Recent content by alex_123_fra

My stock 2500K voltage was 1.2V at load and 0.9V at idle with multiplier dropping to x16. My overclocked voltage is 1.35V @ 4.6GHz at load and I use the offset function plus speedstep for the idle periods where it drops to 0.9V again at x16.

What will she actually be using her computer for?

Again, this is a tri-SLI setup. The vast majority of gamers and low level enthusiasts are: a) Not using tri-SLI but are mostly on one single or 2-way b) Most gamers who have bought GTX680s/HD7970s (i.e. PCI 3.0 cards) only buy one card largely due to the cost at present c) I would guess that...

Yea sure, with quad SLI on a PCI-E 3.0 card at very high resolutions it will have an impact as bandwidth really matters. For the average enthusiast with 2-way SLI and "normal" resolutions 1080p, the difference will be negligible so this is not a compelling reason to move to an ivybridge by itself.

Wish I could give you my maximus V Gene to play around with using a 3570K. I hope your tests can dispel the rumours of ivybridge chips heating up too much when OCed as horse sh*t.

Thanks guys. Makes a lot of sense. So currently only the G1 Sniper 3, Asus P8Z77 WS and ASrock Z77 Extreme9 support dual PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots and quad SLI/X-fire. I think although the difference with most current video cards is minimal between x8 and x16, choosing a z77 board with a Plx...

Hi, I am due to replace my current Q6700/Asus maximus formula system with a Z77 chipset/Ivybridge i5. I am totally confused about some of the motherboard offerings from the main manufacturers in terms of PCI-E 3.0 and the number of x16 slots they offer. An example is the Gigabyte G1 Sniper...

Not a direct comparison but my i7 - 2860QM is about 50% faster as stock than my overclocked Q6700 @3.6 GHz. Mainly used wprime and throttlestop benchmarks.

Hi, apologies in advance for the extremely novice nature of this but I am new to this. I have a ROCK Xtreme SL8 laptop with a Clevo D900C motherboard. There are no Win7 drivers for this and when my vista 64-bit install finally died, I decided to do a fresh install with win7 ultimate today...

I think I know what you mean but just to be clear, do you mean don't bother with a vertex 3 or don't bother with OCZ vertex 2/3 SSDs at all?

Hi, new poster here so please go easy on me. I just bought a 160 GB Vertex 2 drive and I didn't know the Vertex 3 had also come out. My system is about 3 years old with a Q6700 (OCed to 3.4GHz), ASUS maximus formula MB, 8 GB RAM, XFX GTX 260. As far as I know, my motherboard only supports up to...