*** ASUS Sabertooth Z77 official thread - info, BIOS, preview, review etc.***

[jackbrennan2008]

I didn't have any fans blowing on my Ga-P67A-UD7 and it was fine. The chipsets don't really get all the hot. So watercooling is fine.

[herderien]

thx !

ps : it's stupid they don't do reviews yet...you can find those Z77 boards pretty much everywhere now...

[herderien]

i ordered mine today paired with a 2700k

a nice review :

http://www.kitguru.net/components/mo...ith-oc-gtx680/

[herderien]

ok so i did load bios 906...and no mater what i do, i cannot have any effect when i change cpu multiplier, i tried bios 801 too just in case.
i'm new to sandy OC, and frankly i'm a little lost in the bios...but even ai suite overclock doesn't seem to have any effect.

[FlanK3r]

now Im testing this mobo, but I have not the ideal CPU for it. Its IB, but not unlocked

[@rne]

Reviewing this mobo now for AwardFabrik. But i have a new cpu so no review will be published before NDA ends

[lysyn123]

Bios 1009

http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS...-ASUS-1009.CAP

[xtm]

Bios 1009

http://91.121.148.119/downloads/BIOS...-ASUS-1009.CAP

That is not a Sabertooth BIOS.

[lysyn123]

You checked?

[herderien]

raj gave the 1050 bios on the asus Z77 official thread (download the package with all the bioses inside)

[xtm]

You checked?

Ofc, returned an error.

[herderien]

anyone noticed 20°C temp (load) and 3/5 (idle) difference between thermal radar and realtemp for cpu ?

[Leeghoofd]

Core temps versus CPU sensor temps of the board ?

[TEDY]

Does this really have 5 yr warranty?

[herderien]

Core temps versus CPU sensor temps of the board ?

i'm not sure, witch is why i ask ^^

[Leeghoofd]

Does this really have 5 yr warranty?

Nope in fact it's only 1 year, the other 4 are done by Raja who comes personally to your house and fixes or swaps the motherboard. This service however is not free : in return of free food and drinks you can get along way...

Why do you think they print 5 years of warranty on the box ?

I have the Sabretooth here Herderien, I'll fire her up tomorrow... (which bios do you use ?)

[siggie]

anyone noticed 20°C temp (load) and 3/5 (idle) difference between thermal radar and realtemp for cpu ?

Idle not so much difference for me , but the load temps are definitely about 20 degrees lower in Thermal Radar.

[herderien]

I have the Sabretooth here Herderien, I'll fire her up tomorrow... (which bios do you use ?)

i use 906 right now, i had issues, i'll try 1050 asap

Idle not so much difference for me , but the load temps are definitely about 20 degrees lower in Thermal Radar.

yeah idle is like 3/5 degrees tops depending on which core

it's anoying because the vents profiles are based on the sensor temps, if there's 20 degrees diff between real and sensor there is not enough power throu the vents to cool the cpu because the board think its ok.
you have to manualy adjust the thresholds/ wich i did

[Tarowah]

I have my 2600k running at 4.6Ghz on air with this board, I just upgraded from the system in my sig, after seeing the Ivy Bridge benchmarks I didnt think it would be worth waiting so here I am.

I know next to nothing about how the settings work but I figured out enough to get things prime stable at 4.6Ghz with a max vcore of 1.34v, over all the speed of this board is impressive to say the least.

[@rne]

With 0906, memory oc above 2400+ gives me a hard time when pushing psc and bbse. also one thing i don't like is, that they have neither a post code display nor common pci port for debug led card :-/

[jackbrennan2008]

For those of you overclocking using the main multiplier and offset voltage you will need to disable "Asus Multicore Enhancement" if you want to take advantage of Intel speedstep. If you leave "Asus Multicore Enhancement" enabled your CPU will not clock down during idle periods.

It's years since i've had an ASUS board so it might be common knowledge, but it was just something i came across after overclocking my 2600k.

[itznfb]

For those of you overclocking using the main multiplier and offset voltage you will need to disable "Asus Multicore Enhancement" if you want to take advantage of Intel speedstep. If you leave "Asus Multicore Enhancement" enabled your CPU will not clock down during idle periods.

It's years since i've had an ASUS board so it might be common knowledge, but it was just something i came across after overclocking my 2600k.

Thank you for this... I couldn't remember what to disable to re-enable speed step after overclocking.

I have a 2500k running in this board @ 4.7ghz on Corsair H100. 52c max temp.

[herderien]

Thank you for this... I couldn't remember what to disable to re-enable speed step after overclocking.

I have a 2500k running in this board @ 4.7ghz on Corsair H100. 52c max temp.

did you keep the original fans or did you change them ?

[FlanK3r]

Czech review of Z77 Sabertooth
Asus Z77 Sabertooth - next Sabertooth at battlefield

[itznfb]

did you keep the original fans or did you change them ?

Original fans on the H100. They are loud but seem to push a lot of air.