My New X99 Build!

Over the last 3 or 4 months I have been getting help and feedback from everyone on the forums about what i should do for my latest build. Its been about two weeks since its been done and I couldn't be happier with it. First off i just want to thank everyone who popped in and helped out, and secondly i want to thank the site and community for always being so knowledgeable.

Sorry for image quality. Had to use my S5

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/M9cHHx




That is a nice clean build.

Great build! Maybe move the radiator for your GPU to the bottom? It's bugging the hell outta me lol :)

Lol this has been a nightmare with these damn aio coolers and keeping the R5 silent. I was thinking about doing that, but i read somewhere that the Hybrid pump works best when its above the gpu, so I didn't think too much of it and threw it up there. Need to actually test that out though. Its my only exaust as of right now. Push/ Pull set up on the front as an intake and its working out way better than i expected.

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Cool build realy.
i´m pretty sure you will enjoy it.

Thanks Angel. It's everything I thought it would be. I really want to OC this stuff. They are running pretty cool right now. Just sketched out because i haven't messed around a whole lot with OC'ing.

i moved your topic to the build log section by the way.
Also according to overclocking, you basicly have all the good ingredients for that.
The Sabertooth is realy a decent overclockers board.

Okay thanks. Yeah I just need to do a lot of reading and watch some videos cause i have no clue what I'm doing. If I break anything I will probably go curl up in a ball in my closet andnever come out.

Yes there are a couple of diffrent ways to overclock that cpu.
I think the easiest way to start is just upping the cpu´s multiplier, without toutching anything else.
Then use a stress tool like aida64 or intel stresstest, Asus real bench, or OCCT, and monitor the temps.

But there also more advanced methods for overclocking of course, like base clock overclocking for example.

There are a couple of good overclocking tutorials to be found online.

http://rog.asus.com/365052014/overclocking/rog-overclocking-guide-core-for-5960x-5930k-5820k/

Also Linus did a video about X99 overclocking.
I´m personaly not a big fan of some of his video´s, but this video might be somewhat informative.
To understand some of the key parts.

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Welcome to the X99 masterace, may your render times be low and your framerates high.

Okay sweet, thanks again angel. I'm a closet Linus fan so ill definitely check out his video.

Hey, try this for a decent OC:

BCLK: 125
Strap: 125
Multiplier: 36
Voltage: 1.3v

That's a 4.5ghz OC with a base frequency of 4125mhz... 125mhz above Skylake with a boost 300mhz above its top clock. You should blow the 6700k away if this proves stable. The 125 strap and BCLK aren't stable for everyone. Lucky for me, it is though. I personally don't have the cooling for 1.3v but you sure as to hell do. If it is stable increase the multiplier to 37 and so on. If it fared well, I'd bet you could do 1.325v and try for 4.7-4.8ghz however whether or not that .025v makes a difference in degradation, I don't know.

Edit: nearly forgot cache. This is where I face issues with anything at 4ghz or above.

What I'd try:

1.1v
Multiplier: 31

Increase the multiplier from there... You should be good up to 1.3v as well, BUT rather or not heat is a problem is for you to figure out. Generally you want to stay one step below you're turbo clock if possible, but cache doesn't return much in terms of performance.

If you want to, RAM is so,etching to clock up as well.

Here's what I'd go for (what I run stable):

1.35v
2750mhz
13-13-13-30-2

I'd stress test for 15 minute sessions after each of these. If the first step goes without a hitch bench it for an hour. Rinse and repeat for cache and then for RAM.

NOTE!

This is what I can run without or lens however due to cooling isn't my 24/7 clock. You may prove lucky or not as lucky depending on the quality of your processor.

Edit 2: One more thing. While one RAM strap may be stable, the strap below it may not be. It's weird, I know, but that's how it works. 2666mhz and 2600mhz are totally unstable for me, but 2500mhz and 2750mhz are perfectly fine. Don't recommend going above that otherwise you lose timings. Having a CL as low as 13 at such a high frequency is rare. I'd suspect 14 would work better for most people. Ironically 2333mhz is more stable for me then 2400mhs, the stock XMP speed :).