Official Rampage Extreme Review/Overclock/Guide Thread

[Smirnoff]

Computer porn

 

[Smirnoff]

Got a email from the shop and mine is posted
Think i`ll run the air cooler on the n/b till i can sort out a waterblock,need one that will fit 1/2" barbs.

Also the cell shock ram in my sig what bios will be ok for me to use?

There seems to be a huge difference in the BIOS's at the moment, I cannot get 1600Mhz Gskills to even post at 1600Mhz with 0403 , But i'm nearly passing memtest at 1800Mhz with 0404 at the moment using the same settings. I'd flash 0403 to one BIOS chip and 0404 to the other and see which works best.

 

[Smirnoff]

Anyone running this board with a Q9650? If so what clocks are you getting?

I got 4.5ghz with a ES Q9650 in mine

 

[Smirnoff]

can you tell me what is highest fsb you have got on 403 ive put 404 on and with a few tweaks managed 8 more stable on the fsb trying to break the 500 barrier getting there thanks

With 0403 i could break 520 FSB with a q9650 didnt try much higher as i didnt want to corrupt my raid array, The board needed a lot of NB volts to get over 500 FSB tho.

 

[Smirnoff]

$ = £ rate would be my bet

 

[Smirnoff]

Is the Fusion block okay for watercooling the NB, or is it better to strip it down and just use separate blocks ?

Well its made of aluminum and had the the stupid little 8m/10m asus barbs on it, I wouldnt really recoment using it lol

 

[Smirnoff]

Some shots of my board setup for air cooling, I'm hopeing EK will make a special block that will cool the northbridge and the extra stuff around it

 

[Smirnoff]

Nice set up Clone m8. Love the Dimos bench On the verge of ordering mine.
Im interested in the CellShock benchies as i have the 1800s (black heat spreader)



The block i think is solid copper apart from the barbs which are aluminium? I may be wrong?

Any aluminium is bad in my view lol

 

[Smirnoff]

I am in total agreement with you Smirnoff m8. I am going to order a Mips NB block, including a KTC block as i have wanted to test one out for some time.

Edit: Is there a release date for the swift tech NB block as of yet?

Swiftech rep was saying around 3 to 4 weeks. Are Mips doing a specal block or is it a standard NB block ?

 

[Smirnoff]

Ohh good, does the southbridge need cooling? I can see that that standard sinks are separated between the NB and SB.

I havent noticed it getting that warm so passive cooling on the SB should been fine.

 

[Smirnoff]

Are they not 3/8" barbs?

The metal barbs on the stock asus block are 10mm i think, There are plastic fittings so you can use to convert them to 3/8" 1/2" in the box.

 

[Smirnoff]

10mm is 3/8".


I was able to get soft Tygon 8/11 over the ones on the Maximus Formula SE, but standard PVC 8/10mm tubing needed to use one of the convertors.

The stock block has the same fittings as the Maximus Formual/ Striker Extreme ect ect

 

[Smirnoff]

Just use 0404 BIOS with the Gskills and it will be fine

 

[Smirnoff]

Try flashing 0403 into the second BIOS chip and see if your sskill having issues with load line cal

 

[Smirnoff]

Glad to see you like it, I think its the best mobo i've ever had lol. The latest drivers from the intel site gave me zero problems, Just throw the asus cd in the bin

 

[Smirnoff]

I just left the stock thermal pad on them.

 

[Smirnoff]

Hows everyone getting on with there boards ?

 

[Smirnoff]

Hey everyone,

I'm new hear. Glad to join!

Hey guys this is my prelim build. Ofcourse i'm gonna cut some stuff out cuz its too expensive but what CPU Cooler should I get? And what do you think of my build? I also put this here becuase i'm getting the rampage extreme.

OCZ Vendetta 2, Xigmatek HDT-S1283, Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, Sunbeamtech Core-Contact Freezer, Zerotherm FZ120??? These are the suggestions I have recieved recently.


COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution RC-830-KKN3-GP Black Aluminum ATX
$279.00 - Really really bad case

ASUS Rampage Extreme LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$399.99

ASUS EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
$559.99

CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 Power Supply - Retail
$259.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model
$559.99

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TW3X4G1800C8DF - Retail
$499.00

3 Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.$579.98 - Might aswell get ocz core SSD drives

ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound - Retail
$6.99

The ram and the CPU will work well togther, I'd be aiming for 450x8.5 which will give you 1800Mhz on the ram and jus over 3.8Ghz on the CPU, That about your safe limit on air.

 

[Smirnoff]

Oo lookie

 

[Smirnoff]

Smirnoff m8, How goes the Gskills? Do you have any more benchies of those evil blue sticks?

Waiting in the cellshock blues at the moment, I've tested the 2gb and 4gb Gskills kits and they work well, As for overing clocking they'll do about 1750Mhz tops on the sets i tested @ 7 7 7 18, There good sticks for the money but if you looking for massive overclocks it has to be the cellshocks