ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[Zucker2k]

Here's a hint to all you pushing your vdimms. I am running both memory kits in my rig: the Corsair ir rated at DDRII 1066 @ 2.1v; the Team Xtreem is rated at DDRII 800 @ 2.0-2.2v.

While I was testing for stability at 8x465, with the FSBRAM divider ratio at 5:6, resulting in a DDRII 1116 (5-5-5-18) I LOGICALLY pushed the vdimm to as high as 2.3v. Going by the extreme overclock, at least from the Xtreem ram's perspective from 800-1116, 2.3v would seem justified, even admirable. So whenever stability testing failed, I pushed the vdimm a little bit more convinced that the Xtreem rams were the weakest link. Now, this board over-volts the vdimm by .04 so my 2.3v was actually being reported by everest as 2.34v. Finally, I started looking at the graphical charts under OCCT testing, and noticed vdimm always lowering to around 2.14v. You guessed it, I backed down vdimm to 2.1; +.04v vdimm set me solidly at 2.14v. I run the tests again and I was stable as a rock. And I did it with only 1.53 set for NB in the bios. I used the same observatory strategy as above to determine that as well. OCCT is a very cool app indeed. Cheers!