***Haswell -E Owners Thread***

[Boomstick777]

Still installed in the red slots, but they now have one stick from each set together.

When i had set 1 together in slots A1 B1 and set 2 in C1 D1 they didn't work, so now moved one from each over and working fine

Glad you got it sorted, if you right click 'my computer' does it show 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable)?

 

[Captain]

Just says 16GB, not how much is usable

 

[jimbaw]

just did a quick OC test. so far I've got 4.375 @ 1.25v and 125bclk

 

[uksoldierboy]

How often do gigabyte release bios? Hoping for a new one today to cure some of these issues.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Is Haswell-E harder to overclock? When SandyBridge-E came out on X79 we were seeing 4.6 - 5.0GHz almost straight away.

 

[Silent_Scone]

About the same as ivy-e.

 

[Streetlight]

just did a quick OC test. so far I've got 4.375 @ 1.25v and 125bclk

Snap. This setting very Stable for me.

Had 4.55Mhz @ 1.31 Running in windows, but kept crashing when Running IntelBurn

 

[uksoldierboy]

Anyone know how often gigabyte put out new bios?

 

[yoyo59]

might be swingin to x99

found some cheap gskill 3000mhz ram for under 200

 

[Nickolp1974]

Got my ram on its way, finally!! Very good price too Gone for the G Skill 2666 as i heard it should clock fairly well, still waiting on the rampage

 

[Boomstick777]

Got my ram on its way, finally!! Very good price too Gone for the G Skill 2666 as i heard it should clock fairly well, still waiting on the rampage

Nice, what chip did you go for?

 

[Captain]

Got my ram on its way, finally!! Very good price too Gone for the G Skill 2666 as i heard it should clock fairly well, still waiting on the rampage

Nice

 

[Nickolp1974]

Nice, what chip did you go for?

That'll be early next week as i'm away for long weekend and i couldn't bear the thought of it being there doing nothing!! Oh it will be a 5960X not worth upgrading otherwise.

 

[Boomstick777]

That'll be early next week as i'm away for long weekend and i couldn't bear the thought of it being there doing nothing!! Oh it will be a 5960X not worth upgrading otherwise.

Sweet, get some results in the thread when you're setup

 

[R3X]

Regarding that Gskill ram under 200 bob with 3000mhz

I inquired about it with one place and was told its few weeks away but having spotted the cheap prices and limited info I think somethings way off on it.

G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB)Ripjaws 4 PC4-24000 / DDR4 3000 Mhz

PC4-2400 yet DDR4-3000mhz?

I think its gonna end up really PC4-19200 or something else but course can't be 100% sure if your happy to wait why not

This review here :

http://www.legitreviews.com/gskill-...-memory-kit-review-f4-3000c15q-16grr_150055/6

Shows 3fps difference between the cheapest DDR4-2133 and the most expensive 3000mhz ram. Think someone also said that crucial 2133 ram has been getting close to 3000mhz ram speeds in overclocking wise.

Naturally if your a overclocker or want the best ram go for it !

 

[cwgk91]

Silly question, but can I use DDR3 ram with these or can you only use DDR4?

Was wondering if I could spread the cost of an upgrade by not getting DDR4 straight away but still being able to use the computer

 

[Wiry]

Silly question, but can I use DDR3 ram with these or can you only use DDR4?

Was wondering if I could spread the cost of an upgrade by not getting DDR4 straight away but still being able to use the computer

AFAIK the x99 chipset is DDR4 only. I do believe the modules (ddr4) have more pins on them in comparison to ddr3.

 

[Captain]

Silly question, but can I use DDR3 ram with these or can you only use DDR4?

Was wondering if I could spread the cost of an upgrade by not getting DDR4 straight away but still being able to use the computer

No you can't mate, DDR4 has 288-pins, more than DDR3

 

[cwgk91]

Ah, bugger. Will have to save up the pennies a bit longer then

 

[jimbaw]

that's what holds most people back I think. If the ram wasn't as expensive as it is, x99 wouldn't be way more expensive than z97