FOR SALE Core I7-3960x System

OMG I have only just seen this thread. Damn I wish I lived near to Croydon. Is this only being sold as a complete setup?

Anyways here's why I am really here in this thread.

There is in fact nothing wrong with your cpu at all in fact it running as it should. Let me explain. The reason why you need more vcore to get it to run stable with all slots loaded is actually nothing to do with the different batches of memory but in fact to do with the onboard memory controller inside your cpu. The problem has existed for a very long time and as far back as I remember as well.

Before Intel shifted the memory controller on die there was the exact same problem to the northbridge. And also one of the reason if you are an overclocker you never fully populate the rams slots if you want the max speed possible. In most cases most people have to run their cpu at a slower speed then what is achievable to get the system play nicely.

I am not sure if this would affect the price but it might be something to consider to help you get a better price for your setup.

Hi James,

The RMA will fail and just cause you more inconvienience. THe memory controller on your cpu is fine. Honestly it is. It is a well known overclocking thing that happens when you have fully populated slots. It is because of the fully populated memory slots your setup is unstable without more vcore.

Most enthusiast overclockers or benchers run their setup pretty much to the edge of what is deemed stable and what is not. They are also at the same time trying to achieve low volts to give them more headroom for overclocking and also lower load temps if been run under strain. So when you mix another memory modules into the setup regardless of cas states, dram voltage, brand it will not make a difference. This is because you can mix and match ram which I don;t personally advise but most motherboards have the facility to manually set them so they all run the same speed or all have the same voltage etc.

So this extra memory puts more strain on the memory controller which means to stabilise it you have to increase memvoltage on die to compensate although now the general off set of this is higher temps and possibly less overclocking potential. Not a certain but could be a factor.

If I remember correctly it also was a problem on the socket 939 setup when I used AMD. Everyone was using the Corsair dd2 cas 2.5 ram which at the time was the bees knees. But add 4 sticks of it into the equation and that was the overclock screwed or what not.

But your issue is unique as you don;t really overclock and generally need the ram for the stuff you do I guess.

As for your setup, I was interested but I live far away and don;t have a car and also I figured you would want to sell it as a whole setup instead of faffing around individual items as some of it took my fancy. I was more specifically interested in the cpu and mb only. But GL with your sale and I hope I have cleared up the cpu/memory query.

Would you consider selling just the graphics card (once i check it will slot into my system?)
I work in Feltham, so Croydon isnt too bad to get to from there...