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

[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

[Kondik]

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

Thermalright IFX / SLI non SLI series proppably ? if you put down that defalut cooling, i think they have the "power and technology" to cool it enough. I'll try it at monday and let you know

[Robin77]

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

Than you had low quality boards for your studies. My NB runs even idle on 67 C and my PC runs round clock (cause of downloading ;-)). I've not a single stability issue or even anywhere near.

As said, look at what Intel says what is the max temp (96 C) and look again what I wrote regarding my NB tems and the rockstability with it. Believe me, if you get issues with low NB temps of even under 60 C then you should really RMA your board, because the NB is built to run rockstable up to 96 C. This is not a peakvalue for jus 1 sec or so, it's the max. value for longtime usage.

[Warboy]

Than you had low quality boards for your studies. My NB runs even idle on 67 C and my PC runs round clock (cause of downloading ;-)). I've not a single stability issue or even anywhere near.

As said, look at what Intel says what is the max temp (96 C) and look again what I wrote regarding my NB tems and the rockstability with it. Believe me, if you get issues with low NB temps of even under 60 C then you should really RMA your board, because the NB is built to run rockstable up to 96 C. This is not a peakvalue for jus 1 sec or so, it's the max. value for longtime usage.

The Thermal Letter is alot different then real world performance. Just Like CPUs. Just because the Thermal Letter on a Q6600 G0 is 85C doesn't mean you'll get the same performance from the CPU running at 80C then 30C. Because Ultimately for any Computer Technology, Cooler is better.

My Studies are also based of what I've seen from other people and reviews. Unless you are running a 3.8Ghz - 4.0Ghz+ Overclock, I wouldn't call your answer "rock solid" lol

[Robin77]

The Thermal Letter is alot different then real world performance. Just Like CPUs. Just because the Thermal Letter on a Q6600 G0 is 85C doesn't mean you'll get the same performance from the CPU running at 80C then 30C. Because Ultimately for any Computer Technology, Cooler is better.

My Studies are also based of what I've seen from other people and reviews. Unless you are running a 3.8Ghz - 4.0Ghz+ Overclock, I wouldn't call your answer "rock solid" lol

Whatever you say. I find it a little bit confusing, when I have 67 C idle and far above 70 load temp on NB and I run my 6850 C2D rockstable @ over 3,9 GHz. I'd call this a proof that at least in this case the Intel engineers know more about technologie than you.

What you do is to make people think omg my NB temp of lets say 55C will destroy my Mainboard and maybe my whole PC. This simply isn't anywhere near truth and facts profe it wrong.
So I think it's important for keeping up the level of this forum to post facts where there are facts and mark "I think, and out of my experience" things as such and not as facts.
If that wasn't your intention than it didn't come clearly enough.
But I will tell you when my NB should burn far far away in future.... ;-)

[Grnfinger]

Whatever you say. I find it a little bit confusing, when I have 67 C idle and far above 70 load temp on NB and I run my 6850 C2D rockstable @ over 3,9 GHz. I'd call this a proof that at least in this case the Intel engineers know more about technologie than you.

What you do is to make people think omg my NB temp of lets say 55C will destroy my Mainboard and maybe my whole PC. This simply isn't anywhere near truth and facts profe it wrong.
So I think it's important for keeping up the level of this forum to post facts where there are facts and mark "I think, and out of my experience" things as such and not as facts.
If that wasn't your intention than it didn't come clearly enough.
But I will tell you when my NB should burn far far away in future.... ;-)

Have we not had this useless argument b4?

Can you post your "FACTS" and then this argument can be put to rest

[punisher69]

Whatever you say. I find it a little bit confusing, when I have 67 C idle and far above 70 load temp on NB and I run my 6850 C2D rockstable @ over 3,9 GHz. I'd call this a proof that at least in this case the Intel engineers know more about technologie than you.

What you do is to make people think omg my NB temp of lets say 55C will destroy my Mainboard and maybe my whole PC. This simply isn't anywhere near truth and facts profe it wrong.
So I think it's important for keeping up the level of this forum to post facts where there are facts and mark "I think, and out of my experience" things as such and not as facts.
If that wasn't your intention than it didn't come clearly enough.
But I will tell you when my NB should burn far far away in future.... ;-)

Download PCPROBE from ASUS:

ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/uti...eII_V10429.zip

and OCCT for stability testing:

http://www.ocbase.com/download.php?fileext=exe

Run PCPROBE to monitor your Northbridge temps. Run OCCT on Infinite mode for a minimum of 12 hours. Post your sceenshot as proof of your claim.

EDIT: I'm really intrested to see this screenshot.