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#1 davi21a
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That's odd. The max TDP on that says 65w?? Mine shows only 51? something not right here. I'm also using an EVGA FTW 960 atm. but upgrading to a 980.

@zaku101 said:

@davi21a:Sometimes you just hit the limit of the chip or mobo you have, nothing you can really do.

This seems like one of the biggest Oc on it with 1.360v, something interesting.

http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Overclocking-Locked-Intel-Skylake-CPUs-Possible-i3-6100-Benchmarked

The 1.0 GHz overclock was achieved with a 127 MHz base clock on the i3 processor, with a vcore of ~1.36v. Apparently the ASRock motherboard requires the processor's graphics portion to be disabled for overclocking with this method, and TechSpot used an NVIDIA GTX 960 for test system. The results were impressive, as you might imagine.

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#2 davi21a
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Having trouble getting my i3 past 4.2ghz and to remain stable w/o crashing. My mobo is MSI Z170-A Pro. Ram is Gskill DRR4 3200. Temps are fine using an aftermarket cooler. Its just no matter what i adjust it just won't remain stable. I'd like to get this chip up to 4.5ghz since i'm gonna be pairing it with a gtx 980.

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#3 davi21a
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It's a good thing I bought my r9 270 for $199 before the prices went up lol

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#4 davi21a
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@insane_metalist said:

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You should have added $20 and got this 270X. These specs are quiet nicer for only $20 more.

Yeah only prob is it doesn't come with BF4, and I like XFXs warranty

That's true. As long as you got what you wanted and you're happy with it is all that matters, right?

Indeed :)

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#5 davi21a
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@insane_metalist said:

You should have added $20 and got this 270X. These specs are quiet nicer for only $20 more.

Yeah only prob is it doesn't come with BF4, and I like XFXs warranty

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#6  Edited By davi21a
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@560ti said:

The R9 270 is the same exact card as both the 7870ghz and the 270X (the 270x is an overclocked 270 non x).

Since the 270x (which is the same as your card) runs at 1050mhz stock, you should be able to get at least 1050mhz on stock volts alone.

Just so your not confused, AMD release the 7870ghz almost two years ago and it was clocked round 1000-1050mhz on most models. The released the 7870ghz and gave it the new name of R9 270x. They simply took the 7870ghz/270x and down clocked it to around 900-950mhz and called is the r9 270 (its the same exact card as the 7870ghz/270x, its just clocked lower).

Not to sound noisy but with a i5 at 4.2ghz (2x the CPU power as the next gen consoles) and 8 gigs of ram, I would assume that you would aim a little higher in terms of graphics cards (at least a GTX 760).

Your CPU/ram will easily last you the entire generation so im surprised you didn't spend a little more for a better GPU (I'm guessing your waiting for the 20nm GPU's that are due Q3 2014 ?).

Yeah I was just looking for a decent midrange card, I'll be saving up for something better next year or possibly crossfire two r9 270s? lol

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#7  Edited By davi21a
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@insane_metalist said:

I've overclocked my GPU 150MHz over stock. You should be able to get at least 75MHz out of it on a safe overclock.

I'm assuming, you should be able to run BF4 on high without any problems but MP settings are different. You'll just have to find out for yourself.

Ok thanks for info :)

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#8  Edited By davi21a
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150687

How well do you think I can play BF4 with this, and How far do you think I can OC this card? Maybe 1Ghz core? it's stock at 900ghz core, i'm hoping to get it around atleast 950 core. thanks

Current setup -

i5 3570k @ 4.2

8G Drr3

gtx 550ti

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#9 davi21a
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@04dcarraher said:

@davi21a said:

hmm, that's actually a nice card. How would you compare that to a gtx 660, or ti version?

GTX 660ti is about 11% faster on average at 1080. a GTX 660 is about 5% slower then r270

The r9 270x or non x?

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#10 davi21a
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hmm, that's actually a nice card. How would you compare that to a gtx 660, or ti version?