***ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Owners Thread***

[Piggin]

I removed the CPU this morning & found two of the pins on the 2011 socket on the motherboard slightly discoloured.
I did not notice these before when I first mounted the chip.
Could the pins be bent, oxidised or out of position.
My concern is they could creat a high resistance on the underside of the CPU.
Has anyone had any experience of this?

[Royalk]

What is "Latency Boundary" stands for?
If I set it to "furthest", performance will drop, AIDA64 memory bandwidth will drop from 22000MB/s to 16000MB/s. Set either "Nearer" or "further" is OK.
So NEVER use "furthest" unless you are trying to get highest memory clock, right?

Nearer
MEM_NORM.jpg

Furthest
MEM_SLOW.jpg

[owikh84]

32GB Team Xtreem 2600C10 @ 2133 9-11-11-28-1T 1.65v


2400 9-11-11-31

[LardArse]

R4x 0013
Improves DRAM OC, at least for me. Can feedback here

http://www.mediafire.com/?08tcosnw4nezequ

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

@ LardArse

thanks buddy, going to give this a try out tonight

[donmarkoni]

R4x 0013
Improves DRAM OC, at least for me. Can feedback here

http://www.mediafire.com/?08tcosnw4nezequ

I'm a little disappointed with the way it improves memory OC... Would loose latencies improve overclokcing with 0006b too, or there are changes that really do the thing?

BIOS 0006b - RAM@default - 2400MHz 9-11-9-27-2T everything else on Auto | BIOS 0013 - RAM@default - 2400MHz 9-11-9-27-2T everything else on Auto

[Mydog]

I'm just testing my DRAM, G.Skill RipjawsZ 2133MHz 9-11-10-28 2T stock.

[LardArse]

I'm a little disappointed with the way it improves memory OC... Would loose latencies improve overclokcing with 0006b too, or there are changes that really do the thing?

you can maunally set mode 2 to get the exact same timings

[Mydog]

Trying to get lowest stable voltages for 5 GHz and so far the best I got is 1,39Vcore(1,36V under load with LLC at auto) with CPU PLL at 1,7(tried 1,3 to 1,9).
Any tips on how to lower vcore more?

[xarot]

Guys...don't do this at home!

Well...I've fiddled with custom builds since I was 16, now I'm 30 but it seems that sometimes things just go plain wrong way even with some experience...

So I got my RIVE and 3930K and wanted to put things on my table to test it first. So I had my NH-D14 with some Noctua backplate. OK I'll have to switch the backplate on the mobo for 1366 cooler to fit. I went to our couch to work since I don't have space on my computer table. So I took out the 2011 backplate and was about to install the 1366 backplate. Hmm...what are those plastic things, one of them is stuck to the 2011 backplate? I only found three of them...searched the carpet but hit nothing. Fail. Of course ASUS quality control might have had something to do with it, but I guess I just lost it. Fair enough, seems that every plastic ring has actually two of them in one so I got a spare one from there.

Ok while I was working with the mobo I had my 3930K still attached to the mobo. So I stand up from the couch to see better and turn the mobo around while the top socket was uninstalled...I saw something dropping which was the 3930K hitting the floor from approx. 1.5 meters.

So I froze for like 10 seconds and I was like oh fffffuuuu, this just can't happen. Quick look around the CPU, no any marks on it at all! Our wooden floor had a little scratch though, but since I pay rent only, that's OK..

Another careful look at the mobo, no bent pins! I was like yeahhh maybe I should try lottery next. I was still , with no cooler to check if the mobo or CPU was ok, so quickly I went to buy a 20 eur Intel stock cooler.

And here I am today, with 3930K at 4.7 with my H100, my old Dominator GT 1866 CL7s running at 1866 CL9 for starters. *PHEW* Sometimes a break is just good after something is going wrong...still deciding what to do with my old 990X, Rampage III Black edition etc. Btw once you go X, you can't turn back...I'd like a 3960X now.

And one question...I have 3-way SLI and my AX1200 doesn't have any free PCIe cables. The mobo requires one PCIe cable for 4-way SLI/CF, should I use one for 3-way too so I would not burn the ATX connector like on X58?

[donmarkoni]

you can maunally set mode 2 to get the exact same timings

Oh... So that's the thing. I expected 00xx BIOS to behave like that by default. Thanks!

[LardArse]

Guys...don't do this at home!

And one question...I have 3-way SLI and my AX1200 doesn't have any free PCIe cables. The mobo requires one PCIe cable for 4-way SLI/CF, should I use one for 3-way too so I would not burn the ATX connector like on X58?

yes you can use a molex to pcie convertor those that they used to bundle with video cards (prolly not anymore nowadays) , or at least just use the floppy power connector on EZ plug2 which at least has a thin +12v wire to share the load with

[LardArse]

Trying to get lowest stable voltages for 5 GHz and so far the best I got is 1,39Vcore(1,36V under load with LLC at auto) with CPU PLL at 1,7(tried 1,3 to 1,9).
Any tips on how to lower vcore more?

1.36 for 5G i dont think it gets any better than that...

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

1.36 for 5G i dont think it gets any better than that...

kinda what I was thinking, I have never run prime on mine but I would imagine I would need closer to 1.45-1.48v to stabilize those clocks.

[DuraN]

Im having some trouble with vantage on my R4E. The GPU scores are around 1k lower than they were on the GB UD3 with the same clocks on the gfx card. Fresh win install, same drivers same settings. Any takers ?

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[Bestofbritish96]

Advice appreciated as I am a beginner.

Doing a high-end build, on first power-up (pre-post) the board decided to smoke and crackle. Due to a mistake on my part, I tripped the power after 5 seconds.

LED's flashed up as green.

I am puzzled as to what I did wrong, is this just a bad board? I am assuming this is an RMA case ?

[SoF]

I removed the CPU this morning & found two of the pins on the 2011 socket on the motherboard slightly discoloured.
I did not notice these before when I first mounted the chip.
Could the pins be bent, oxidised or out of position.
My concern is they could creat a high resistance on the underside of the CPU.
Has anyone had any experience of this?

yepp here is some of my experience about this...

[kintaro]

Rma 100%.

[Mydog]

1.36 for 5G i dont think it gets any better than that...

kinda what I was thinking, I have never run prime on mine but I would imagine I would need closer to 1.45-1.48v to stabilize those clocks.

No plans on running Prime or LinX as long as it's stable enough for benching, gaming and F@H/WCG which it is. I've seen 3930K's stable at 5 ghz with 1,33 vcore and just wanted to see if anyone got some tricks to lower vcore some more.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

No plans on running Prime or LinX as long as it's stable enough for benching, gaming and F@H/WCG which it is. I've seen 3930K's stable at 5 ghz with 1,33 vcore and just wanted to see if anyone got some tricks to lower vcore some more.

I doubt 5ghz ht on @ 1.33 is truly stable but those are some low low volts for sb-e, but it does seem that newer chips run with much less vcore (Ivanqu's chip comes to mind).

[Dumo]

Testing 0013

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Testing 0013

those are some fast aida #'s

latency is super low and there's 16GB's

[sate200]

[DuraN]

I've been trying to match the GPU score from my UD3 on the R4E for a total of 10 hours, I've tried numerous UEFI's, two fresh Win7 installs, 3 different gfx drivers and a multitude of different memory timings or UEFI settings. The GPU score i get in 3DMark Vantage on the R4E is still a good 1000 points lower than on the GB UD3. So, the R4E clocks my CPU and mem really well but somehow doesnt perform in Vantage. The GB UD3 is generally crap for overclocking past 4.7 Ghz and 2133 mhz mem. Has anyone else been able to test both the GB boards and Asus boards in Vantage with the same GPU ?

Seems like GT2 is lagging behind, avg fps diff is 5 fps whilst GT1 yields 2 fps lower.

[xarot]

So I've been playing a little with my 3930K C2, and I've got 4.7 out of my chip with H100. Seems like this chip is not the best one, I need 1.4 V for 4.7 LinX 25 runs stable. However I suspect there might be an underlying problem with my RAMs (Hypers I think), since randomly I just get an error in LinX, no BSOD or anything. Also going over 1.4V on my H100 seems to activate throttling at some point. I ordered cheap RipjawsZ 1600 16 GB kit to replace the hypers, I had to set very relaxed timings and only DDR3-1066 to get rid of the random errors. Or at least I hope so...

Is the throttling temp 85-86 degs or 91 degs for C2 chips? from Real Temp GT I would say 91, but I still throttle at 85 or so.

Heh sate200 did you even boot the mobo with the stock cooling? Since you still have the plastic on the cooler