Maximus V Gene Preview/Review 8 Pack style

Darujhistan · 5 May 2012 at 11:20

Just bought one of these for £141, last one, new stock £157!!!

To go with 2500k and 8 GIG of Corsair 1600mhz, will be on stock cooler for a while though.

Don't suppose anyone has OC'ed with that set up?

8 Pack · 6 May 2012 at 11:18

Buckster said:
thats glad to hear thanks, as my Gene is on the way and should be here tomorrow

16gb Samsung Green, Gene-Z V, 3770k

I have just got some of that RAM as it seems popular on here. Then I can help people with it. Did a very quick test on MVG.

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2666mhz was not a problem to post at these settings either but did not have time to stress test and tweak.

8 Pack · 6 May 2012 at 11:22

Darujhistan said:
Just bought one of these for £141, last one, new stock £157!!!

To go with 2500k and 8 GIG of Corsair 1600mhz, will be on stock cooler for a while though.

Don't suppose anyone has OC'ed with that set up?

I have had a 2500K on it yes, but not with stock cooler no. Will do at least as well as any other board can with that set up though I am sure. It got my 2500K past any other board on my cooling. Just keep an eye on thermals with Core temp.

8 Pack · 6 May 2012 at 11:22

the_director said:
That aside, this board clocked my CPU to 4.6 stable on Auto. Now stress testing to see if 4.6 is stable at 1.296v. Seems fine so far - after all, I am trying this whilst running Prime 95.

Good start mate!!!

Darujhistan · 6 May 2012 at 11:28

8 Pack said:
I have had a 2500K on it yes, but not with stock cooler no. Will do at least as well as any other board can with that set up though I am sure. It got my 2500K past any other board on my cooling. Just keep an eye on thermals with Core temp.

Yeah, i'll be careful. It's a brand new build, so I'm gonna bed it in first, get it set up how I want, get the software I want etc, then have a pop at OC'ing it later.

Surveyor · 6 May 2012 at 11:29

8 Pack said:
I have just got some of that RAM as it seems popular on here. Then I can help people with it. Did a very quick test on MVG.

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2666mhz was not a problem to post at these settings either but did not have time to stress test and tweak.

Could you run the benchmark with exact the same setup but with the RAM at 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 to see what difference it makes for those using RAM of that typical rating?

8 Pack · 6 May 2012 at 12:03

Surveyor said:
Could you run the benchmark with exact the same setup but with the RAM at 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 to see what difference it makes for those using RAM of that typical rating?

Yeah sure although I have no 1600mhz typical RAM. But I can mimic the settings could you post up the sub timings of 1600mhz RAM please as these subtimings make a big difference to perf.

Surveyor · 6 May 2012 at 12:20

8 Pack said:
could you post up the sub timings of 1600mhz RAM please as these subtimings make a big difference to perf.

I'm just looking for a rough idea of the difference between 1600MHz and the 2600MHz you ran the Samsung at.

Most people running standard 1600MHz RAM aren't going to be messing with the sub timings so if you could just run it at 9-9-9-24, 1T and leave the rest to sort itself out that'll be enough to give a a general indication.

8 Pack · 6 May 2012 at 12:25

Ok no problem. Sub timings do make a massive difference though. This was as is subtimings Samsung as I only tested for about half an hour late on. They did 2400 10-12-12-25 1T easy too. My Pi 32mb came down over ten seconds by tweaking sub timings at 2825mhz with the exact same CPU speed. I will just use AUTO then for all subs.

hyperst · 6 May 2012 at 19:40

Just run the 32m calculation on my stock 1600MHz ram and it came in at 7m 36.396s.

Was you running stock CPU speed?

My i5 2500K was at 4.7Ghz is you would like to do a compare against my 2500k.

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8 Pack · 6 May 2012 at 23:37

hyperst said:
Just run the 32m calculation on my stock 1600MHz ram and it came in at 7m 36.396s.

Was you running stock CPU speed?

My i5 2500K was at 4.7Ghz is you would like to do a compare against my 2500k.

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Yes as explained above stock speed on CPU. No turbo evan. I am testing DRAM stability here not Super Pi Score. My best score is like 5m16s with Gskill Trident. This is just to show the Samsungs are Pi32 stable at 2600 in my system.

hyperst · 7 May 2012 at 11:59

@8 Pack, is there some new BIOS available to try out, also if there is how do I get hold of them?

MORE SPEED · 7 May 2012 at 12:05

hyperst said:
@8 Pack, is there some new BIOS available to try out, also if there is how do I get hold of them?

This might help: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706245

8 Pack · 7 May 2012 at 12:16

MORE SPEED said:
This might help: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706245

Those are the Beta ones yes 0075 being the latest. Use at your own Risk!! each has its own carecter if you like in terms of tuning
.With 2500K 2133 mhz memory strap is the best your gonna get. Then tune from that. I have a 2500K in at the mo as of this morning I will have a go with the Greens and this CPU and see whats possible timing wise later. You can use BLK clocking to get higher RAM speeds also.

When I get home, yes I am working bank holiday!!! I will upload some Bios pics and a detailed guide of how to tune dimms on IVY CPU and what settings make a difference and the order to adjust.

hyperst · 7 May 2012 at 12:43

MORE SPEED said:
This might help: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706245

Thanks for that

8 Pack said:
Those are the Beta ones yes 0075 being the latest. Use at your own Risk!! each has its own carecter if you like in terms of tuning
.With 2500K 2133 mhz memory strap is the best your gonna get. Then tune from that. I have a 2500K in at the mo as of this morning I will have a go with the Greens and this CPU and see whats possible timing wise later. You can use BLK clocking to get higher RAM speeds also.

I am putting together a post now on how to tune RAM on this board.

Question, have you tried the print screen option as I tried and it would not find my usb stick even though it is plugged in, would like to grab my settings before flashing so I have something to go on, also any tips for 2500k over clocking would be appreciated

8 Pack · 7 May 2012 at 12:50

I am on it now with 2500K !!! well this afternoon when I get home from work!!

8 Pack · 7 May 2012 at 12:56

hyperst said:
Thanks for that

Question, have you tried the print screen option as I tried and it would not find my usb stick even though it is plugged in, would like to grab my settings before flashing so I have something to go on, also any tips for 2500k over clocking would be appreciated

Yes use one of the intel USB 2.0 ports (Top ones on I/O) and a FAT formatted usb.

hyperst · 7 May 2012 at 13:08

8 Pack said:
I am on it now with 2500K !!! well this afternoon when I get home from work!!

Nice, I have been using manual voltage so far as I found it easier to do, all though I am pushing 1.4v for 4.7GHz at all times which is not ideal, no speed step or any power saving features are enabled and I was hoping to get some more out of it at or at least a better way for the voltage.

8 Pack said:
Yes use one of the intel USB 2.0 ports (Top ones on I/O) and a FAT formatted usb.

Ahh, ok, thanks, will give that a go.

8 Pack · 7 May 2012 at 23:04

My 32mb Time so far with 2500K and MVG. It needs abit of work can maybe shave 10 seconds off with higher BLK and CPU speed which is what I am now testing.

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Surveyor · 7 May 2012 at 23:09

8 Pack said:
Ok no problem. Sub timings do make a massive difference though. This was as is subtimings Samsung as I only tested for about half an hour late on. They did 2400 10-12-12-25 1T easy too. My Pi 32mb came down over ten seconds by tweaking sub timings at 2825mhz with the exact same CPU speed. I will just use AUTO then for all subs.

Have I missed you posting the result?