- Joined
- Oct 23, 2009
- Location
- Vancouver
Yeah trying to decide on an i7 system build
x58, i7 920, 6 or 12gb tri ch ddr3
VERSUS
P55, i7 860, 8 or 4gb dual ch ddr3
Will be overclocking on water, aiming for 4000mhz
How much ram is overkill? How does ram performance differ between tri/dual channel in this set up? lynnfield/bloomfield, which is better for overclocking? do I need to water cool chipset on the x58/p55 for overclocking?
I want to run 2x 5850's in CFX
thanks
x58, i7 920, 6 or 12gb tri ch ddr3
VERSUS
P55, i7 860, 8 or 4gb dual ch ddr3
Will be overclocking on water, aiming for 4000mhz
How much ram is overkill? How does ram performance differ between tri/dual channel in this set up? lynnfield/bloomfield, which is better for overclocking? do I need to water cool chipset on the x58/p55 for overclocking?
I want to run 2x 5850's in CFX
thanks