One problem is, Zambezi is not listed in the CPU support list.
The second is, 4 chips of Corsair 4G running at 1866mhz are not listed either.
Will the Zambezi be able to run at 3.6Ghz?
Will I be able to use all 4 Corsair chips for 16G memory?
Will the memory be able to run at 1866mhz?
Also - Are there any SSD issues I need to be aware of?
and use 8G of the memory chips for a ram drive.
Last edited by Matrikz; 03-07-2012 at 01:38 AM.
Thanks for the info Matrikz, I was concerned about the underclock.
I'll try to find the 1600mhz ram, it's going to be cheaper anyway.
I'm not overclocking unless it seems slow.
I'll research the SSD some more.
Personally I'd stay away from OCZ SSDs, as they have not had the best record with stability, also the AsRock Fatal1ty 990FX board supports SataIII. If you want the best performance I'd go with a SataIII SSD instead of a SataII. Newegg I believe has the Corsair Force GT 120GB SataIII SSD on sale right now for around $170. Or if you wanted to save a few bucks get the Force 3 SSD from Corsair for $130 with a mail in rebate.
Last edited by Matrikz; 03-07-2012 at 11:33 AM.
Thanks again, I have already changed my processor to the FX-6100 and will go for the Corsair Force GT 120GB SataIII SSD as you say you have. I'll start ordering the parts in the next few days.
Thanks again for all of your advice Matrikz. I have my full system up and running. I'm typing on it now. I have: ASRock 990FX Pro Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower <---awesome (all cables are under the motherboard) Cooler Master Silent ProM 850W (modular) Force GT 120 SSD SATA III AMD FX 6-Core black edition 16G Corsair Vengeance Dual channel @ 1600 Win7 Home Premium Windows installed in about 15 minutes. On a regular HD, it would have taken hours. Now all that's left is: 1 - What kind of BIOS changes are required to boost chip to 4Ghz? 2 - I want to make a ram drive (maybe 4-8G) for the temp files and swap file. Has anyone done this? 3 - Can the other 2 cores be unlocked?
I've already made a 4Gig Ram drive using (freeware) RAMDisk.
I transfererred my temp/tmp/firefox cache/IE cache to the ram drive.
I didn't bother with the swapfile. It doesn't look like it would help to move it.
So far - works fine and I still have 10Gig of memory left.
I tried the OC on the chip, but I can't really see any difference yet. I did 10%, then 15%. Then went back to the original setting.
I don't think the last 2 cores can be unlocked on the 990FX pro, but I'll keep an eye out.