P9x79 and Dominator for phenom 2

[Hostage_3]

Hi,
I currently have a phenom 1055t on a Asus M4A89TD pro/USB 3 that i want to upgrade. I was thinking about the p9x79 and a 3820.

On my current system i have 8Gb of Corsair Dominator CMP4GX3M2B1600C8 for phenom 2, will these work on the new MB? They are not in the QVL of the board.

current rig:
M4A89TD pro/usb 3
AMD 1055t
CM hyper 212 evo
Sapphire 6970 dual fan/bios.
Corsair HX750 PSU
corsair 60GB SSD
WD 2TB green.
4x2Gb of Corsair Dominator.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

If it's 1.5v it should work fine. It may get in the way of aftermarket cooling though.

 

[e56imfg]

It should work fine since the comb heat spreaders on the Dominator are removable.

 

[jaquith]

I see no reason 2 kits of 2x2GB CMP4GX3M2B1600C8 won't work, although XMP might have an issues, you can manually set the RAM in the BIOS:
AI Overclock Tuner -> Manual
Memory Frequency -> DDR3-1600
DRAM Timing Control/
DRAM CAS -> 8
DRAM RAS to CAS -> 8
DRAM RAS PRE -> 8
DRAM RAS ACT -> 24
DRAM Command -> 2

CPU VCCSA -> 1.10v~1.20v ; don't exceed 1.25v ; 1.35v+ will degrade the SB-E
DRAM Voltage -> 1.65v
VTT CPU -> (match CPU VCCSA) -> 1.10v~1.20v

// XMP Setting:
AI Overclock Tuner -> XMP

TIP - Most folks are botching-up their Windows installation, I strongly recommend you read this post -> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/303873-30-wont-resume-sleep-booted-raid#t2068879

TIP - OC limits, I strongly recommend that you never exceed 1.45v vCore; my preference is 1.40v limit with a moderate LLC. Permanent degrading of the SB-E will result if you exceed 1.5Xv vCore and a loss of 2~3 bins will result i.e. per the same voltage 5.0GHz -> 4.7GHz. Further exceeding either a VCCSA or VTT, in particular the VCCSA of 1.35v+ does the same Permanent damage.

I have seen several validated CPU-z of the SB-E i7-3820 CPU Strap 125MHz * 38 = 4.75GHz.


Enjoy!

 

[wr6133]

Why not wait for Ivybridge? That rig is still good

 

[jaquith]

The IB isn't coming out until June/July and IMO anyone with sense should give it a couple months for some BIOS updates and early adopters to workout the bugs.

 

[e56imfg]

The IB isn't coming out until June/July and IMO anyone with sense should give it a couple months for some BIOS updates and early adopters to workout the bugs.

The main i5s and i7s are coming out on April 29th.

 

[jaquith]

IB June -> http://www.techspot.com/news/47519-ivy-bridge-delay-rumors-exaggerated-i5-3570k-sample-benched-early.html

Intel's full line gets delayed -> http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20120315231232_Intel_tmit_Release_of_Enthusiast_Class_Ivy_Bridge_Processors_This_Year.html

 

[e56imfg]

IB June -> http://www.techspot.com/news/47519-ivy-bridge-delay-rumors-exaggerated-i5-3570k-sample-benched-early.html

Intel's full line gets delayed -> False]http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20120315231232_Intel_tmit_Release_of_Enthusiast_Class_Ivy_Bridge_Processors_This_Year.html

False

Intel is only delaying dual core mobile Ivy Bridge CPUs
Ivy Bridge confirmed for 29th of April
Still not convinced?

Follow this Thread

What I meant by "main i5s and i7s" = 3570K / 3770K, not the enthusiasts Ivy Bridge-E platforms.

 

[Hostage_3]

Thanx for all the help, guys. I think i will wait for Ivy, and see what performance it has.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Some benchmarks have been released. It seems to me that Ivy Bridge will not be a huge upgrade from Sandy Bridge.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/4619/ivy_bridge_preview_with_gigabyte_z77x_ud5h_intel_z77_and_core_i7_3770k/index.html

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/4618/ivy_bridge_preview_with_gigabyte_z77x_ud5h_intel_z77_and_core_i5_3570k/index.html

I'm sure jaquith would have posted these since it was in a post by him I orignally saw this.

 

[Hostage_3]

Is the fx-6200 a decent for a temporary upgrade, and wait until fall to get an Ivy? Or just OC the 1055t?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

A FX 6200 is not really an upgrade from a 1055T. If anything it would be going sideways and maybe in some cases would actually be a downgrade. If you have to wait just overclock what you have.

To be honest Ivy is not going to be a huge upgrade from Sandy. Like maybe a 10% clock for clock increase at most. I would just get a 2500K and overclock it to the ~4.5Ghz sweet spot.

Personally, after seeing the Ivy benchmarks I see no reason to even consider upgrading my 2600K. I will wait for next year and Haswell or even the year after and Broadwell. Not bad considering I have had this chip over a year already.