Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Goose said:
I've just installed a Silver Arrow cooler on this board and according to the Asrock extreme tuner software the two PWM fans are running at full tilt (1300rpm) all the time. Do i need to alter a bios setting or something to activate PWM?

Thanks
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Fan settings are in the HW Monitor section ;)
 
I just received my 2700K this morning from OCUK and I now need a MB.
The Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 was recommended to me for my video editing and encoding.

After reading most of this thread it looks like the Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 would be a good choice, an I right in thinking this?

If so, I also need to buy the correct memory and cooler.
Any idea what to get to suite this board.
I dont plan to be overclocking.
Thanks.
 
kitch9 said:
Just installed my board with a 2700K and 16GB Corsair Vengeance.....

Fired up first time, went into bios enabled 4.6ghz overclock profile, ram XMP and booted straight into windows. (Didn't bother re-installing windows.)

Installed drivers, and then ran 20 rounds of Intelburntest before going back to work. CPU was getting 1.31v under load according to CPU-Z. Max core temp of 58C under a Phantek cooler.

It can't be this easy can it?
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LOL - Sounds too good to be true mate, but yep - thats it!!!
For 4.8Ghz + you then have to enable PLL Overvoltage and mess with manual settings. For the lazy amongst you (me included tbh!) stick with the 4.6 profile and you can't go wrong - everything on AUTO (barr memory which should be on XMP) :) :) :) - enjoy.
 
zoomee said:
LOL - Sounds too good to be true mate, but yep - thats it!!!
For 4.8Ghz + you then have to enable PLL Overvoltage and mess with manual settings. For the lazy amongst you (me included tbh!) stick with the 4.6 profile and you can't go wrong - everything on AUTO (barr memory which should be on XMP) :) :) :) - enjoy.
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Yep, the 4.6 profile is absolutely rock solid, and it needs further tweaks above that so I'll definitely stick at that.

Love this board, my old X58 ud3r always felt a touch flaky when clocked, this is nothing like that.
 
Davefran said:
Fan settings are in the HW Monitor section ;)
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Yeah i found that and it is set to automatic mode but it still has a fan profile (or something similarly named) ranging from 1 to 9. What should it be set to so that the fans run at 900rpm (lowest) on idle and 1300rpm (highest) under load?
 
My Cpu2 and Sys1 are set to 45c level 6.

You can play around with the settings in windows using ASRock eXtreme Tuner, to find the profile that suits you best.
 
Ynot said:
Just a thought, if sometime I wanted to overclock, what other cooler would suite.
Thanks
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Could i please ask if this cooler, the Noctua NH-U12P and Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (I need 4 sticks in total) would be OK with the Z68 Extreme4 Gen3.
The cooler wont get in the way of the ram!

Noctua NH-U12P
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-010-NC

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

If the cooler and ram didnt fit i would go with the Gelid Tranquillo
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

Thanks.
 
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