recent i7 overclocking motherboards

[suntox]

i have been searching for the best options for an i7 920 system oc'ed to 4ghz or so.

is there an asus board with same pricetag as GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5 that is better?

which ram should go with it to reach 4ghz?

is there something better then scythe mugen 2 or Thermalright IFX-14?

thanks for any help

 

[suntox]

is there anything that speaks against going for the 930? it seems that even multiplier numbers tend to oc not very well, but aside from that?

 

[aigomorla]

Giggy makes great boards.
The thing about giggy tho is, if it works out of the box, you got a winner.
If it doesnt, your screwed until your RMA will work out of the box.

4 ghz on a i7 920 is not that hard to do also.
You can pull 4ghz off with DDR3-1333 mhz ram, however to be safe and also there is almost 0 price difference, look for DDR3-1600mhz ram. Make sure the voltage is no higher then 1.65

Yes mid tier water is greater then top tier air by a big margin.
However its about 4-5x more expensive.

 

[suntox]

thanks for the info. ill ask the other questions in the "Due to BC2 I've gone " thread as its basicaly about the same.