I can confirm the one i got works, shows up pcie gen 4 x16 on gpu-z. Doesn't drop out or drop down to x8 either, just had a quick game on Insurgency Sandstorm to confirm it.
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I am also using a Linkup riser cable that I got from the rainforest. The range of choice available made it really easy to get the correct cable that fitted best with the case and situation I had. The Lian Li cable I was trying to use was way to long and was unworkable so I got the Linkup one and has worked perfectly for me. I have had no issues in over a year and I was expecting it to be problematic, very happy I was wrong.
Linkup would certainly be my goto choice for a new project in this area.
Linkup would certainly be my goto choice for a new project in this area.
I read a review that Lian Li actually uses Linkup for its OEM cables in their cases, i dunno if its true but it kinda makes sense since they have so many different cable types and lengths and even specific ones to work for a specific case. They have a chart to show you which cable works for which case, its really handy.
It's really expensive though, this cable did cost over £70!
After some evening testing last night, till very late 3am! I was slowly approaching the limit for a level 5 (lowest setting) for the LLC with the auto voltage set for 4.9ghz on the Pcore. I set the lowest possible LLC at level 5 with the auto voltage setting 1.31/1.32v for 4.9ghz it drops the voltage down to 1.28v during R23 bench. The temps are good and stable with plenty of headroom.
Ecore is set to the limit for this overclock to 4.0ghz, any higher and R23 will crash when you start the benchmark.
Ring Ratio is set to 4.1ghz, though from 4.0 to 4.1ghz it did nothing to R23 score.
The problem now lies with setting the pcore ratio to 5.0ghz as the auto voltage will automatically jump to 1.34/1.35v, though this technically is well within the 1.4v safe limit that i've been reading about, it pushes the temps to around 90c on a custom loop and does require LLC level 4 at a minimum though i've had better results with Level 3 which pushes the temperatures even higher.
I'm thinking at this point whether its just worth sticking to 4.9ghz pcore and 4.0ghz ecore or push it to 5.0ghz pcore and 4.1ghz ecore and deal with the temps as this temp is only during R23 bench, during normal gaming it will happily sit around 60/65c depending on the game.
4.9ghz pcore
4.0ghz ecore
4.1ghz ring ratio
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Edit: here's the run with
5.0ghz pcore
4.0ghz ecore
4.1ghz ring ratio.
Max average temp 94c! Ouch! Vrm temps sitting at 85c. Really have hit the limit here, but im still unsure how to use the voltage offset as it works in mv which means setting something like -100 should be -100mv but im getting crashes during post and windows and -100 seems to be the limit too.
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Edit 2: Here's the final run
5ghz Pcore
4.1ghz Ecore
4.1ghz Ring ratio
VID Voltage 1.35v and Vcore voltage 1.328v with temps average 94c again
It's an improvement but barely!
Ecore is set to the limit for this overclock to 4.0ghz, any higher and R23 will crash when you start the benchmark.
Ring Ratio is set to 4.1ghz, though from 4.0 to 4.1ghz it did nothing to R23 score.
The problem now lies with setting the pcore ratio to 5.0ghz as the auto voltage will automatically jump to 1.34/1.35v, though this technically is well within the 1.4v safe limit that i've been reading about, it pushes the temps to around 90c on a custom loop and does require LLC level 4 at a minimum though i've had better results with Level 3 which pushes the temperatures even higher.
I'm thinking at this point whether its just worth sticking to 4.9ghz pcore and 4.0ghz ecore or push it to 5.0ghz pcore and 4.1ghz ecore and deal with the temps as this temp is only during R23 bench, during normal gaming it will happily sit around 60/65c depending on the game.
4.9ghz pcore
4.0ghz ecore
4.1ghz ring ratio
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Edit: here's the run with
5.0ghz pcore
4.0ghz ecore
4.1ghz ring ratio.
Max average temp 94c! Ouch! Vrm temps sitting at 85c. Really have hit the limit here, but im still unsure how to use the voltage offset as it works in mv which means setting something like -100 should be -100mv but im getting crashes during post and windows and -100 seems to be the limit too.
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Edit 2: Here's the final run
5ghz Pcore
4.1ghz Ecore
4.1ghz Ring ratio
VID Voltage 1.35v and Vcore voltage 1.328v with temps average 94c again
It's an improvement but barely!
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After 2 days of playing about with the overclock i've finally settled for something thats lower volts and much lower temps.
i've ended up with the following overclock:
5ghz p-cores All core
4.1ghz e-cores All core
4.2ghz ring ratio
Offset voltage of -50mv which brings my voltage down to 1.264v and a max temperature (highest core) 86c which was yesterday when ambient temps were touching 28/29c! Expecting that to be a few degrees cooler today.
VID Voltage is still 1.345/1.35v but i can't see in the bios where i could adjust that, not that its really affecting anything but im just happy to finally be able to bring that vcore down to something more reasonable for the overclock i've set.
With the cpu overclock now set i've begun overclocking the ram.
My Corsair Vengeance 5600mhz (2x16gb) C36 kit is a Samsung Bdie but there's not much out there right about this kit since its relatively new. I don't know if its voltage sensitive or temperature sensitive or both?! To start i've set the XMP profile 3.0 which runs the kits rated speed which has been tested on Memtest64 30 passes and no errors. I'm not gonna do 8 hour passes at this stage, im more testing to see if a setting i've changed has made a negative impact. Once i'm happy with the overclock i'll see about a longer test to really make sure its table.
So far just nudging up from 5600mhz to 5800mhz has been stable, no adjustments needed.
Going for 6000mhz now and will test via the same 30 run loop for errors. If its not stable i'll come back and up the voltage to 1.3v from 1.25v and go from there.
Note: The BLCK for whatever reason is not running at 100mhz on auto? I have to manually adjust to 100.25mhz to get a full 2900mhz. Because the BLCK dictates the clocks for the pcore, ecore and ring as well the same problem persists so an adjustment will see it at the correct speed.
i've ended up with the following overclock:
5ghz p-cores All core
4.1ghz e-cores All core
4.2ghz ring ratio
Offset voltage of -50mv which brings my voltage down to 1.264v and a max temperature (highest core) 86c which was yesterday when ambient temps were touching 28/29c! Expecting that to be a few degrees cooler today.
VID Voltage is still 1.345/1.35v but i can't see in the bios where i could adjust that, not that its really affecting anything but im just happy to finally be able to bring that vcore down to something more reasonable for the overclock i've set.
With the cpu overclock now set i've begun overclocking the ram.
My Corsair Vengeance 5600mhz (2x16gb) C36 kit is a Samsung Bdie but there's not much out there right about this kit since its relatively new. I don't know if its voltage sensitive or temperature sensitive or both?! To start i've set the XMP profile 3.0 which runs the kits rated speed which has been tested on Memtest64 30 passes and no errors. I'm not gonna do 8 hour passes at this stage, im more testing to see if a setting i've changed has made a negative impact. Once i'm happy with the overclock i'll see about a longer test to really make sure its table.
So far just nudging up from 5600mhz to 5800mhz has been stable, no adjustments needed.
Going for 6000mhz now and will test via the same 30 run loop for errors. If its not stable i'll come back and up the voltage to 1.3v from 1.25v and go from there.
Note: The BLCK for whatever reason is not running at 100mhz on auto? I have to manually adjust to 100.25mhz to get a full 2900mhz. Because the BLCK dictates the clocks for the pcore, ecore and ring as well the same problem persists so an adjustment will see it at the correct speed.
self notes:
Stock memory kit rated for 5600mhz
5800mhz xmp timings and rated voltage 1.25v stable (30 min aida64 memory test)
6000mhz xmp timings and rated voltage 1.25v unstable, raised voltage to 1.28v stable (30 min aida64 memory test)
XMP timings are 36-36-36-76 command rate 2N
Rerun R23 to see effects:
I guess there is an effect? gained 200 points. (note i had bumped the Ring Ratio to 4.2ghz previously as well).
Stock memory kit rated for 5600mhz
5800mhz xmp timings and rated voltage 1.25v stable (30 min aida64 memory test)
6000mhz xmp timings and rated voltage 1.25v unstable, raised voltage to 1.28v stable (30 min aida64 memory test)
XMP timings are 36-36-36-76 command rate 2N
Rerun R23 to see effects:
I guess there is an effect? gained 200 points. (note i had bumped the Ring Ratio to 4.2ghz previously as well).
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that mora 360 is insane!
Probably one of my best investments in watercooling, i've bought and sold so many different radiators over the years but the MORA 360 has been a solid use component that i've been transferring from build to build. Simply because it always sits in the same position on my setup and all i need to do is configure the tubing runs in the case. Makes life so much easier and simpler with the Quick disconnects and gives me a huge cooling potential.
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sounds perfect mate, fair play!
Updates:
Since my last post i have changed motherboards, on initial stages i really liked the Asrock board! Easy to use, bios isn't too overwhelming and enough settings to get a decent overclock. However things went abit downhill from there with the VCCSA voltage which i had no idea about until someone on another forum pointed out that it was way too high. I tried to get as much info as i could regarding this voltage but it seems this board is a rather rare sight on the itx community and i ended up contacting Asrock tech support for help. They too agreed the voltage was not right and was quickly to investigate the issue. During this time i was worried it would damage my cpu so out of desperation to get things right i ended up sending the motherboard back to the retailer for a refund and now im the owner of the Asus ROG Strix Z690-I motherboard. Tons more settings and features compared to the Asrock motherboard and all in all i've managed a better and more stable overclock than previous. At the same settings as my old board im achieving a higher score on R23 bench which is great! The extra bonus being at a lower voltage too which means lower heat output and lower vrm temps.
The only real gripe with the board is the awful Armory Crate software which is needed to control the rgb headers. I couldn't get it to install no matter what i tried! Kept failing and coming up with a 200 error whatever that means! I ended up looking for an alternative software to control rgb headers and landed on SignalRGB which is working fine so far aside from using abit of the cpu usage around 2%.
Also an update regarding the ASrock board incase someone stumbles upon this. ASrock techs support reached out and confirmed the voltage is a misread and its actually within limits although they did not confirm how much the default voltage actually is. They said a new bios starting 11.x will fix this and remove/disable the reading to avoid future confusion. So if you have this board, apparently its nothing to worry about and you should download the latest bios 11.x to fix this.
XSPC also came through with a silver mounting bracket for the XSPC Raystorm EDGE block! Many thanks to Rob from XSPC for this!
5ghz P, 4ghz E, 4.2ghz Ring
Corsair Vengeance 6200mhz OC XMP settings @1.35v VDD, VDDQ, 1.21v Memory controller.
Since my last post i have changed motherboards, on initial stages i really liked the Asrock board! Easy to use, bios isn't too overwhelming and enough settings to get a decent overclock. However things went abit downhill from there with the VCCSA voltage which i had no idea about until someone on another forum pointed out that it was way too high. I tried to get as much info as i could regarding this voltage but it seems this board is a rather rare sight on the itx community and i ended up contacting Asrock tech support for help. They too agreed the voltage was not right and was quickly to investigate the issue. During this time i was worried it would damage my cpu so out of desperation to get things right i ended up sending the motherboard back to the retailer for a refund and now im the owner of the Asus ROG Strix Z690-I motherboard. Tons more settings and features compared to the Asrock motherboard and all in all i've managed a better and more stable overclock than previous. At the same settings as my old board im achieving a higher score on R23 bench which is great! The extra bonus being at a lower voltage too which means lower heat output and lower vrm temps.
The only real gripe with the board is the awful Armory Crate software which is needed to control the rgb headers. I couldn't get it to install no matter what i tried! Kept failing and coming up with a 200 error whatever that means! I ended up looking for an alternative software to control rgb headers and landed on SignalRGB which is working fine so far aside from using abit of the cpu usage around 2%.
Also an update regarding the ASrock board incase someone stumbles upon this. ASrock techs support reached out and confirmed the voltage is a misread and its actually within limits although they did not confirm how much the default voltage actually is. They said a new bios starting 11.x will fix this and remove/disable the reading to avoid future confusion. So if you have this board, apparently its nothing to worry about and you should download the latest bios 11.x to fix this.
XSPC also came through with a silver mounting bracket for the XSPC Raystorm EDGE block! Many thanks to Rob from XSPC for this!
5ghz P, 4ghz E, 4.2ghz Ring
Corsair Vengeance 6200mhz OC XMP settings @1.35v VDD, VDDQ, 1.21v Memory controller.
Its great, I love the no branding design! If i could get rid of the stupid Asus ROG "gamers" logo's and punch lines written on the motherboard it would be even better!
I had to reinstall windows last night, after what i thought was a smooth transition into a new platform from my Z390 platform, it turns out i had a bunch of corruptions and errors. Windows update was stuck, event viewer showed around 17k warnings and errors lol. Reinstall last night took around an hour to get everything i needed back in and up and running. Feels a ton bit smoother and boot times have increased, use to hang on the windows loading screen which i just got use to. Finally got armoury crate to install as well, as much as i hate bloatware, i needed it to control the RGB headers.
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Finally!!!
They've released it! Now i just need to know when OCUK will get their stock.
That's smart, bet its pricey?! Great build bud, not much beats these smaller builds
200 euros!
Hopefully less in pounds lol.
It's such a champ, with the watercooling it will happily bash away at 5.1ghz on the 12700k at 55c haha! Incredible performance for what it is especially matched with a 3000 series gpu.
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Wow that's a great bit of cooling keeping those temps.... Fair play to you bud you've done a great job
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wish I could afford that kind of stuff without the missus shouting at me