Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[rob2k]

So your heatpipe assembly was not touching the board is places as well? It's odd, I think the screws in the back of the board are all the same length, I just don't think the metal extension pegs on the heatpipe assembly are all the same length, resulting in the rubber washers either touching or not touching the board. I don't think I want to put washers any where to compensate, I don't think it will help.

If you look through the early pages of this topic there are pics of the H/P thermal tape not touching the components just to the left of the ROG flashing logo so worth checking there too. The screws are all the same but I don't think every H/P threaded post is the same length without going in the loft and checking this out. I had high hopes with this boards stock cooling and additional heatsinks (hence high cost !) but all of that is in a box never to be used again.

As far as benching tools from my screenshots above you can see that I use RealTemp to show temps of individual CPU cores and Asus PcProbe for NB and SB temps. Everest is a great tool for memory and cache read/write performance. HyperPi is the mutlicore version of SuperPi and can be set to run on all 4 cores at once to 32M accuracy. The 24 loops take about 14 minutes so it is a fairly short indication of system stability after which you can use Prime95, 3dMark 06 and Vantage to test longer term stability and also more varied aspects of your system - graphics, disc performance, etc. It can be a touchy subject as people have varied opinions as to what makes a system stable. if mine runs HyperPi to32M on all four cores at once, primes for a couple of hours, runs 3dMark 06 and Vantage and then games without freezing or crashing then I am satisfied.

@ Ozzfest05 - Good results with the G.Skills. Looks like 500 is just around the corner