Asus sabortooth x58 upgrade??

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asguitarplaya

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So I have an x58 and looking to upgrade here soon.
What would be a reasonable upgrade from the mother board I already have?
Any tips would help!
Thanks
 
Budget: nothing outrageous in price lol
Usage: gaming(not extreme) wow, cs and sc
Also I run a lot of music making programs.
Wanna upgrade my chip mainly and I don't think my mother board supports higher chipsets
JayJapanB said:
ohk cool.

Budget?
Usage?
Reason for upgrade?
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Not quite sure what improvements you are expecting.
I'm sure you could find someone to tell you otherwise but I really don't see you getting much of an improvement in any of your tasks with upgrading.

Your overclock on your current processor is very high voltage for not that high a clock speed.
I'd say you could get at least close to 4ghz with that.
 
I heard these chips are fun to overclock but I've never done it,
Guess I'll try it out
JayJapanB said:
Not quite sure what improvements you are expecting.
I'm sure you could find someone to tell you otherwise but I really don't see you getting much of an improvement in any of your tasks with upgrading.

Your overclock on your current processor is very high voltage for not that high a clock speed.
I'd say you could get at least close to 4ghz with that.
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asguitarplaya said:
I heard these chips are fun to overclock but I've never done it,
Guess I'll try it out
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Not quite as easy as the chips kids are using these days but it is far from rocket science.
Also from my experience with a little common sense it is impossible to break anything.

Looking up a tutorial on either a i7 920, i7 930 or i7 950 overclocking will give you a good start.
 
Yeah with that unlocked blck it makes it easy to OC
I'm looking up a few guides right now, just the matter of making the jump I guess

JayJapanB said:
Not quite as easy as the chips kids are using these days but it is far from rocket science.
Also from my experience with a little common sense it is impossible to break anything.

Looking up a tutorial on either a i7 920, i7 930 or i7 950 overclocking will give you a good start.
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I think you would be fine with that chip. You probably wouldn't notice any real life difference in upgrading to 3rd gen for your light gaming and music. Really solid system.
 
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