upgrade on CM sniper WC to 2600k some fun and problem!

[sy5tem]

hello!

here i finally upgrade from my q9400 to a 2600k i was watercooled before and wanted to stay WC

all the motherboard and other part out of the way!:

but of course while upgrading i ran into 2 problem! the first one is that my XSPC raza backplate 1156 doesn't fit because of some capacitor soldering asus p8z68 :

By technicarl at 2011-05-23

i finally used my old h50 bracket "it was broken into 2 part ... because i removed it too fast on old mtb -gotta love 3M tape LOL":

Second problem is the hole in the back of the CM sniper doesn't fit with the asus p8z68!:

noq my system is stable with a turbo setting of 48X using 1.36v and extreme llc and vrm

here is some screeny:

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[sy5tem]

i lowered memory and timing from 1866/9-10-9-27-2T to 1600mhz/8-8-8-24-2T

wonder now if i could make it to 5ghz

 

[dhdude]

nice! I was considering a similar upgrade, have you noticed much of a difference in windows desktop performance or much in games?

 

[sy5tem]

nice! I was considering a similar upgrade, have you noticed much of a difference in windows desktop performance or much in games?

well i did not think i would get THAT much BUT windows load twice as fast as before , but then you have to add the extra time to boot from post to windows first screen LOL

in game i used to be 3rd inside the level in game like l4d2 , now im first and i have 5 to 10 sec in advance LOL

i see that you have a q9450 OC'ed like my q9400 was
i would say that if you have the extra 650$ its worth it and its really stable "i ad problem with 4x2gb VS 2x2GB"

i just find the overlcocking too easy not that its bad!