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

[WFO]

So the MOBO won't be problematic if good memory is used , correct me if im'm wrong. 4 x 2 GB Geil Black Dragon 800/CL5 not OCed will work and i won't be forced to throw half of them out because of something ...

I'm running 4 X 2GB G.Skill PC 8000 with no issues. This is the best board I've ever had. Easiest overclocking too. Others have had nothing but trouble. Good board/ Bad board? Or Extreme users being too extreme? Maybe a combination? Build it. Run it. You'll love it or RMA it if it doesn't work with known good components. Isn't that always the case though???

[atomicvai]

Well I've finally got XP and Vista dual boot installed and all is stable... no more pause when first loading etc in Vista. Also running at 3.6ghz on air with no issues... board is rock solid... my concern is the temps being reported in Everest and Coretemp. Idle temps show avg 35 degrees on cores at 3.6ghz... does that sound right? I figured they should be higher at that clock. Another weirdness is that some things report my CPU speed wrong, like 3dmark06 thinks I'm at 4.05ghz. Here's settings:

q6600 G0 @ 3.6ghz (450 x 8)
2x2gb Mushkin PC6400 @ 900mhz 4-4-4-10
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
p182 case
gt8800 @ 750/1900/1900 with HR03GT

This is with all settings on auto, other than ram timings. Can't get over 15,400 3dmark... guess I need to get a couple 3870x2's.

[chew*]

Its reporting speed based on default multi and fsb.........I get stuff reporting my every day speed at 3.6g but I'm really 8x400........

[Sources]

Woohooo got my NB down to 27 deg and my SB down to 36.. Love that water cooling.

[atomicvai]

Hmmmm.... maybe I should get some active cooling on my NB, it's hovering around 45 or so at 450 fsb.

[Jodiuh]

Hmmmm.... maybe I should get some active cooling on my NB, it's hovering around 45 or so at 450 fsb.

Throw a quiet 5CFM 40mm on the main fin over the NB. I lost 7C that way.

[Robin77]

Hmmmm.... maybe I should get some active cooling on my NB, it's hovering around 45 or so at 450 fsb.

You needn't place a cooler to your NB with your low temps! Official Intel max NB temps are around 96 C under load. This is directly from Intel thermal design spec for X38 Chipset and the only really counting value.

Many users have way higher NB temps than you, so do I. I've around 68 idle and 76 or so loaded. This are oced temps and they are 100% 48 hours prime and 3dmark 06 simultaniously running stable.

With your low NB temps you an be sure NB temp won't be a limiter to your oc results.


greets

[Warboy]

You needn't place a cooler to your NB with your low temps! Official Intel max NB temps are around 96 C under load. This is directly from Intel thermal design spec for X38 Chipset and the only really counting value.

Many users have way higher NB temps than you, so do I. I've around 68 idle and 76 or so loaded. This are oced temps and they are 100% 48 hours prime and 3dmark 06 simultaniously running stable.

With your low NB temps you an be sure NB temp won't be a limiter to your oc results.


greets

Yes, 96C.

The Northbridge is sensitive and can become damaged if it reaches over 54C with high overclocks from my studies.

The Optimized temp for the X38's is 40-45C, If you can get lower then that, Then

[theonlybabyface]

I'm running 4 X 2GB G.Skill PC 8000 with no issues. This is the best board I've ever had. Easiest overclocking too. Others have had nothing but trouble. Good board/ Bad board? Or Extreme users being too extreme? Maybe a combination? Build it. Run it. You'll love it or RMA it if it doesn't work with known good components. Isn't that always the case though???

Hey WFO,

Just picked up 8GB's of the same ram. Care to share all of your settings with me?