i7 2600 required Clock Speed not to bottle neck 2 970 SLI

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Hi, I plan to buy another GTX Nvidia Geforce 970 and SLI

My question is, What frequency should I set my CPU so that it won't bottleneck my (future) 2 GPU, (I wish it is enough)

I'll be posting another thread later about what maximum display monitors should this setup can support...

Here's my specs:

Chassis: Raven 02-Evolution USB3.0
PSU: Corsair AX760 Platinum
MoBo: MSI Z77 Mpower
CPU: Core i7 2600 non K (OC to 3.98 Ghz) via x39 102Mhz
CPU Cooler: Silverstone Tundra 03-Lite
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 970
RAM: 2x4GB Avexir Core 1600Mhz (Blue)
HDD: Assorted (5 drives) 4TB 7200RPM
SSD: None

Sorry for my bad english
Please don't suggest buying new processor, I won't leave my sandy bridge :p:kaola:
 
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Thanks! But I got a Non K Sandy Bridge, How much should I set the Vcore? Still a noob in OCing
4.3 Ghz would be my goal

btw, I plan to build a new PC (since my desktop above is in the Philippines), Should I get i7 2600k ($220 used)+ Z77 AsRock Extreme4 (160 Brand New) or Choose i5 6600k ($ 270 Brand New) +Z170 Board? Thanks... I can swap the (newly brought) K series to my Mpower if I choose i7

Will be waiting for opinion ^_^
 
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I plan to build a new system, means I will have 2 computer. 1 here in US and 1 in the Philippines... Please guide me how should I OC my Non K i7, when I set my multiplier to x42 and restart my system, it returns a 39.8 value using OC Genie...
Or should I change may Ram kit? currently at 1600Mhz from Avexir... Still too afraid to do a manual adjustment... i got blue screen when I first try

Thanks, I'll just wait for other opinion before choosing your answer as best Cheers!
 
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What would be your ideal price for used i7 2600k? Thanks
 
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Try to set the multi to 42 and see what happens. I forgot the i7 2600 only runs 3.8ghz turbo and not 3.9ghz like the i7 2700. A lot of Z boards will let you set the multi +4 over the stock turbo speed. If that works, I would set the fsb back to 100 and leave it alone.
 
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via OC Genie, I got 39.8Mhz... there were time it spike to 42 in 1 core while tweaking and editing some setting... But, my friend told me not to push since my Ram isn't that strong yet (Got a Core Avexir Core 1600Mhz). It runs Stable for 3 days, but I turned off the OC since I don't need it for a while (there where really no difference in gaming, except in Video Rendering which is a couple of mins faster)... the fsb was 102Mhz that time, I revert it to 100.5 as its default.
 
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Yes you should be able to get 4.2ghz on one core, 4.1ghz on two cores, and 3.9ghz on four cores. That's what I was talking about. That a GOOD overclock. More than enough for SLI 970s. Put your fsb back to 100 and it won't affect your RAM at all.
 
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If you where me, would you change Ram to Higher frequency? Currently have Avexir for the looks.. would add new RAM if the Ram brand is good enough

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