Greetings! Just discovered this forum and it`s amazing! Still a noob here, but I feel like I learned a great deal about OC already.
I came back to Canada recently and will be rebuilding a computer with parts I bought in 2012...
My question is very similar to this post, but I didn`t want to highjack it. I think it`s still decent, but wonder what I can expect from this:
Intel Core i5 3570K @3.4Ghz (stock)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Fermi Cyclone OC (w/ broken fan)
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-1600 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10
Asus P8Z77-V Lk
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Antec Earthwatt 500W
I have a limited budget and the plan would be to only buy a GTX 1060 (not sure 3 or 6 Go yet) and possibly a SSD as the other 2 HDD are dead. The goal is to have it as a gaming rig for at least 2-3 years. I`m ok with playing at medium settings, when needed.
I wonder:
1. Would the CPU stock clock (3.4) bottleneck a 1060?
2. OCing to 4.3 - 4.4 seems reasonable, what kind of improvement could I expect from that? (speaking mostly in terms of FPS in AAA games)
3. Should I OC the RAM as well if I do so?
4. I assume the Power Supply would still be up to it, right?
(edit: I`ve read that I can save 10-25° by delidding the CPU, but I`m not quite sure I`m confident to do that just yet)
Many thanks!
I came back to Canada recently and will be rebuilding a computer with parts I bought in 2012...
My question is very similar to this post, but I didn`t want to highjack it. I think it`s still decent, but wonder what I can expect from this:
Intel Core i5 3570K @3.4Ghz (stock)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Fermi Cyclone OC (w/ broken fan)
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-1600 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10
Asus P8Z77-V Lk
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Antec Earthwatt 500W
I have a limited budget and the plan would be to only buy a GTX 1060 (not sure 3 or 6 Go yet) and possibly a SSD as the other 2 HDD are dead. The goal is to have it as a gaming rig for at least 2-3 years. I`m ok with playing at medium settings, when needed.
I wonder:
1. Would the CPU stock clock (3.4) bottleneck a 1060?
2. OCing to 4.3 - 4.4 seems reasonable, what kind of improvement could I expect from that? (speaking mostly in terms of FPS in AAA games)
3. Should I OC the RAM as well if I do so?
4. I assume the Power Supply would still be up to it, right?
(edit: I`ve read that I can save 10-25° by delidding the CPU, but I`m not quite sure I`m confident to do that just yet)
Many thanks!