Ok.... finally machine is up and running and it is FAST............. Was running Crysis 2 full graphics 1920 x 1200 and getting 60 FPS +/-.
basic setup =
Evga P67 FTW
2600k at 3.8 so far
Artic 7 92mm cpu cooler . (bought cooler master 212 and 1/4 high and would not fit in case)
Corsair dominator 2 x 4 GB DDR3 1600 cas 8
EVGA GTX 570 SC
2 corsair 64 gb C4 SSD sata 6 in Raid 0+1 for OS
1 corsair 128 GB c300 game etc
2 TB drive for misc
good case and power supply etc....
Came from e8400 at 3.8 and 260 gtx 216. 2 generation jump. It was a solid build and had great luck with it.
So messing with the overclocking of course I was having some issue but worked through it. Needed to set the CPU voltage as auto. Followed Jacob's basic setup although bios is a little different. Running latest BIOS.
At idle I am about 34-36c and when gaming I am running about 61-64c. When I ran prime for several minutes I was hitting 72C. I know the cpu range and it should run below 70 on load. Prime 95 is extreme load which I will never probably hit.
What are people getting with air cooling and a good case? I was thinking I may need to reseat my cpu cooler and check the artic 5 I put on to make sure I covered enough. May push me to water cooling to get the most out of the CPU.
post edited by jwr046 - Friday, June 17, 2011 3:05 PM