*** The Official Alder Lake owners thread ***

[scubes]

Nice My chip was made in Vietnam too, so thought I'd get a terrible clocker (made in China ones tend to have the higher SP values, but clearly there are exceptions!)

Loving the aesthic of the Asus board though! Still have to connect up lighting strips and further tidy cables, but happy so far

What cooler is that dave?

 

[snarloas1982]

Mines came dri er must have e went back to the house all good thank god lol..

Lucky you, i called Dpd Antrim and mine hasn't been seen.

 

[scubes]

got mine its a heavy motherboard love the vrm coolers they are excellent.cant use it yet still no ddr 5 .

 

[scubes]

were is the promo code for the cashback?

 

[JediFragger]

My chip was made in Vietnam too, so thought I'd get a terrible clocker (made in China ones tend to have the higher SP values, but clearly there are exceptions!)

Strangely I'd heard the reverse! It's all one big crap-shoot anyhow, just need a little luck.

 

[scubes]

Strangely I'd heard the reverse! It's all one big crap-shoot anyhow, just need a little luck.

mines is china what does that mean.

 

[Dave2150]

What cooler is that dave?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...gb-aio-cpu-liquid-cooler-280mm-hs-053-as.html

Bargain at that price. 280mm = very similar surface area to a 360mm, generally less noise. I replaced the included fans with Noctua NF-A14's though, as they are the quiest fans I've ever used, and have them throughout my case.

AIO/pump wise it's just a asetek gen7 cooler, so super quiet pump and adjustable. At 1800RPM it's very quiet, I have the pump on a curve to ramp with CPU load.

Asethetics wise, I love the ROG logo, matches the motherboard well

Was temtped by the Arctic Freezer II 280, though it doesnt't fit the Z690 Maximus hero due to it's huge pump block design (there is a replacement pump plastic housing available though). I also find it ugly, thick fat hose tubes with wires bulging out and a very plasticy pump housing.

 

[scubes]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...gb-aio-cpu-liquid-cooler-280mm-hs-053-as.html

Bargain at that price. 280mm = very similar surface area to a 360mm, generally less noise. I replaced the included fans with Noctua NF-A14's though, as they are the quiest fans I've ever used, and have them throughout my case.

AIO/pump wise it's just a asetek gen7 cooler, so super quiet pump and adjustable. At 1800RPM it's very quiet, I have the pump on a curve to ramp with CPU load.

Asethetics wise, I love the ROG logo, matches the motherboard well

Was temtped by the Arctic Freezer II 280, though it doesnt't fit the Z690 Maximus hero due to it's huge pump block design (there is a replacement pump plastic housing available though). I also find it ugly, thick fat hose tubes with wires bulging out and a very plasticy pump housing.

im gonna be using a artic freezer 2 got the brackets for it for the motherboard .if that doesnt work ill use my kraken z73..

 

[Dave2150]

Strangely I'd heard the reverse! It's all one big crap-shoot anyhow, just need a little luck.

Yeah, still possible to get good SP rated chips from either fab.

For anyone unaware, Intel set each CPU in the factory individually to the voltage (VF point) it requires to be stable at a given frequency. ASUS use this, coupled with some in house proprietary secret sauce, to determine the potential of the CPU. Higher SP = lower voltage needed at a given clock = potentially more OC headroom, lower temperatures, power consumption etc etc.

 

[Dave2150]

im gonna be using a artic freezer 2 got the brackets for it for the motherboard .if that doesnt work ill use my kraken z73..

Arctic Freezer 2 won't fit the Z690 hero, unless you obtain a replacement pump housing, scroll down to "motherboard compatibility" on this URL https://support.arctic.de/lf2-lga1700

 

[scubes]

what about the nzxt kraken z73 i thought the freezer woulda done it doh.

 

[Dave2150]

what about the nzxt kraken z73 i thought the freezer woulda done it doh.

Z73 is asetek, so you'll just need the same bracket I got for my Strix cooler > https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aset...-intel-lga-1700-35-150-0000021-hs-056-as.html

 

[RavenXXX2]

Freezer 2 is fully operational with the housing removed, it's just a plastic cover.

Thanks. I don't suppose you (or anyone else if they see this post), knows if the thermaltake Toughair 510 fits and is adequate?

Spec says it can handle 180 Watts so a stock 12700k will be fine. Couldn't say if it will clear the vrm or not.

 

[scubes]

i got that bracket mate what is the difference in chips with the sp2 thing and china and vietnam??

 

[Grim5]

Nice My chip was made in Vietnam too, so thought I'd get a terrible clocker (made in China ones tend to have the higher SP values, but clearly there are exceptions!)

Loving the aesthic of the Asus board though! Still have to connect up lighting strips and further tidy cables, but happy so far

You got that the wrong way around, the made in Vietnam chips have higher SP values than the China ones

 

[Dave2150]

i got that bracket mate what is the difference in chips with the sp2 thing and china and vietnam??

CPU will either be fabricated in Vietnam or China. Say say the Chinese chips tend to have higher SP ratings, some say the opposite. The larger the sample size, the more we'll know.

I mentioned SP rating a bit a few posts above, though for more detailed reading, Anandtech did a good description:

Silicon Quality: ASUS ROG Firmware and SP Rating
An interesting innovation on behalf of ASUS within its firmware is the SP-Rating. The SP-Rating is a score given to a processor depending on how 'good' the preprogrammed V/F points are. The rating itself is designed to signify the overclocking potential of a processor, with a higher rating more than likely to be a good overclocker than a chip with a lower rating.

The prediction also gives a list of frequencies and CPU VCore voltages that should be achievable with the installed processor and the installed board, with a rating also given to the installed CPU cooler. This information is based on a predefined lookup table within the firmware. Still, many users on various forums have attested that the rating actually does make a difference for binning some chips. This essentially allows users to take out some of the guesswork involved in binning processors.

TLDR = Higher SP = More overclocking headroom, lower temperatures and power power consumption.

 

[Dave2150]

You got that the wrong way around, the made in Vietnam chips have higher SP values than the China ones

Entirely possible. I'm just happy with an above average example of 85

 

[scubes]

what you yours clocked at can you give me the settings what are your temps?.

 

[elrasho]

New rig ordered with a 3080Ti

Funny how it's now cheaper to get prebuilt than build yourself

 

[JediFragger]

Was temtped by the Arctic Freezer II 280, though it doesnt't fit the Z690 Maximus hero due to it's huge pump block design (there is a replacement pump plastic housing available though). I also find it ugly, thick fat hose tubes with wires bulging out and a very plasticy pump housing.

Yup, had to take my cover off AND flip it around so that the fan is at the bottom. Was v tight but makes good contact thankfully (Strix D4).