The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[jas420221]

AWESOME THREAD!

I have one of these on the way along with a e6750. My last o/c endeavors were with an A64 so this will definately be neede.

Subscribed!

EDIT: Where is the generic Maximus Formula thread? Is it that monster 4k+ post thread?

[kup]

It is indeed the monster 4k+ post thread. There is a link in the first post here!

[leoftw]

kup I'm going to give 1.5V a shot tonight . I didn't want to go that high but screw it ! whats the worst that could happen :P

[kup]

Cool. What cooling you got on that chip?

[Grnfinger]

Thats great !! what are your temps .

my idle is 35-33-33-30 on Everest

load is 55-55-52-50 on Everest

North and South hit 43 on full load

working on a 3.8GHz now

[mouawad]

Cheers Kup will give it a shot.

Any advice on CPuPLL? Currently using 1.5v

move it up a couple of notches, on my chip it was vital to give cpupll some juice past 3.6 but my chip is a nice clocker so if your's isn't you might need it @ 3.3+ for eg.

[Leeghoofd]

I wanted to update the bios yesterday to the 0903 version for the Maximus Formula SE, though it always gives Asus signature not found in EZ flash and aborts the flash...

Any ideas ? I'm currently on 0701 bios, maybe a newer version updates the EZ flash too... tried to the 0903 bios from the ftp and official site , same warning pffffffff

[BulldogPO]

I did some overclocking with QX9770 and my Maximus:

SuperPi 1M 10.533sec:



PiFast 21.80sec:


PCMark05 14.186sec:


wPrime v1.55 results:


Geforce 8800GT 512MB 3DMark06 15506pts:


I and one friend of mine made a little review of that CPU finnish language:
mato78.com QX9770 testissä

It really is damn hot CPU, at 24/7 clocks 10x420MHz and 1.45V Vcore temps are constant 72C when crunching QMC.

[jas420221]

So what is the best (most stable) o/c BIOS so far? Are the 0901/2 worth it even though they are both in beta?

[BulldogPO]

0903

[joe.denice]

Hey Bulldog, was that overclocking on air??

[jas420221]

0903

...is not on Asus website as of yesterday...

[kup]

Check the very first post of this thread...

[jas420221]

OMG. Im retarded. Thanks for your patience.

Im sure I will be in this thread a lot come friday when she is built. Im relaly hoping to get 3.8Ghz on air with Tuniq 120.

[joe.denice]

hey Jas, what part of MD do you live near??

[jas420221]

hey Jas, what part of MD do you live near??

Right between DC and Bmore. Odenton.

Hi neighbor!

[teknokid]

Hi there guys,
I just picked up my maximus formula se, and have got my q6600 upto 3ghz with ease (1.3v)
Anyway, ive seen a lot of you are using 4gb crucial ballistix, i have 4gb as well (albeit 5300 edition) which worked amazing on my striker.
I was wondering how you got yours to work? myn will only work with everything on auto (so i get slack timings and only 667mhz) and even then its using 2.25v.
All other bios stuff is auto besides vcore and fsb, what should i try?
Many thanks

[Renegade5399]

You have to up the NB voltage. 4 sticks stresses the mem controller and to make up for that you need to bump the NB volts.

[teknokid]

well i put the boost thing to relax 3, does that sound ok?

[btdvox]

Transaction Booster:
Ranges here are from 0-7 (0-3 are stated as usable in BIOS), with either the "Enabled" or "Disabled" setting. The 0 setting with either "Enabled" or "Disabled" selects the default tRD level for the NB strap and memory divider combination. The Enabled function lowers tRD (tRD -1) and/or tRD phases with each additional digit over 0, meaning an upward scale increase or boost is more aggressive with Transaction Booster set to Enabled. If using the 333 NB strap, set Transaction Booster to Disabled and use either 0 or 1 as the "Relax level" setting. When using the Relax setting range (Disabled Transaction Booster), using higher numbers will increase tRD (tRD +1) and tRD Phase adjust for lower overall performance, allowing access to higher FSB speeds. For quad-core overclocking the 400 NB strap performs best with Transaction Booster set to Enabled and 0 as the Boost Level setting - unless you're chasing higher FSB speeds at the expense of overall performance. Dual-core CPUs capable of high FSB speeds may use the "Relaxed" setting of 3 if outright FSB speed is the goal.


This is taken from anandtech, At the bottom it states you can use the relaxed setting of 3 is this DISABLED and 3 or ENABLED and 3?

Im getting poorer performance from 0903, and ive tried everything except for higher enabled levels as sometimes it wont post, i prob have to give soem more juice to get the same level which sucks, but as long as i get it i dont care, and i dont want to downgrade my bios as im worried of bricking it .l As i bricked my P5K Premium using ASUS UPDATE in windows.

what to do?
i might try a new OC tonight too and use 480X8 instead of 427X9

[teknokid]

Thanks, well ive got myn disabled with relaxed on 3, with ram @ 1111mhz 5-5-5-15 2.2v. Would you recomend lower frequency for a lower transaction booster?
Thanks

[CERO]

Hey guys I got a Maximus on my way, I want to replace the stock heatpipe for a Thermalright HR05 IFX and for the SB a enzotech low profile copper block. But since I want to mount my TRUE Vertical, should I pick the regular IFX or the SLI? btw I am using a OCZ XTC cooler, but if thats in the way it could be replaced by a simple 80mm fan over it......Any one got this combination and can confirm it will fit?

[pphx459]

Check the liquid cooling section, it has a few threads on cooling the maximus.

[CERO]

I am not going liquid.. the NB and SB just air.

[TheSamurai]

AsusUpdate that allows downgrading from the 09xx series
Please note, you must use XP 32Bit to perform the flash, as the software fails to work on an x64 OS

just to let you know, this doesn't work either. tried to go to 0602 and it wouldn't let me.