CPU BUNDLE microcenter need help achieving 4.8

ivannooz · May 19, 2013

hi guys i have h80i for cooling and raven rv03 case 8gb ddr3 1866 corsair dominator and planning to get a i7 3770k deal at microcenter, if anyone can help me choose which bundles should i go to achieve 4.8 ghz thanks greatly appreciated... heres the link http://microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx

Deleted member 217926 · May 19, 2013

Never expect a chip to hit a certain overclock. In fact you probably need better cooling for an Ivy chip at 4.8Ghz. They run very hot with the amount of voltage required to hit speeds that high. There is no guarantee even with a real custom water loop it could run that fast. Think 4.2-4.4Ghz and be happy with anything more.

ivannooz · May 19, 2013

thanks for the modest reply, even with the h80i push pull config? but any recommenddations on the mobo?

Deleted member 217926 · May 19, 2013

You pretty much get what you pay for with a motherboard. The Sabertooth is probably the best overclocker there.

The only way to be sure with temps is to try it. I would think 4.4-4.5Ghz easy. Over that will be getting a good chip.

ivannooz · May 20, 2013

hey just bought the cheapest bundle the msi z77a g41 achieved 4.6 but on high voltage about 1.44 cinebench scores at 8.92 and no errors on benchmarking but i havent tried doing p95 and everytime i restart the system it wont boot up and always fail i have to remove hardware (ram) in order to restart and go to bios settings, so i change the multiplier to 45 cinebench scores 8.25 p95 for 30 mins no error and max temp is 76 cpuz shows cpu volts 1.36 am i fine or something? pretty much im happy with my system

Deleted member 217926 · May 20, 2013

An Ivy Bridge CPU at 1.36v??? Way too high in my opinion. Your temps should max in the low 70s C under hours of Prime 95.

ivannooz · May 20, 2013

is it really high? maybe i should get another board? i read stock volt for msi g41 is at 1.25

jaguarskx · May 20, 2013

Yeah, never simply expect a chip to hit a specific speed.

Case in point, in the GPU section there was some kid who complained about a brand new nVidia Titan that died because he tried to push it to 1.3GHz to impress his friends.

He was gonna get "Daddy" to sue either nVidia or the graphic card brand name, because the warranty did not cover his stupidity.

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