Ivy Bridge Discussion Thread

[Drizz06]

Gtx680/7970 on 8x pcie 3.0 should be fine. Anymore then 2 cards will be wasted.

[qwertylesh]

Originally Posted by Kurosaki

No you can't, multi card on Z77 is either x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4

you want full x16 across multiple PCI-E slot, get a X79.

oh wow really? what a bunch of balls

[HornySamus]

Originally Posted by bobbth

well you probably wont get than on anything short of a high end board

hence thats what i'll be buying, and eventually the LN2 gear to ensure it.

[Bertross]

Originally Posted by qwertylesh

oh wow really? what a bunch of balls

As you know GA tried it on the P67 with 16x16 and the Asus Used 8x8 and that seemed to produce better results and no shuttering.

8x8 is fine anyways.

[TRAG!C]

Originally Posted by HornySamus

how many WR to Asrock boards break?

You mean like this one?

http://www.tweaktown.com/pressreleas...rks/index.html

[Mystery Man]

The Asus P8Z77 WS supports dual x16 or x16, x8, x8 or quad x8

But thats the only 1155 board that does. Don't know how good it implements it tho

[t8y]

Originally Posted by TRAG!C

You mean like this one?

http://www.tweaktown.com/pressreleas...rks/index.html

yeah, it was a nice brute force WR. does prove point about asrock not being "cheap and not being able to clock".. so full credit to them there.
though id say with x79 its like SB, it comes down to the CPU more than the mobo, though it does help stability to have a quality board at those speeds/volts/temps.
on the wr;
several others have since topped it, with lower clocks too, including youngpro on here (he holds current WR)

[bobster]

Originally Posted by bobbth

well you probably wont get than on anything short of a high end board but to a lot of us that is well and truly out of the question, I could eat for two months for the same money as an asus maximus extreme Z. I still maintain that AsRock are amazing boards for the money and I don't think it's fair to compare a $130 board to a $400 board.



My point is that AsRock boards, whilst cheap are still very capable boards. the high end ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI/Evga boards have their place but I don't really think that Asrock boards are inferior when you take into account the cost of them.

I went for an Asus P8Z77V over an Asrock Z77 Extreme 6 this week and I am very glad I did, built in WiFi, great UEFI and much better supporting software. I just got to figure out if im overclocking it propertly. 4.2GHz atm at 1.28v

[Shadowdeath]

Originally Posted by Mystery Man

The Asus P8Z77 WS supports dual x16 or x16, x8, x8 or quad x8

But thats the only 1155 board that does. Don't know how good it implements it tho

PLX chip.

But having one of those you may as well run it at 4x, since the additional latency of the artifical lanes kills almost all of the performance benefit.

[Bertross]

Originally Posted by bobster

I went for an Asus P8Z77V over an Asrock Z77 Extreme 6 this week and I am very glad I did, built in WiFi, great UEFI and much better supporting software. I just got to figure out if im overclocking it propertly. 4.2GHz atm at 1.28v

you using Level 1 load line? I thought level 5 was better but 5 is least best!

[DarkForceMage]

3770k 95w TDP

Really?

...Really.

Going by the 3570k benchmarks against a 2600k with HT OFF, doesnt seem very appealing =/ only +2-5%? Had he run those tests with HT on I wonder how close it would have been. Meanwhile a 3770k with HT's temps skyrocket.

[Skramit]

Originally Posted by TRAG!C

You mean like this one?

http://www.tweaktown.com/pressreleas...rks/index.html

Don't feed the troll.

[bobster]

Originally Posted by Bertross

you using Level 1 load line? I thought level 5 was better but 5 is least best!

I haven't changed any voltages yet but the only way I have managed to work out the OC is to lock the turbo feature and that allows you to set the multiplier on 1 core and it fills in the rest for you. There no options to disable turbo feature and overclock normally. Only had my board 2 days so its only my first attempt at OC last night

[bobster]

Originally Posted by DarkForceMage

3770k 95w TDP

Really?

...Really.

Going by the 3570k benchmarks to a 2600k with HT OFF, doesnt seem very appealing =/ 2-5%? Had he run those tests with HT on I wonder how close it would have been.

IB main upgrade is the GPU and 22nm, rest doesn't mean much and the box for the i5 3570k is 95w TDP as well

[Bertross]

Originally Posted by bobster

I haven't changed any voltages yet but the only way I have managed to work out the OC is to lock the turbo feature and that allows you to set the multiplier on 1 core and it fills in the rest for you. There no options to disable turbo feature and overclock normally. Only had my board 2 days so its only my first attempt at OC last night

changed the cores to changed all, changed the multi to x46 then go down further in the list. Change the CPU Vcore Volts to manual. Make it 1.275V

Change the LLC on the CPU (not GT) Level 1. Make sure you set your ram to Manual timings also with manufacturer spec. AKA 9-9-9-24-2N 1600Mhz 1.5V. (which is my RAM spec)