ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[Leeghoofd]

you watercooled the NB and SB Langley ? As those temps are the ones I dream off, till now I got 45°C lowest on the SB, 50°C on the NB (passive cooling), though I ripped off the heatsink combo now , awaiting my Arctic cleaning kit to get the putty off as it even resists to brake cleaner...

I did some tests with the Q6600 at 3200Mhz ( 8 x 400 ) ram at 1003mhz with 5-5-5-15 rest of ram timings auto, first results with Transaction booster enabled level 1 + static read control disabled -- Second scores : transaction booster disabled but static read control enabled

Everest Ultimate 4 gives me the following scores :

Read 8355 -- 8604
Write 7288 -- 7288
Copy 7638 -- 7732
Latency 61.2 -- 58.2

3Dmark2005

18888 -- 18900

Like stated before I can run the same FSB with way less chipset voltages if I disable transaction Booster... can anyone contradict these findings ? as I have similar results on my P5K DLX... but to me static read control gives faster ram performance than the transaction booster...

[Warboy]

you watercooled the NB and SB Langley s those temsp are th eones Idream off till now, I got 45°C lowest on the SB, 50°C on the NB, though I ripped off the heatsink combo, awaiting my Arctic cleaning kit to get the putty off as it even resists to brake cleaner...

I couldn't understand most of your post.

But Anyways,

Can anyone do a P5K vs maxiums SE Hard drive performance?

[Leeghoofd]

I couldn't understand most of your post.

But Anyways,

Can anyone do a P5K vs maxiums SE Hard drive performance?

edited my post , is it clear now ?

What benches do you want ?

[Darkstormz]

Is it worth it, selling my ASUS Commando and buy Maximus Formula?
I have a Xeon 3230 (ES) + 4GB Crucial PC8500.

Im running 4 x Seagate 320gb in Matrix-RAID. 40gb raid0 and rest = raid5. I´ve read about some raid issues with maximus formula, but cant find it now?

[Langley]

you watercooled the NB and SB Langley ? As those temps are the ones I dream off, till now I got 45°C lowest on the SB, 50°C on the NB (passive cooling), though I ripped off the heatsink combo now , awaiting my Arctic cleaning kit to get the putty off as it even resists to brake cleaner...

I did some tests with the Q6600 at 3200Mhz ( 8 x 400 ) ram at 1003mhz with 5-5-5-15 rest of ram timings auto, first results with Transaction booster enabled level 1 + static read control disabled -- Second scores : transaction booster disabled but static read control enabled

Everest Ultimate 4 gives me the following scores :

Read 8355 -- 8604
Write 7288 -- 7288
Copy 7638 -- 7732
Latency 61.2 -- 58.2

3Dmark2005

18888 -- 18900

Like stated before I can run the same FSB with way less chipset voltages if I disable transaction Booster... can anyone contradict these findings ? as I have similar results on my P5K DLX... but to me static read control gives faster ram performance than the transaction booster...

I have the maximus SE with fuzion... and i did'nt see a crappy wb like this... but i want to do my test with all mobo at default, so u see the nb voltage that is set to AUTO on bios (1,6V) i can try to put down some voltage
and the static read control is disable... because imho if u want the fast performance u can try to put up the freq of ddr2
I have the NB and the CPU with liquid, nothing of special!
I like the crucial pc8500 2 pair of 2gb and are all ok with high freq and tight timings

[Leeghoofd]

Is it worth it, selling my ASUS Commando and buy Maximus Formula?
I have a Xeon 3230 (ES) + 4GB Crucial PC8500.

I don't think the Maximus will bring more to you then your commando does already mate...maybe 3.8ghz and slightly faster timings,...but nothing earthshattering : if all runs fine keep the Commando


@Langley so if I read correctly you use the Fuzion waterblock ? or did you replace with an aftermarket one ?

[mXpS]

What is the best BIOS for this board? I'm receiving mine today and was wondering what I should flash to.

[TheSamurai]

0505... i'm going to test out 0602 if i can find it lol.

[weescott]

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/so...ula/MF0602.zip

I'm using 602. It supports the half multi's so I can run my Yorkfield properly. yaay. 505 wouldn't post.

[Leeghoofd]

Any updates on the change log for 602 ? 601 runs fine here too , zero issues ( till now lol )

[sonicsallen]

Any updates on the change log for 602 ? 601 runs fine here too , zero issues ( till now lol )

601？Where can I find it?

[TheSamurai]

602 here. same 3.8 mhz settings work as in 505. still can't get any higher then 425 fsb for some reason. i've tried 450 x 8, 450 x 6... nothing. nothing at all. i even cleared cmos and just changed those two things. nothing. i'm getting annoyed.i don't understand how the hell all the others are running 500 fsb. maybe it's my ram??? does it suck that bad that it can't handle 1000mhz?

[mXpS]

602 here. same 3.8 mhz settings work as in 505. still can't get any higher then 425 fsb for some reason. i've tried 450 x 8, 450 x 6... nothing. nothing at all. i even cleared cmos and just changed those two things. nothing. i'm getting annoyed.i don't understand how the hell all the others are running 500 fsb. maybe it's my ram??? does it suck that bad that it can't handle 1000mhz?

I haven't received the board yet so I can't talk about specifics but did you try with only 2 sticks of RAM?

[TheSamurai]

yup.
not this second time around but i have before. i'll give it a shot again later.

[ShawnTRD]

When ever I try pushing my 6750 to 3.0 or above the FSBT voltage, NB, and SB voltage all go up to there "high" level (all set at AUTO). Is this normal and ok? Or should I push them back manualy?

Thanks

[Scope666]

When ever I try pushing my 6750 to 3.0 or above the FSBT voltage, NB, and SB voltage all go up to there "high" level (all set at AUTO). Is this normal and ok? Or should I push them back manualy?

Thanks

as far as I can tell you have to try lowering them one at a time and check for stability. My board seems to want fairly high NB / FSB for the RAM to be stable at / above 3 gigs.

Anyone else have any findings in this area?

[DeViTTo]

these are my settings under bios

fsb frequ: 425
fsb strap: auto
pcie frequ: 110
ddram frequ: 1021
dram command: auto
dram timing: manual
4-5-5-14
rest auto
dram static: auto
ai clock twister: auto
transaction boost: auto
cpu volts: 1.55
cpu pll: 1.76
nb: 1.75
dram: 2.2
fsb termination: 1.4
sb: 1.175
loadline: enabled
cpu gtl: .63x
nb gtl: .67
ddr2 channel a: auto
b: auto
ddr2 controller: auto
sb 1.5: auto
cpu spread: disabled
pcie spread: disabled

hope this helps you guys out...honestly this freakin board is rock solid @ these settings i honestly have never had such ease of overclocking a cpu than with this mobo and as bios updates come out it will only get better!!! i seriously love my desicion to buy this thing!!! with my 680 i i couldnt even get over 3.45 with this same cpu...honestly amazing!!



edit my memory divider is 5:6 according to cpuz

Thanks for this info now at 3.8GHz stable and at new cas 4 timings Memory at 1021. Still on 504 tried 505 and have recently tried 602 but found couldnt get same OC on them so back to 504 and happy.

Only worry is the NB voltage at 1.79 but my previous voltage was 1.65 so doesnt seem much over will just have to watch temps also.

[-=j0nnyr0773n=-]

Thanks for this info now at 3.8GHz stable and at new cas 4 timings Memory at 1021. Still on 504 tried 505 and have recently tried 602 but found couldnt get same OC on them so back to 504 and happy.

Only worry is the NB voltage at 1.79 but my previous voltage was 1.65 so doesnt seem much over will just have to watch temps also.

I'd be worried about your cpu pll voltage. That is pretty high. I was told that 1.8 or so could kill your cpu. I know that board overvolts alot. Mine overvolts the cpu pll by about .12 so i'd watch that carefully if the "1.8 kill your processor" saying is true.

[DeViTTo]

I'd be worried about your cpu pll voltage. That is pretty high. I was told that 1.8 or so could kill your cpu. I know that board overvolts alot. Mine overvolts the cpu pll by about .12 so i'd watch that carefully if the "1.8 kill your processor" saying is true.

Yea im worried about some of the Volts but it works fine. I think i might revert to 466 x 8 settings still get 3.74Ghz with that stable but might try new cas 4 timings.

Thanks for your concern though.

[-=j0nnyr0773n=-]

What is your ram's default speed? 1066?

[TheSamurai]

those volts do seem really high. i have the same settings except 4-4-4-12 on 4 gb of ram and my voltages are much lower!!!

[DeViTTo]

What is your ram's default speed? 1066?

Ok I have just dropped the volts down to

CPU Vcore 1.50
CPU PLL 1.70
NB 1.69

Tried 3dmark01 just 4 initial tests usually stops on Nature if will cause probs later. Need to run Prime now but seems stable at these settings.

The Ballistics are rated 1066Mhz but running at 1021 510Mhz 4,5,5,14 timmings at 2.00V,

Just a question is it faster to have 466Bus x 8 Mutliplier = 3.74Ghz with 1864+ FSB and Memory around 559Mhz @ 5,5,5,15 on 5:6 Divider?

Than 425 x 9 @ 3.825 with 1700 FSB and Memory @510 4,5,5,14 on 5:6 Divider?

They both post about the same results on 3Dmark01 and 06. Have I answered my own question lol?

[Langley]

I don't think the Maximus will bring more to you then your commando does already mate...maybe 3.8ghz and slightly faster timings,...but nothing earthshattering : if all runs fine keep the Commando


@Langley so if I read correctly you use the Fuzion waterblock ? or did you replace with an aftermarket one ?

Fuzion... default wb of a default mobo.. no mod

[Eastcoasthandle]

no difference
for me

still running E6850 L720A478@ 500x8@1.456v 4ghz P95 stable
sandra bench is the same
so is everest

is that in reference to my P5W vs Maximus Formula comparison or another post

[-=j0nnyr0773n=-]

Ok I have just dropped the volts down to

CPU Vcore 1.50
CPU PLL 1.70
NB 1.69

Tried 3dmark01 just 4 initial tests usually stops on Nature if will cause probs later. Need to run Prime now but seems stable at these settings.

The Ballistics are rated 1066Mhz but running at 1021 510Mhz 4,5,5,14 timmings at 2.00V,

Just a question is it faster to have 466Bus x 8 Mutliplier = 3.74Ghz with 1864+ FSB and Memory around 559Mhz @ 5,5,5,15 on 5:6 Divider?

Than 425 x 9 @ 3.825 with 1700 FSB and Memory @510 4,5,5,14 on 5:6 Divider?

They both post about the same results on 3Dmark01 and 06. Have I answered my own question lol?

I have found in my testing that for me 450x8 gives better performance and higher scores in benchmarks compared to 400x9. This runs my cpu at the same speed but my ram is running 1081 when using the 8 divider and it is 1066 when using 9 divider. CPU benchies are higher with the 8 divider, which leads me to believe that these q6600's like higher fsb's.

The reason I ask about your ram speeds is because when you are running a divider of 8, what voltages do you have set for the ram because I can't get stable with that divider for some reason. I would like 450 or 445x8 but it is not happening.