w | Coolermaster CM690ii | Steelseries Sensei |
| Mouse Pad | Audio | ||
| Steelseries 9HD | Steelseries Siberia V2 | ||
| View all | |||
{ (faces) (screen names) } . Its nice to see the board doing so well - T0lsty set the new bar in '11 x1 gpu with the board LinKy (as we all know its for the time being
- Anxious to get all my LN2 equipment in (starting to), as well as feeling better.
parts and parts
(20 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel i7 3770Ks | MSI Z77 MPower + others | MSI GTX 670 Power Edition | MSI GTX 660 |
| Graphics | RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Varying AMD / ATI / Nvidia cards | Elpida / PSC / Hynix based DDR3 kits | Corsair Force 3 SSDs | Samsung storage drives |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | OS |
| Water & Corsair H100 | DICE / LN2 | custom M$ Windows OSes | Win7 Ns |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| LG Flatron E2250T | M$ Sidewinder :/ | Corsair and Tt PSUs | benchtables |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio | |
| Logitech gaming mice or M$ Sidewinder models | Commodore Gaming mouse-pad and mouse area rug | Sennheiser Headphones | |
| View all | |||
parts and parts
(20 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel i7 3770Ks | MSI Z77 MPower + others | MSI GTX 670 Power Edition | MSI GTX 660 |
| Graphics | RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Varying AMD / ATI / Nvidia cards | Elpida / PSC / Hynix based DDR3 kits | Corsair Force 3 SSDs | Samsung storage drives |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | OS |
| Water & Corsair H100 | DICE / LN2 | custom M$ Windows OSes | Win7 Ns |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| LG Flatron E2250T | M$ Sidewinder :/ | Corsair and Tt PSUs | benchtables |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio | |
| Logitech gaming mice or M$ Sidewinder models | Commodore Gaming mouse-pad and mouse area rug | Sennheiser Headphones | |
| View all | |||

| Name | Team Rank | Points / May | Work Units / May |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hukkel | 2,520 | 251,582 / 120,535 | 48 / 14 |
OrB!T*
(18 items) |
Diablo 3 gaming HTPC
(0 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5-2500k | ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 | Evga gtx670 | Cosair Vengeance 2*4 1.5v CL8 1600 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| CnMemory SSD | WD Caviar black | Samsung Spinpoint | LG bluray rewriter |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Power |
| Thermaltake 120 mm blue Thunderblade fan | Windows 7 64bit | LG 2360V | Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Thermaltake Chaser MK I | Roccat Kova+ | Roccat Taito | Astrogaming A40 wireless |
| Audio | |||
| Logitech Z-2300 | |||
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OrB!T*
(18 items) |
Diablo 3 gaming HTPC
(0 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5-2500k | ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 | Evga gtx670 | Cosair Vengeance 2*4 1.5v CL8 1600 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| CnMemory SSD | WD Caviar black | Samsung Spinpoint | LG bluray rewriter |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Power |
| Thermaltake 120 mm blue Thunderblade fan | Windows 7 64bit | LG 2360V | Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Thermaltake Chaser MK I | Roccat Kova+ | Roccat Taito | Astrogaming A40 wireless |
| Audio | |||
| Logitech Z-2300 | |||
| View all | |||





| Name | Team Rank | Points / May | Work Units / May |
|---|---|---|---|
| cl3p20 | 432 | 6,098,380 / 0 | 17,667 / 1 |
No.. no need really.
The stock 980x cooler with my 2x 24v fans on it keeps load temps below 50c @ 4.4ghz with 4c/8t ... this particular CPU needs a good boost in vcore to scale beyond that range. I will just run -0 on DI when I need to test faster. For the most part, air testing allows me to dial in efficiency and test things like drivers and BIOS updates before strapping on a POT and freezing for good scores. 
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||





| Name | Team Rank | Points / May | Work Units / May |
|---|---|---|---|
| cl3p20 | 432 | 6,098,380 / 0 | 17,667 / 1 |
*small update*
Been focusing on RAM OC with mobo lately.. gaining ground slowly. Up on my previous best for 32mil stable RAM clocks.. now pushing +2600mhz settings for stable 32mil runs 
SA voltage - 1.224v
RAM v - 1.81v real
9-12-12-27 stable up to 2500mhz
now booting +2600mhz, 10-13-13-31
Previous efforts, it seems were hindered by my low SA voltage.. I will try 9-11-11-17 again for 2400mhz and up and see where I get. Still learning this platform and mobo some.. things are coming together though.
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||





| Name | Team Rank | Points / May | Work Units / May |
|---|---|---|---|
| cl3p20 | 432 | 6,098,380 / 0 | 17,667 / 1 |
Team LV 2133mhz kit, HCH9
1.83v real
1.26v SA
1.2v VTT
10-12-12-24 1T
tRFC - 110
tWR - 8
tWTR - 7
tRRD - 6
tRTP - 6
tWCL - 7
tCKE - 5
tertiary cannot tighten as much as I would like on this kit.. just as well, its low bin.
tRWRDD - 5
tRWSR - 4
tWWSR - 5
tRRSR - 5
32mil stable with above settings..efficiency is still off; as I am not able to improve on my below 4ghz time with 2300mhz settings and tighter tertiary
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||





| Name | Team Rank | Points / May | Work Units / May |
|---|---|---|---|
| cl3p20 | 432 | 6,098,380 / 0 | 17,667 / 1 |
*working on addressing the following with MSI for BIOS support :
tRRD - lowest setting available is 4 currently.. need 3,2,1 !
tWR - missing '9' as available option.. choices are 7,8,10 !
working tFAW and tRTL - manual setting results in no POST
DRAM refresh options
**bonus - achieved 32mil stable with my 2133mhz kit @ 2600mhz
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||
The slaughter house
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| E8400, E8600, 980BE | T2RS+, P5E3, TA890FXE | 8800GTS's,GTX's,GS,Ultra's,9600GT | Lots of D9's and some crap DDR3 |
| Hard Drive | Power | Case | |
| Seagate 250GB + 80GB WD for benching | TT 875w, Corsair 650TX | Custom bench station | |
| View all | |||
The slaughter house
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| E8400, E8600, 980BE | T2RS+, P5E3, TA890FXE | 8800GTS's,GTX's,GS,Ultra's,9600GT | Lots of D9's and some crap DDR3 |
| Hard Drive | Power | Case | |
| Seagate 250GB + 80GB WD for benching | TT 875w, Corsair 650TX | Custom bench station | |
| View all | |||
| Name | Team Rank | Points / May | Work Units / May |
|---|---|---|---|
| SilentWabbit | 3,652 | 73,448 / 0 | 293 / 0 |
My System
(16 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I7 3770k | Msi Mpower | MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr II | MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr II |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling |
| Corsair Vengence | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial M4 | H100I |
| OS | Monitor | Power | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate | Crossover 27 | Corsair HX 1050 | |
| View all | |||
My System
(16 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I7 3770k | Msi Mpower | MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr II | MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr II |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling |
| Corsair Vengence | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial M4 | H100I |
| OS | Monitor | Power | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate | Crossover 27 | Corsair HX 1050 | |
| View all | |||





| Name | Team Rank | Points / May | Work Units / May |
|---|---|---|---|
| cl3p20 | 432 | 6,098,380 / 0 | 17,667 / 1 |
So long as your referring to the PCI-E 1x... then yes. You could.
*You could not.. if your card required using the 3rd full size PCI-E.. you could not run SLI, as you would not have enough lanes for the 2nd GPU to function for SLI.. Xfire you would though.
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||
daily dosage
(15 items) |
MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20
(26 photos) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 930 | Gigabyte X58A-OC | MSI 6950 TFIII PE/OC | 3x2 Mushkin Redline PC3-16000 |
| Cooling | Monitor | Power | Case |
| Zalman CNPS10x | Panasonic 37" 1080p Plasma | HCG900w | X-gamer Aspire |
| View all | |||