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8Pack smashes Heaven single card WR with MSI Lightning at 1610/1740mhz on MSI Z97 M Power Max mb

pgi947 said:
Haha I'm sure MSI don't want to get laughed at with me at the helm, I'd manage to set something on fire even with ln2 lol.



That's good to hear, wasn't shimano leaving Asus at one point? Great news for Asus.

The MSI z97 oc boards are incredible, moved it up to a whole other level from their x79 efforts. Even makes my previous z87x-oc look quite mediocre in comparison.

Don't fancy doing an MSI z97 oc guide when you get chance do you? The sheer amount of tweaking options is quite overwhelming, especially for memory!
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He left ASUS for 6 Months but is back now.

MSI have come along way in the last few years for sure. Z97 still needs work but is proving to be a good stable platform by them. Especially M Power Max.

I really dont have time to produce full guide but I can answer questions as and when they come up. I am going to try several different IC on the board on my return to UK as and when I get chance. My Samsungs still have more in them on MSI for sure.
 
Good stuff, I'll quiz you as and when I get stuck then. Found Sammy tighten down incredibly on it as does hynix-c, could only get 2200c8 from my best psc kit on it though :(

Slight improvement on mfr timings too, managed 3000c12 with MSI z97, my giga z87 would only do around 2933c13.
 
Z97 is generally better with mems. I can boot ASUS impact to Windows DDR3 4400mhz on MFR.

My BBSE are also 100mhz better than before on Gene doing 2720 6-9-6-22 1T

Sammy run em up 2933 9-12-12- 1T

Hynix C where Cas 8 2933 LN2 for me.
 
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Yup, great news. Now I really can't wait to see the Rampage 5 Extreme! Just wish Asus separated their gaming line and the overclocking line like MSI and Gigabyte do.
 
^^ Totally agree Peter is a very good friend and has amazing skills as an overclocker, Bios engineer, modder, trouble shooter and platform tuner.

Many of us guys discussed who is the best all round overclocker ever and his name was consistently number one.
 
Christ 2720c6!! I must be doing something wrong then :p

Haven't gone higher on the clock speed with Sammy's yet, but settling quite well at 2400 8-10-10. Quite ironic that the same kit on z87 would bsod at xmp but run flawlessly on z97. A superb platform.

When do you get back to the UK? You're missing all the nice weather!!!
 
Nice to hear these guys back at Asus (I've no idea who they are, but if 8 Pack thinks they're good people that's enough for me).
I wonder how long before the hardware they're going to be helping with gets released? Are they too late to help with the (initial) X99 (or whatever Haswell-E is) offerings?
 
Both are legends of the overclocking world. Not just gunning for world records, but actually engineering and developing products that assist everyone. Shamino was with Asus before and Elmore was the guy behind the eVc that helps control GPU and RAM voltages, timings etc.
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Nice to hear these guys back at Asus (I've no idea who they are, but if 8 Pack thinks they're good people that's enough for me).
I wonder how long before the hardware they're going to be helping with gets released? Are they too late to help with the (initial) X99 (or whatever Haswell-E is) offerings?
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They are both working on X99 ROG series.
 
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