How to Overclock an Intel X79 Sandy Bridge-E Motherboard 1/3

JJ from ASUS shows us how to overclock the new X79 platform.

System Specs:

1.ASUS P9X79 PRO LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard with USB BIOS
Item #: N82E16813131800

2. Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite grey and black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Item #: N82E16811139008

3.Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136792

4. ASUS ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ...

5. CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 (CMPSU-750AX) 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active ...

6. CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4A1600C9B x 2

7. Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge-E 3.3GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73960X

8. Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F120GB3A-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Item #: N82E16820233206

9. CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Item #: N82E16835181017

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[Ed Gain]

good job jj, you really take time to explain everything well. god is in the detail.

[FieldSweeper]

Hey, you can not speak engrish you make sense none, understand you I not do...  freak'n idiot.

don't mind this Illiterate sap, the guide was really nice. length isn't an issue when the information is there, there was a lot of info. and I prefer to watch it all at once rather than split up over 50 you tube videos.

[kimbo lee]

Hey. you can not make a video for overclocks the CPU with more easily. No one bothered to sit for 3 hours to listen to you. You talk too much and that's the worst I've seen.

[kimbo lee]

Hey. I have an asus p9x79ws. and I installed 6 x 4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 memory and it says 20GB, 16GB BUT used sistem. Why and what do I need to Gore so all they could work?

[chad hedden]

This was great, thanks JJ!

[ABCba5tard]

where can i get those ROG tshirts ?

[Richard Batty]

lol Don't think JJ could work if he didn't say actual

[10tgoins]

BCLK and strap to 125 with CPU ratio at 36 for a 4.5 ghz overclock. Set vcore to 1.35 and raise when needed (or lower it if you're completely stable at that vcore). LLC medium or high, whichever works best for your setup. VCCSA may need a slight bump to 1.1, everything else should work fine on auto.

[ConforMIDI]

Successfully overclocked Core i7 3820 on this x79 to 4.3 ghz.  Thanks!

[Tudor Leonte]

Also you need to sort out the acoustics in your reviews.Too much reverb.Other than that,i love your in depth exhaustive approach .Awesome reviews .Very helpfull.