24 replies to this topic

[Elbrun]

Just keep in mind, while CPU speed is critical to this game, RAM amounts matter a great deal as well. 4gb of RAM is lowballing on current gen games, you really need a minimum of 8gb anymore (what with winblows eating huge chunks of RAM like candy). Your old card might be on the lowend of gaming, but a system RAM upgrade could help quite a bit.

[Tarl Cabot]

Tarl Cabot, on 06 May 2015 - 07:36 PM, said:

The i5-2300 2.8GHz is can not be overclocked by any great means. The best you can do with it is approx 3.3ghz as it is a limited unlocked core, and the higher in speed, the fewer cores affected.

http://www.xbitlabs....0_11.html#sect0

With that said, the motherboard will accept the Sandy and Ivy bridge i-5 K-version CPUs, 2500k, 3570k (4 core). Both can be OC to 4.2 or greater with a decent heatsink, the current sweet spot for MWO with a decent GPU. Looking around the 3570k is readily available, at Microcenter for $170 pickup

Flapdrol, on 07 May 2015 - 12:21 AM, said:

This is false, on socket 1155 you can overclock non K cpu's 400 MHz with P67, Z68 and Z77 boards. Or a little bit more if you cheat with the baseclock a bit too.

False? Lack of reading comprehension?? Slow down a tad and take ya time

2800mhz (2.8ghz) + 400mhz = approx 3200mhz or 3.2ghz As well as provided the link with showing the differences between a non-K and a K version Intel cpu.

But it does not change the issue that he would see the biggest gain by upgrading the CPU to a i5-K CPU for the overclocking potential. I currently run a 3570K 3.4ghz OC to 4.5ghz water cooled w/ATI HD 7950. I knew I would be OC so didnt even bother with a standard cooler. Have FPS locked max at 70fps. Will run much higher but once in battle the yo-yo FPS to low 45fps gives me a headache.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 07 May 2015 - 07:27 PM.

[Flapdrol]

srry, reading is like, effort

I wouldn't bother with a K unless you can get a cheap used one. Might as well get a haswell if you upgrade, with boards being relatively cheap.

[Lily from animove]

well the firts has 128bit the second 64, that is quite a difference.

[MavRCK]

use throttlestop to force the i5 to run at max speeds