I have an older system that I have run overclocked since I got the parts as far as they could be while remaining stable and I encountered an issue today that required me to downclock the ram to about half the old speed to get the system to stay running and not crash from memory errors/leaks. I have not been following the hardware world since I built this system and would like insight as to what I should do given the overall situation.
System is a Rampage IV Black with a 4960x@4.8 ghz with 48 gigs of ram that I had at 2200 but are rated at 1600, GPUs are dual 980ti Lightings at 1500mhz but they have never given me issue and OCed where I wanted them to without fighting me. I also have a sound card in between the two GPUs so please keep that in mind when recommending a new board. They have been running like this since new.
I am temped to just buy a new CPU and ram kit that is not a combination of two mismatched ones like I was running and just continue on for a while, I am unfamiliar with the latest hardware but am considering maybe upgrading to the newest 2011-3 or whatever the latest version that supports quad channel memory and 40 PCIE lanes. I am open to AMD or any hardware setup that accomplishes the same or increased performance but I was planning to wait DDR4 out completely and only upgrade everything when DDR5 releases, hence my temptation to just replace the CPU and ram for now but I will be rolling the dice on a used 4960 since there is no way I am going to drop $1000 on a new one and there is as always the risk it won't hold good speeds. Please let me know what my options are guys
System is a Rampage IV Black with a 4960x@4.8 ghz with 48 gigs of ram that I had at 2200 but are rated at 1600, GPUs are dual 980ti Lightings at 1500mhz but they have never given me issue and OCed where I wanted them to without fighting me. I also have a sound card in between the two GPUs so please keep that in mind when recommending a new board. They have been running like this since new.
I am temped to just buy a new CPU and ram kit that is not a combination of two mismatched ones like I was running and just continue on for a while, I am unfamiliar with the latest hardware but am considering maybe upgrading to the newest 2011-3 or whatever the latest version that supports quad channel memory and 40 PCIE lanes. I am open to AMD or any hardware setup that accomplishes the same or increased performance but I was planning to wait DDR4 out completely and only upgrade everything when DDR5 releases, hence my temptation to just replace the CPU and ram for now but I will be rolling the dice on a used 4960 since there is no way I am going to drop $1000 on a new one and there is as always the risk it won't hold good speeds. Please let me know what my options are guys