Asrock Extreme 4 can also boot with 2600K to 5.5Ghz

The Asrock Extreme 4 updated with the latest beta bios (1.43A) can also handle good overclocking with 2600K.

Configuration :

Asrock Extreme 4 Bios 1.43A (CPU PLL override + Vcore up to 1.7V)
Intel Core i7 2600K ES
2 X 2Gb G.Skill RipjawsX 17066 7-10-7-27 1.65V
Corsair AX1200W
AMD HD 4350
G.Skill Phoenix pro 40Gb
Windows 7 64 bit

http://www.pt1t.eu/public/P67/Asrock...4-5531-4-8.png


http://www.pt1t.eu/public/P67/Asrock...4/extreme4.jpg


Some pictures of that motherboard :

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4...e4angle.th.jpg http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/7...utonled.th.jpg http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7...eme4box.th.jpg

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8...e4boxar.th.jpg http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2...4bundle.th.jpg http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/867...bundle2.th.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/799...bundle3.th.jpg http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/668...scooler.th.jpg http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6...scooler.th.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5316/extreme4dimm.th.jpg http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8...me4haut.th.jpg http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1...depower.th.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/842...ckpanel.th.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/324...eme4nom.th.jpg http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5576/extreme4p67.th.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9...me4pcie.th.jpg http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5...cielock.th.jpg http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/714...eme4plx.th.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/194...e4puces.th.jpg http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/824...me4sata.th.jpg http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/103...4socket.th.jpg

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5...socket2.th.jpg http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9...eme4usb.th.jpg http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/4...me4usb3.th.jpg

Nice one :up:

Sandy don't need high end motherboard....

...good bios and good chip seems enough to have same good clocking with all mobo's....

im liking this board woooo

Nice result bro. Shouldn't this be for the intel section?

@Pt1t

Nice result. Could you give some more details about yours settings in OC Tweaker i UEFI? Especially Long and Short power limit.

BR,

Higher Vcore is very welcome, 1.520 was just to low :)

Can you tell what was the max. clock with the same CPU on other mainboards?

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Originally Posted by mAlkAv!An

Higher Vcore is very welcome, 1.520 was just to low :)

Can you tell what was the max. clock with the same CPU on other mainboards?

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yes same max, i will try the retail 5650 + with clean OS

This mobo is very tempting , especially those power/reset/clr-cmos buttons I wont get with the p8p67 pro ,
which way should I go iyo?

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Originally Posted by Pt1t

yes same max, i will try the retail 5650 + with clean OS

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Great Thomas :up:

What about efficiency on SPI 1M and 32M dude ?

Very nice. :up: I see 1.4 on the ftp site but not 1.43a. Do you have access for new bios for Extreme6 as well?

No they only did 1.43a for extreme 4 this friday... they are waiting feedback about vcore to update all Bioses :)

Thanks. We need same Vc options in bios 1.43a on Extrm6 bios for crazy OC.:yepp:

What about DRAM voltage?We want more than 1.8V...Also bclk adjustable in steps less than 1 mhz...

Bclock is adjustable by 0.01Mhz ???

Thats's ok :up:
I know the Asrock Pro3 just allows rough 1MHz steps for example.

gooood board , goood memory :)

Just wondering if you can run the mem at 6-9-6-24 just like on the 32M run with Maximus IV Extreme?

very nice Thomas,i tried Fatal1ty some days ago and i had a bad time with no pll override..48x max with my best chip ...
good to hear they fixed the PLL thing

Hopefully ASRock can cement their name as a quality, low priced board-manufacturer.

I am liking this Extreme P67 series even better the more I read about them.

Great i wish to know BIOS setting for that 5.5Ghz?

(Vcore Vtt PLL etc.)

check his video

Which value do you use for "Core Current Limit" ?

I am not able to discover the right value in your video, sorry.

250 is OK

Where did ASRock publish this beta version of the Extreme 4's Bios?
I can't find it on the Tweaktown or the ocworkbench forums...

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Originally Posted by crishan

Where did ASRock publish this beta version of the Extreme 4's Bios?
I can't find it on the Tweaktown or the ocworkbench forums...

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thats why they're not xtremesystems:up:

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Originally Posted by crishan

Where did ASRock publish this beta version of the Extreme 4's Bios?
I can't find it on the Tweaktown or the ocworkbench forums...

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You can find it on hwbot :)

@Pt1t
The new beta 1.33a is posted on ftp site for Xtrm6. Thanks for your work!:up:
ftp://174.142.97.10/bios/1155/

Good work pt1t :)

Now we need 2V+ for Dram and better subtimings options and this board will fly :D

All bios are updated on asrock website :

1. Add Vcore maximum to 1.7V.
2. BCLK interval change to 0.1 MHz.
3. Add "Internal PLL Overvoltage" to improve K series CPU OC capability.
4. Add screen capture function in BIOS setup. Press F12 to capture.

screencapture ftw

thanks

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All bios are updated on asrock website :

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All bios less P67 Pro3 bios...
I know it's a cheaper motheboard than Extreme 4, but it still have a 8+2 phases VRM with heatsinks so 1.7v i don't think that it's a problem.
I'm on very limited budget so i will buy this mobo, hope they will do 1.7vcore bios for it to...
http://www.awardfabrik.de/mambots/co...d566e8ea38.jpg

I gotta agree that Asrock is really kickin it with the p67 line. Debug display and onboard power/reset for $100 less than the big boys. Extreme4 may be one of the best bargains in a long time. Newegg is sold out.

BIOS 1.50.

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1. Add Memory channel info in BIOS.
2. Add print BIOS screen function.
3. Update "ME" and MRC code.

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It also fixed lowered BCLK in beta 1.43A which was 99,8MHz instead of 100MHz.

But additional Vcore (1.43A) seems to be gone?
It's down to 1.52 again for me (1.5) :\


Any idea why I can't seem to overcome 4.5 Ghz?

I'm stable at 1.248V @ 4.4Ghz, but any higher than that and it won't even boot.
Tried up to 1.6 Vcore, no success. Also, bclk over 101.5 Mhz seems to be impossible for me :\

http://www.abload.de/thumb/44ghz_124v_1586pllqsid.png

You can see my current settings on that screenshot.

I'm not that new to oc'ing, just seems to be a bad chip or something like that? Don't think the board is limiting me :\

hows this board handle hyper ram?

Guess pretty bad,my extreme6 wont allow hypers 2133 no matter the VCCIO,DRAM Voltage or timings,it just won't be able to complete 32M test in any situation.Also can't boot with CAS6@1866...

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Originally Posted by Cy4n1d3

But additional Vcore (1.43A) seems to be gone?
It's down to 1.52 again for me (1.5) :\


Any idea why I can't seem to overcome 4.5 Ghz?

I'm stable at 1.248V @ 4.4Ghz, but any higher than that and it won't even boot.
Tried up to 1.6 Vcore, no success. Also, bclk over 101.5 Mhz seems to be impossible for me :\

http://www.abload.de/thumb/44ghz_124v_1586pllqsid.png

You can see my current settings on that screenshot.

I'm not that new to oc'ing, just seems to be a bad chip or something like that? Don't think the board is limiting me :\

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You probably forgot to enable PLL overvoltage. You'll hit a multiplier wall otherwise.

Hi guys, what do you think about the p67 fatal1ty?
Does it has dual BIOS??
I like the look, I'm also thinking in the asus p8p67 deluxe, but don't know much about asrock and their support sacares me a bit, but at leas it seems like they are updating bios and they work whithout many problems. Not like some years ago.
I had an asrock board in my c2d e6400@2.133 computer, really crappy for oc could't get fsb above 290... i changed it for the gigabyte p35c-ds3r and running just fine @3.00 Ghz and also 400+fsb whitout problems.
So seems like asrock has changed and seems more serious now, what do you think?? p8p67 deluxe or asrock p67 fatal1ty?? +2600k
Regards

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Originally Posted by Poohead

You probably forgot to enable PLL overvoltage. You'll hit a multiplier wall otherwise.

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Actually I have PLL overvoltage enabled :(

IF you disable PLL overvoltage,how much do you get?

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Originally Posted by Cy4n1d3

Actually I have PLL overvoltage enabled :(

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Maybe your PSU :shrug:

Or that would be the worst 2500K ever seen :D

Doesn't matter what I set PLL Overvoltage to. I can reach ~4.45 Ghz by increasing bclk, anything higher stops me from booting.

I don't think my PSU stops me from booting over 4.5 ghz, this is not like I'm in Win7 under heavy load or something.. :\

Did an OCCT run with 4.4 ghz earlier today, linking the results for you. PSU test this is:
http://www.abload.de/thumb/2011-01-3...-vcorexbzj.png
http://www.abload.de/thumb/2011-01-3...-volt3gg7b.png
http://www.abload.de/thumb/2011-01-3...-volt5ngie.png
http://www.abload.de/thumb/2011-01-3...-volt1schh.png

Does not look too bad for me.

@Cy4n1d3
How do you set your vcore in bios. Maybe via offset? This is not working well, for me at least. I use Turbo overclocking or fixed voltage.

I tried all settings, auto/offset/fixed.

On hwluxx there are several users capping out around 4.5-4.6 ghz, same symptoms like my system :\
Not sure if this is board related or cpu...

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Originally Posted by bokoy

Hi guys, what do you think about the p67 fatal1ty?
Does it has dual BIOS??
I like the look, I'm also thinking in the asus p8p67 deluxe, but don't know much about asrock and their support sacares me a bit, but at leas it seems like they are updating bios and they work whithout many problems. Not like some years ago.
I had an asrock board in my c2d e6400@2.133 computer, really crappy for oc could't get fsb above 290... i changed it for the gigabyte p35c-ds3r and running just fine @3.00 Ghz and also 400+fsb whitout problems.
So seems like asrock has changed and seems more serious now, what do you think?? p8p67 deluxe or asrock p67 fatal1ty?? +2600k
Regards

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No opinions? What about dual bios, does it has them.
Thanks

Just a short update for you guys:
it was definitely related to that crappy cpu... not even 4.5 ghz, what the heck.

So I got another one:
http://www.abload.de/thumb/4800_132v2qj0.png

This looks much better to me now ;)

Disable Spread Spectrum in BIOS so you will have BCLK 100MHz instead of 99,8. The dark side of this is dualboot that occurs at start up.

Done :) Gonna do some voltage tweaking now!

edit: best I could do so far, gonna try some pll voltage settings and lower vtt...
http://www.abload.de/thumb/5000_138vn7g4.png http://www.abload.de/thumb/5103_143vq7aq.png

So low CPU PLL Voltage?. Mine on auto is set to 1,832V

1.6V PLL works best for me it seems. 1-2 degree less on temps and slightly lower vcore then 1.8-1.9 :)

I am testing yours setting right now.

CPU PLL Voltage set to 1,586V
VTT Voltage 0,856V

So far so good. My CPU batch is GOLD as it can run 4,5GHz at 1,2V (auto in bios) at LOAD. I will hit some serious OC once I'll buy new cooler (now working on BOX :D)

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9748/testy1idle.th.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8...ty1load.th.jpg

Looking good, just get a new cooler and you won't have a problem hitting 5 ghz :D

Wow, xtremely nice. ^_~

I am thinking of building a new rig soon, puts many ideas in my head. c:

http://piczasso.com/i/i118g.jpg
http://piczasso.com/i/2eif8.jpg

Great chip you got there :)
Running pretty hot though!

http://www.abload.de/thumb/5000_1352_linxrgmw.png