[OcUK Staff Builds] rjkoneill's FT01

FaceplantSi · 19 May 2009 at 08:43

rjkoneill said:
no - the divider above doesnt work
but i have a beta bios that Biostar sent me last night that should rectify the issue. going to try that - would you like me to email it to you if i find it successful?

Hmm, this sounds very interesting as I am seriously considering an i7 setup using either this board or the UD5 - was leaning towards the UD5 because of 2000MHz RAM support, but if Biostar can fix this on their board then that changes things again... especially with that OCZ Blade 2000MHz so good in price.

Ah, too many choices! Let us know how you get on with that beta m8.

Helios1234 · 19 May 2009 at 12:52

rjkoneill said:
but i have a beta bios that Biostar sent me last night that should rectify the issue. going to try that - would you like me to email it to you if i find it successful?

Yes please

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Cheers!

Nelly · 19 May 2009 at 15:06

Hope it does fix the memory issues, they've only been aware of it for about 3 months :rolleyes:

And the board was released in December lol, I got fedup of waiting.

Helios1234 · 19 May 2009 at 17:41

Let's hope so. I took a gamble when buying the board as very few people had it at the time. I want to see its true potential for myself.

Edit: got the latest beta bios

rjk · 20 May 2009 at 10:05

right then
got a few days off work,
just having a quick go with this new beta bios and my new ocz blade memory before i go to London for a few days

heres my findings for the BIOS:
the beta bios has allowed me to go to 4.7GHz using a BCLK of 224
so it has raised the max BCLK of the board to 224
it gets into windows - but that is about it

4.66GHZ @ 222BCLK is now 3D benchmarkable using vantage/06/crysis/FC2 etc

the memory divider i WANT [2000MHZ DRAM @ 200 BCLK] still does not work
i have emailed BIOSTAR about it to see if they have a fix - will report back when i get a reply

my findings for the Memory:
although i am unable to get the 2000MHZ divider to work - the memory is working all the way up to 1800MHZ by increasing the BCLK

the memory is running at 1600MHZ on my 4.2GHz profile

the timings are insane and beat my reaper kit hands down
BLADE @ 1600MHZ @ 7-7-7-18 1T
REAPER @ 1600MHZ @ 8-8-8-26 2T

the board has memtest86 built into the bios - running that - the memory passes at 6-6-6-16 1T !!!, it also passes prime but fails linpack :rolleyes:

the timings remain tight at higher speeds too! - just brilliant imo
looking forward to a bios that works with the divider i want so i can get the best out of this memory

am now running my system with all fans on molex - its a lot louder than it was with the zalman controller - but my temps have dramatically changed [and i use my headset so i cant hear it]

satriani1412 · 20 May 2009 at 12:59

Changed to molex purely for temp. reasons or something else?

I've decided to detest each person who owns a Fortress untill i can get one of my own so,

Good day to you Sir :mad:

Helios1234 · 20 May 2009 at 15:02

rjkoneill said:
the board has memtest86 built into the bios - running that - the memory passes at 6-6-6-16 1T !!!, it also passes prime but fails linpack

Nice one, I managed to get my ram to 1700mhz cas 9 from 1333mhz and it passed memtest and Linx but running prime blend, my computer shuts down.

Blackhawk47 · 20 May 2009 at 20:56

Looks fantastic, a big improvement. Though it would look loads better with some sharkoons instead of noctuas, but its a shame sharkoons dont have the same performance, despite still being great fans.

rjk · 27 May 2009 at 00:26

i went off the black and white theme tbh - i want performance over looks at the moment
will go for something aesthetic in my next build

i still darent show you pics of the back of the case where i cut it - you will all laugh and pick on me

here are a few shots of the new ram alongside my de-stickered dominator fan

looks pretty stealthy now

LukeTW · 27 May 2009 at 00:30

Pics Now

!!

Nice looking ram :cool:

FaceplantSi · 27 May 2009 at 09:46

Good choice of RAM that man!

lankymorley · 27 May 2009 at 11:45

That RAM comes at quite a nice price doesn't it; by the looks of the timings it's the £103.99 kit. Might have to pick some of these up when I eventually get round to building my i7, assuming you can recommend them of course!

elmuzzy66. · 27 May 2009 at 13:36

Very nice build, its even swaying me away from the 07. 1 question, a Lian Li EX-33 Bay could fit a dual rad inside were the hdd cages are?

Ucof · 27 May 2009 at 13:47

How does the RAM fan clip onto the RAM?

EdGey · 27 May 2009 at 14:10

looks good

you cut holes in it? me thinks you have some explaining to do!

rjk · 27 May 2009 at 17:45

i cut holes in the mesh panel at the back nexxt to the pci slots - for my tubing to go out of

rjk · 27 May 2009 at 17:47

lankymorley said:
That RAM comes at quite a nice price doesn't it; by the looks of the timings it's the £103.99 kit. Might have to pick some of these up when I eventually get round to building my i7, assuming you can recommend them of course!

i do - look at post number 185 on this thread - for my findings

rjk · 30 May 2009 at 12:40

i now have a TJ07

build log coming soon - expect something special with a nice fat overclock

FaceplantSi · 30 May 2009 at 16:43

Looking forward to seeing this new build - I assume you'll be transferring your kit into the new case or is this gonna be a complete new setup?

rjk · 1 Jun 2009 at 19:04

its my current hardware

however - i have specced up £400 worth of watercooling for the new case

rough specs are

tj07
Rampage II Extreme
Koolance full cover blocks for the rampage2
2 18w liang pumps
2 Koolance 280 waterblocks
240 thermochill for the cpu
my current 360 thermochill for the gfx

the tj07 got painted yesterday

just got to wait for funds to do the cooling