Asus rampage III Extreme

Helios1234 · 28 May 2010 at 18:02

VortX said:
Wohoo! I broke past the BCLK 211 barrier! It was the QPI speed. I put it onto "slow mode" after seeing a suggestion on XS forums, and tada! 235BCLK straight away that is when I stopped as I was scared to increase the voltages any more haha. I got SO close to 5GHz, posted with 4.8GHz with hyperthreading, but to get to 5GHz would require a lot of patience, tweaking, and more voltages.

Maybe I will have an play around after I finish my year at uni .

Nice one!! Was that stable or just on boot?

I might have to give it a go myself when I finish uni. I am yet to try it with the new BIOS since the review.

VortX · 28 May 2010 at 18:31

Helios1234 said:
Nice one!! Was that stable or just on boot?

I might have to give it a go myself when I finish uni. I am yet to try it with the new BIOS since the review.

Only a post, but tbh I didn't really push it "that" much. If I had the guts to push the volts up more, and the patience to tweak it I probably could get it to boot. When I finish uni I really wanna give it a try

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VortX · 28 May 2010 at 19:10

-VK- said:
snip.

VK could you find out from the tech gurus over at ASUS if lowering the CPU PLL voltage is at all dangerous, even if it is proved to be 100% "stable" under Prime95/LinX etc.

Reason I ask is the default voltage is 1.8V, yet I can undervolt it to 1.28V before it becomes unstable. This for one seems crazy. Not only that but it also allowed me to lower my Vcore on the CPU by 2 notches.

I can't seem to find anything on the internet about undervolting it. I am just puzzled as to why it is so high at default, and why Intel reccommend not taking it under 1.65V, and to top it off why it allowed me to lower my Vcore as well!

Thanks

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mr.looolz · 29 May 2010 at 00:45

simulator man, would u pls explain to me wut the hot swap drive is so i can avoid the problem when i set up, i know the ms drivers are slower but apparently they pass trim but its all hearsay

gratz on solving it though.

gz vortx, all that talk about limited bclk got me worried

BigBruiserAl · 29 May 2010 at 01:07

been using 1.3 CPU PLL for over a year, made 4.4 more stable along with adjust the clock scew

VortX · 29 May 2010 at 10:16

mr.looolz said:
simulator man, would u pls explain to me wut the hot swap drive is so i can avoid the problem when i set up, i know the ms drivers are slower but apparently they pass trim but its all hearsay gratz on solving it though.

gz vortx, all that talk about limited bclk got me worried

Aye I remember about the QPI becoming unstable over 4000MHz, so that is most likely the problem as at 211MHz BCLK the QPI was at around 3850MHz~.

Cosimo · 29 May 2010 at 11:35

800D Build:

Three fans to go at the top.

It is a very heavy beast.

Planned:

SLI and watercooling

mr.looolz said:
simulator man, would u pls explain to me wut the hot swap drive is so i can avoid the problem when i set up, i know the ms drivers are slower but apparently they pass trim but its all hearsay gratz on solving it though.

A - SATA hot swap bays
B - C300 now at bottom of 5.25" bays

The 980X has been to 4.2 GHz on “autopilot” but I haven't started playing yet.

mr.looolz · 29 May 2010 at 14:48

wow nice job simulatorman

looks nice, may i know wut cpu cooler is that, like can u fit the NB fan with it ?

and if those are 2000mhz rams , have you been able to run them at those advertised speeds?

up2nogooduk · 29 May 2010 at 15:35

mr.looolz said:
wow nice job simulatorman looks nice, may i know wut cpu cooler is that, like can u fit the NB fan with it ?

and if those are 2000mhz rams , have you been able to run them at those advertised speeds?

I'm after one of these boards to go in a Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W.
with a 5970 in slot 1 + 5870 in slot 3 for better cooling. doe's anyone know when stock will be in ?

Cheers

mr.looolz · 29 May 2010 at 15:36

i have placed an order on the 24th of april am still 10th in que so m8, it will be a long wait >.>

up2nogooduk · 29 May 2010 at 15:47

mr.looolz said:
i have placed an order on the 24th of april am still 10th in que so m8, it will be a long wait >.>

Oh dear lol.. bugger. this is the only board that appeals to me with how i want it setup in that case for tri-fire.

Oh well

Sylver123 · 29 May 2010 at 20:32

mr.looolz said:
i have placed an order on the 24th of april am still 10th in que so m8, it will be a long wait >.>

Well, I`m currently 21st in the queue as i've not so long since pre-ordered the board

mazinger · 30 May 2010 at 02:08

How you guys find the temps for the NB and SB? its running cool? as im thinking of adding this to my CPU loop...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-069-EK&groupid=962&catid=1521&subcat=1537

VortX · 30 May 2010 at 12:46

mazinger said:
How you guys find the temps for the NB and SB? its running cool? as im thinking of adding this to my CPU loop...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=wc-069-ek&groupid=962&catid=1521&subcat=1537

it depends...

my temps get to around 55 for the sb and 70c for the nb if left on prime95 over night. this is quite hot... but considering they can go up to 100c without failing it's not "needed" to put a water block on, especially when you consider that it will add extra heat to your loop. if however you can put it on a seperate loop then maybe yes...

edit: if you are looking for nb/sb temps download either..

HWMonitor
Everest

Everest is the best imo.

Tradenurd · 31 May 2010 at 11:45

Here's a picture of my rig:

VortX · 31 May 2010 at 12:05

Tradenurd said:
Here's a picture of my rig:

2 words. Cable Management.

Cosimo · 31 May 2010 at 12:40

VortX said:
2 words. Cable Management.

I'm glad you said that first.

Cosimo · 31 May 2010 at 12:45

mr.looolz said:
wow nice job simulatorman looks nice, may i know wut cpu cooler is that, like can u fit the NB fan with it ?

and if those are 2000mhz rams , have you been able to run them at those advertised speeds?

Thanks.

I’ve ditched the Prolimatech Megahalems and put in a Venomous X. It’s slightly over the first ram slot, the mega would be touching the ram fins in the second. The cooling is on par with the Mega and I’m happy with it.

Not bothered with the NB fan and I’ll probably leave the memory fans off as they are noisy but still undecided.

I’ve briefly had the memory at speed but not yet started any serious overclocking.

mazinger · 31 May 2010 at 14:38

VortX said:
It depends...

My temps get to around 55 for the SB and 70C for the NB if left on Prime95 over night. This is quite hot... but considering they can go up to 100C without failing it's not "needed" to put a water block on, especially when you consider that it will add extra heat to your loop. If however you can put it on a seperate loop then maybe yes...

EDIT: If you are looking for NB/SB temps download either..

HWMonitor
Everest

Everest is the best imo.

Thank for the link VortX, the temp you got is that with the optional fan or just standard heat sink?
atm my build will have 2 loops, 1 with dual rad for cpu, then a triple rad for the crossfire setup, if im going for the NB waterblock it will be added to the cpu loop (i7 980x hoping for 4.2Ghz), do you think its worth it or just waste of time?

VortX · 31 May 2010 at 18:20

mazinger said:
Thank for the link VortX, the temp you got is that with the optional fan or just standard heat sink?
atm my build will have 2 loops, 1 with dual rad for cpu, then a triple rad for the crossfire setup, if im going for the NB waterblock it will be added to the cpu loop (i7 980x hoping for 4.2Ghz), do you think its worth it or just waste of time?

That is with some MX-3 thermal paste, optional heatsink and a silent Scythe Mini Kaze fan (I will have a look at reseating it as the temps are quite high considering).

I would wait and see what temperatures you get first before making any decisions. Just see what temperatures you get with the stock heatsinks (optional heatsink if you prefer) and then if you get ridiculous temps then you know what to do.

Most people won't require a motherboard block unless you up the volts on the NB/SB which most of the time isn't required, and when it is, it's only by a notch of two.