Asus CHV Formula overclocking

[BeepBeep2]

Beep: I have no problem with PSC...easy over 2000 MHz 8-9-7 stable with GSkills 2x 2GB kits, but Im in use older BIOS new one will be for FX

hahaha, I'm at loop 11 at 7-10-7-27 1T...

What did I do to fix the problem?

First I looked at my manual to make sure I had the sticks in the best performing slots...
Then I looked to see if any PSC kits were compatibile in the 2000 CL7 and 2133 CL7 category..then saw my exact kit was listed in the 2133 category...

I loaded up my best drive strengths, that got me to about ~1900 suicide...then loaded the XMP profile with D.O.C.P...and I was able to set 2133 7-9-7 1.72v in windows with CPU-Tweaker.

Easy boot at 2133 7-10-7, 1.65v set. Loop 16 in 32M right now with 2936 CPUNB. I don't understand what the problem is with compatibility, this has to be something beyond what you can change in the bios.

[hokiealumnus]

FYI to anyone that has this board - when (if) you get BD, update your UEFI before pulling your Phenom II.

EDIT - Also FYI, updating to the new AGESA code that's optimized for Bulldozer will affect overclocking Phenom II chips, most notably on the CPU-NB & HT fronts. So while you it is highly recommended you update the UEFI before installing your new BD chip, don't update to the newest until you're ready to make the jump.

[tiborrr]

2 of the most idiotic thing this motherboard lacks:

- higher NB multiplier (my old board use to have x20, now it's limited to x16)
- support for X4 970T (Zosma, not Deneb - I'm stuck at 1.2Vcore no matter what)

All in all it runs CPUs great, HTT clocking is quite good but still not on par with DDR2 boards:

This was done on my D.I.Y. 2-stage cascade:

[FlanK3r]

Beep: hehe, nice one!

tiborr:hard to say, I think, FSB is not only about motherboard, but too about CPU, u must use the same of piece of CPU

[mav2000]

Quick work on the Gskill flares I got this afternoon. Help required to push it further.

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[BeepBeep2]

I suggest running the 0051 bios, seems like the last bios really very compatible with PSC + Thuban (I could be wrong, but 2150 7-10-7 says otherwise)

Overclock in D.O.C.P. mode...hard to get very far without. I was limited around 1900 without XMP profile loaded. (You just have to load it in D.O.C.P, change whatever you want HT ref and timing wise after that)

I'll suggest these drives in order like they are in the bios for PSC (probably not optimal, but close enough for now):
CKE: 1.00x
CS/ODT: 1.25x
ADDR/CMD: 1.00x
MEMCLK: 1.5x
Data: .75x
DQS: 1.00x

[mav2000]

Thanks beep will try them later today. As of now, I am super pi 32 stable, but not stable in prime at all....what kind of voltages for CPU NB and memory? And cpu? Thanks again.

[BeepBeep2]

Thanks beep will try them later today. As of now, I am super pi 32 stable, but not stable in prime at all....what kind of voltages for CPU NB and memory? And cpu? Thanks again.

My NB is weak so 1.385v with LLC on High for CPUNB at 3000, that's not the lowest, just playing that safe for now. It doesn't seem to affect ram frequency any.
CPU from 1.44v to 1.6v depending on frequencies I'm running, 4000 Mhz on 6 cores to 4496 on 2 cores with one at that speed. I find it funny that I need this many volts, you shouldn't...my CPU is a bit of a dud in that regard.

Highest I could get stable in 32M was 2150 7-10-7 but this is with 2133 7-10-7 Pi. I'm gonna run Prime on 2000 6-10-6 tonight, the board is doing really well with CL6 (890 board didn't do CL6) but efficiency is a big issue as well as tRCD 9 and 90ns trfc for me which is really just my sticks.

I got 6-9-6 in 32M up to 2050 with this kit, albeit at 1.75v.

[mav2000]

I also found 1600 CL6-6-6 to be faster in AIDA than 2000 7-9-7...but I will hang on to both kits for now till I get a BD in my hands..The latest bios seems to have a PSC chip setting in the memory part of the bios...tried that, but thats 7-12-7 I think.

[mav2000]

Thanks a lot beep. The bios did it for me. Stll working on it though, but its prime stable as well:



Direct link:

http://i.imgur.com/C3AEP.jpg

[Daveburt714]

Overclock in D.O.C.P. mode...hard to get very far without. I was limited around 1900 without XMP profile loaded. (You just have to load it in D.O.C.P, change whatever you want HT ref and timing wise after that)

Hey beep, I hate to sound like a total noob, but what's the difference between "Manual" and "D.O.C.P" mode?
My Sabertooth has that option too, and I've never used it.... Don't really have a clue what changes.
More OC options maybe? I set it tonight, and didn't notice anything different from manual mode....

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.. Dave

[BeepBeep2]

You can load the XMP profile of your sticks with it. It's a kind of auto OC feature.

However, you can change whatever you want after you've loaded your XMP profile (lower/up the HT ref, change the timings even though XMP is loaded)

[Dumo]

Nice retail box

Oc tests next...

[theoldtimer]

Nice Dumo, now for the fun part.

[tbone8ty]

I suggest running the 0051 bios, seems like the last bios really very compatible with PSC + Thuban
I'll suggest these drives in order like they are in the bios for PSC (probably not optimal, but close enough for now):
CKE: 1.00x
CS/ODT: 1.25x
ADDR/CMD: 1.00x
MEMCLK: 1.5x
Data: .75x
DQS: 1.00x

hey beep, would u recommend these drive strengths for a G.skill Sniper 2x4gb 1866 9-10-9-28-1T kit?

haven't changed timings but im at right around 1900mhz and if i got any more its unstable and crashes in OCCT

i have memory set at 1.65v up from stock 1.5v...could be these r jsut budget sticks and already at the limit on my phenom 1090t IMC

also im running 0705 bios i dunno if i like it may try 0051 or go back to 0506

[tbone8ty]

oh yeah..where can i get beta bioses for thuban?

edit: oop nm i found it LOL

[BeepBeep2]

hey beep, would u recommend these drive strengths for a G.skill Sniper 2x4gb 1866 9-10-9-28-1T kit?

haven't changed timings but im at right around 1900mhz and if i got any more its unstable and crashes in OCCT

i have memory set at 1.65v up from stock 1.5v...could be these r jsut budget sticks and already at the limit on my phenom 1090t IMC

also im running 0705 bios i dunno if i like it may try 0051 or go back to 0506

I don't suggest that at all for the 8GB sniper kit. You will have to test yourself, unless those have Hynix BFR IC's (could be, but could also be Nanya like Corsairs kits), then Raja's CHV OC guide should be some help to you.

PSC, Hyper and Hynix BFR are all different animals...

[mav2000]

Well, so is it true that the CH V is getting flack for the less than impressive benchmarks...and the power draw?...tell me thats not true......I already dropped a bit on the board and now that BD power consumption is soooo very awesome, I would like to atleast know that the board is fine.

[mav2000]

Well, so is it true that the CH V is getting flack for the less than impressive benchmarks...and the power draw?...tell me thats not true......I already dropped a bit on the board and now that BD power consumption is soooo very awesome, I would like to atleast know that the board is fine.

[BeepBeep2]

Well, so is it true that the CH V is getting flack for the less than impressive benchmarks...and the power draw?...tell me thats not true......I already dropped a bit on the board and now that BD power consumption is soooo very awesome, I would like to atleast know that the board is fine.

See, I dropped $230 of my own cash on the board to get ready for BD.
Mind you I am a 16 year old with no job so no income. I do things here and there for person X and person Y and make a negligible amount of money every once in a blue moon.

Problems with my situation:
My parents agreed a month ago to cover BD, however my dad is dumb and didn't realize he needed new brakes for his car. He let them go 65k miles.
$500 spent later, I don't have money for BD. I won't have money for BD for a month or more, and to be honest with performance and power consumption looking the way they are I really don't give a right now if I have the cash for it or not.

However I already have the board and I doubt anyone will buy it. Most of the hardcore AMD guys that actually want a BD chip already have their boards. I'm not intending to sell my board for $120 just to get it out of my hands.

These BIOSes are turned toward BD, and not optimized at all for Thuban/Deneb. You actually lose 2-3% with this board compared to 890FX.

I bought the board for FX. Now I can't/don't want FX. I didn't realize FX would be such a failure in single threads.

As far as the board being fine other than being totally inefficient with Thuban/Deneb performance wise? Of course it's fine. I love my board other than the fact that my system is now slower than it was before and I am down $230.

[El Gappo]

The board is excellent, voltages are a little out of wack but that's about it. As far as it is to use with BD it hasn't given me any issues. I did write a little CHV/FX OC guide but I won't spoil the fun for you

[Dumo]

Memory/NB test with Gskill 2133 C8

[mav2000]

Well, I guess your running it cold.....but thats by far the best I have seen till now.

So what do you guys prefer, PSC or Hypers?

[The Stilt]

A new beta bios for C5F was released today

Added option to disable individual cores in a compute unit*

* You cannot "mix" compute units working in single core and dual core mode.
If you disable e.g core 8 and leave all of the other active, the system will hang during post.
Core 1, Core 3, Core 5, Core 7 active (= 4 compute units / 4 threads).
If you still want to decrease the amount of threads, you need to disable the compute units (by disabling CU 7, 5 and / or 3).

Added override option in "DRAM Driving Control" menu (for Addr/Command timing control): Enabled = Asus optimized values will be used, Disabled = AMD reference values will be used. While the optimized values generally work better at high MEMCLK frequencies, it is recommended to use the AMD reference values at official frequencies (up to DDR-1866) to maximise the memory compability.

Addr/Command timing control values are now selected from a drop down menu (instead of a direct input method).
The current settings are now also displayed in bios.

Northbridge multipliers up to 31x are now available (instead of the previous 16x).
Raising the BCLK unnecessarily high is no longer required to reach proper NCLK frequency.

CPU Level Up function has been added.

ASUS C5F Bios 9911

Asus bios team + AMD =

[charged3800z24]

Awesome, can't wait till my BD chip gets here...