lawlington
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I have i7-2600k with asus maximus extreme-z and it has an e-z oc to 4.6ghz, (1866mhz g-skill ram,) I cant seem to get much past that yet im watercooled and at 30c, how do I max it out and get 5.9ghz like my multi lets me go up to, or even those people that get like 8ghz, cuz i have it cool enough to pass 6, how would I go about doing that? I have read many guides, and leave my ram at 1600mhz instead of 1866 (default) and then try to increase voltage and the fastest I can get is 4.9 before it crashes (I do it in the OS or using ROG CONNECT) , does anyone know what I would have to do since I can't touch the fsb (must leave at 100) and upping just voltage and multi only gets me so far, I like that the board has it set to 4.6, and at idle its chilling at 1.6 then turbos up to 4.6 under load, but It is so cool, i could easily push it past 6 and keep it under 70c.... massive cool. So how would I go about doing that, like you see people with those extreme OC's 6.5 etc, I could reach that with my custom setup, or would I need like 2133 mhz rated ram, or what. In most guides they say "ive seen 5.X or 6ghz w/o touching the ram etc... but yea I let the mobo take me to 4.6, sets my 1.5V 9-9-9 28 2T ram to 1.65, and then idk what to do from that, should I set the ram Mhz lower and use memtweak to raise the 9-9-9 ? and how much etc, or do i not have to bother with that to get past the 5.0 mark.
Here is another question I had (long read, if you just want to answer above that ismost important).
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Hey guys, I recently built an amazing computer with the i7-2600k processor, and used as ASUS Maximus extreme-z motherboard (basically the most beautiful mobo on earth, they even have one for servers that is so redic. link for server version here anyways, I have the extreme-z version of that and in the new gui bios I just set the ez-overclock to 4.6 and it is completely stable And CPU-Z backs that up, core temps are 35-45c with corsair H100 water cooling, the processor came with an even smaller heatsync then the i7950 (and the 950 was running wayy hot when I got that) but i tried it and at stock voltage and stock heatsync it was only 35~ c, so the new 35nm i7-2600k is sick as hell.
ANYWAYS, I have a mid tower case (cooler master HAF 912) and want to build a server, and im thinking about going AMD because I want it to be cheap but as powerful as possible for the $$$, I have about 700 to spend on it. The new AMD processor "bulldozer" is coming out October 12th, so should I wait for that and get the best one for ~250 with the ASUS Crosshair IV (its like the intel one, (ASUS MAximus) but 100 bux less and for AMD, or do you think if I bought a cheap gigabyte server board and put two xenons or something on it would that still own it. I guess the best thing to do is wait, I already have a ton of Hard drives, 3TB solid states etc, but i just built a sick amd computer and I would like to make an actual server thats quiet and can crunch numbers I guess, what would you guys do. Considering its like 2 weeks away for the bulldozer and I could have an 8core that would be awesome, but at the same time cores and ghz means nothing because at 3.4ghz on this i7 4core I render faster then on my friends faster yet older i7, it's all about the architecture and intel basically rapes AMD in that department, so would two older and cheaper 4-core xenons I think I saw two decent 'lynnfield' type server intel processors on newegg for 250~ so that wouldn't be horrible, but then again I could get the nicer mobo (ASUS Crosshair) and pop an 8 core bulldozer and slightly oc it safely and just put linux on there and would that rape any other amd server for the pricfe?
IF TOO LONG:
1) Have a sick intel comp and want to build an AMD/or cheaper server. I already have most parts and have 6-700 to spend on the processors and mobo, if I get the BULLDOZER in 2 weeks I could still get watercooling etc, and it will be 8 cores and ive only had two 4 core intels (that owned) but 8 cores sound so fun, then again I could build a cheap dual core intel -4core server, but it would run at like 2.4ghz with 2 processors. Here we go Newegg.com - Intel Xeon X3450 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Server Processor BX80605X3450 [264] a piece, for 2.66ghz. Could I even OC something like that or I guess servers are better off left stable/stock. but would you just get that now and with what mobo? (1156 platform) or just build another desktop basically with the new bulldozer. Im basically using it as another workstation for adobe products, but im basically doing that on my intel now, so that or for webhosting/ftp/ hosting etc.
Pics of my current setup, its running 4.6ghz and vcore is at 1.35, but I can get 4.6 and turn vcore to 1.25 and it runs, and its only 35c with water cooling now, so I could easily crank it past 5.5 but I just don't know how, when I put the multiplier up (it goes to 59) if I go past 50 it just won't boot, and I have g.skill 16gigs of ram (DDR3 1866) would I need like 2133mhz ram or no, ive read many guides and tehy say you dont have to touch the ram until the end to get it stable, but yea some people on the OC site have like 6.7ghz and wtf how can they get it that high, I would like to push it to the edge once and I have it cool enough to prob max out at 6.5.. idk where to begin on that, anyways....
My i7-2600k set to 4.6 on the dinkiest stock heatsync, I have same settings but with water cooling its at 35c, in bios reads 28-31c.
the insides (I changed the fan on the left to blue cooler master to match the rest.
My mobo before putting the cooler fans on the ram, you can see the little circles where you can get OC readings, (voltage readings) and OC it from the MOBO physicially while its ON... as im saying, sickest mobo ever, imagine having the one at the top with two dual intel processors, would cost like 1500 for mobo/cpu alone but would be sick.
after ram cooling fans:
took this pic with my new canon video camera, refurbished from the factory, got it for 250, originally 900...
and the case/outside, I have at least 10 fans in this thing but got the best ones, quiet and move tons of air, coolermaster 120mm, but dissapointed when I found out that I basically could have this thing in a small cardboard box with 1 fan, since I think this 4.6 setting is basically as high as it will go , and will last for ever at 35c.
anyways let me know what you think about the server build/idea, thanks!
Here is another question I had (long read, if you just want to answer above that ismost important).
///////////////////////////question 2
Hey guys, I recently built an amazing computer with the i7-2600k processor, and used as ASUS Maximus extreme-z motherboard (basically the most beautiful mobo on earth, they even have one for servers that is so redic. link for server version here anyways, I have the extreme-z version of that and in the new gui bios I just set the ez-overclock to 4.6 and it is completely stable And CPU-Z backs that up, core temps are 35-45c with corsair H100 water cooling, the processor came with an even smaller heatsync then the i7950 (and the 950 was running wayy hot when I got that) but i tried it and at stock voltage and stock heatsync it was only 35~ c, so the new 35nm i7-2600k is sick as hell.
ANYWAYS, I have a mid tower case (cooler master HAF 912) and want to build a server, and im thinking about going AMD because I want it to be cheap but as powerful as possible for the $$$, I have about 700 to spend on it. The new AMD processor "bulldozer" is coming out October 12th, so should I wait for that and get the best one for ~250 with the ASUS Crosshair IV (its like the intel one, (ASUS MAximus) but 100 bux less and for AMD, or do you think if I bought a cheap gigabyte server board and put two xenons or something on it would that still own it. I guess the best thing to do is wait, I already have a ton of Hard drives, 3TB solid states etc, but i just built a sick amd computer and I would like to make an actual server thats quiet and can crunch numbers I guess, what would you guys do. Considering its like 2 weeks away for the bulldozer and I could have an 8core that would be awesome, but at the same time cores and ghz means nothing because at 3.4ghz on this i7 4core I render faster then on my friends faster yet older i7, it's all about the architecture and intel basically rapes AMD in that department, so would two older and cheaper 4-core xenons I think I saw two decent 'lynnfield' type server intel processors on newegg for 250~ so that wouldn't be horrible, but then again I could get the nicer mobo (ASUS Crosshair) and pop an 8 core bulldozer and slightly oc it safely and just put linux on there and would that rape any other amd server for the pricfe?
IF TOO LONG:
1) Have a sick intel comp and want to build an AMD/or cheaper server. I already have most parts and have 6-700 to spend on the processors and mobo, if I get the BULLDOZER in 2 weeks I could still get watercooling etc, and it will be 8 cores and ive only had two 4 core intels (that owned) but 8 cores sound so fun, then again I could build a cheap dual core intel -4core server, but it would run at like 2.4ghz with 2 processors. Here we go Newegg.com - Intel Xeon X3450 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Server Processor BX80605X3450 [264] a piece, for 2.66ghz. Could I even OC something like that or I guess servers are better off left stable/stock. but would you just get that now and with what mobo? (1156 platform) or just build another desktop basically with the new bulldozer. Im basically using it as another workstation for adobe products, but im basically doing that on my intel now, so that or for webhosting/ftp/ hosting etc.
Pics of my current setup, its running 4.6ghz and vcore is at 1.35, but I can get 4.6 and turn vcore to 1.25 and it runs, and its only 35c with water cooling now, so I could easily crank it past 5.5 but I just don't know how, when I put the multiplier up (it goes to 59) if I go past 50 it just won't boot, and I have g.skill 16gigs of ram (DDR3 1866) would I need like 2133mhz ram or no, ive read many guides and tehy say you dont have to touch the ram until the end to get it stable, but yea some people on the OC site have like 6.7ghz and wtf how can they get it that high, I would like to push it to the edge once and I have it cool enough to prob max out at 6.5.. idk where to begin on that, anyways....
My i7-2600k set to 4.6 on the dinkiest stock heatsync, I have same settings but with water cooling its at 35c, in bios reads 28-31c.
the insides (I changed the fan on the left to blue cooler master to match the rest.
My mobo before putting the cooler fans on the ram, you can see the little circles where you can get OC readings, (voltage readings) and OC it from the MOBO physicially while its ON... as im saying, sickest mobo ever, imagine having the one at the top with two dual intel processors, would cost like 1500 for mobo/cpu alone but would be sick.
after ram cooling fans:
took this pic with my new canon video camera, refurbished from the factory, got it for 250, originally 900...
and the case/outside, I have at least 10 fans in this thing but got the best ones, quiet and move tons of air, coolermaster 120mm, but dissapointed when I found out that I basically could have this thing in a small cardboard box with 1 fan, since I think this 4.6 setting is basically as high as it will go , and will last for ever at 35c.
anyways let me know what you think about the server build/idea, thanks!
