Need advice: Last build was 14 years ago

[Mart131]

Case - Fractal Design ARC Midi R2
MB - Maximus VI Formula
CPU - Intel 4770K
Cooler - Corsar H 105
Ram - G Skill Trident X 16GB (2x8) 2400mhz
SSD - SAMSUNG 840 EVO 500GB
HDD - WD Black 1TB
Optical - ASUS DRW
GPU - EVGA GTX780 SC ACX
PS - CORSAR AX860
Monitor - ASUS PB278Q 27inch
OS - WIN 7 Home 64bit


Getting the itch to build again. I'm building to game but I do intend to OC also. Starting slow with the
Noctua cooler and then gonna water cool it later. What I'm really unsure of is the monitor.
Is the 144mhz monitor overkill since i'm starting off with just a single GPU . I'm also on the fence with the 750W PS thinking maybe the 1000W might be the better future proof route. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Nate152]

Ok great Mart131, post your results. You can probably set the command rate to 1. By default it is set to 2. I can run 1 command rate on my 2800 MHz kit.

[Mart131]

Awesome!! Score was 81647. Original stock score was 77387. Gonna try my hand at over clocking my video card, never been down that road. Gonna have to do some reading. Does changing command rate help?

[Nate152]

Yes, setting command rate to 1 will increase performance slightly. Did you install precision x? You can use that to overclock your gpu and you can use the onscreen display to show you gpu speed, memory usage, temps, frames per second and more while you play games.

[Mart131]

Yah , I installed it. Is the stress test on real bench better for testing stability then the benchmark test?

[Nate152]

Yeah, the stress test will tell you if you are stable or not.

[Mart131]

How long should you run a stress test to find out if you are stable?

[Mart131]

Highest temp so far is a spike at 86c.

[Nate152]

That temp is about where you want to be for stress testing. It's really up to you how long you want to run it. If you're stable for 5 to 10 minutes chances are you are stable for an hour or a day.

[Mart131]

It ran stable for 15 mins. Gonna change the command rate to 1 and give it another run through real bench then move on to the video card. Thanks for all your help Nate152. I was alittle apprehensive about moving the voltage up on the cpu when I was trying it by myself. Really glad you were here to walk me through it. Makes it alot easier when the new guys like myself can go to people like yourself for help in these situations.

[Nate152]

Hey no problem Mart131, please post your reults.