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    Posted: 15 Feb 2011 at 9:44pm
Is there really any point in overclocking to 5.0 Ghz? My intent is high-end gaming, and nothing else.

And even if I did OC, would it be absolutely necessary to have stage 6 liquid cooling? I'm assuming with 5.0 Ghz, stage 2 Noctua cooling would not be enough.

And if I chose to OC to only about 3.8 Ghz, what kind of cooling system would be necessary to ensure my CPU won't blow up? xD
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at 5ghz you will need a GOOD Liquid cooling setup.....if you only do 3.8ghz then the noctua air cooler will do just fine.....

and about the OC question in regards to game performance........studies show that anything past I think it's 3.4 ghz doesn't give any noticeable advantage in games......Games rely more on the GPU than the CPU...
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depending on what your refering to(either 1366 or 1155) getting 4+ ghz on air for 1155 is simple. If your talking about 1366 on air your probaly only gonna get mid to high 3 ghz.
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For gaming 5.0 is not needed, all you need is around 3.9GHz.

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There is no one answer.  It depends on the game, settings, resolution, GPU solution, and goals.
some games get by great with 2.4Ghz quad core, others will scale well way past 5.0ghz.
The best approach, IMHO is to try to remove all the bottlenecks as you can.
So a 5.0Ghz Sandy Bridge CPU, with fast RAM, and a good SSD should put 95% of the bottleneck on the GPU(s). The first thing that goes obsolete is the GPU(s), so when you upgrade your GPU(s) down the road, the rest of the PC will still be good to go for a while, kinda like buying time.
On the other side of the coin, a 4.0Ghz Sandy bridge will do 80% of that 5.0Ghz monster, and will not be a bottleneck for most apps/games, but for those few times.. lol
I run my Sandy Bridge at 5.4Ghz, and would not have it any other way. Strong
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jesus 5.4 ghz im jealous
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Ya he shows it off every chance he gets very beeber like


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Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 22 Feb 2011 at 5:40pm
all power and ugly would be the anti Bieber LOLHahaha   yours on the otherhand .. ConfusedNinja
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As long as it not bieber looking, snooki acting its good for me

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must be why you dont have a CM case. LOL
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Which is more then we can say for you

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Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 22 Feb 2011 at 7:10pm
the last one is on its way to the garbage.... atleast I try em.. LOLEvilUpset
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 23 Feb 2011 at 1:31am
Glad to see admit you like/own bieber stuff

just because I don't own one, does not mean I didn't have the pleasure of working with/in some.

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LOL
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Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 23 Feb 2011 at 8:53am
well I am going to give the 1366 platform one more chance, so I will see if I can get my dream 5.0Ghz 24/7 PC out of it.  SB is great, but not enough tweaking ability to make me happy. Oops 
DST's new build will be named  the "BIEBERSNOOKI"  HahahaLOL
 
I guess you could call Snooki a drunken monkey, oh man that is terrible, going to have to re-name him. Question
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 23 Feb 2011 at 3:13pm
I don't even have to do anymore talking, you are getting yourself for me

Also I would never dream taking the name of your pc and using it for my next build

LOL its either you can't get there, or when you get there is not satisfactory, oc-wise.

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Had a chance to play with the 990x yet kerr?
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it was delayed a week in shiping, so won't have till next week. Cry
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Ah I hate when that happens  Disappointed
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