ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[GAR]

cadaveca , Any luck with the voltage and P95 issue????

[cadaveca]

Unfortunately no.got my cpu up to 85c Tjunction, but still not able to overcome the problem. Next I'll try removing the "EPU" driver...but I have things to do today before I get a chance to play on the pc.

[GAR]

Unfortunately no.got my cpu up to 85c Tjunction, but still not able to overcome the problem. Next I'll try removing the "EPU" driver...but I have things to do today before I get a chance to play on the pc.

Sounds good.

[SVakaTOR]

Hi there everyone! Im going to OC my q6600 from stock to 3000Mhz. And this is what I going to do:
1) AI OC -> Manual
2) CPU Ration Control -> Manual
3) FSB Frequency -> 333
4) PCI Frequency -> 100
5) Dram Frequency -> 1067
6) Dram Command Rate -> 2T
7) Dram Timings Control -> Manual
8) Dram Timings -> 5-5-5-15
9) CPU Voltage -> 1.35 (?)
10) Dram Voltage -> 2.2
11) FSB Term Voltage -> (?)
12) NB Voltage -> (?)
13) SB Voltage -> (?)
14) C1E -> Disable

Can you please check if I am missing something or something is not correct coz this is my first OC . Also Im not sure and simply dont know what to put instead (?). Thanks.

[STaRGaZeR]

yeah, i disable all the cr*p that vista 64 Ultimate has, i have around 29-33 process's running. from the stock 44 and up.............anyone know what TrustedInstaller.exe is??? i googled it, but nothing really about it....except it belongs to MS.

Windows Update related.

BTW, after installing EPU Driver I don´t see what the hell is doing.

[ChaosMinionX]

Hi there everyone! Im going to OC my q6600 from stock to 3000Mhz. And this is what I going to do:
1) AI OC -> Manual
2) CPU Ration Control -> Manual
3) FSB Frequency -> 333
4) PCI Frequency -> 100
5) Dram Frequency -> 1067
6) Dram Command Rate -> 2T
7) Dram Timings Control -> Manual
8) Dram Timings -> 5-5-5-15
9) CPU Voltage -> 1.35 (?)
10) Dram Voltage -> 2.2
11) FSB Term Voltage -> (?)
12) NB Voltage -> (?)
13) SB Voltage -> (?)
14) C1E -> Disable

Can you please check if I am missing something or something is not correct coz this is my first OC . Also Im not sure and simply dont know what to put instead (?). Thanks.

CPU Voltage 1.35 might do it, you may need to adjust. Set FSB Term to 1.4v, NB Voltage to 1.49-1.55(whatever makes it stable, start at 1.49v) SB - 1.125v should do it.

Also set CPU GTL Ref - .63x and NB GTL Ref- .63x or .67x whichever lets it boot, then stress test, if you get errors check your voltages this one like my board may need to goto .67x with quad and however much RAM you have.

[GAR]

Windows Update related.

BTW, after installing EPU Driver I don´t see what the hell is doing.

EPU driver, i didnt know we had to install one??? is it auto installed when you do a fresh format, or do i have to manually install it, because i dont see anything in device manager for EPU????

[STaRGaZeR]

EPU driver, i didnt know we had to install one??? is it auto installed when you do a fresh format, or do i have to manually install it, because i dont see anything in device manager for EPU????

When you install AISuite from the mobo CD, it asks you to install it prior AISuite installation.

[ShawnTRD]

ASUS Maximus Formula, and ASUS Maximus Formula SE use the same driver and BIOS right?

[SVakaTOR]

CPU Voltage 1.35 might do it, you may need to adjust. Set FSB Term to 1.4v, NB Voltage to 1.49-1.55(whatever makes it stable, start at 1.49v) SB - 1.125v should do it.

Also set CPU GTL Ref - .63x and NB GTL Ref- .63x or .67x whichever lets it boot, then stress test, if you get errors check your voltages this one like my board may need to goto .67x with quad and however much RAM you have.

yea all works fine as you recomended. Thanks. Though I have some questions. My memory is Crucal Ballistix 8500 should run at 2.2 so is in BIOS but PC Probe is showing my 2.29 - 2.3 what is that suppose to mean? Any danger? I havent tested memory yet coz of that. Then next thing is I use Everest to monitore temperatures and it shows that CPU temp is 47C though I have 4 more below and they are like 64C each. So which one should i look at during OCing?

[cadaveca]

set 2.1 in bios for 2.2v.

[china]

Sorry to ask this in this thread, but I'm kind of in a hurry. Is the plain P5E worth it, what are the major differences to the Maximus in terms of overclocking?

[MIS3]

I know the BIOS are different and also, they are some minor, minor changes on the boards. Not sure what are the differences between the 2 boards in term of OC and perfromance.

However, since these 2 boards are similar in price and they are both available (at least in Toronto), I do not see any reason to buy the P5E at all.

[purecain]

none.... i have the P5E and its amazing..... i can run my quad at 4gig for benching and 3.6-3.8 24/7. the bios for both boards are now almost identical. the initial bios the board comes with doesnt have as many options as the maximus bios but the update has virtually the same settings as the maximus.... its £70 cheaper than the maximus and if you look under the P5E sticker on the board youll find it is a maximus. its just the lcd poster crap that you dont get and a reset button....

[TheSamurai]

wow so i decided to push my q6600 go stepping to see what it could do with this mobo and i am very impressed i got it to 3.7 ghz with 1.5 v to my cpu...im water cooled and it doesnt get above 45c with load...im very impressed with this thing and this mobo i love x38 more and more every day!!

what were the ambient temps when you got the 3.7 ghz?

[Langley]

Great mobo really great mobo!
I must put 1,38Vcore to be stable with 1200mhz cas 5 crucial pc8500 with 1000 cas 4 i am quadprime stable with 1.35Vcore hem...why? any idea???
Now i try to put down the Vdimm... for a next lap of quadprime!
So the only bad new about this maximus is NO SLI support!!!!!
Intel why don't u work for a chipset that support scalable link interface??
Please!!!

[CERO]

hmz does this board rlly overvolting the DImms?

[tylerw13]

what were the ambient temps when you got the 3.7 ghz?

my temps in my room are around 77-80 degrees F....lol i know i know my computer and tv really put out the heat...my processor idles @ about 36c i could probably increase my multi to 9 and overclock higher i hope this board gets better overclocking than 465 fsb eventually...but i like faster fsb

[cadaveca]

hmz does this board rlly overvolting the DImms?

Yep.

[froste]

hmz does this board rlly overvolting the DImms?

My board overvolts vDIMM by .08 volts, i.e. 2.02 in BIOS will give 2.1 actual. Actual is going off of BIOS monitoring and Probe software.

[Langley]

hmz does this board rlly overvolting the DImms?

Yes overvolt the dimms.... with a tester the real vdimm is about +0.07V but depend about the dimms r installed... with 1,80 from bios u have about 1,87v with tester... so i try to rase down the voltage...

[CERO]

My board overvolts vDIMM by .08 volts, i.e. 2.02 in BIOS will give 2.1 actual. Actual is going off of BIOS monitoring and Probe software.

hehe I was hoped that some1 actually measured with a DImm, but .08 = huge oO

[CERO]

Yes overvolt the dimms.... with a tester the real vdimm is about +0.07V but depend about the dimms r installed... with 1,80 from bios u have about 1,87v with tester... so i try to rase down the voltage...

Hmz so Asus Probe is close to accurate:X

[STaRGaZeR]

vDIMM and vMCH measure points would be nice for optimal tweaking, I really don´t trust nothing but a good MM

[TheSamurai]

my temps in my room are around 77-80 degrees F....lol i know i know my computer and tv really put out the heat...my processor idles @ about 36c i could probably increase my multi to 9 and overclock higher i hope this board gets better overclocking than 465 fsb eventually...but i like faster fsb

i guess i should ask where you're getting your temp reading from? i was using core temp and it's higher then every other program... my 3.825 was 55 or so in a 72 F room on full load and around 28 or so when idle (according to core temp).