ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS - Dual Socket 2011

[lutjens]

Stork dropped this off... 1 of 2:

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I'll be most interested in what you come up with in terms of BCLK overclocking...

As this is one of the first retail examples in the wild, could you please confirm that the multiplier is indeed locked on the retail chips and if the board lets you access any of the Turbo multis?

[Movieman]

I'll be most interested in what you come up with in terms of BCLK overclocking...

As this is one of the first retail examples in the wild, could you please confirm that the multiplier is indeed locked on the retail chips and if the board lets you access any of the Turbo multis?

Retails are C2 stepping and locked.
31 default, 24 on turbo on all cores and 38 on 1-2 cores.
POSITIVE on that.
BCLK should do 105, 106 "maybe" and if the Motherboard God's love you possibly 108 but don't bet on that.

[lutjens]

Retails are C2 stepping and locked.
31 default, 24 on turbo on all cores and 38 on 1-2 cores.
POSITIVE on that.
BCLK should do 105, 106 "maybe" and if the Motherboard God's love you possibly 108 but don't bet on that.

I was just wondering that since x38 multi needs to be unlocked for the 1-2 cores scenario if somehow Asus found a way for the board could "cheat" a little and utilize that multi in the BIOS full time. Asus has done wacky things before that violate Intel dogma...

[Movieman]

I was just wondering that since x38 multi needs to be unlocked for the 1-2 cores scenario if somehow Asus found a way for the board could "cheat" a little and utilize that multi in the BIOS full time. Asus has done wacky things before that violate Intel dogma...

Interesting thought but I got it from "very" good authority that there's no way around the BCLK strap issue and the "WHO' of this is someone I respect VERY much..
I had thought that perhaps the 38 multi was thermally controlled so maybe keeping the chips under X temp might fool it but it's locked solid.
Another thought:
I was thinking and it came to me that with each generation Intel takes more and more of the ability to overclock away from us.
Guys got their i7-920's to do the speeds of the 975's so what do we see next? SB chips with locked down BCLK's on the first P67 boards
Manufacturers got around this and now the boot at 100 is on the chip.
Now overclocking is probably what? Somewhere between 1-3% of their overall business BUT those overclockers spend way above the average of the normal user but we're still looked at like the red headed stepchild.
Oh yes, they toss us a bone here and there with the K or X unlocked multi desktop cpu's just to keep us quiet but at the same time do their damnest to
keep us "in our place"
There is no reason in hell that when someone spends $3800.00 for TWO damned cpu's that they should be disabled in any way shape or form.
Are you hearing me Intel? Unlock the multi's and enable the BCLK strap on the top E5-26xx cpu's!

[kuroikenshi]

^^ Would ES samples be limited by BLCK strap as well?

[Movieman]

^^ Would ES samples be limited by BLCK strap as well?

Yes, I did hear a rumor of early stepping 8 cores with unlocked multi's but haven't found anyone thats seen one.

[paulbagz]

there is no reason in hell that when someone spends $3800.00 for two damned cpu's that they should be disabled in any way shape or form.
are you hearing me intel? Unlock the multi's and enable the bclk strap on the top e5-26xx cpu's!

testify!

-pb

[kuroikenshi]

what about "Dr.Who"?... I don't know if he's part of that deign team, but wouldn't he know where to look for them...? (treasure map saying the treasure is under a giant T....)

[Movieman]

what about "Dr.Who"?... I don't know if he's part of that deign team, but wouldn't he know where to look for them...? (treasure map saying the treasure is under a giant T....)

He's not a designer. He's a PR guy with a few skills.

[kuroikenshi]

Ah, my mistake, I was always under the impression that he (JP) was involved with design somehow, however I suppose if that was the case there'd be no way Intel would let him post squeak all on here.

comes to show how much I know of him... nada

[Nizzen]

He's not a designer. He's a PR guy with a few skills.

I red

He's a PR guy with a few kills

[Movieman]

Originally Posted by Movieman
He's not a designer. He's a PR guy with a few skills.

I red
He's a PR guy with a few kills

More like a guy whose issued a permit for Bear but only goes after rabbits and squirrels because they can't fight back.

[zalbard]

He's a PR guy with a few skills.

What happened to the nice and ever polite old Movieman?..

[Movieman]

What happened to the nice and ever polite old Movieman?..

He got sick and tired of being played for a fool by some of these people and decided it's time to say it like it is.
Now thats not all of these companies or even all of the people within any company.
I've dealt with some excellent people, even ones who said no to requests but some of these guys need to be handed a reality check
No more smooch while they treat us like fools to serve their agenda's..I've had enough of their BS to last me a lifetime.

[[XC] gomeler]

He got sick and tired of being played for a fool by some of these people and decided it's time to say it like it is.
Now thats not all of these companies or even all of the people within any company.
I've dealt with some excellent people, even ones who said no to requests but some of these guys need to be handed a reality check
No more smooch while they treat us like fools to serve their agenda's..I've had enough of their BS to last me a lifetime.

Heck yeah, bring on the raging kneecap breaking Movieman we all want

[beaker7]

Family is growing. Case coming today. 1 more ram kit too, probably tomorrow. Hope to have something going by this weekend.

[Farmer Boe]

Hot damn! Looking forward to seeing the beast running.

[Andrew LB]

He got sick and tired of being played for a fool by some of these people and decided it's time to say it like it is.
Now thats not all of these companies or even all of the people within any company.
I've dealt with some excellent people, even ones who said no to requests but some of these guys need to be handed a reality check
No more smooch while they treat us like fools to serve their agenda's..I've had enough of their BS to last me a lifetime.

Woa... now that's a side of you i've never seen. And considering i've been on this forum for about a decade... that's saying a lot.

I just don't want to hear about any Intel employees getting kneecapped in the parking lot ya hear?

[Movieman]

family is growing. Case coming today. 1 more ram kit too, probably tomorrow. hope to have something going by this weekend.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooo!

[safan80]

Heck yeah, bring on the raging kneecap breaking Movieman we all want

+10!!

[kuroikenshi]

+10!!

Maybe we'll be seeing some Irish ire in full fledge.


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[lutjens]

He got sick and tired of being played for a fool by some of these people and decided it's time to say it like it is.
Now thats not all of these companies or even all of the people within any company.
I've dealt with some excellent people, even ones who said no to requests but some of these guys need to be handed a reality check
No more smooch while they treat us like fools to serve their agenda's..I've had enough of their BS to last me a lifetime.

Amen to that...

[beaker7]

So I got the Case Labs MH10 in last night. Very nice case overall but i was slightly disappointed to find that one cannot run 2 480 rads and 2 PSUs in the right side chamber as I had thought. I must have made an error in my research.

This leads me to a question.

I was planning to run the following: (only listing the power sucking items)

2x 2687w
1x Quadro 5000
2x EVGA GeForce 580 3GB Classified Hydro
2x swiftech pumps
4-5 7200RPM Drives

Was previously planning to run a Corsair AX1200 as the mains power supply, CPU, case items, board, etc, and then a secondary AX850 to push the PCI-E cable power to the cards.

Therefore my options are:

1) Run everything off the AX1200, freeing up space for 2 instead of 1 480 rad.
2) Run both PSU's as planned and try to run both 580's and both CPU on one 480 rad.
3) Get the top extension for MH10 so I can run a 480 rad on the board side as well <--would try to avoid since it adds height

Can an AX1200 handle that system reasonably? I don't want to run the PSU balls-out all the time either. Rig will not be used for gaming, only rendering and some GPU calculations.

[Movieman]

So I got the Case Labs MH10 in last night. Very nice case overall but i was slightly disappointed to find that one cannot run 2 480 rads and 2 PSUs in the right side chamber as I had thought. I must have made an error in my research.

This leads me to a question.

I was planning to run the following: (only listing the power sucking items)

2x 2687w
1x Quadro 5000
2x EVGA GeForce 580 3GB Classified Hydro
2x swiftech pumps
4-5 7200RPM Drives

Was previously planning to run a Corsair AX1200 as the mains power supply, CPU, case items, board, etc, and then a secondary AX850 to push the PCI-E cable power to the cards.

Therefore my options are:

1) Run everything off the AX1200, freeing up space for 2 instead of 1 480 rad.
2) Run both PSU's as planned and try to run both 580's and both CPU on one 480 rad.
3) Get the top extension for MH10 so I can run a 480 rad on the board side as well <--would try to avoid since it adds height

Can an AX1200 handle that system reasonably? I don't want to run the PSU balls-out all the time either. Rig will not be used for gaming, only rendering and some GPU calculations.

I would use the 850 PSU for the board,chips and HD and the 1200 for the vid cards..JMHO..
My SR2 with 2-X5680's at 4200, 260GTX,11-120x25 113cfm Deltas and 2 raptors drew 645W on a kill-a-watt off of a 1200w PCP+C

[kuroikenshi]

^^ man that's close to 2 Kilowatts........... where do I sign to subscribe to your thread when you get your new system up and running?