So how's the latency with DPC Checker?? Sorry if you already said elsewhere.monkeymanx wrote:So far so good. This easily overclocks to 4.5ghz with pretty much the standard voltage. It really doesn't seem to generate much more heat when stress tested either. The jump to 4.6ghz is slightly hotter and needs a tad more voltage. Running at 5ghz stable works but gets a tad warm and needs more voltage obviously. I'm pretty sure I could go beyond 5ghz but the setup at 4.5ghz is very nice.
So, if you get this processor and can not easily over clock it, then you probably have a dud. I'm very happy with the total purchase. I did have to use a grinder to shave off some of the heat sink on the Noctua because it is huge and the Corsair Vengance RAM is tall. Works great in the end though, the Noctua is pretty quiet and keeps this CPU nice and cool.
Sandy Bridge Motherboard Advice P67 or Z68 DPC Latency
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- KVRist
- 460 posts since 28 Jan, 2003
Cap'n Spanky
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- KVRian
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It hovers around 100, sometimes as low as 60 so it is good for audio. It could probably go lower if I disabld more of the on board things. The only thing I disabled was the on board firewire.
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- KVRist
- 460 posts since 28 Jan, 2003
Cool thanks! So the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO looks like a good choice. Any particular reason you went with the 'PRO'?monkeymanx wrote:It hovers around 100, sometimes as low as 60 so it is good for audio. It could probably go lower if I disabld more of the on board things. The only thing I disabled was the on board firewire.
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- KVRian
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They had it in stock lol. I honestly don't remember what made me choose the pro over the regular one.Cap'n Spanky wrote:Cool thanks! So the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO looks like a good choice. Any particular reason you went with the 'PRO'?monkeymanx wrote:It hovers around 100, sometimes as low as 60 so it is good for audio. It could probably go lower if I disabld more of the on board things. The only thing I disabled was the on board firewire.