***Haswell -E Owners Thread***

[jakesnake]

my plan is to run at 4Ghz with the lowest voltage possible for 24/7 and clock down my ram from 2400 to 2000Mhz and try tighten the timings. this should eat games alive, while preserving the system for future overclocks.

is there anything i should be careful with trying to do this? i have never tryed to tighten timings before, could i brick the ram if i over do it?

 

[LtMatt]

Good news. What problems did you have?

It kept getting stuck on Q code 96 or 99 and sometimes A2. New board seems to work fine so far.

 

[FrankJH]

GIGABYTE Announces X99M-Gaming 5 Micro-ATX Motherboard



http://www.techpowerup.com/207292/gigabyte-announces-x99m-gaming-5-micro-atx-motherboard.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8737/gigabyte-launches-x99mgaming-5-microatx-for-haswelle
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Giga...ng-Motherboard-With-DDR4-Gallery-465319.shtml

is it just me who avoids any motherboard with a "killer" network adaptor?

Always found these branded network adaptors to be more about marketing than actual performance (seem to recall a "specialist" gamer network card for hundreds of £ a few years ago with similar marketing, that didn't actually perform any better than standard Intel cards)

 

[Orangey]

That was the Killer. IIRC the use case was so contrived it was pointless.

 

[reiyushin]

4.3 @ 1.3 passed max temps 67
103 bclk x 43 = 4429 didn't make it to desktop
4.5 @ 1.35 = 2mins of stress before bsod (code 124)
4.4 @ 1.4 passed temps maxed at 77.

Only playing with the multi, vcore and a teensy run on the bclk. Need more time to explore!

Gonna have another play this weekend iiiiiiiiitching to go watercooling again....but can't yet.

So far I've only tampered with vcore and multi, I'm running 4.3 @ 1.3v with xmp at the minute.

The performance is insane....it's more than halfed my encoding times

I want more! So those of you with an asus board; any tips? I don't think 4.5 is far off but is 1.35v okay as long as my temps are decent?

 

[reiyushin]

push pull knocked the temps down 8 degrees

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Spoiler

push pull knocked the temps down 8 degrees

What cooler do you use?

 

[reiyushin]

h100

 

[GHazy]

I'm at 4.1ghz on 1.2v on my set up with xmp on. When gaming my temps don't go above 40degress on my h110 so pretty happy with that. Happy going from my 2500k to this setup, even though it was one hell of a chip. Sold it to my brother to find upgrade

Ps using the corsair 780T case..... ITS HUGE LOL

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

I have the H105 and my temps don't go above 62 degs with 4.4GHz and XMP on. Happy also!

 

[Boomstick777]

I have the H105 and my temps don't go above 62 degs with 4.4GHz and XMP on. Happy also!

Using the H105 as well, awesome temps. The extra thickness of the rad def helps. Best AIO cooler I've used so far.

 

[Thesnipergecko]

Got my 5960x running stable at 4.4 @ 1.3v on a custom loop. Idles around 25c, load around 40c. (may need to double check that)

Has anyone pushed their 5960x to 1.35v?

 

[jakesnake]

EVGA X99 Micro finally back in stock today. My orders been shipped

 

[andrewohare]

I have the H105 and my temps don't go above 62 degs with 4.4GHz and XMP on. Happy also!

i have a custom loop and i can't seem to get it stable at 4.4 end up with WHEA uncorrectable errors after a while

what other settings do you change? plus my temps are about 38 deg idle and 67 full load this is at 4.3ghz with 1.3v and XMP

 

[jakesnake]

5820K
EVGA X99 MicroATX
Avexir Platinum 16Gb
Corsair Hydro H105

BOOM! posted first time, windows installed. flying machine! All at stock, aint overclocked yet, il let it run in for a few days.

 

[Kaapstad]

5820K
EVGA X99 MicroATX
Avexir Platinum 16Gb
Corsair Hydro H105

BOOM! posted first time, windows installed. flying machine! All at stock, aint overclocked yet, il let it run in for a few days.

If you use the GT version of RealTemp 370 it should show all 6 cores on your CPU.

It shows 6 of the 8 cores on my 5960X so hopefully you will get all 6 of yours.

 

[tipes]

Hey Kaapstad,

It is annoying - I preffer realtemp, but only shows 6 of 8 cores, bah.
However coretemp does show all 8 - just thought I would mention it.

Finally got my system up and running - had a duff board first off, but all seems well now. Not clocking yet - letting her settle for a few days first, but I reckon I have a poor cpu though - it is going to be volt hungry etc.

Mark

 

[LtMatt]

Hey Kaapstad,

It is annoying - I preffer realtemp, but only shows 6 of 8 cores, bah.
However coretemp does show all 8 - just thought I would mention it.

Finally got my system up and running - had a duff board first off, but all seems well now. Not clocking yet - letting her settle for a few days first, but I reckon I have a poor cpu though - it is going to be volt hungry etc.

Mark

It can't be any worse than mine. 1.3v and the max it will do is 4.2Ghz. Tried 4.3Ghz and 1.35v and no dice. Shame as my first one did 4.4Ghz at around 1.312v. Win some you lose some i guess.

 

[tipes]

It can't be any worse than mine. 1.3v and the max it will do is 4.2Ghz. Tried 4.3Ghz and 1.35v and no dice. Shame as my first one did 4.4Ghz at around 1.312v. Win some you lose some i guess.

I will let you know how mine pans out

Mark

 

[LtMatt]

I will let you know how mine pans out

Mark

Please do mate. I'm considering buying another one to see if i get better luck. I probably won't bother, but it's tempting.

I might be able to squeeze 4.3ghz out for the odd benchmark run but i think 4.4ghz looks impossible without 1.45v+. From looking around i seem to have picked a terrible batch for clockers.