Quote Originally Posted by Classic Satch View Post
This is killing me! I was an early adopter, two weeks after release actually. I was coming off an Opty 165 rig so this was a massive upgrade. However, the numbers from these D0's are great. I can get my C0 920 to 4.2Ghz at 1.4vcore with HT on, 1.36v HT off. But, it must be noted that I use my rig EXCLUSIVELY for gaming. Nothing else. Basically a $2500 Xbox.

So, do any of you think it's worth it to upgrade to 2000Mhz RAM and a D0 stepping(while incurring the wife's wrath) or just stand pat and wait until the new GPU's hit? I realize that this is off-topic but it's a minor diversion.
My advice would be its not worth it. If you can tolerate the heat (with a good cooler like Prolimatech Mega), use 4.2 24x7 (1.4 vcore is OK). In games you won't notice much difference from 4.2 to 4.4 or even 4.0 to 4.4. Your video card is more important there.

And for games, turn HT off. May be you can push 4.3 or 4.4 with HT off and same volts and temps.

Going for a D0 and higher b/w RAM is probably not a great idea. But its your money...