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[Solved] Benchmarks aside...

Forum Overclocking : CPUs [Solved] Benchmarks aside...

Other than benchmarking and that kind of thing, is there really any diff between 4.5 and 4.9ghz? Or even 3.9 and 4.5ghz?

I had the PC clock itself to 4.5ghz. I can run it up even farther stable, but is there any point? It's a gaming comp with GTX580 Classified that already is 900/1800/2106. So is the 3.9ghz turbo that is stock on the 2700k "good enough"?

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Reply to godprefersdiesels

You betcha.

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Reply to Wisecracker

Wisecracker wrote :

You betcha.

So it's good enough? Your post was kind of cryptic...

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Start adding GTX580s in SLI, use nvidia surround and 3D, and then you might start seeing a difference in games at those clocks. Your biggest bottleneck in that system is the single 580.

So when he said, "You betcha." He means that even at stock your CPU isn't holding you back (ie it is "good enough" ).

Reply to larkspur

But - assuming you have a nice cooler, it'd be kinda a waste to leave it at stock. I'd OC it to wherever it was stable without bumping the vcore and run it there until a time when you need more out of it.

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Reply to larkspur

larkspur wrote :

It has an H80. I let the mobo clock the cpu automatically until it said it was unstable. Then I ran Primeblend for a few hours. It's at 44x103.0@1.3v right now. I'm going to call it good. Thanks for the info, guys.

BTW, if the 580 is my bottleneck then I'm not going to complain!!

Message edited by godprefersdiesels on 02-02-2012 at 03:27:32 AM