whats best OC spec for this.i em XMP with high performance on at 1833htz. Anyone have luck on pushing this thing without puching to hard????
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I bought a 2x8 1600 and could not push it any further than 1866 increasing v and cl, stable but dissapointed with patriot oc, had a 2x4 kingston blue 1600 that could reach 2133 1,65 cl11 or cl12 i dont remember, heatsink in this patriot series is a toy, get a 2x8, its better for OC
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I ended up getting the MSI R5770 Hawk. Way better than this XFX card with more OC'ing capability. I got some heatsinks for the ram/vram and I'm running it at 970/1375 OC.
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Yes, overclocks great;update BIOS version if possible,always best to have latest drivers.
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As said, it really depends, particularly on how long and hard you are running the chip. You could almost certainly get it to 4.3 GHz or greater with the stock cooler in a stable manner but beyond that it depends. If you were to run it in short bursts, you could overclock it higher, but running it under heavy load at a very high clock rate (such as with test/benchmark programs) would overwhelm the cooler within minutes.
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I have a Rev1.x board with an FX8350 and haven't had a single problem with it. I had original bought the board prior to the FX release. When the release finally came, I wasn't impressed with the benchmarks and so kept my Phenom II in it. When the 8350 finally came out, I upgraded to it with my original board and its been smooth sailing every since.
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this board is rated to DDR3-2400 so you are fine... I don't know where those other answers are coming from, it will clock correctly for your CPU / Ram combo then you can OC to wherever you want.... these other answers are completely wrong... it won't crash anything... it's completely automatic and works great... jeez
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More because it's OC(overclocked). Don't waste your money the improved 700 series equivalent is coming and it will be similarly priced(I'm personally grabbing the 770 lightning).
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You're definitely right! I think the chip outputs too much heat. What I did is undervolted the cpu from the BIOS and also disabled the AMD Turbo Technology, and now it's so much cooler and quieter. Temp on idle around 30-35 load 50-55. Lowest degree was 25. That's insane with the stock fan!
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I've heard of a lot of people having issues with the GHz Edition. I know for a fact this EVGA card kicks butt, I've had three of them and they all did 1350MHz+.
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I have mine running 16Gb of GSkill Sniper @ 2133Mhz,... Ive had it @2400Mhz,... while an item may not be on the QVL, it could still work. Ive rarely bought items on a MoBo's QVList, as I have faithful following of certain brands and like to try new ones every now and then. The thing about this board in particular, is the seriously silly amount of voltage control you have. Theres a good chance that much voltage control could allow you to run stuff easily that isnt on the QVL. A Qualified Vendors List is solely for the VERY FEW components a manufacturer tests and promotes with,... and there are MAN MANY companies that just don't submit for QVL tests because they dont see the need. I have mine running 16Gb of GSkill Sniper @ 2133Mhz,... Ive had it @2400Mhz,... while an item may not be on the QVL, it could still work. Ive rarely bought items on a MoBo's QVList, as I have faithful following of certain brands and like to try new ones every now and then. The thing about this board in particular, is the seriously silly amount of voltage control you have. Theres a good chance that much voltage control could allow you to run stuff easily that isnt on the QVL. A Qualified Vendors List is solely for the VERY FEW components a manufacturer tests and promotes with,... and there... » Read More I have mine running 16Gb of GSkill Sniper @ 2133Mhz,... Ive had it @2400Mhz,... while an item may not be on the QVL, it could still work. Ive rarely bought items on a MoBo's QVList, as I have faithful following of certain brands and like to try new ones every now and then. The thing about this board in particular, is the seriously silly amount of voltage control you have. Theres a good chance that much voltage control could allow you to run stuff easily that isnt on the QVL. A Qualified Vendors List is solely for the VERY FEW components a manufacturer tests and promotes with,... and there are MAN MANY companies that just don't submit for QVL tests because they dont see the need. « Show Less
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If your motherboard can support the FX series CPUs then they might be worthlooking into. Myself I'm very happy with the Phenom II X4 965.This thing is more than fast enough for my needs even at thestock 3.4Ghz speed. I had it overclocked to 4.0Ghz for awhileand had no issues with overheating or stability running WINXP PRObut some games, GTA IV for example would cause BSODs so I justset it back to stock speed and it works great.
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Dunno, I don't overclock, so I never paid attention this time.but Is there an easy way top check in the control panel or cmd prompt, maybe bios.I'll check. Tell me how.
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Great memory all around! I have an EVGA Z77 FTW with an i7 3770K and it works perfectly at 2133MHz with XMP enabled. Will be adding an additional 8Gb very soon. Enjoy!
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Remember that some makers ram plays better than others. 99% of the time it works just plugging it in, but that other 1% you might have to go into bios and set the voltage/speed manually.
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Mine works great with it and I have overclocked. The board is a beast and I have had nothing but a positive experience with it.
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xmp profile on the sticks I bought is 1.5 volts 800 Mhz 8 8 8 24. STD JDEC timings are 666.7 9 9 9 24 ...
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Over clocking. RAM with higher frequency will provide higher performance, while you may not feel it. It is very easy to setup the OC mode (with the build-in XMP profile of the RAM) of RAM in the bios. But the RAM will also works fine if you don't know or want to setup it.