Maximus V Gene Preview/Review 8 Pack style

Can you do any normal overclock attempts as in using a normal type of cooler, high end air or low end water cooling to give us some idea what the normal user would be capable of with a 3570k, I am torn between getting a 2500k or 3570k for my gene.
 
At 16C the best clock possible was 4.8 stable with memory at 2666 Totally stable, Prime etc. WIth 16c the IMC got flacky above this. I could acheive 5.0ghz stable but only with 1600mhz memory and temps where very high. I pulled the temps down a lot for the later posts. I have pics of the 16C stuff I will put them up when I get home, they have core temp values too for you to see. It seems the memory controller heavily overclocked gets unstable above 70C and certainly any higher you really have to trim back but these CPU love bandwidth. I am currently runing 5.2ghz DDR2800 stable in my everyday system which required another bit of tweaking. With the Ivy CPU several settings in Bios are more important than they used to be. Something that requires more testing than ever but you can gain performance from time spent. Sadly I dont have air or standard water to test with for those requesting this. I could take the water temp up though and trial that.
 
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I'm really really tempted by this board, it had a great feature set, clearly clocks well, the software looks superb, and it's BEAUTIFUL looking board but never had micro-atx before and I'm and I know this will sound silly, but won't a micro look a bit odd in a Corsair 650d Obsid case?

Secondly and much less silly is my concern about temps during SLI with the slots being quite close together?

Thoughts?
 
The board performs great your correct on that one. As far as looks goes its all personal tastes mate. I had it on a massive bench table that will fit an EVGA SR board for ages and to me it looked fine but its your rig and your tastes so you need to decide on this.

Hmmmm as far as SLI goes yes the slots are close and the top card is gpnna be warmer for sure. a lot depends on air flow through your case and which cards your running really. If your running heat churning monsters then it becomes more prevalent e.g GTX480 SLI for example. I ran both Nvidia and ATI in multi GPU on the board but mine are water cooled so its not an issue then.

What cards you on????
 
Darujhistan said:
I'm really really tempted by this board, it had a great feature set, clearly clocks well, the software looks superb, and it's BEAUTIFUL looking board but never had micro-atx before and I'm and I know this will sound silly, but won't a micro look a bit odd in a Corsair 650d Obsid case?

Secondly and much less silly is my concern about temps during SLI with the slots being quite close together?

Thoughts?
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Daru, I use the exact same case and 2 GTX 560 Ti TOP cards in SLI. It doesn't look odd at all. If I had placed the board in my full tower cosmos case maybe so but the 650d isn't actually that big.

Re: heat, you saw my post in the other thread on this forum. The 650d has magnificent airflow if you use the right fans. Never get above 21C case temps.
 
Darujhistan said:
I'm really really tempted by this board, it had a great feature set, clearly clocks well, the software looks superb, and it's BEAUTIFUL looking board but never had micro-atx before and I'm and I know this will sound silly, but won't a micro look a bit odd in a Corsair 650d Obsid case?

Secondly and much less silly is my concern about temps during SLI with the slots being quite close together?

Thoughts?
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I have this board in a Corsair 500r. Finished building it today - bar the CPU - and yes, the gpus are very tight together but it looks fine in the case, allows you to be neat in the space around it and it seems airy which makes it look like it can stay cooler.

When I get my CPU on Tuesday I'll report how my 2 5850s perform in crossfire temps wise.
 
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The board performs great your correct on that one. As far as looks goes its all personal tastes mate. I had it on a massive bench table that will fit an EVGA SR board for ages and to me it looked fine but its your rig and your tastes so you need to decide on this.

Hmmmm as far as SLI goes yes the slots are close and the top card is gpnna be warmer for sure. a lot depends on air flow through your case and which cards your running really. If your running heat churning monsters then it becomes more prevalent e.g GTX480 SLI for example. I ran both Nvidia and ATI in multi GPU on the board but mine are water cooled so its not an issue then.

What cards you on????
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Hi, I'm not actually on any cards right now! I am building a new rig in early June, sold off the parts from my old one, surviving on a lappy.

I would be cautious about which cards I'd SLI, that's common sense, most probably if I went down that route i'd SLI MSI Frozr 560ti's, or something with an equally good cooler.

Most probably initially I wouldn't want SLI anyway, new rig will be single card - but was thinking further down the line.
 
the_director said:
I have this board in a Corsair 500r. Finished building it today - bar the CPU - and yes, the gpus are very tight together but it looks fine in the case, allows you to be neat in the space around it and it seems airy which makes it look like it can stay cooler.

When I get my CPU on Tuesday I'll report how my 2 5850s perform in crossfire temps wise.
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I'll look forward to reading your results.
 
alex_123_fra said:
Daru, I use the exact same case and 2 GTX 560 Ti TOP cards in SLI. It doesn't look odd at all. If I had placed the board in my full tower cosmos case maybe so but the 650d isn't actually that big.

Re: heat, you saw my post in the other thread on this forum. The 650d has magnificent airflow if you use the right fans. Never get above 21C case temps.
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That sounds great. I was just a little concerned having never used mi-ATX before. And actually as you suggest a smaller board could have airflow benefits.

I've forgotten which fans you're using in your case, could you remind me?
 
Darujhistan said:
That sounds great. I was just a little concerned having never used mi-ATX before. And actually as you suggest a smaller board could have airflow benefits.

I've forgotten which fans you're using in your case, could you remind me?
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Yes I use the stock 200mm intake fan and 5 x Scythe gentle typhoons. Of the typhoons, one is an exhaust fan, and the 4 are used for the push/pull setup on my H100. They are high rpm 120mm fans and quite expensive but they have enormous airflow.
 
Sythe Typhoons are the best fans for both static pressure, low noise and Overall Airflow at that specific RPM Speed. I have 16 on my water cooling loop. They are worth every penny in my view.
 
I have 1150's and 1450. The 1450 I think is the best for output and low noise. I know they are expensive but they do last several builds. Mine are on 24/7 for years and not one has failed ever.
 
Just installing Asus motherboard drivers now. Not an overly pleasant experience so far. Installation in general with Windows 7 has been a nightmare so far.

No matter how good the components just an hour or so installing Windows is enough to make me want to throw it out the window.
 
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