Recent content by SublimeHiPpOs

Yeah, for $18 it was a no-brainer.

Those weren't actual values, just showing what options my bios gives me.

Bumping up the multiplier up works, but at max value is only 133 MHz higher than stock.

How exactly, just bump each value up one or two digits?

I've been having next to no luck overclocking. I'm admittedly not very experienced, but have read through a few guides on the X58. The most luck I've had was using the ASRock OC Tuner Windows app. If I change the CPU Multiplier to "TURBO" (which isn't an option in the BIOS), it'll bump the...

ASRock X58 Extreme: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/X58%20Extreme/ (it does offer 3 slots in the OC menu to save/load settings.) 12 GB RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK ...

Good info, and nice rig! My goal is 1440p with reasonable quality settings.

Thanks to you and everyone else for all of the thoughtful input. I just got an x5680 off eBay for $18 delivered. I've installed it but haven't had time to mess with it at all. Out of the box it looks like it's under-clocked (guessing I had manually set a multiplier in the BIOS for my 920)...

Thanks for the insight and data! It sounds like a Xeon and something like the 3060 might be the way to go! GPU prices are still a little higher than I'd like, so I may hold off on that for now and evaluate what performance is like we the CPU upgrade first before deciding exactly which GPU to go...

Great suggestion! For ~$20 that seems like a no-brainer!

I have an ~10 year old system an am considering a GPU upgrade to allow for some modest more moderate gaming. It has an ASRock X58 Extreme motherboard, i7 920 CPU (mildly overclocked), 12 GB memory, and currently has a Radeon 7950. The mobo specs list: - 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue @ x16...