nForce 790i SLI/Ultra chipset mobos - Reviews/OC/Guides

[dinos22]

anyone have problems with mounting the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, the backplate touches the little transistors, i havnt mounted this cooler because of this, im afraid of crishing them.

maybe put some more padding between the backplate and board

[KTE]

WOW nice fsb with that Q6600.

I am at 475fsbx8 with a Q6600 and the Striker II Formula, 450x9 also stable and was looking to the Extreme to get more fsb but it looks like the old p35s are the best kenty clockers.I have not tried over 475 yet but did boot 490 on a max formula but not stable.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...67863468edvpcv

Its not to shabby bro, many others have higher FSB than my chip

Thanks for the details. Looks like my SIIF was a dud then

BTW do you really need that high NB, SB, VTT, PLL volts?

Look at the setting I'm on right now (daily CPU), air, 28C ambient. Stock all volts but for CPU and MEM is as you see it=>



Even NB/PLL are stock volts there.

Have you tried FSB/MEM oc on SIIF and seen if it can do similar providing you have good oc RAMs?

[saaya]

with reference boards you have to use higher volts on SB,NB,vFSB when pushing for very high FSB and RAM performance settings

well he says his system was/is stable at that speed with an IDE drive now, so... i dont think it has to do with an unstable oc.
thats what i first suspected as well, but he said it works fine, then after some time he gets weird issues and then the install is corrupted.

so there is some sata problem.
nvidia had sata corruption problems in the past as well didnt they?
i hope this time its just a clock signal problem

He has just arrive my eVGA 790i Ultra and my Cell-shock, I get the error C1, if someone knows the bios P3 solve this problem? A greeting.

here pedropc, please try the new spd
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=274

Already said, you've to put some crap DDR3 to boot and raise the vddr, stuck at 1.5v with cellshocks SPD.

you can use one stick in either of the first slots and try to boot, if it doesnt work, turn off the psu, turn it on again, try it again, if it doesnt work try the other slot. this usually lets me boot even with the old spd, so then i can adjust the voltage and speed and timings in bios, boot to windows, flash the new spd... voila

and the problem isnt the "1.5v" of the spd, there is no voltage programming in the spd, its ALL 1.5v, unless you use epp or xmp. the problem with some older ddr3 spds is that they set tight timings already and the bios tries to set even tighter timings than what the spd is programmed to, or, there are some values which the bios misinterprets and hence tries to set a speed or timing that wont work. at least not with default vdimm...

So i got my asus SEII from newegg today from the ups.
Let me just say that I'm in the process of rmaing the board. It'll be shipped back to newegg pronto tomorrow morning.

After I did a leak test before I powered up my system. I found out I had a crack in my fusion block. This is not a picture of a cracked fusion block, But I circled the location of where the water would bubble and spew out. What a hecktic day for me. Now I gotta wait another 14 days or less. If I wasn't a watercooling freak I would have never known about my cracked fusion block and I would be probably telling you guys different experiences and O/c results. Sigh. happens right?

wow, so that metal thing there can be taken off and its actually the top cover of the waterblock?
i thougth its just some cheap metal put on there to show the logo and look cool
damn, asus had theese problems with the blitz and maximus series of mainboards already, i know several people who had this problem...
they all contacted asus and they assured that the problem is now fixed :/

Looks like my SIIF was a dud then

well, dont feel out of luck man, the striker xtreme 1 had a dud to golden ratio from 4:1 or so, its prolly similar for the S2F and S2E

[fordf250]

Its not to shabby bro, many others have higher FSB than my chip

Thanks for the details. Looks like my SIIF was a dud then

BTW do you really need that high NB, SB, VTT, PLL volts?

Look at the setting I'm on right now (daily CPU), air, 28C ambient. Stock all volts but for CPU and MEM is as you see it=>



Even NB/PLL are stock volts there.

Have you tried FSB/MEM oc on SIIF and seen if it can do similar providing you have good oc RAMs?

I have run that fsb and ram on the x38 but not tried above 1:1 yet with 780i. There is also a rumor that bandwidth goes down over 450fsb with the SIIF but my 24/7 is at 450fsbx9 with 4G of ram . 4G of ram is hard to get stable even at 450fsb.

I have not tried less Volts since upping the gtl.

[Pedropc]

Saaya, if the new program SPD in my memoirs Cell-Shock then I worked well the other motherboars (X48, X38, etc.)? A greeting.

[slim142]

Wow there is a new BIOS for the Striker II? 0709? Whats the changelog?

[Big Myke]

Wow there is a new BIOS for the Striker II? 0709? Whats the changelog?

Do you/anybody have a link to where we can grab this baby?

[cognoscenti]

I am still waiting for a Q6600 GO test as well.. I know all you guys and gals have the Extreme stuff but it would shed some light on guys wanting to move up to this board if they can get a PRIME95 stable @ 3.6GHGz or higher since 1600fsb is no problem with this board. I see you having problems with your QX6700 cpu with this board which I was planning on buying but not now. You saved me some $$$. Thanks you...

just started Prime but it will run for days like that.
Ram left on auto but I would wind it back in.

[Lu(ky]

Very nice cognoscenti along with the low vcore as well. So how are you liking this board so far?

[cognoscenti]

Thanks .
Im not much of an experienced overclocker and am just learning slowly from advice, mainly from forums.
This board seems nice, I got rid of the 780i striker II Formula to get this instead.

[slim142]

well im still waiting anciously for those q9450 results from ORB

[tekjunkie]

I am having a real hard time getting any kind of OC on this board. The max FSB I can do on my QX9650 is 350. Any thing over that, I cannot even run SPI 1M!!!!. Here are my parts

Striker II Extreme(0507)
QX9650(L739A732).
OCZ3P16002GK
TRUE 120 with SLFEX

I left everything on auto except for FSB linked and synced with the RAM. Sometimes if I go over 350 FSB, it gets stuck on "Code Init" and I have to do a hard reset???. Should I RMA it or is there anything else I should try. Please help. I spent so much of money and time only to get frustrated.


It runs fine with everything @ default 12 hours prime stable and 1M and 32M SPI stable. I don't think it's my RAM as I tested it with "Unlinked" with FSB @ 1333(default) and the RAM @ the rated speed(1600 @7-7-7-20 1T 1.9V) and 12 hours prime stable also no errors in Memtest.


I also forgot to mention that I am running dual raptors in Raid 0 and XP professional x32. I first installed mediashield and tried reformatting and reinstall of XP without the mediashield.

[tet5uo]

I am having a real hard time getting any kind of OC on this board. The max FSB I can do on my QX9650 is 350. Any thing over that, I cannot even run SPI 1M!!!!. Here are my parts

Striker II Extreme(0507)
QX9650(L739A732).
OCZ3P16002GK
TRUE 120 with SLFEX

I left everything on auto except for FSB linked and synced with the RAM. Sometimes if I go over 350 FSB, it gets stuck on "Code Init" and I have to do a hard reset???. Should I RMA it or is there anything else I should try. Please help. I spent so much of money and time only to get frustrated.


It runs fine with everything @ default 12 hours prime stable and 1M and 32M SPI stable. I don't think it's my RAM as I tested it with "Unlinked" with FSB @ 1333(default) and the RAM @ the rated speed(1600 @7-7-7-20 1T 1.9V) and 12 hours prime stable also no errors in Memtest.

Have you had that hardware on any other motherboard that you can compare with?

It seems like either the motherboard's fault or a bad clocking CPU, but it would be ideal to test the CPU in a known good motherboard or a Known good CPU in your motherboard.

[tekjunkie]

Have you had that hardware on any other motherboard that you can compare with?

It seems like either the motherboard's fault or a bad clocking CPU, but it would be ideal to test the CPU in a known good motherboard or a Known good CPU in your motherboard.

I was gonna try that next, if everything else fails.Right now I just started another session of prime @350 FSB linked and synced. We will see how it goes.

I have a E3110 and a P5N-T Deluxe. I will try to put my E3110 on the SIIE and the QX9650 on the P5N-T and see what happens. Thanks for replying.

[eternal_fantasy]

I am having a real hard time getting any kind of OC on this board. The max FSB I can do on my QX9650 is 350. Any thing over that, I cannot even run SPI 1M!!!!. Here are my parts

Striker II Extreme(0507)
QX9650(L739A732).
OCZ3P16002GK
TRUE 120 with SLFEX

I left everything on auto except for FSB linked and synced with the RAM. Sometimes if I go over 350 FSB, it gets stuck on "Code Init" and I have to do a hard reset???. Should I RMA it or is there anything else I should try. Please help. I spent so much of money and time only to get frustrated.


It runs fine with everything @ default 12 hours prime stable and 1M and 32M SPI stable. I don't think it's my RAM as I tested it with "Unlinked" with FSB @ 1333(default) and the RAM @ the rated speed(1600 @7-7-7-20 1T 1.9V) and 12 hours prime stable also no errors in Memtest.


I also forgot to mention that I am running dual raptors in Raid 0 and XP professional x32. I first installed mediashield and tried reformatting and reinstall of XP without the mediashield.

A trend forming anyone?

On another subject I have flashed my EVGA 790i with the P03R2 BIOS, and the memory performance is on par with the ASUS S2E!!!
However the BIOS will not post with FSB past 425Mhz when restarting the system (including after save setting & exit BIOS menu), only boots from power off. Very strange...

Oh well can't complain too much I guess

Now just the droop mod...

[slim142]

One of the things I hate about the eVGA is the vdroop and vcore problems...
Well as someone else said before... I guess Loadline Calibration makes some people buy it hehe

[OBR]

Q9300 tested, and max FSB i reached is 480MHz ... 500MHz dont work ...

[eternal_fantasy]

One of the things I hate about the eVGA is the vdroop and vcore problems...
Well as someone else said before... I guess Loadline Calibration makes some people buy it hehe

EVGA droop >>> ASUS Data corruption + random BSOD

I have both boards, but maybe I've just got a ty ASUS board, giving me more grief then EVGA is giving me droop. (if that makes any sense... )

[dinos22]

A trend forming anyone?

On another subject I have flashed my EVGA 790i with the P03R2 BIOS, and the memory performance is on par with the ASUS S2E!!!
However the BIOS will not post with FSB past 425Mhz when restarting the system (including after save setting & exit BIOS menu), only boots from power off. Very strange...

Oh well can't complain too much I guess

also if you have both P1 and P2 enabled that could also impact your FSB OCs

my FSB OC reduced a fair bit with the dual core

you can still tighten RAM subtimings in bios and use P2 only. That should not impact FSB but will help a lot with RAM performance

Now just the droop mod...

lol

gotta get a quad to test i guess

make sure not to be too smart with volts section as that is usually a big OC breaker if you brush the board the wrong way hehehe

[eternal_fantasy]

also if you have both P1 and P2 enabled that could also impact your FSB OCs

my FSB OC reduced a fair bit with the dual core

you can still tighten RAM subtimings in bios and use P2 only. That should not impact FSB but will help a lot with RAM performance

lol

gotta get a quad to test i guess

make sure not to be too smart with volts section as that is usually a big OC breaker if you brush the board the wrong way hehehe

I ran everything on auto except RAM and VCore, so nothing really out of the ordinary, and the setting worked on the P03 BIOS. Also Benching at these settings are 100% stable, just had to boot from power off.

Both P1 and P2 are set on Auto. My mem timings are 7-6-6-18, 1:2.
Do you have some P1P2/Volts/Timings settings I can try out?

[dinos22]

I ran everything on auto except RAM and VCore, so nothing really out of the ordinary, and the setting worked on the P03 BIOS. Also Benching at these settings are 100% stable, just had to boot from power off.

Both P1 and P2 are set on Auto. My mem timings are 7-6-6-18, 1:2.
Do you have some P1P2/Volts/Timings settings I can try out?

look at my thread for testing notes

generally with P1 and P2 enabled you will have to increase SPP voltage and also SPP VTT

i also find FSB gain from MCP voltage increase to max but look at the notes too

auto volts and tight timings and high FSB resulted in HDD corruption for me heheheh
higher volts = bench stable no probs heh

[tekjunkie]

Yep, its the board allright. My Qx9650 in running fine and priming on my P5N-T with 1.25V Vcore and 400 FSB(400*9=3.6GHZ) with SPI 1M and 32M stable , but the SIIE can't even do 375 FSB on my E3110, all on auto,xp freezes on a SPI 32M run. I guess I will have to RMA it.I didn't think it was my processor as it did 333*9 on 1.000V set in bios with loadline calibration disabled and 12 hour prime stable.

[eternal_fantasy]

look at my thread for testing notes

generally with P1 and P2 enabled you will have to increase SPP voltage and also SPP VTT

i also find FSB gain from MCP voltage increase to max but look at the notes too

auto volts and tight timings and high FSB resulted in HDD corruption for me heheheh
higher volts = bench stable no probs heh

Yes been following your thread, but your settings were with dual core and under phase, whereas I'm just under water!

Im not using the onboard SATA ports, so I don't know if I will get the data corruption, but after some stability tests and 3DMark runs there weren't any sign of corrupt system files. Yet.

Will do more tests with this BIOS, looks mighty promising though.

[dinos22]

i corrupted both SATA and IDE drives

reason = too agreesive RAM timings heheh

[cognoscenti]

I now have the Q6600 stable at 1889FSB with lower multiplier, is that any good?

Was just testing how high the FSB can go with this Quad.