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vDroop
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
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 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| MoneyMike wrote: |
Hmmm, so OC'ing isn't really that beneficial for gaming? I was under the impression that OC'ing your CPU essentially made it a faster CPU. Wouldn't that affect game performance?
I know RAM timings aren't the most important thing in the world, but I thought OC'ing would see at least a small improvement in real world performance. Not so much? |
It's because any recent or decently powerful CPU is already fast enough. Of course, a 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo will show an improvement in gaming when overclocked. But these days, most CPU's are coming stock at 2.6GHz or higher. And most games are able to utilize 2 cores. Unless you are bottlenecking with a crazy GTX580 or something, its enough.
All games are different as well, some are much more CPU intensive and benefit more from a CPU overclock, but generally, an GPU overclock will get you way further. |
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MoneyMike
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Ahh right on. So there is additional power granted from OC'ing the CPU, its just that games aren't able to use all that power at this point. But 2 or 3 years down the road, when games are pushing harder on a system it might actually make a bigger difference I'm assuming.
Gonna be getting the PC built next week. Pretty much settled on getting a HD6950 2GB for the video card. After putting it through its paces for a couple weeks to make sure it isn't a dud, planning on doing the bios flash trick to make it a 6970:
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159
At least assuming they haven't started using the hardware to disable the extra shaders instead of the bios yet. |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| MoneyMike wrote: |
Ahh right on. So there is additional power granted from OC'ing the CPU, its just that games aren't able to use all that power at this point. But 2 or 3 years down the road, when games are pushing harder on a system it might actually make a bigger difference I'm assuming.
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That's why I often wait with overclocking my system until I actually need the power. It's a great way to extend the lifetime of your computer for free. |
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MoneyMike
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm good advice! |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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I just bought my parts!
i5 2500k
Gigabyte P67 UD3R (B3)
MSI GTX560 Ti OC (880/4200)
Corsair 80Plus Silver 750 watt
G.Skill 4GBx2 1600hz CL 9 Ripjaw
Wireless mouse/keyboard (Also have a Logitech G5)
1TB Spinpoint 7200RPM
Antec two hundred case
3 extra 120mm fans
Super writemaster
Cost around 1.3-1.4 total, should get the parts soon! |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| Triban wrote: |
I just bought my parts!
i5 2500k
Gigabyte P67 UD3R (B3)
MSI GTX560 Ti OC (880/4200)
Corsair 80Plus Silver 750 watt
G.Skill 4GBx2 1600hz CL 9 Ripjaw
Wireless mouse/keyboard (Also have a Logitech G5)
1TB Spinpoint 7200RPM
Antec two hundred case
3 extra 120mm fans
Super writemaster
Cost around 1.3-1.4 total, should get the parts soon! |
A fine system!
I would hold back on installing the three extra fans until you think you need them. Three additional fans will add quite a bit of noise to the system. |
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realworldexperience
Joined: 02 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| Triban wrote: |
I just bought my parts!
i5 2500k
Gigabyte P67 UD3R (B3)
MSI GTX560 Ti OC (880/4200)
Corsair 80Plus Silver 750 watt
G.Skill 4GBx2 1600hz CL 9 Ripjaw
Wireless mouse/keyboard (Also have a Logitech G5)
1TB Spinpoint 7200RPM
Antec two hundred case
3 extra 120mm fans
Super writemaster
Cost around 1.3-1.4 total, should get the parts soon! |
Where did you order all those parts from? What website? Also did you order from several websites or just 1 particular one?
I want to build my own as well but dont want to spend 1,000,000. I just want Phenom x4 955 and 6850 or 5850. Should be around 600-700,000won
Can you tell me what website it was and about how long it will take to get it?
Also I dont plan on overclocking ever so is it okay if i get a not-so-over the-top motherboard and PSU? Like around 500-600w? |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:27 am Post subject: |
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I ordered from 2 different websites because one didn't have the RAM I wanted.
I couldn't find better deals on 20 other websites than what I found on:
daumpc.co.kr
I paid today and they shipped it out. Should be here by tomorrow! |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| So I'm building everything now....can anyone help me with some wiring issues? I don't want to mess up my first rig! |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| Triban wrote: |
| So I'm building everything now....can anyone help me with some wiring issues? I don't want to mess up my first rig! |
What's the problem? |
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