... but will it run Crysis!? ^^

[-warheart-]

drop the h100 for a d14 and get an ax 750 with the money you saved. just my opinion but i really dont like those all in wc systems

 

[Rastalovich]

P67 Asus Sabertooth B3. I have been able to run it at 1866 but it was unstable even at 2T timing or when I loosened the timing manually. Selecting a profile of anything above 1866 and no boot. The XMS3 is also rated at 1.65v although I am able to run mine OK at 1.55v @ 1600 on the stock timings. When I plugged in a pair of Mushkin, I simply selected the 2133 profile and bammm, boots fine at low volts and my bench scores improved straight away. I get the impression that RAM designed to run at 1.5v is better suited to SB setups. Carl

Ah asus.... (don't get me started)

Strange, cos the one I have at home at the moment, using actual the 4x2g version of the sticks I linkied, has selectable 1600/1866/2000, which all work fine. No messing with voltages or anything, you just select the profile from the menu and the E7G3 fills in the blanks for you.

Overclocking it would be to try 2000++, which is when you mess with settings.

Selecting profiles is not oc'ing anymore, imo.

You sure you've not just got 1600 memory ?

 

[adamino]

drop the h100 for a d14 and get an ax 750 with the money you saved. just my opinion but i really dont like those all in wc systems

Problem with that is that I wouldn't have the space for my ram, since they aren't low line. And I would like the extra space the H100 provides me.

 

[Master&Puppet]

Any particular reason (other than the package deal) for going with a 2600k over a 2500k?

 

[Carl A]

Only get the 2600K if you need Hyper-Threading and applications that actually use it like rendering apps, basically computational applications. Games are only now starting to use HT (I believe BF3 does) but given the performance of these CPU's I suspect a 2500K would be fine for just gaming. 2500K cpus need less volts to reach higher clocks than a 2600k (obvious I know but it's a consideration if you plan to reach high core speeds)

Carl

 

[adamino]

Only get the 2600K if you need Hyper-Threading and applications that actually use it like rendering apps, basically computational applications. Games are only now starting to use HT (I believe BF3 does) but given the performance of these CPU's I suspect a 2500K would be fine for just gaming. 2500K cpus need less volts to reach higher clocks than a 2600k (obvious I know but it's a consideration if you plan to reach high core speeds)

Carl

It's great that you mention it! I was originally set on 2500k, but later had my eyes on the upgrade package as mentioned, but now that I've gone away from that again (to get my hands on the Z77) I'll go ahead and downgrade that again. Cheers!