ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[iadstudio]

Also, if your CPU OC is not found it may be better to make a formal request for bios settings using your CPU then to frustrate yourself changing settings.

So if one wanted bios settings for a week 24 e6700, with 4gb of RAM, how would I go about that? My board is waiting to be installed tonight!

[kup]

So if one wanted bios settings for a week 24 e6700, with 4gb of RAM, how would I go about that? My board is waiting to be installed tonight!

I'd go with the E6850 settings, and obviously have your multiplier with 8x as the highest for you?

If not, check out the Maximus Anandtech review, they set the board up for 450MHz FSB and it's a good starting point, helped me out big time!

[Zucker2k]

So if one wanted bios settings for a week 24 e6700, with 4gb of RAM, how would I go about that? My board is waiting to be installed tonight!

Thanks Zucker2k, and giorgos th. for some more settings to experiment with.

Question. I'm going for an air-cooled stable OC. I have the non-SE board so I don't even have the fusion water block. I've reseated the heatpipe using MX-2 thermal compound on the NB and SB. At stock, unaltered BIOS settings Everest reports my NB temp as 43C with 1.36 NBvolts. Any time I try to raise the NB voltage to accommodate an overclock my NB temps get up to ~51C. Is this higher than it should be with air-cooling? I haven't yet directed a fan at the NB, and I'm wondering if I reseat my TRUE on the CPU to a South->North orientation as opposed to the current East->West if that will draw a bit more air across the NB. Is that NB temp just wrong? Do I need to try and reseat the heatpipe?

Thanks for any suggestions.

You should actively cool both nb and sb to get better results. Attach some small hi-speed fans to both. If possible, I would cool them independently for even better results.