Quote Originally Posted by westsider View Post
it has actually very less with ddr3 to do

i had only one i7 cpou that could do 5.1Ghz uncore
99% of them do only 4.7-4.8 and you can only achieve 2300-2400Mhz max vali

with my i7 960 i could hit 2540MHz with cas 8 and 9 too
it was uncore limited
i think your result is great but it depends more on your 32nm cpu uncore then on rams
This is 980X CPU, uncore only needs to be 1.5 times memory multiplier, and if you look at my CPU-z validations you will see that uncore is well below 4Ghz in these results.

You are right kinda though, my CPU IMC is the limit I am running into, but it's not the Uncore at all though. I hit around the same 2700ish mark no matter CAS, Volts, Settings, Temps, so the IMC stops there I'm pretty sure.

P55 on the way though, hopefully I will run into a good CPU that will allow me to break 3000Mhz, but sadly it will have to be dual channel now though.