Z68 and Overclocking non K s/1155

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ss-rotel User 674 posts Posted: 17/06/2011 2:06 PM

ok, a recent article @ Toms hardware reviewing the new 990FX chipset from AMD, that supports SLI. About time i recon... Click here to read article AND it confirmes what i was saying that you DONT need a i7 K chip for a gaming system, and the 2400 will be more then enough to feed a high end video card They compaired a i5 2400 @ 3.1ghz on an Asus P8Z68-V Pro board, and a phenom x4 980 Black ed, @ 3.7ghz on the new Asus Sabertooth 990FX board. both running a pair of GTX570's in SLI running custom drivers, (what they mean by that, i don't know.) anyway, the system shown here are @ 1080p, are consistantly running 90-100FPS in Lost planet 2, (DX11, 4xAA/0xAF) and 50-65fps in metro 2033, (DX11 4xAA/16xAF), 115-167fps in BF:BC2, (DX11, 8xMSaa, 16xAF) I think that kinda proves my point...

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Chris.Lampard Why spend when you can o/clock ? User 148 posts Posted: 17/06/2011 9:06 PM

Hey rotel, I did state that it could bottleneck the cpu later on down the line when multiple high-end gpu's are used yes, however my arguement was more slanted towards the fact people who game will normally end up wanting to modify thier pc, this maybe as little as updating thier drivers regularly initially however it normally evolves and in the end they find out about overclocking and that its possible with most cpu's increases performance but can decrease life if not kept within limits. Then they will want to try themselves and they have a new gen 2 intel cpu which they've read on articles overclocks very well and has great tempretures, however they've been sold a I5 2500 and not the I5 2500K they need, so instantly they need to outlay for a new cpu which is extra cost, so why not just give that ability to them by giving the K series plus the price difference between them is quite small $33 for a huge jump in performance. Like i said leave the locked chips for the business user's and basic user's let the small few who want to do it learn how to don't block that avenue to save $33, just my opinion. Chris.

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ss-rotel User 674 posts Posted: 19/06/2011 12:06 PM

MY arguement is that no, gamers dont want to modify their systems. A select few like you and me want to do what we do, overclock, or custom modify their systems... typically, doesn't a gamer has a very limited budget, or a console. seeing as all games these day's are available on 3 out of 4 platforms... out of ALL the ppl i LAN with, aside from me, only one's decided to overclock his system, and this system is a +2yr old 1366 920 system. and i can't ever remember the reason why he bothered now... hell, the rest only update their drivers when there's a problem, or the new game they have just bought recomends it. You are right, the difference between an i5 2500K and a 2400 is neglagable. If you can't find the extra $33, then there's somthing wrong. BUT you still need to spend an xtra $50-100 in cooling to make a decent OC stable, to gain 10FPS maybe? the extra $100 would have been better spent on the next video card up from what you bought, as typically, that gains you 20-30fps... besides, i was seeing all the builds that were getting recomended recently ONLY offering a i7 2600K. There's no point there... anyway... gave up recomending to those 2. they were looking @ part prices, not the system as a whole. and they REALLY aren't taking our advice.

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