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Hello fellow ocforum friends
I come for advice after tons of effort trying to figure this out on my own. Now, sometimes I can be dense so it's entirely possible the answer has been in front of my face this whole time but I haven't been able to see it.
I'm currently in the middle of a build of a fx 8320 and I've got a goal of overclocking it to 5Ghz. I already expect you guys to think I'm just some newb with unrealistic goals, but I assure you I'm not. Let me go ahead and address some of the questions I'm certain just popped into some of your heads as you read this.
1) Yes, I know that my goal is a stretch, and I know that even with all the right "stuff" I might not reach it.
2) Yes, I do actually have a use for 8 cores at 5ghz. I do a substantial amount of video editing and every mhz and every core makes a difference in my encode times. It also really adds up to a lot of time when you're looking at doing over an hour of an encode. Then when you realize you need to make a change and re-encode or you need to render previews to be able to properly view the adjustments you've made to a video etc the time really adds up and my time is somewhat valuable I think.
3) I do have lots of overclocking experience, but I will be honest, it has been a long time since I've done serious overclocking and a LOT has changed that I need to catch up on (last seriously overclocked system was an AMD mobile xp2500 clocked to 250x10/2.5ghz [this was before multi-cores came out]).
4) I have a Koolance Exos-2 with an EK Supreme LTX water block (there's nothing else in the loop) so I don't think cooling is going to be an issue. I will consider trying a low watt peltier if I need to, but I prefer stick to an ambient solution so I do not have to manage condensation.
I just really want to know what some of the best-for-overclocking motherboards are. I also do not want to spend $200+ for a motherboard if I can help it. I just want it to be a solid performer that will not bottleneck my overclocking abilities with the other components I have.
The only other requirement is that it does have to have USB 3.0 and SATA 3. These are critical to my work flow as I have 2 SSD drives in RAID 0 and a USB 3.0 memory card reader. It'd be cool if it was blue color themed since that's my color theme but honestly I only care about the performance, it can be any color it wants. I also am not above modding the motherboard if necessary, adding a waterblock (I believe I've got a small block I can use for the northbridge laying around somewhere if necessary). I also don't mind buying used or refurbished or flashing it or tweaking to get it to do what I want.
Any advice you guys can give would be most appreciated! If this has already been covered, please link me. I've looked but like I said in the beginning of this message sometimes I manage to miss the obvious things somehow. If I have, I apologize in advance.
Thanks!
I come for advice after tons of effort trying to figure this out on my own. Now, sometimes I can be dense so it's entirely possible the answer has been in front of my face this whole time but I haven't been able to see it.
I'm currently in the middle of a build of a fx 8320 and I've got a goal of overclocking it to 5Ghz. I already expect you guys to think I'm just some newb with unrealistic goals, but I assure you I'm not. Let me go ahead and address some of the questions I'm certain just popped into some of your heads as you read this.
1) Yes, I know that my goal is a stretch, and I know that even with all the right "stuff" I might not reach it.
2) Yes, I do actually have a use for 8 cores at 5ghz. I do a substantial amount of video editing and every mhz and every core makes a difference in my encode times. It also really adds up to a lot of time when you're looking at doing over an hour of an encode. Then when you realize you need to make a change and re-encode or you need to render previews to be able to properly view the adjustments you've made to a video etc the time really adds up and my time is somewhat valuable I think.
3) I do have lots of overclocking experience, but I will be honest, it has been a long time since I've done serious overclocking and a LOT has changed that I need to catch up on (last seriously overclocked system was an AMD mobile xp2500 clocked to 250x10/2.5ghz [this was before multi-cores came out]).
4) I have a Koolance Exos-2 with an EK Supreme LTX water block (there's nothing else in the loop) so I don't think cooling is going to be an issue. I will consider trying a low watt peltier if I need to, but I prefer stick to an ambient solution so I do not have to manage condensation.
I just really want to know what some of the best-for-overclocking motherboards are. I also do not want to spend $200+ for a motherboard if I can help it. I just want it to be a solid performer that will not bottleneck my overclocking abilities with the other components I have.
The only other requirement is that it does have to have USB 3.0 and SATA 3. These are critical to my work flow as I have 2 SSD drives in RAID 0 and a USB 3.0 memory card reader. It'd be cool if it was blue color themed since that's my color theme but honestly I only care about the performance, it can be any color it wants. I also am not above modding the motherboard if necessary, adding a waterblock (I believe I've got a small block I can use for the northbridge laying around somewhere if necessary). I also don't mind buying used or refurbished or flashing it or tweaking to get it to do what I want.
Any advice you guys can give would be most appreciated! If this has already been covered, please link me. I've looked but like I said in the beginning of this message sometimes I manage to miss the obvious things somehow. If I have, I apologize in advance.
Thanks!