I've custom built quite a few PCs and I gotta say Gigabyte MOBOs seem to be the way to go. Friendly and powerful BIOS menus, straightforward booting methods, high customization...etc. Every other brand seems to have odd quirks. I've also never had a Gigabyte MOBO fail on me. Anybody else notice the same?
I might be the only one left, but after the GPP I won't be buying products from anyone that supported it. This basically leaves me with Asrock.
What does your GPP stand for? Is it smth similar to gluten free diet?
I'd personally prefer one of the following:
* Genuine People Personality
* Generalized Poisson Process (not to be confused with "poison")
* God's People Party (South Africa)
"pre-tested to hit 5.1GHz "
Default the chip is 5.0GHz. So we pay premium prices for a 2% increase? LOL
The point in overclocking (I believe for the majority of us) is to get a chip at a certain price point and have it run faster than a much more expensive chip. The industry keeps on increasing prices on components that "allows" overclocking. If you just buy a standard motherboard you could use the extra cash instead to buy the already faster chip - running at default speeds and voltages.
My last ASUS motherboard was similar. $400.00 motherboard that took itself and my i7-5930K with it. I RMA'd an exchange then bought a different motherboard and gave the ASUS to someone I knew as a gift just so I would have to deal with it. That board ended up getting a 2-star review average on NewEgg.. :/I've custom built quite a few PCs and I gotta say Gigabyte MOBOs seem to be the way to go. Friendly and powerful BIOS menus, straightforward booting methods, high customization...etc. Every other brand seems to have odd quirks. I've also never had a Gigabyte MOBO fail on me. Anybody else notice the same?
My sentiments exactly. ASUS has gone downhill big time - My last system had an STRIX X99 that fried my CPU - lots of other people had the same issue. Gigabyte mobos are just great, simple, and properly priced.
1. OC doesn't void any warranty.
2. OC doesn't overwork anything if you can keep it cool.
3. All modern cpu's and gpu's have factory overclock already built into them depending on how hot they get.
4. You silly man!
No, you're paying a premium for an 8.5% increase, not 2%. From 4.7 to 5.1
Where are you getting 4.7 from?
I've custom built quite a few PCs and I gotta say Gigabyte MOBOs seem to be the way to go. Friendly and powerful BIOS menus, straightforward booting methods, high customization...etc. Every other brand seems to have odd quirks. I've also never had a Gigabyte MOBO fail on me. Anybody else notice the same?
Use to be... these days... not so much...Asus is a better MOBO!
Sorry to say, but this makes little to no sense... as overclocking is a good way of extracting extra performance for what you paid for. Anybody ignoring this is plainly throwing their money at the wall... yes... not everyone can or is able to OC, but for those that can... they get more for what they paid for.Do NOT oveclock. cpu has auto clocking and turboboost. if you got money to get a quantum pc and enrormous nitrogen to keep it cold. build it on your oven garage and so on. connect it to real world surf play games do som helping into projects for ps3 and so on. if you want to overclock you must start investing in many motherboards cpu s gpus an alot of ram. just like linius on youtube. you gotta have many tings to get it working.
Use to be... these days... not so much...
Sorry to say, but this makes little to no sense... as overclocking is a good way of extracting extra performance for what you paid for. Anybody ignoring this is plainly throwing their money at the wall... yes... not everyone can or is able to OC, but for those that can... they get more for what they paid for.
To each their own, I've never once had any issues with overclocked hardware. Some are just that timid I guess...Overclocking is a great way to damage a CPU by pushing it well-beyond what the manufacturer -who has tested it and certified it- recommends.
My computer came with "command Center" which makes overclocking my i9ex simple.
I'll be damned if I'll ever use it - especially considering the warnings that precede using it.