Gtx 580 with core i7 920 enough?

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so i will buy core i7 960 with 3.2ghz and sell my i7 920 because i dont know how to overclock procesor and i cant overclock it due to high temps 3ghz=90c crysis after that i will save money for next 2gb ram
 
if i buy aftermarket cooler firstly iam aware if my temps will be okay and secondly i dont know how to install it , i must take motherboard out so i have to get out all components and i dont know if i can get it back . because if that i will buy i7 960 with stock and i dont have to overclock because 3.2 is recommended
 
buy a aftermarket cooler. It will cost you anything between 25 to 80usd depends how flashy you want it. Better than spending 200-300usd on a chip that will be outperformed by your cpu if it was running at the same clock. Its easy to overclock the I7 and there are lots of wonderful guides out there. But get your temps down first with a aftermarket cooler. Once you get the hang of it you will love it. We all had to learn and started from scratch. Like driving a car once your into it its simple basically. It will save you a lot of money

For the ram. There was shown there's a performance increase from 1gb to 2x2gb.
Don't buy a 2gb stick. Buy a 3x2gb kit rather. Buying a separate stick will mean it still won't be running triple channel. You'll need tl buy a kit
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Not strictly correct, the ram may not be running at best speed but it will be triple channel with 1 more 2GB stick making 3x2GB in total. I doubt it would have much effect, i'm running 6GB rarely use more than 3.5GB.
 


you will have exactly the same problem fitting a new chip as a new cooler, as coolers are fitted on top of the chip, there's nothing behind the mobo to worry about, but you will need to be able to move around the board a bit, and as it would be your first intel pushpin installation i'd advise you do it out of the case.
 
I don't think he knows what you guys are talking about! sorry Donwey!

Just talk to someone that you know who is pretty good in computers about your problem, and I'm sure he/she =) will elp you out OC ing ur CPU and etc....
 



Are you high Name 5 good ones that are not oem that dont.... Oh wait you cant.
 
dude/dudette, trying to help out the op here, for what he's attempting there are plenty that are better than stock that don't need a backplate, give me a couple of hours when i've nothing better to do and i'll find them for you. Meanwhile, grow up.
 

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But i dont want to grow up🙁
 
Op get the 212 hyper or the zalman performa cooler
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The 212+ should probably be mounted using the backplate -- mainly because of the size and weight of it - the stock backplate was not designed to hold that much weight and it could cause a problem if the Heatsink were to snap off of the stock MOBO backplate. --- the only way it could damage the MOBO with the new backplate is if it is not installed properly (be sure to follow the directions and use the rubber washers in the correct places to avoid a short and all will be fine !)



errrrrr not helping the op here😉
 
The stock plastic back bracket is a cheap flimsy pile of crap i wouldnt bet a penny on it holding that kind of weight.
 
Why are we talking about back plates the hyper comes with one. Why use the stock one when your going to remove the stock cooler anyway? surely its not that hard to push pins through a few holes?
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The op said that he does not want to take the mobo out..
 
triple channel ram the sticks need to be the same. Same as with dual channel. If its not the same it won't run in triple channel mode.
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yes it will, thats marketing bollocks, back in the sdram days there were issues with dissimilar sticks obviously only single channel, but it was rare. I've got two dissimilar sets running in dual channel, i'll swap them round if you like. The timings are the worst of the sets but they work.
 
here it is http://img576.imageshack.us/i/rami.png/
and there isnt any cooler for core i7 without backplate right? 🙁
 

Um...

I owned a 4870x2. Two of them, actually. Now I own a 580, and it's a fairly significant downgrade from my pair of 4870x2s, and it's only a bit faster than one of them. The only (and I do mean only) reason I switched was because my 4870x2s died. The 4870x2 is an excellent card, and there's no real reason to switch to a 580 from one of them.
 



dx 11 crysis 2, bc2


idiot
 
at higher resolutions the newer cards perform better. Throw in another 2 x 580s and get a projector.
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A projector?

Why? It would be a downgrade. I'm running a 30" at 2560x1600. As for the additional 580 or two for SLI? Not now. My budget right now is a bit strained - I might add one this summer once I have a bit more cash available (and hopefully once the price has dropped a bit).

(And it's true the 580 does better in a couple of rare cases, mostly due to the 1GB of memory on the 4870x2s, but that's limited to things like Crysis at 2560x1600 with AA)
 

You don't need DX11 for either of those, and the benefit of DX11 is rather small.

Of course, if you want to spend $500 so two games can look slightly prettier when examining screenshots with a magnifying glass, then who am I to stop you, it just doesn't seem worthwhile.

 
why spend 200$ for a used 4870x2 off ebay when its outdated..
 

Personally, I wouldn't, but that's mostly because it's a very hot running, high-end graphics card, and I don't buy those used as a general rule.

 
I had a 4870x2 in games like bc2 and crysis on max setting at 1920x1080 my fps was about 30-40fps higher with the 580 then the 4870x2.
 
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