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Need help Overclocking High End Gaming PC without Watercooling

Ourao

Junior Member
Hello everyone. Im upgrading my computer to a High End Gaming one and i need a little advice about overclocking it. Im from Portugal and this is pretty much the top hardware around here. My question is how much can i overclock with this setup without using watercooling and having the least noise possible? 4.5 ghz? Please bear in mind that the computer is gonna be running almost 24/7. All constructive opinions are welcome. Thank you in advance.


INTERNAL COMPONENTS:

Processor: Intel Core Quad i7 980X 3.3Ghz Skt1366 12Mb Extreme

Motherboard: Gigabyte Skt1366 - GA-X58A-UD9 iX58

Graphic Card: 2x Asus GeForce PCI-E GTX480 1536Mb GDDR5 (SLI)

Power Supply: Corsair AX-1200W Gold

Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 Fan 140mm

Hard Drive Cooler: Revoltec Freezer Black

Fans: 5x 120mm Zalman ZM-F3BL Silent LED Blue (replaced the originals and added 2 extra)

Fan Controller: NZXT 5,25'' Sentry LX

Memory: 6x 2048Mb DDR3 Corsair CL8 Dominator GT PC3-16000 (2000) with AirFlow

Hard Drive: 2x Western Digital VelociRaptor SATA 600Gb 10.000rpm 32Mb (1 for OS/Games/Apps and the 2 for Storage/Movies/Photos/Music)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 PCI-E

Blue Ray: DVDRW Blu-Ray Plextor PX-B940SA SATA 12x Black

Neon: 4x Sharkoon 300mm BlueC


EXTERNAL COMPONENTS:omponentes ExternosDescrição

Tower Box: NZXT Guardian 921 Black Led Blue

Monitor: Asus TFT 23'' VG236H Wide Black (2ms) 3D + nVidia 3D Vision Kit

USB Hub: Conceptronic 7 Ports - C7USB2

Keyboard: Logitech G19 Gaming US Edition

Mouse: Roccat Kone [+] Laser Gaming

Mousepad: Roccat Sense Glaciar

Headset: Roccat Kave Gaming

Printer: Canon Multifunctions PIXMA-MG8150

Sound System: Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1

External Hard Drive: LaCie Desktop 3.5'' 2TB USB - 301871EK

Webcam: Webcam Logitech C910 HD Pro


TOTAL PRICE: 5930,18 €
 
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4.1-4.4 is more realistic with out high airflow fans or water cooling and insane voltage. Check my sig to see my overclock information.
 
Overclocks are not guaranteed. Your personal set-up and circumstances are unique. Please post back here with the results of your overclock testing.
 
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