TheOverclocker Issue 21 | Page 34

reliance on the CPU. Essentially, the motherboard while important can be rendered irrelevant by the right or wrong CPU. Moreover, because of how SNB-E overclocks, it’s pitifully easy to find out the limits of the CPU as it’s simply a matter of selecting the desired multiplier and checking to see if you can boot into windows. Increase or decrease the multiplier accordingly until a successful boot is made and right there will be the maximum frequency for the chosen CPU. This is however a double-edged sword, if only because it meant that the single CPU that is capable of utilizing the higher multipliers would dominate with little to no recourse possible. This is essentially what ended up happening, but it must be stressed that the kind of benchmarks that MSI chose negated this caveat almost completely, but more on that later. The rest of the hardware was as you would have expected. The true gem of the arsenal ma ???????????)?????????????????????????)8???Q`?1?????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)?????????Q`???????????????)????????????????????????????Q`(?????????????9Y%%?e???????)??????????????????????????)???????????????????????5M$???)??????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)?????????????????)5??????????? AU?????????)???????????????????????)???????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????) AT??????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????)???????????????????)Q??????????????????????)???????5?????????????????)-????????????Q?Y????????????)?????????????????]????)??????????????????????????)Q???????????????????????????)??? ??D??9?????????????????)????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)=???????????????e???????????????)??????????????????????????????(??Q???=?? ??????%????????????()?????????-?9A?8? ??????)???????????????????? AT??AT???)?????Q?????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)$??????????()1???}?????????$?H?$?L??=?????)??????????????????????I=0?)Q???????????????????????()Q!? =5AQ%Q=IL)?????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)???????????Q???????????????)???????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)???????????????)]????????????????????e??????)????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????Q??)????????????????????????????)????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)???????????????????????5????????)?????????????????????????)??????????????????????????)??????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????(?? ?????????????????????????????)????????????????)]???????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????)??????????????????????)]??????????????????????)???????5=????????????????)?????????????????????????????)????????????????????????M????????)I???????????????????UM??I????)????!??????????????????????)M??????????????????I?????)?????????M?????=h??????????)?????????Q??????????????????)9??i?????????= }]???????????)1??????????-??????Q????5A ,?)1???????????$?H?$?L?????%???????(?)????I??????????Y????????I??)????Q????M??M==?????A?????)????????????????????????????)Q????5???????A????}?????????E???)??!\?????????????????????)5???????????? ???????M? ??)????A????????????????)??????)P?????????????????????U????(?a????1???????????a?????Q???)????A?????????????????a????)?????????A??????????? ???)???????????=??!?????1??????) `? H??5??????????????????)I?????????????????1??????)??????????????%?????????????()Y?????-?9A?8?1?????)????????????????))????q????t?M????????)Q???????????????)?????????????e?)????????????????)???????????????????)??????((0