Hey all, I currently have an i5 2500k and the MSI Z68MA-G45. I've had this since November, and I am able to get 4.5GHz off it easily without a voltage bump using my Hyper 212+.
Throughout the history of this motherboard, however, I've had quite a few issues, from the initial overclock (by the way, MSI support is horrible), to audio and memory, and not to mention the fact that it doesn't even have any PCI slots. Well, I was on a huge budget when I got it, but no longer.
I'm looking to get a new motherboard, but of course I'd prefer to keep my i5 2500k. I was wondering if I can use an Ivy Bridge motherboard for my Sandy Bridge CPU, and manage to overclock it as well. I know that IB motherboards can technically support an SB CPU (same socket, same BIOS for the most part, and, according to Wikipedia, the boards do work with SB CPUs ("All Ivy Bridge chipsets and motherboards support both Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs"). My only concern with this is swap is that I'll have issues pertaining to overclocking and voltage.
My MSI board is just a pain to OC with. I can't even hit 4.6GHz with my CPU with a decent voltage bump, the voltages are very inconsistent (I set it to +0.0000v and it decides it will auto adjust my voltage way above stock, when auto is turned off?), and it can't regulate the BCLK correctly (It's only at 100MHz at the stock multiplier of 33, when I go to 45 it scales down to like 98Mhz).
Considering how Z77 boards regulate at lower voltages (since IB uses less power voltage-wise), and how some boards don't have beefy VRM heatsinks like P67/Z68 boards do, can I actually overclock just as high?
I'm also thinking about the ASRock P77 Extreme4 for the new motherboard. Thoughts?
My qualifications are as follows:
>at least two PCI-E x16 slots that support SLI
>at least one, preferably more PCI slots
>at least 6, preferably 8 SATA connectors
>USB3.0
>ATX
>4x240pin RAM slots
>Reliable
Throughout the history of this motherboard, however, I've had quite a few issues, from the initial overclock (by the way, MSI support is horrible), to audio and memory, and not to mention the fact that it doesn't even have any PCI slots. Well, I was on a huge budget when I got it, but no longer.
I'm looking to get a new motherboard, but of course I'd prefer to keep my i5 2500k. I was wondering if I can use an Ivy Bridge motherboard for my Sandy Bridge CPU, and manage to overclock it as well. I know that IB motherboards can technically support an SB CPU (same socket, same BIOS for the most part, and, according to Wikipedia, the boards do work with SB CPUs ("All Ivy Bridge chipsets and motherboards support both Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs"). My only concern with this is swap is that I'll have issues pertaining to overclocking and voltage.
My MSI board is just a pain to OC with. I can't even hit 4.6GHz with my CPU with a decent voltage bump, the voltages are very inconsistent (I set it to +0.0000v and it decides it will auto adjust my voltage way above stock, when auto is turned off?), and it can't regulate the BCLK correctly (It's only at 100MHz at the stock multiplier of 33, when I go to 45 it scales down to like 98Mhz).
Considering how Z77 boards regulate at lower voltages (since IB uses less power voltage-wise), and how some boards don't have beefy VRM heatsinks like P67/Z68 boards do, can I actually overclock just as high?
I'm also thinking about the ASRock P77 Extreme4 for the new motherboard. Thoughts?
My qualifications are as follows:
>at least two PCI-E x16 slots that support SLI
>at least one, preferably more PCI slots
>at least 6, preferably 8 SATA connectors
>USB3.0
>ATX
>4x240pin RAM slots
>Reliable
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