This may seem really silly and there is some obvious reason why I shouldn't do this, but please be patient I am new to OC'ing. For years I have bought mid/high end gaming rigs and never OC'ed them, since I have usually played only marginally graphics intensive games. Because I now have the money, have always been fascinated with OC'ing and the technology seems to all be converging in such a way that there are some really cool graphics intensive games out there (plus I think VR is going to explode with amazing but hardcore PC's only games in the next year) I have decided to build my first "enthusiast" OC gaming rig. To begin with here's the setup for my rig:
Corsair Graphite 780T case
Corsair AXi 860
ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Alpha mobo
i7 6700k pcu
RAIJINTEK THEMIS Evo air cooler
G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (14-14-14-34)
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
And will be buying a GTX 1080 when the custom cards come out.
All the components just arrived today and I am going to put it together asap, so I can RMA any DOA parts if need be, but here are my questions:
1) Can I go ahead and run my computer without any graphics card at all? I currently have a Radeon 7800 series (7870 I believe) that I could throw in there temporarily, but (and I know this is totally ridiculous) I want that PCIe-16 slot to be virgin when I install the gtx 1080. Of course, I also know that it may be the PCIe-16 slot that is the issue with the mobo so it would be in my best interest to completely check it out and quit being such a dork about it. I don't think its an issue not having a graphics card since the mobo has an hdmi out and the 6700k has onboard graphics. I know I won't be playing any kind of graphics intensive games, but for now all I want to do is make sure everything is running and possibly start experimenting with some low level CPU and RAM OC'ing...which brings me to my 2nd question...
2) Can I overclock the CPU and RAM without the graphics card? I have been reading about overclocking and I understand that the power draw of the GPU (especially when oc'ed) will have a big effect on how you can oc the pcu. Is it pointless to even try oc'ing the pcu/ram until the gpu is installed because I wouldn't have any idea of how stable the pcu oc will be until the final power configuration is there? Or is it not recommended to oc your pcu/ram at all without a nice beefy gpu? From what I understand about oc'ing the pcu, all of the stress tests only work the pcu and don't have anything to do with the gpu since it has separate stress tests.
I have searched all over for the answers to this and haven't been able to find anything, which makes me think it is probably not a wise thing to do. Currently, I think I will probably just test my setup (probably with my old graphics card just to make sure that the pcie slot is good and quit being an idiot about popping its cherry) and then wait until I get my final card before I start to play around with OC'ing the CPU, ram, and gpu.
TLDR: Can I run the above setup without a graphics card at all (using onboard cpu graphics and mobo hdmi out)?
Can I overclock cpu and ram without a graphics card installed?
Corsair Graphite 780T case
Corsair AXi 860
ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Alpha mobo
i7 6700k pcu
RAIJINTEK THEMIS Evo air cooler
G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (14-14-14-34)
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
And will be buying a GTX 1080 when the custom cards come out.
All the components just arrived today and I am going to put it together asap, so I can RMA any DOA parts if need be, but here are my questions:
1) Can I go ahead and run my computer without any graphics card at all? I currently have a Radeon 7800 series (7870 I believe) that I could throw in there temporarily, but (and I know this is totally ridiculous) I want that PCIe-16 slot to be virgin when I install the gtx 1080. Of course, I also know that it may be the PCIe-16 slot that is the issue with the mobo so it would be in my best interest to completely check it out and quit being such a dork about it. I don't think its an issue not having a graphics card since the mobo has an hdmi out and the 6700k has onboard graphics. I know I won't be playing any kind of graphics intensive games, but for now all I want to do is make sure everything is running and possibly start experimenting with some low level CPU and RAM OC'ing...which brings me to my 2nd question...
2) Can I overclock the CPU and RAM without the graphics card? I have been reading about overclocking and I understand that the power draw of the GPU (especially when oc'ed) will have a big effect on how you can oc the pcu. Is it pointless to even try oc'ing the pcu/ram until the gpu is installed because I wouldn't have any idea of how stable the pcu oc will be until the final power configuration is there? Or is it not recommended to oc your pcu/ram at all without a nice beefy gpu? From what I understand about oc'ing the pcu, all of the stress tests only work the pcu and don't have anything to do with the gpu since it has separate stress tests.
I have searched all over for the answers to this and haven't been able to find anything, which makes me think it is probably not a wise thing to do. Currently, I think I will probably just test my setup (probably with my old graphics card just to make sure that the pcie slot is good and quit being an idiot about popping its cherry) and then wait until I get my final card before I start to play around with OC'ing the CPU, ram, and gpu.
TLDR: Can I run the above setup without a graphics card at all (using onboard cpu graphics and mobo hdmi out)?
Can I overclock cpu and ram without a graphics card installed?
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