Olham 164 Posted April 13, 2011 One day without the Forum is like one day in hell - I must be addicted? Sent back the motherboard of the brandnew rig yesterday, and I hope they will exchange it without any hassle. So I installed the old rig, which I had sorted out one year ago, to get in here. Well, it works - but this small monitor! Could I really ever have been flying OFF on this rig???? Everything is slow and uneasy this is stone age! But I am glad I can at least chisel my messages into stone now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiloh 12 Posted April 13, 2011 I feel your pain Olham. My rig has been in the shop for 2 full days and I have no idea when I'm getting it back. When upgrading sometimes we take a step back but in the end its always worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 13, 2011 Oh, it will be worth it, when I get this mobo back in correct state. I made two sorties with the new rig, and it was absolutely amazing, how smooth and clear my vision was (same graphic crad as before!) with this Intel i5 2500k CPU - amazing! I was thinking of overclocking, but the standard 3,3 GHz seem to be all I needed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Von Paulus 8 Posted April 13, 2011 You can always overclock it later, if you want. You have all the infrastructure for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiloh 12 Posted April 13, 2011 Oh, it will be worth it, when I get this mobo back in correct state. I made two sorties with the new rig, and it was absolutely amazing, how smooth and clear my vision was (same graphic crad as before!) with this Intel i5 2500k CPU - amazing! I was thinking of overclocking, but the standard 3,3 GHz seem to be all I needed. That sounds great! The CPU I'm upgrading to is a 3.0 GHz quad-core. I'll see how it performs and overclock if needed. Good luck with your mobo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 13, 2011 Indeed, von Paulus - the EFI BIOS makes this a cakewalk, it seemed. Thanks, Shiloh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReDDoT 0 Posted April 13, 2011 Olham Congratulations with your new machine I think there is no need for overclocking. Your PC can handle almost everything with standart settings. Feridun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted April 13, 2011 starting to look at overclocking myself now...got the cooling and stuff, so no problem there...it's just quite scary...I've burnt out a board and chip in the past! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tranquillo 10 Posted April 13, 2011 starting to look at overclocking myself now...got the cooling and stuff, so no problem there...it's just quite scary...I've burnt out a board and chip in the past! I've been thinking about overclocking too. I run a Phenom II 550 (Black Edition) and that with my mobo is open to a good overclock apparently. It is a bit scary though and at 3.1 at the moment it handles OFF really well. If I had the cash to pay for another mobo, cpu etc. then I'd say "what the hell" and have a go. But............ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carrick58 23 Posted April 13, 2011 Olham: A day without a rig is a Bummer, It seems a person needs 2 machines just to keep one running Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) Overclocking seems to be pretty easy on these modern boards' EFI BIOS. I would not go so far as to raise the voltage for any component, but below that, there is still space for tuning. Edited April 13, 2011 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panama Red 22 Posted April 13, 2011 Just make sure you have enough cooling reserve to handle the OC'ing (since heat is the enemy of all electronics) and you should be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
