4ghz Club

[Cold Storm]

the X58 and p55 series, well mainly the x58 boards are ridiculous. There all basicly over 150 bucks so its expensive for a reason they better over clock well if there ganna break the bank before you even buy the processor and the RAM.

Yeah, but also look at the 780i's and 790i's.. they where a high price point board , but sucked due to poor chipset and a bus hole that kills any hopes to get over 4ghz. Some have been able to do it. I did on both my 780i ftw (Q6700, Q9550) and 790i ultra (Q9550 & Qx9650).

TPU even posted it being at $279 (post 5) when it was launched..

Price doesn't mean anything.. I paid $299 for my Striker II, and where is it now... paper weight.. It all has to do with the build quality of the board... sh1t.. Look at the kit cars.. You can build a car to look like anything. A Pontiac Fiero can have a body swap and look just like a Ferrari F355.. Hell, I'd price it at the same price of a Ferrari F355.. And laugh straight to the bank via them not knowing it's just a Fiero..

If your looking for over clock, then Most and I say MOST of the time you might have to pay the bucks to do so. But, the P45 boards where all price quite reasonable and could oc to hell and back. My best board I ever had was also my cheapest.. DFI Blood Iron p35.. It did 550fsb and then booted to 567fsb, but due to "os" errors, I wasn't able to get in.. Never get a os from a friend that works at a company "dell"... They have built in safe locks for if someone trys to oc with them... lol

 

[3volvedcombat]

Yeah, but also look at the 780i's and 790i's.. they where a high price point board , but sucked due to poor chipset and a bus hole that kills any hopes to get over 4ghz. Some have been able to do it. I did on both my 780i ftw (Q6700, Q9550) and 790i ultra (Q9550 & Qx9650).

TPU even posted it being at $279 (post 5) when it was launched..

Price doesn't mean anything.. I paid $299 for my Striker II, and where is it now... paper weight.. It all has to do with the build quality of the board... sh1t.. Look at the kit cars.. You can build a car to look like anything. A Pontiac Fiero can have a body swap and look just like a Ferrari F355.. Hell, I'd price it at the same price of a Ferrari F355.. And laugh straight to the bank via them not knowing it's just a Fiero..

If your looking for over clock, then Most and I say MOST of the time you might have to pay the bucks to do so. But, the P45 boards where all price quite reasonable and could oc to hell and back. My best board I ever had was also my cheapest.. DFI Blood Iron p35.. It did 550fsb and then booted to 567fsb, but due to "os" errors, I wasn't able to get in.. Never get a os from a friend that works at a company "dell"... They have built in safe locks for if someone trys to oc with them... lol

Yeah thats exactly what i think. When it comes to p45 boards gigabyte is cheap but can do 530-550 fsb on there p45 series. I know exactly what you mean. Poor 780-790i's just cant do as much and yet they want you to run 3 video cards on them even though they potentialy cant overclock a CPU high enough to were bottlenecks don't occur...

 

[Cold Storm]

That's very true. My p35 gigabyte board was doa.. I was mad.. I said I'd never play with them again, but when their low budget p45 came out, I threw it into a build I was making for a co-worker.. I was amazed at what it could do.. But, if I didn't get that doa p35.. I'd never have my favorite board.

To me, if they wanted to really do tri-sli.. they should of done the 7series as a SLI. then make a 8series that went ddr3 and tri.. They probably could of fixed what they did so wrong with the 7series.. Now, I still have the 790i board, and think its good.. But, just at a somewhat mid oc.. it can be good for folding/crunching..

Hell, I was trying to sell my 790i with full water blocks and barbs for $140 a few weeks ago.. Just to get it out of my face.. No bites due to the chipset... I got tons just asking for the blocks.. but I wanted to sell for bundle.. hell the blocks/barbs cost $300...

 

[3volvedcombat]

That's very true. My p35 gigabyte board was doa.. I was mad.. I said I'd never play with them again, but when their low budget p45 came out, I threw it into a build I was making for a co-worker.. I was amazed at what it could do.. But, if I didn't get that doa p35.. I'd never have my favorite board.

To me, if they wanted to really do tri-sli.. they should of done the 7series as a SLI. then make a 8series that went ddr3 and tri.. They probably could of fixed what they did so wrong with the 7series.. Now, I still have the 790i board, and think its good.. But, just at a somewhat mid oc.. it can be good for folding/crunching..

Hell, I was trying to sell my 790i with full water blocks and barbs for $140 a few weeks ago.. Just to get it out of my face.. No bites due to the chipset... I got tons just asking for the blocks.. but I wanted to sell for bundle.. hell the blocks/barbs cost $300...

Haahahaha, i can remember that i wanted a 780i ftw so bad 10 months ago. 8 months ago got a p45 motherboard which is the best mobo ive had for a long time. Well the only good one ive had. I'm looking for a Gigabyte p55, once you get a good product and see good reviews on a company's motherboards you just want to stay with them. I hope there p55 motherboards are good. I here gig's x58 motherboards are great and hold the name from the p45 series. Hell i thought my AMD Athlon x2 brisbane 5800+ at 3.1Ghz was a good processor with ddr2 800Mhz. WRONG, was i wrong the minute i bought one of Intel's Pentium wolf dales with a xigmatek s1283 dark knight right of the bat, i overclocked it to 3.8 booted on windows 7 RC, started crysis and turned the r_DisplayInfo=1 command and watched the fps and i was shocked. I know AMD has got good processors now but i have a great intel motherboard so theres no need to spend 100 bucks on a AMD motherboard and another 150 for a Phenom II when the q9550 im looking to get does 4.3Ghz stable at low voltage . I was shocked at what a performance increase i had from 9-10,000 3dmark06 to 16-18,000 in 3dmark06 holy crap

 

[Cold Storm]

Haahahaha, i can remember that i wanted a 780i ftw so bad 10 months ago. 8 months ago got a p45 motherboard which is the best mobo ive had for a long time. Well the only good one ive had. I'm looking for a Gigabyte p55, once you get a good product and see good reviews on a company's motherboards you just want to stay with them. I hope there p55 motherboards are good. I here gig's x58 motherboards are great and hold the name from the p45 series. Hell i thought my AMD Athlon x2 brisbane 5800+ at 3.1Ghz was a good processor with ddr2 800Mhz. WRONG, was i wrong the minute i bought one of Intel's Pentium wolf dales with a xigmatek s1283 dark knight right of the bat, i overclocked it to 3.8 booted on windows 7 RC, started crysis and turned the r_DisplayInfo=1 command and watched the fps and i was shocked. I know AMD has got good processors now but i have a great intel motherboard so theres no need to spend 100 bucks on a AMD motherboard and another 150 for a Phenom II when the q9550 im looking to get does 4.3Ghz stable at low voltage . I was shocked at what a performance increase i had from 9-10,000 3dmark06 to 16-18,000 in 3dmark06 holy crap

I can say from talking with a few oc'ers that the the x58 on Gigabyte does hold to the expectations via the p45 set.. Now, with the p55's I know that their very strong boards. oc'ing to 4ghz is pretty simple once you find the sweet spots.. And, as I've shown with this evga p55.. Even at 4.6ghz, it can be done all with a air cooler.. Just gotta know the sweet spots.. And to tell the truth.. All I did to get to 4ghz, is read a review on the board via EVGA forums.. Set his settings (he had a i7 860 chip) and boom. I'm at 4ghz, and stable still at 4.2ghz.. But, due to not having much time to play, I haven't yet benched at 4.2ghz other then to play with pi..

To tell the truth.. Amd is a great set up, but if your not wanting to spend the money.. If you go into looking at AMD as a solid cheap build, then you'll never give your hopes up on their products.. IMHO. Now, with intel set ups.. The lower you go, price wise, sometimes the higher it goes.. E52 chips/e64's (I saw a 68% oc on my chip alone).. AMD does get those chips, but board work is what bricks you mostly with amds.. I think at lease.. Well, there is also the non be... lol

 

[Chicken Patty]

This is too much reading

 

[3volvedcombat]

Just a quick question, how does a q9550 with a over clock of 4.3Ghz 24/7 compare to a i7 when it comes to encoding and stuff. Also if i was crazy enough to pump 1.48 volts threw a q9550 i shall be getting to do 4.5Ghz stable how would that compare to a i7.

but most likely 4.3Ghz though lol ;]

IM GOING TO MICRO CENTER FOR Q9550 MAY THE RAPE COMMENCE IM JUMPING IN JOy YET IM ALMOST 17 NEED A LICENSE AND NEED TO GET A JOB >.>

im getting my own q9550 lol 3870x2 im just happy i get it for a deal and ae0 stepping.

 

[3870x2]

wtf ^

 

[PP Mguire]

I can say from talking with a few oc'ers that the the x58 on Gigabyte does hold to the expectations via the p45 set.. Now, with the p55's I know that their very strong boards. oc'ing to 4ghz is pretty simple once you find the sweet spots.. And, as I've shown with this evga p55.. Even at 4.6ghz, it can be done all with a air cooler.. Just gotta know the sweet spots.. And to tell the truth.. All I did to get to 4ghz, is read a review on the board via EVGA forums.. Set his settings (he had a i7 860 chip) and boom. I'm at 4ghz, and stable still at 4.2ghz.. But, due to not having much time to play, I haven't yet benched at 4.2ghz other then to play with pi..

To tell the truth.. Amd is a great set up, but if your not wanting to spend the money.. If you go into looking at AMD as a solid cheap build, then you'll never give your hopes up on their products.. IMHO. Now, with intel set ups.. The lower you go, price wise, sometimes the higher it goes.. E52 chips/e64's (I saw a 68% oc on my chip alone).. AMD does get those chips, but board work is what bricks you mostly with amds.. I think at lease.. Well, there is also the non be... lol

AMD board build quality is excelent. I liked them more than i liked this eVGA P55. Their chips just get to hot to quick to justify any real overclocking on conventional cooling.

 

[Cold Storm]

AMD board build quality is excelent. I liked them more than i liked this eVGA P55. Their chips just get to hot to quick to justify any real overclocking on conventional cooling.

Very true on the build quality. That's why you don't have to spend the money to get a great board.

I just can't see how you got a dud board... but, I've had my share, Striker II, so I feel your pain.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

what AMD chips would hit 4ghz? Almost all of the 45nm? Also what Intel chips will do 4ghz 24/7?
I'm considering trying to get a new build and want a chip that will do 4ghz 24/7. Dual,tri,quad doesn't matter

 

[Velvet Wafer]

what AMD chips would hit 4ghz? Almost all of the 45nm? Also what Intel chips will do 4ghz 24/7?
I'm considering trying to get a new build and want a chip that will do 4ghz 24/7. Dual,tri,quad doesn't matter

newer AMD 955,965 and Intel Q9450,550,650 quads should all do 4 relatively easily, the are worser clock per clock, but clock higher.
regarding duals:
the regor 240 and the e8400,500,600 should do well

 

[p_o_s_pc]

newer AMD 955,965 and Intel Q9450,550,650 quads should all do 4 relatively easily, the are worser clock per clock, but clock higher.
regarding duals:
the regor 240 and the e8400,500,600 should do well

lets see whats in my budget after Xmas at the least i want a 240

 

[Velvet Wafer]

lets see whats in my budget after Xmas at the least i want a 240

that would be the easiest and cheapest solution. i just dont know how the rana 435 and 445 clock... they are the triples

 

[p_o_s_pc]

that would be the easiest and cheapest solution. i just dont know how the rana 435 and 445 clock... they are the triples

the 240 would be the cheapest but i want something better for crunching. I don't plan on new video card(s) anytime soon if i get SLI running so i don't think a OCed 240 would hold me back there..

 

[PP Mguire]

Very true on the build quality. That's why you don't have to spend the money to get a great board.

I just can't see how you got a dud board... but, I've had my share, Striker II, so I feel your pain.

It was fine until i started phase. I think either the install/insulation process or just not having it screwed down to the case prolly fried the other lanes.

what AMD chips would hit 4ghz? Almost all of the 45nm? Also what Intel chips will do 4ghz 24/7?
I'm considering trying to get a new build and want a chip that will do 4ghz 24/7. Dual,tri,quad doesn't matter

Any 720-965 will do 4 easy with water.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

It was fine until i started phase. I think either the install/insulation process or just not having it screwed down to the case prolly fried the other lanes.



Any 720-965 will do 4 easy with water.

that helps but what chips will do 4ghz on air? Would i have to go Intel for that one?

 

[PP Mguire]

Probably. Possibly a 955/965 but cant garuntee that.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Probably. Possibly a 955/965 but cant garuntee that.

not looking for anyone to guarantee 4ghz on any chip

 

[InTeL-iNsIdE]

New results 4.4ghz

 

[Velvet Wafer]

not looking for anyone to guarantee 4ghz on any chip

you can always get a bum chip.
e8400-600 are known to achieve 4ghz in most situations, on medium air cooling.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

you can always get a bum chip.
e8400-600 are known to achieve 4ghz in most situations, on medium air cooling.

I know i could.I know it has alot to do with luck... So would a E8400 reach 4ghz on a Xiggy S1283

 

[Velvet Wafer]

I know i could.I know it has alot to do with luck... So would a E8400 reach 4ghz on a Xiggy S1283

supposedly. if it doesnt, you can consider it "shitty", i believe.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

supposedly. if it doesnt, you can consider it "shitty", i believe.

how do the Phenom II 940's clock? the E8400 is still up there in price

 

[Velvet Wafer]

how do the Phenom II 940's clock? the E8400 is still up there in price

about 3.7-3.8 for most people. if you dont mind 200 mhz, this would be a nice choice, due to their "age" making them cheaper