Well since I am a tweaker at heart, no real reason, just like to tweak stuff constantly
I ordered a Crosshair 5 Formula today from Newegg for a lolable $165 woohoo! Waterblock for the board is in the mail from EK.
Finally we can see apples to apples comparison of what swapping from a mid level ASUS board to a ROG board will net you for increased overclocking and if a ROG is really necessary for WC/Air overclocking or if you can get by with a quality mid level board from ASUS.
I really hope that ROG is not just hype when compared to another ASUS board as far as overclocking headroom. If there is even a small difference in its ability I should be able to hit 4.5 on at least 2 of my cores I think! Worst case if it is just hype, ill toss the older ASUS in the wifes computer with the 960t and grab an 8170 and see how high I can push it.
Just need my Peltier setup from Mindchill to get here so I can see what near 0c does for this chip lol.
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