I really did my best picking the parts, reading up on reviews and comparing them to others.
Where I am lost are how to overclock my rig manually. (CPU, VGA, RAM)
I know that ASUS has their auto tune utility, but I want to achieve higher clocks on my own (That's the fun of it after all
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and I think it just overclocks the CPU, but I may be wrong.
Does anyone have a similar build that can lead me in the right direction with a good safe overclock?
From there I think I can tweak things a bit.
If you're out there, please post your exact settings! I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thank you, I'll post what I achieve once it gets here! Can't wait!
If you get this board, you'll be able to get plenty of help OC'ing your CPU here on OCN once you have everything put together. Lots of people here going with it.
Originally Posted by Sheyster;12049123
If you get this board, you'll be able to get plenty of help OC'ing your CPU here on OCN once you have everything put together. Lots of people here going with it.
correct. ocing on this board is pretty easy. You increase the individual core multipliers and the vcore as needed. Here is a link and a video that has about everything you need.
I mean take it with a grain of salt since its from a "marketing" person but It seems to be pretty good. Read the link above thats where the real p67 overclocking meat is
is there a reason you need 8gb of ram? 99% of ppl cant even use up 4gb
gskill makes great ram but ram isnt hard to pick. Get whatever does the speed you want with the lowest timings you can afford. I prefer corsair gskill or muskin but ive used almost all them cept crucial and no name brands. Dont get ocz since they are offically done making ram
Ah, I see. I plan on streaming games in full 1080P, but I'm not sure I'll need 8 GB of ram. It's just so cheap these days that I figured I'd grab it. Is that a bad idea? I'll save about $50, just say the word ;P
I picked them out of random and they happened to be in the mobos accepted list. But like I said get whatever speed you want with lowest timings possible. I would just get 4gb as you wont need more than that for your doing. I can say that from experience as thats all I really do is game too
if you find a set you like you can verify they are accepted by the mobo here. This board seems finicky with ram so I would say get whats already in the mobo list. I woulda got some gskill tbh but I was already buying everything else at microcenter so I figured get the ram and build it when I get home rather than wait 3 days
Originally Posted by overvu;12050178
I took a look at the list.
I am gonna go with 4 gbs but I have a few questions.
Are there any advantages of going with more than 1 DIMM?
great sticks but you need something with smaller heatsinks because of that cooler. Also you want to get your sticks in multiples of two since your board is dual channel. so its either 2x 2gb or 4x 2gb or 2/4 of 4gb etc you get the picture.
Get a stick with normal side heatsinks such as this. or something like this.
dont buy those sticks it was just to show you what heatsinks to look for
or your other option is to get those dominators but get a h50 or h70 since they give alot more case real estate and about the same temps as that noctua.
great sticks but you need something with smaller heatsinks because of that cooler. Also you want to get your sticks in multiples of two since your board is dual channel. so its either 2x 2gb or 4x 2gb or 2/4 of 4gb etc you get the picture.
Get a stick with normal side heatsinks such as this. or something like this.
dont buy those sticks it was just to show you what heatsinks to look for
or your other option is to get those dominators but get a h50 or h70 since they give alot more case real estate and about the same temps as that noctua.
Ahh, I know what you mean. I saw a few screenshots showing the Noctua NH-D14 not interfering with RAM with raised heat spreaders. It cut it REALLY close but I'm pretty sure they fit. I hope the RAM not being listed as compatible is as easy as putting settings in yourself.
I also looked into the H70 as a cooler, but I read if you wanted to go water cooling, you should stay away from the prepackaged ones. I was so ready to buy the H70 though. Thanks again
The h70 isnt great I only got the h50 cuz it was 45 from a friend in like new condition. That being said the noctua does in fact support dominators its just super close so it could in theory affect your temps. I had a true-120 and some reapers so I used to be limited in my ram slots being used but for my board it didtn matter. That being said why get the larger heatsinks that might mess with another cooler you might get down the road? Unless you are overclocking your ram (you prob wont with that chip since its a multi change not bclock) the regular heatsinks work just fine. My ram has never gotten even warm to the touch and i have checked it numerous times.
Side note: mushkin has alot of good ram @ 1600mhz with lower timings but you pay a tad extra (small heatsinks). Mushkin is top of the line ram tho
The h70 isnt great I only got the h50 cuz it was 45 from a friend in like new condition. That being said the noctua does in fact support dominators its just super close so it could in theory affect your temps. I had a true-120 and some reapers so I used to be limited in my ram slots being used but for my board it didtn matter. That being said why get the larger heatsinks that might mess with another cooler you might get down the road? Unless you are overclocking your ram (you prob wont with that chip since its a multi change not bclock) the regular heatsinks work just fine. My ram has never gotten even warm to the touch and i have checked it numerous times.
Side note: mushkin has alot of good ram @ 1600mhz with lower timings but you pay a tad extra (small heatsinks). Mushkin is top of the line ram tho
Aw, I understand what you mean now.
Ya, I'm not quite sure if I like the new overclocking methods now, it seems too easy!
Gonna look at mushkins now, even though my order shipped!
if your order shipped dont worry about it. I dont know if there will be a difference between the 2x 4gb and 2x2gb. Should be fine. At the worst you rma and get a new set. gskill makes good ram. I only even suggested changing because you coulda saved some money but no worries
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