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Question

very best coponents to use period

May 28, 2017 8:43AM PDT

hi

i want the very best components cpu
motherboard memory cooler

i want the very best test benchmarks and overclocking ability currently available vs other cpu/motherboard/memoy/cooler
i want to squeeze the very best performance out of these componets
i want to hit at least 5.2 ghz
also can you reccommend me the very best graphics card to use with these components thanks marcus

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It's a tar pit question.
May 28, 2017 8:52AM PDT

The problem is that overclocking is a tar pit of issues and those that do this often spend much of there time exploring the limits, then in a few weeks are crashing and finding the new limits of the hardware.

No one I know will follow you on this journey. There are overclocker forums that cater to such discussions but they love the pain.

That said, I really enjoy any i7 machine with SSD and the new 1080 GPU driving a 1080p 144Hz display.

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PS. Configure this one. Notice they stopped at 5GHz?
May 28, 2017 3:09PM PDT

Post was last edited on May 28, 2017 3:10 PM PDT

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Purpose
May 28, 2017 2:45PM PDT

What is the purpose of all these best and overclocking questions?
Are you just looking for great benchmark numbers?
Are you looking for bragging rights?

Your going down a path that will have you married to that machine.

Just go here and scan down to the end-all.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds
Build that and be done with it.

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yes
May 31, 2017 10:38PM PDT

hi

yes to all three questions great benchmarks and bragging rights and best overclock possible thanks i want components but at a cheap affordable price

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So why do this now that the i9 is shipping?
Jun 1, 2017 8:19AM PDT

I want to know why.