Hardware Discussion Thread

[ExtremeDude2]

(07-02-2016, 11:47 AM)admin89 Wrote: Yes you can OC Xeon . This has nothing to do with non-k OC , Intel can't lock this feature

I did some searching and it looks like they updated the BIOS and removed the feature.

[admin89]

Where did you find this ? Asrock E3v5 has External Clock Generator , you can't simply remove it by using software or even with Intel Micro-code update
Youtuber @Science Studio stated that you can no longer overclock non-k CPU but this mobo is completely a different story

Jeff Kampman @ Techreport Wrote:ASRock just won't do what Intel tells it to. The company may have issued BIOS updates that removed its SkyOC base-clock (or BCLK) overclocking features from many of its motherboards, but it's not abandoning the locked-CPU overclocking dream just yet. This time around, the company is taking the battle to the hardware.

External Clock Generator is hardware , you know

[AnyOldName3]

(07-03-2016, 06:38 AM)teh_speleegn_polease Wrote: Oh yeah, I completely forgot about 720p being the original HD.

Also I've seen 4k and UHD being used very interchangeably.

4K has been deemed to sound better, so everything's being labelled 4K even when it's technically UHD. It's only really an issue if you actually want a genuine 4K display, which is unlikely.

[ExtremeDude2]

(07-04-2016, 12:36 PM)admin89 Wrote: Where did you find this ? Asrock E3v5 has External Clock Generator , you can't simply remove it by using software or even with Intel Micro-code update
Youtuber @Science Studio stated that you can no longer overclock non-k CPU but this mobo is completely a different story
External Clock Generator is hardware , you know

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20E3V5%20Performance%20GamingOC/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

[admin89]

Idk .The Sky OC was removed on 18 Mar 2016 and his tutorial video was made on 24 May 2016 , he bought this mobo to replace his impotent Asus board (non-K OC disabled by Intel micro code)
I still have no idea if this sky OC function has anything to do with External Clock Generator (a chip)
Well , this Xeon + E3V5 is still not a bad deal if you want i7 performance while paying the same amount of money as i5 6600K . In the past , we could pair Xeon 1230v3 (i7 4770 Haswell) with an ultra cheap H81 mobo like any i3/i5/i7 Haswell could . I don't know why Intel would change chipset now

[ExtremeDude2]

(07-05-2016, 12:57 AM)admin89 Wrote: Idk .The Sky OC was removed on 18 Mar 2016 and his tutorial video was made on 24 May 2016  , he bought this mobo to replace his impotent Asus board (non-K OC disabled by Intel micro code)
I still have no idea if this sky OC function has anything to do with External Clock Generator (a chip)
Well , this Xeon + E3V5 is still not a bad deal if you want i7 performance while paying the same amount of money as i5 6600K . In the past , we could pair Xeon 1230v3 (i7 4770 Haswell) with an ultra cheap H81 mobo like any i3/i5/i7 Haswell could  . I don't know why Intel would change chipset now

I also read a review of the mobo saying OC'ing was removed in an update, I still may go for the 1230 like you said, it would have both more cache and HT over the i5 6600.

[ExtremeDude2]

Got all my parts purchased: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/QzHr6X
That GTX 960 will probably turn into a GTX 970, am I going to be pushing it on wattage?

[Anti-Ultimate]

(07-14-2016, 06:17 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote: am I going to be pushing it on wattage?

no

[ExtremeDude2]

(07-14-2016, 06:32 AM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote: no

Thanks. I didn't think so, but wanted to make sure.

[AnyOldName3]

Weird choice getting a 960 instead of a 480, IMO. Theoretically, even for Linux, it should be significantly faster.