ASUS Official X79 Motherboards Support Thread

[t_ski]

New BIOS. This one's for the Pro:

http://support.asus.com/Download.asp...-ASUS-3501.zip

[TuKo]

P9X79 PRO BIOS 3501
Enhance compatibility with some USB devices.

[SGasan116]

Hello!

I7-3930
PNY GTX295
Sabertooth X79
Windows 7-32 bit (later will be 64-bit)

Help me, please, to connect my HDD and DVD drives to Sabertooth X79.
I have four internal WD Black, a couple years old HDD's (one of them is system drive) - no RAID and two internal DVD drives: DVD read (going to replace wth BD+RW later) and DVD+RW. Also thinking about adding SSD drive next year.

There are 2 brown, 4 black and 2 grey USB connectors. Which way is more efficient to connect all this staff?

P.S. And also any recommendations for 4x4GB 1866Mhz memory kit?

[Raja@ASUS]

The Intel ports are the fastest and best used for OS install and BOOTable devices. You can use the non-Intel ports for storage.

For a 4X4GB memory kit, check Corsair and Gskill for X79 qualified 16GB memory kits.

[TuKo]

Any news on a P9X79 WS bios for Ivy Bridge-E? It scares me... That only board not getting it.

[Raja@ASUS]

Sorry, I won't deal with UEFI requests for unreleased CPUs at this stage. The WS team has a far longer qualification period than our desktop boards for one thing. People start worrying for no reason on these things. You can contact your local ASUS support if you wish.

[MetalRacer]

My R4E freezes when I try to apply a saved O.C. profile, any fixes other than flashing BIOS?

[Raja@ASUS]

Update UEFI to latest I think.

[Acesi7]

I'm thinking about moving on to the Asus Rampage IV Extreme, and just had a question about the EZ-PIN's.

If I was to be running the following:

3960x
3x EVGA 780 Classifieds
32gb RAM 1600mhz C8 Dominator

What EZ-PLUG's would have to plug in, would it be a requirement for 3-way SLI to have the additional 6 pin plug, and also in the CPU area, would I need both the 8-pin CPU and the 4-pin CPU plugged in?

Cheers.

[Raja@ASUS]

For 3 GPUs you defintiely need to plug in the 6 pin. 8 and 4 pin are recommended if OCing the CPU.

[TuKo]

BIOS 4306 for P9X79 WS released to public
1. Improved system compatibility.
2. Enhance stability for security module TPM.
3. Add XMP function in EZMode.
4. Support Intel Ivy Bridge-E Series CPU.

http://support.asus.com/download.asp...ROUOIiERPjTvMT

Just tried it and it's awesome... GUI has been reworked and options reordered in a more logical way. Great bios !

[owikh84]

Got two X79 boards - R4E and PRO to pair with the 4930K ES:


Today I got a chance to take the 4930K + R4E for a spin on my test bench under water:


So far, the best clock for watercooled 4930K is 4.7GHz @ 1.45v (LLC very high)




Mem OC is kinda hard so far can't really OC at all with my 4x Hynix-CFR sticks :sweat:

[LardArse]

use this - bear in mind highest working ratio is 2400 ratio so use bclk for rest of mem oc ie 125 with 2133 ratrio etc

updated R4E Bios and tools such as turboVcore/memtweakit
http://www.mediafire.com/?p8tc4vb6hkntsyo

improve dram tuning/presets
note - can try enable swizzling bit 1 when imc is tough to train under cold - but may deprove stability

BIOS for R4F
http://www.mediafire.com/?6103gmow2he23gd

Bios for R4G
http://www.mediafire.com/?ebvigk79u9vixg9

[owikh84]

^ thanks bro.

Hynix-CFR @ 3000 12-14-14-35-2T

[tistou77]

The "Read", "Write" and "Copy" (Aida64) are really low with IB-E (and bios IB-E)
I 66000 with a 3930K (ram 2400 9-11-11) and the bios 4206 (33000 with bios 4403/0020)
The problem is because the bios or Aida64?

[tistou77]

So, the problem is because the bios, even lower performance with Sisoft Sandra and other benchmark

To see if Asus fixes the problem....

[Leeghoofd]

AIDA and co need update to fully support your new CPU, I get normal numbers here with my latest AIDA64 version, this with the CPU at stock and rams at 1600C8 (Copy-Read-Write)

Plus you can never compare output of different versions of AIDA. Your 66000 score is probably due to a bugged or too old AIDA version mate... that really ain't happening, otherwise this would scorch the Haswell platform clock per clock with that bandwidth...

Intel i7 3930K 42507 46305 46489
Intel i7 3960X 42678 46754 46406
Intel i7 4960X 44405 47209 46360

[tistou77]

AIDA and co need update to fully support your new CPU, I get normal numbers here with my latest AIDA64 version, this with the CPU at stock and rams at 1600C8 (Copy-Read-Write)

Plus you can never compare output of different versions of AIDA. Your 66000 score is probably due to a bugged or too old AIDA version mate... that really ain't happening, otherwise this would scorch the Haswell platform clock per clock with that bandwidth...

Intel i7 3930K 42507 46305 46489
Intel i7 3960X 42678 46754 46406
Intel i7 4960X 44405 47209 46360

I don't think a bug or other with Aida64, I got the same results (approximately) with Aida64, Sisoft Sandra, etc ...
Only bios changes

with 4206





With 4403/0020




Or any softwares are bugged
The common point is the bios, and I noticed that the secondary and tertiary timings are less aggressive with the 4310, 4403 and 0020

[Leeghoofd]

Interesting find, check with latest memtweakit and adjust the setting till you find the culprit... latest bios is 4501 (click to download)

[tistou77]

Yes I will try that, I find it strange that Asus has "relaxed" these timings

[Leeghoofd]

Probably to allow higher frequencies and a more stable setup... yet again this is an older bios you are on, we are already a few versions ahead...

[tistou77]

Maybe, I tested with the latest bios available (4310, 4401, 4403, 4501 and 0020) and same results

[Leeghoofd]

I'll reflash to 4501 in a moment and compare results too...

[tistou77]

Ok

Because when I see a "SB-E" to 4500 with ram to 2400 9-11-11 best (bandwidth) that "IB-E" to 4600 with ram to 3000 12-14-14

I hope Asus will modify secondary and tertiary timings (when left in Auto)

[Leeghoofd]

well high frequencies don't always mean better performance, some people tend to loose that out of sight... same with Haswell, sweetspot is aroudn 260-2800, not at 3000 or higher as indeed the subtimings have to be dialed in way too loose

Running 4401 now on 4960x 1600 and will test 2400mhz, then flashing to 4501

EDIT: Seems indeed all the subs are set at 7, however if I dial them in manually, I get heaps of bandwidth increase yet my Superpi score is not influenced at all... so the extra generated bandwidth is not used