i5 2500K and i7 2600K for CoD

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by Hecke

@ Hyperthreading:

I quoted Chivas on that one, seems like he was wrong though.


@ Ibuchele: What frequency is that RAM?

Forgot to mention:1600 MHz
I would like to correct the memory I posted early, it's not G.Skill, it's a Corsair Vengeance 1.5V 2x4GB
The Noctua DH 14 is a real good performer, but I'm very satisfied with the H70.

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by lbuchele

The Noctua DH 14 is a real good performer, but I'm very satisfied with the H70.

How loud is it?

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

How loud is it?

There are a comparative review about it, but in my particular case is very low.
You will need to use a good fan and put some money in a good case too (I'm using a NZXT Phantom),because they will guarantee good cooling and a low noise level

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by lbuchele

Forgot to mention:1600 MHz
I would like to correct the memory I posted early, it's not G.Skill, it's a Corsair Vengeance 1.5V 2x4GB
The Noctua DH 14 is a real good performer, but I'm very satisfied with the H70.

Ibuchele, I've got all the components and am just about to assemble a new i5-2500K build - I'll be using an Asus P8P67 with Corsair Vengeance 1.5V 2x4GB 9-9-9-24 memory.

Would be interested to hear if you had any issues with getting the ram to work? I have been reading some reports on forums of people with difficulties with ram timings on Asus P67 boards - most of which seem to be resolved ok after some work. (May have been due to early BIOS versions?)

Did you use the XMP profile or set it up manually?

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edit: sorry - just read again and realised that someone else put it together for you. Still, if you've any ideas on my questions feel free to reply,
Cheers.

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by kendo65

Ibuchele, I've got all the components and am just about to assemble a new i5-2500K build - I'll be using an Asus P8P67 with Corsair Vengeance 1.5V 2x4GB 9-9-9-24 memory.

Would be interested to hear if you had any issues with getting the ram to work? I have been reading some reports on forums of people with difficulties with ram timings on Asus P67 boards - most of which seem to be resolved ok after some work. (May have been due to early BIOS versions?)

Did you use the XMP profile or set it up manually?

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edit: sorry - just read again and realised that someone else put it together for you. Still, if you've any ideas on my questions feel free to reply,
Cheers.

Well,I know the guy who put it together and he reports no difficults with RAM ,only take sometime to understand how the ASUS bios works with the OC.
It's very easy in fact all I had to do is change the multiplier.
I read that 60% of SB goes up to 4,5 GHz , 40% 4,6-4,8 GHz and only 10% goes to 4,9-5,1GHz .
Mine is very stable @4,6 GHZ and surprisingly cool too.

[kendo65]

Ok - thanks.

[NLS61]

Originally Posted by lbuchele

Well,I know the guy who put it together and he reports no difficults with RAM ,only take sometime to understand how the ASUS bios works with the OC.
It's very easy in fact all I had to do is change the multiplier.
I read that 60% of SB goes up to 4,5 GHz , 40% 4,6-4,8 GHz and only 10% goes to 4,9-5,1GHz .
Mine is very stable @4,6 GHZ and surprisingly cool too.

Mine(i5 2500k) is 4.6 GHz at 31 C wich is pretty good I think.
also on a ASUS P8P67 EVO with kingstone 1333 i've put a Scyte Mugen cooler on it.

[DarkAdrien]

Just to add my own exprience : bought a 2500K last week, mounted on an Asus P8P67 LE, with 2x2 Gb of Corsair DDR3 PC12800 CAS7. Have to say it is a really great combination of hardware, both in terms of performance (with a good overclocking margin) and temperatures (the 4 cores never exceed 30° idle, and 55° full charge).

Combined with a GTX 460, I can't imagine this will not be enough to run CoD on high settings at least.

BUT I did not change my hardware only for CoD, doing so would be a bit early in my opinion.

[Talbot]

i5 2500K/OC 4,7 GHz,MB Asus P8P67 Pro,8 Gb DDR3 1600MHz,2xAti 5870

[lbuchele]

The question is : how many bombers our systems can draw without a loss in fps or if we will be able to fly over London without hiccups.
I vote we will be fine, maybe with some compromises in graphic quality.