Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Davefran · 8 Feb 2012 at 10:43

There is no good reason for disabling speedstep or any of the power saving features, unless you're aiming for 5GHz + with offset vcore then disabling C3 and C6 helps. Otherwise leave them ON. Turning them off just wastes electric ;-)

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Gregster · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:03

Davefran said:
There is no good reason for disabling speedstep or any of the power saving features, unless you're aiming for 5GHz + with offset vcore then disabling C3 and C6 helps. Otherwise leave them ON. Turning them off just wastes electric )

+1 for this.....save the whales

Phil2008 · 9 Feb 2012 at 21:24

Davefran said:
There is no good reason for disabling speedstep or any of the power saving features, unless you're aiming for 5GHz + with offset vcore then disabling C3 and C6 helps. Otherwise leave them ON. Turning them off just wastes electric )

I had to disable C3 I think it was, as it was slowing down my ssd for some reason. :confused:

before

after

zoomee · 10 Feb 2012 at 14:23

Sure it was C3 you disabled to get that result or was it the Power Management setting for the Intel controller?

I have to disable the power management (can't rememeber exactly what its called - but its in the bit where you set the IDE/AHCI modes etc) for the intel controller as I noticed slight stutter on my C300 with it on.

Phil2008 · 10 Feb 2012 at 15:03

zoomee said:
Sure it was C3 you disabled to get that result or was it the Power Management setting for the Intel controller?

I have to disable the power management (can't rememeber exactly what its called - but its in the bit where you set the IDE/AHCI modes etc) for the intel controller as I noticed slight stutter on my C300 with it on.

Yeah I just checked in the forum I posted it and it was the C3/C6 option that I disabled to get the ssd working properly.

Heres the thread I made.......

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...-90GB-OCZ-Vertex-2E-write-speed-drops-in-ATTO

_Jimlad_ · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:58

has anyone had issues with the onboard sound? i keep getting audio plugged and audio unplugged errors when using the front port. and sound cuts on the rear ports for split seconds.

Phil2008 · 12 Feb 2012 at 18:08

Nope I use a x-fi card, but now you say about the front ports, is there anyway to connect them up to a x-fi card?

wazza300 · 12 Feb 2012 at 18:11

your hdaudio or ac97 front panel audio blocks should connect to your soundcard? instead of the mb

_Jimlad_ · 12 Feb 2012 at 18:22

wazza300 said:
your hdaudio or ac97 front panel audio blocks should connect to your soundcard? instead of the mb

i dont have a sound card, but if i get one, i presume something like the Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp will allow me to connect my front port

Nightglow · 12 Feb 2012 at 18:28

_Jimlad_ said:
i dont have a sound card, but if i get one, i presume something like the Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp will allow me to connect my front port

No problem the Asus Xonar DG 5.1 has a header for the AC97/HDA front panel connector.

_Jimlad_ · 12 Feb 2012 at 18:29

cool, i just disabled the sound notifications and so far so good. i will see how it fairs over the next day or two

Phil2008 · 12 Feb 2012 at 20:46

_Jimlad_ said:
i dont have a sound card, but if i get one, i presume something like the Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp will allow me to connect my front port

I dont think theres a connection for it on my xtrememusic pci card, It has just got the 2 rows of pins for the front 5.25" audio panel thing? heres a pic of the card I have found on the net but mine the newer xtrememusic with the heatsink on the main chip

_Jimlad_ · 12 Feb 2012 at 22:26

^^

cheers for that, fingers crossed disabling the notifications has cured the issue

liamcrane · 14 Feb 2012 at 09:14

Hi guys

Hopefully going to be in possession of one of these boards shortly just wanted to know if there is anything i should install off the motherboard cd like chipset drivers etc or will windows pretty much do it for me?

Thanks again

Gregster · 14 Feb 2012 at 11:15

I ignored the cd and went to Asus site to get the latest drivers.

zoomee · 14 Feb 2012 at 11:42

wow - Asus drivers for an Asrock board ?

See the first post here for all the latest drivers you'll need mate:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...-Asrock-Z68-Gen3-Extreme7-amp-Extreme4-thread

Gregster · 14 Feb 2012 at 11:56

haha... yep, I went there and no compatability, so I then went to the Asrock site and got the correct drivers.

liamcrane · 14 Feb 2012 at 13:43

zoomee said:
wow - Asus drivers for an Asrock board ?

See the first post here for all the latest drivers you'll need mate:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...-Asrock-Z68-Gen3-Extreme7-amp-Extreme4-thread

Thanks for that matey really appreciate it. Might sound silly i know but will i be better off keeping my network cable unplugged and downloading these drivers to a usb stick and installing them all 1 after the other that way windows update cant try and download some generic drivers i guess

zoomee · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:50

leave it plugged in as I believe no network drivers get installed until after you install the drivers I linked you to

btw - make sure you use the older 0.5 USB3 drivers - they give better performance than the latest ones

kmetek · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:35

can someone do a list of best drivers

0.5 USB3 drivers etc....