stability is subjective. for me, 1hour prime stable should be suffice. if d overclocked setup not givin u any sign of instability (even though it fails p95) & u r ok with that, by all mean stick to it. imc (cpu nb) & ram can be further improved. like what i've mentioned, imc can be @ 2600MHz at least, ram wise, it depends, but thuban has no problem hittin 2000~2133MHz if d ram in use is capable.

ripjaws x i supposed? try ram @ lowest divided available & 1.5v vdimm? extreme low vidimm not really d cup of tea for AMD imo.

from what i know, 945 aint really a good clocker. if 3.75ghz is prime stable (with d volt shown) consider yaself quite lucky already. try ram @ 1T instead coz ddr3 not meant for 2t unless it's @ very2 high frequency.

nothing fantastic due to voltage but nonetheless made it to 5Ghz on 8 cores...

on h100 bro. voltage is ugly, temp is lagi worse. i'm dead sure it cant be prime stable, not board issue, more of being an average chip.

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Jun 10 2013, 01:09 PM

i believe u can, but at d expense of having lower ram freq & mebe imc freq. since it's a locked chip u can only play with htt oc. if u have no plan to use lower cpu multi then htt should be @ 243, with 1600 ram divider that will take ya ram near to 2000MHz, something i think might be a bit challengin for d board & d ram. i mite be wrong thou.

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Jun 11 2013, 09:04 AM

imc (integrated mem ctrler) is referring to cpu nb (north bridge) or some just call it nb. d multiplier should be adjustable in bios if ya board is oc ready.

htt = front size bus (fsb) of old, ppl used to call it fsb last time.

u need to use lower ram divider to make ya ram runnin @ 1600MHz because d pair might not be able to handle 2000MHz if u oc the htt (fsb), since that's d only way to oc a 1055t which doesn't come with unlocked CPU multiplier.

what kinda commend ur lookin for sir? spec wise quite ok but if u wanna play more with d fx that's not really d best board out there. 7oo series chipset is kinda old & u can better utilize d chip with 900 series chipset based board.

i'd say evo is suffice for such clock PROVIDED ya chip is capable of reachin d goal. u need better cooler like those 240mm AIO instead of 120mm, & definitely better pair of ram. no doubt ROG offers better mileage (ram especially IMHO) but i'd rather use d moolah saved to get a better cooler + ram. low~mid range KHX suck big time (again IMHO only). i'd rather go for GSkill or mushkin. PD is meant to run at least DDR3 2133 & i doubt ya khx can offer such mileage.

to answer ya question d 5GHz is not totally stable, & definitely not healthy for 24/7. I'd say 4.6~4.8GHz for daily use is possible if ya chip is somehow above average & ur able to keep d chip & vrm cooled.

will try that out bro, mebe over d w.end.

u can oc d chip only without changin d ram, but that for me defeat d purpose of havin flagship board like chvz. fx8350 + chvz coupled with khx runnin ddr3 1600 or ddr3 1866 (consider yaself lucky if it can run @ that freq) is imba. i'd rather get 8320 + 990x evo r2.0 + gskill 2133 + h100 which imo is more balanced setup.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6201/amd-det...er-architecture

not so sure AMD will keep d aging 990FX chipset, but if it means performance boost on cpu & i/o performance, by all mean just do it.

no point goin for fx at this point of time, pii x4 still a decent chip for gaming purpose. wait for d launch of streamroller then only decide.

agreed with master cloudwan, i wont go for MSI GD65 as well, ASUS M5A97 PRO/EVO would be a better choice, at least for me.

dah dah... me no master ok... me mister oni...

budget wise 970 evo/pro should be cheaper ma. if budget not a concern can consider GD80/990X EVO.

ROG is on another level bro... not much usin such premium board like master cloudwan & sifu sarahlah...

Lol... those were testing units only leh...

sellin @ USD9xx (iirc), who would dare to buy?

it's on retail, some big online stores carry it. doesn't come with stock cooler.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DGGW3MI

better oc mileage (ram, cpu-nb & cpu), less volt needed, better power consumption. if ur not super bad luck (in gettin a lemon chip), pile driver >>> bulldozer anytime...

as much as i love msi, i'd still go for ASUS for AMD at least. have u checked d price of ASUS 970 series?

as for PSU go for more established brand if possible. if ur not gettin super high end GC 520~620watter should be more than enough. PSU & mobo are 2 important component for stable setup so i wont mind spending a 'lil more even if budget is tight. ram u can opt for any value ram... if u have d time to go hunt shop by shop mebe can target kingston kvr... if luck is with u mebe u can grab a pair with hynix chipset?

nobody in their right mind will buy d monster unless they are die hard fans. @ USD$5xx iirc, it's way off budget for a live long supporter like me. AMD had long lost d battle in enthusiast platform, but in budget platform, FM2 is worthy of attentions. Awesome APU aside, these cili padi (in term of MHz) are quite fun to play with, kinda like duron of old times. with FM2+ chips only available next year, one can grab a FM2+ board (available very soon) plus a richland chip to play with...

fm2 as main rig, fm1 as wifey rig, not so sure u can call it awesome bro...

all d k chips (5800k, 6800k etc...) have unlocked multi, so no worry bout that.

air coolin as in non stock cooler rite? u can have at least 4.5GHz for decent air coolers on 6800k, that i can assure u... my so so CM Seidon 120M can bench @ 5GHz with some helps of my bedroom's aircond @ 24'C.

pls come back bro, it's been very2 quite here for quite sometimes liao.

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Sep 14 2013, 03:23 PM