whats best OC spec for this.i em XMP with high performance on at 1833htz. Anyone have luck on pushing this thing without puching to hard????
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I bought a 2x8 1600 and could not push it any further than 1866 increasing v and cl, stable but dissapointed with patriot oc, had a 2x4 kingston blue 1600 that could reach 2133 1,65 cl11 or cl12 i dont remember, heatsink in this patriot series is a toy, get a 2x8, its better for OC
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For anything over 1866, enabling XMP should work. You can try to manually overclock but enabling XMP activates the default overclock.
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First, your bios has to have an option to unlock cores. Then, you set to desired clock (if u wish). Personally, I didnt go further than 4.2 while i tested. In reality, however, I discovered that overclocking mostly adding heat, increases noise amd power consumption without significant performance achievement. I dont think you calculating live planetary orbits, thereof, you got already good CPU so just have some memory, SSD and good video card. Enjoy your gaming
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32G, 3000 oc, see here http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4865#sp
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Running a Asus MB with w/16gb & 4770k chip. Experimented with running the ram at various speeds. No problems with underclocking the ram. No freezes at slower speeds. Best Wishes-Rick
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Hello,The speed they run at out of the box will depend on your motherboard and BIOS settings. More than likely, they will default to 1333Mhz. These modules do have a XMP (Xtreme Memory Profile?) profile. This is basically a preset configuration that tells your BIOS what speed and voltages to run at.Simply boot into your BIOS, browse to your Memory configuration page, and select the XMP profile for these modules. They should set their speed, timings, and voltages appropriately.
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Yes, I am happy to say. I am running a i5 2500k OC'ed to 4.7Ghz routinely for the past 3 years with no problem at all. This MB has 2 PCIe slots which is i why I bought it. I've run a GTX 560, 2 GTX 660 in SLI, and now a single GTX 770. I have a 600 watt power supply which handled it all just fine. I can't say enough for this ASUS P8Z77-V LK. It was originally designed for the 3rd generation CPU's and will do fine with your 3770K and GTX 970. The issue on overclocking will be your CPU cooling. I bought an very popular Corsair air cooler for about $30 which enabled me to run routinely at 4.7Ghz. I recommend using the ASUS auto OC'ing software included to to begin with. The software and manual that ASUS provides is great. I also run 2 x 4 GB RAM sticks. This is an out standing MB for the price.
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More because it's OC(overclocked). Don't waste your money the improved 700 series equivalent is coming and it will be similarly priced(I'm personally grabbing the 770 lightning).
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Yes, the Command Center bios works well for basic OC, but I have had trouble getting my 4770K stable over 4.1 GHz.
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Great!! I never overclock because I have some sort of worry about it (I have before though and it is great!) and from by experience its perfectly fine without overclocking.
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I'm running 4.433 on stock right now. Temps can get warm but not detrimental if you turn up the cpu fan speed. Completely stable as well.
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I have the H97Plus board and these are on the QVL, I am unable to run beyond 1400MHz with the G3258. Per ASUS XMP should allow this to run at full speed or 1600MHZ. The good news is at 1333 I can run stable with timings 8-8-8-20.
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It worked great for me. And I'm not overclocking. Under heavy load mine goes to 54c.
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Yes and check out www.overclock.net keep in mind that it is already highly overclocked and might be at the chips limits for performance. Welcome to the silicone lottery my friend. Some chips will do 1400/1800 on air @ 1.3v others will not budge past 1150/1600 no matter how much voltage you give it even under custom waterblocks. My 2 cents
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It's hard to answer this without more detail on your setup (motherboard, memory, overclocking, etc), but my experience with this chip in a different build is that it's borderline - you may max out cores. If you're thinking about buying this chip now (that is - you *don't* already own it) I'd suggest getting the FX-8320 instead, which only costs a little more, runs cooler, and responds well to overclocking (I've been running both of these chips with Evo 212 coolers at 4.5GHz for several months 24/7 and the FX-6350 runs MUCH hotter).
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there are posters on newegg.com that's running this mobo with x6. Careful tho, i was going to get this until i saw some reviews stating that there are some heating issues with this mobo.
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About a 40mhz overclock right out of the box. Up to the buyer if the price difference is worth that. You can do it yourself with the stock 940mhz. Xfx was also supposed to set up rewards for Black products, but it hasn't happened.