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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain said:
Oh so what are 'rev's? are they like versions so i should be looking for rev2 or 3?

I like to recommend extreme3 or 4 too, they are great boards with tons of features.

Easily OC'able to 4.5GHz, plenty of PCIE slots, but the only thing that bugs me, a little, is 2 years of the warranty vs 3 with the others.

But it has ASUS DNA, so it is made with good quality components.

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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain said:
oh ok thaks nikorr and i have an asrock now and im not really that impressed (very slow boot,few crashes/bsods) it maybe because its a pretty cheap board so i might look around to see if anyones had any problems with this board but so far all reviews look good!

OK, whats the specs for the old one, because the Z68 is fast , I build 2 PC with the mobos and no complains from anyone : )
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(very slow boot,few crashes/bsods)

If u have W7, quality PSU, quality mobo (meaning if they updates the drivers) fast 2600K quality components... no problems.

I cant imagine slow anything with 2600K : ))

Only if u would have some virus or other pest in the system.

Aah and the one i have now is an m3n78d (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?model=m3n78d) its a pretty value oriented board. and its not anything in the system because it crashed when i was installing w7 when i first got all my components :p  seems to have been fine since then apart from the odd bsod which of course might be more to do with the os rather than the hardware but the boot is still very slow to get past post which again is probably because it was a cheap board
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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain said:
Aah and the one i have now is an m3n78d (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?model=m3n78d) its a pretty value oriented board. and its not anything in the system because it crashed when i was installing w7 when i first got all my components :p  seems to have been fine since then apart from the odd bsod which of course might be more to do with the os rather than the hardware but the boot is still very slow to get past post which again is probably because it was a cheap board

The install BSOD's is mostly related to the RAM. Could be the medium, could be the user error, bad PSU, bad mobo or it just needs to get reset the BIOS : )

Could be anything. Lots of people comes here with similar problems and are happy campers after they leave : ))

it could have actually been the psu as the first one i got was pretty cheap too but now i have an ocz installed and its been fine ever since, guess it serves me right for trying to get away with cheap parts D: anyway ill have another look around for boards similar to the asrock as well as more reviews as im not sure when ill be getting the new cpu anyway but 1 last question im thinking of oc'ing to 4ghz would it be best to go for water cooling or stay on air for 4ghz with this cpu? and which cooler should i get?
Thanks for all your help :) 
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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain said:
wow 4.5 on air?! i would expect it to need water-cooling over 4! also is it necessary to get low profile ram? i have 4gb ddr3 2000mhz now so shouldnt that be ok or will i getting low profile ram help with overclocking the cpu?

I have mine 2600K @ 4.5GHz on air, and I edit videos and 3D and audio, it is a great CPU.
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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain said:
wow 4.5 on air?! i would expect it to need water-cooling over 4! also is it necessary to get low profile ram? i have 4gb ddr3 2000mhz now so shouldnt that be ok or will i getting low profile ram help with overclocking the cpu?

What is the voltage?

2600K don't like to go more than 1.5V.
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Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (Intel® XMP) is a performance-packed expansion of the standard DDR3 memory specification.

It enables a robust, overclocking solution designed to take advantage of the mega-gaming features built into Intel® technology-based PCs.

If you like to overclock and squeeze every possible ounce of performance from your PC, then memory based on Intel XMP is the solution you need to fully dominate–without breaking a sweat.

nikorr said:
It is a performance profile in the RAM. Do u have the ful code name of the RAM? Or the link?

Check this link and look for the XMP.

On the bottom, where it says Intel.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

http://c1.neweggimages.com/BizIntell/item/20/233/20-233-186/20-233-186_h5.jpg

i dont know exactly what the name of the ram was is there anything on cpu-z or in the bios that could help find out?
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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain said:
ok so does this mean i can keep this ram or will i need to get some with xmp?

Yes, keep it. U can always OC manually through the BIOS..
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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain said:
ok and at the moment i only have 4 but im getting another 4gb soon anyway

Get also x64bit windows, unless u have it already.
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