Quote Originally Posted by Eidos View Post
Okay, so would these be good in my syste, too? I haven't overclocked systems in years and this new build is my first in a while and don't want to damage anything or shorten lifspan but it does seem to run slower than expected compared to an older pc I'm comparing it to and some wierd random issues, but that's expected for a new build just created. Here's my basic specs, all these are stock atm, but not seeming to actually be running even at stock speed so I included all the hardware:

Blood Rage x58 board
G.Skill pi Black 1600 MHz 8-8-8-21 1.6-1.65 V 6GB
Intel i7 965 XE with TRUE cooler
PC Power&Cooling 860 Watts
Dual GTX 260
Seagate Cheetah SAS drive, LG DVD-R, 24' Monitor (to play HD) and Vista 64
Killer NIC (helps with mmo lag) and Soundblaster titanium (I do recordings)

Plus any other suggestions I am open to to improve the system. Not looking to replace anything, just looking to optimize my build.
That sounds like a beast of a build, good stuff! Make sure that you have CxE under CPU Features disabled in the BIOS. This feature makes it so when the computer is not under heavy load the CPU will throttle itself down to save energy. This might be why you are seeing a slower computer then you expected.