Overclocking the i7 980X

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Hi everyone,

I'm planning on purchasing an overclocked i7 980X. I have selected:

Arctic Cooling MX-3 High Thermal Conductivity Compound

CoolIT ECO A.L.C Cooler

Would these components have sufficient cooling for the CPU if it is overclocked to 4.0GHz? Or am I limited to how much I can overclock?

I can't purchase the COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) because it does not fit the case I have selected.

Thanks, Jack.

[Gorman]

Should be fine.

This cpu really doesnt need an overclock though.

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Thank you :)

The main use is video encoding. I had a project recently where the final encode was 2 pass x264. It took 30 hours :(

[Gorman]

ouch, maybe GPGPU could help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU

Depends on what software you are using i guess.

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I will be using 2 GTX570's to help rendering 3D in programs such as 3DS Max, Lightwave etc, once I work out how of course xD

Thanks for the link, I'll look into it now.

The 30 hours came from a h.264 program encoder called MeGUI. And that time is excluding the render to .avi from Sony Vegas before hand, which took 16 hours :D

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Can you explain how the overclocking works when you buy it from PCSpecialist? It says max 4GHz. Does this mean you will specify how much it is overclocked? Or do I specify it somewhere? I'm a little confused :)

[Gorman]

We will OC the machine and take it as high as we think is stable, this is different for each machine.

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And the product remains in warranty?

I know I void warranty if I do it, that's why I'm getting it done from stock by you guys. And I have a lot more faith in PCSpecialist's abilities than mine.

I just read your thread on dedicating NVIDIA graphics cards for physics. I found it really helpful, thank you :)

[Sleinous]

Yes it remains in warranty if they do it.

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Thank you, that's definitely a relief.

I see you have the Rampage III Extreme, how is it treating you? I've seen people say it has poor quality control (when they buy it from an independent seller).

[Sleinous]

havent had a problem with it as of yet :) Im running a GTX 470 and 3x 9800GTs on it, with an i7 930, its behaving very well. and the quad x8 lane speed is excellent, only about a 2% drop in performance apparently (when using a GTX 580)

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I'm going to be SLI'ing 2 GTX570's with an OC'd i7 980X, and 6 Gig of RAM, which looks less than what you're running.

So it makes me very happy to see you can run that much :)

[DSN]

I had a rampage III Extreme for nearly a year, never skipped a beat for me. Just my personal opinion.