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

[ChaosMinionX]

just reloaded my system again, and started from scratch making sure everything is 100% stable. this is the best ive done yet for a stable system!



5-5-5-18-3-50-6-3-8-3-5-4-6-46-14-5-1-5-5

What complete BIOS settings for that 4050mhz? Voltages and everything.

[Spyrus]

Ok, one thing that I'm confused about is which phases to enable if I have the ram in the white slots and which if I have it in the blue slots? Anyone got any ideas? I want to try to get PL6 or PL7 with pulled up Phases so it's like PL6 and then lower the timings even more.

How come you guys have a Write speed almost as high as your read speeds?

This is mine:
with PL7/phases disabled@5-5-5-15


with PL8/phases enabled@5-5-4-13


I enabled all available phases do not know if some need to be down, but giorgos th. has tested that and found no difference, though someone else could confirm that.

[TheOriginalTB]

Funny you guys get far better memory performance than I do

This was done with my 24/7 settings:
http://2200kbhn.dk/showpic.php?id=39&rsz=1

And this is with a higher FSB, but slower ram
http://2200kbhn.dk/showpic.php?id=40&rsz=1

Hmm - I think I might try the Rampage BIOS..

[Grnfinger]

After many hours of testing and tweaking I can finally say that this board is ALOT better now with the Rampage bios. Once the settings are figured out and tweaked for your setup, it is a major improvement

[RobotDJX]

HousERaT: last time I tried was when I upped to 907. Yesterday I went 1004 and haven't tried installing it since I don't really need it.
1004 is running smooth here by the way with the E8500.

[etoel]

I'm about to start clocking this beast, but I'm a bit worried about my SB and NB temps as I'm reading that 47C is a critical limit.

I have QX6850 and have replaced all the stock coolers with water. My CPU idles at 22C and my GPU at 36C so I know that part is working, but my NB is at 41 and my SB is at 40 (idle). They are both cooled by Aqua Computer Twinplex XT di blocks.

I have 4x2GB Geil 8500 Black Dragon (@1066), 8800GTX and a pcie (4x) raid controller.

I *think* (fingers crossed) that the thermal paste (AS5) and seating is OK, but before I rip the board out and check I wanted to check with you guys if these are suspiciously high.

Any input welcome - thanks

[Dostoyevsky77]

Grnfinger/RobotDJX:

Is 1004 running any differently from 0907 with Wolfdale? Should I have any motivation to flash?

[RobotDJX]

my NB and SB are idle around 35c (NB on water)
Fully stressed NB hits 42 and SB 39. Used AS5 too.

What do you use to measure the temp of the GPU?

Dostoyevsky77: More options setting tRFC and I could go down one notch Vcore in the bios since after flashing 1.368v was suddenly 1.352 in stead of 1.344 in CPUZ. Other than that I have experienced no difference so far, all is still stable after 10 hours of Orthos. Will start benching again after dark...

[etoel]

my NB and SB are idle around 35c (NB on water)
Fully stressed NB hits 42 and SB 39. Used AS5 too.

What do you use to measure the temp of the GPU?

Everest 4.20.1170:

--------[ Sensor ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Sensor Properties:
      Sensor Type                                       W83627DHG + W83791D + ADT7475 + ADP3228  (ISA 290h, SMB 2Ch/2Eh/20h)
      GPU Sensor Type                                   Analog Devices ADT7473  (NV-I2C 2Eh)
      Motherboard Name                                  Asus Maximus Extreme / Formula
      Chassis Intrusion Detected                        No

    Temperatures:
      Motherboard                                       34 °C  (93 °F)
      CPU                                               21 °C  (70 °F)
      CPU #1 / Core #1                                  35 °C  (95 °F)
      CPU #1 / Core #2                                  35 °C  (95 °F)
      CPU #1 / Core #3                                  28 °C  (82 °F)
      CPU #1 / Core #4                                  37 °C  (99 °F)
      North Bridge                                      39 °C  (102 °F)
      South Bridge                                      39 °C  (102 °F)
      GPU                                               35 °C  (95 °F)
      GPU Diode                                         45 °C  (113 °F)
      GPU Ambient                                       35 °C  (95 °F)
      SAMSUNG HD501LJ                                   40 °C  (104 °F)
      Seagate ST3500630AS                               46 °C  (115 °F)
      Seagate ST3750640AS                               45 °C  (113 °F)
      HDD #4                                            37 °C  (99 °F)
      Seagate ST31000340AS                              37 °C  (99 °F)
      Seagate ST31000340AS                              38 °C  (100 °F)
      Seagate ST31000340AS                              39 °C  (102 °F)
      Seagate ST31000340AS                              37 °C  (99 °F)
      WDC WD1500ADFD-00NLR1                             37 °C  (99 °F)
      WDC WD1500ADFD-00NLR1                             33 °C  (91 °F)

    Cooling Fans:
      CPU                                               2150 RPM
      Chassis #2                                        1278 RPM
      Fan #1                                            1507 RPM

    Voltage Values:
      CPU Core                                          1.12 V
      +3.3 V                                            3.26 V
      +5 V                                              4.85 V
      +12 V                                             12.26 V
      +5 V Standby                                      4.95 V
      FSB VTT                                           1.30 V
      North Bridge Core                                 1.36 V
      South Bridge Core                                 1.07 V
      South Bridge PLL                                  1.52 V
      DIMM                                              2.22 V
      DIMM VTT                                          1.10 V
      GPU Vcc                                           3.30 V
      Debug Info F                                      FF 9D FF FF 21
      Debug Info T                                      34 21 27
      Debug Info V                                      8C DB CC CC 9A CA 9F (03)

[Zucker2k]

Well, let's see.... Ai Clock Twister enabled this time, Static Read at Auto, PL7, 7x500 and 8x500, MF bios 1004.

[kup]

Any new bios for the Rampage yet?

[Spyrus]

Wow you have no patience my friend.
We are still on betas and there is no official bios yet
(and we have already upcoming bios tweaking of X48!)
That is more than enough for me!

[kup]

Wow you have no patience my friend.
We are still on betas and there is no official bios yet
(and we have already upcoming bios tweaking of X48!)
That is more than enough for me!

I fail to see how I'm impatient when I simply asked if there were any new bios floating about! We've had 3 in a matter of weeks so they're out there if we can find them...

[TheOriginalTB]

Am I the only one having some issues with this?

If I go 1MHz above 3.6 Windows Defender crashes when I login This both happens with 451*8 and 401*9 But at 3600 it runs perfectly at 1.49V (E6600 B2) Upping the voltage doesn't help at all..

(I'm on water, both CPU and NB)

Any suggestions?

[ZenEffect]

What complete BIOS settings for that 4050mhz? Voltages and everything.

let me get home from work today and i will post screen shots, im not writing everything down then typing it out

@kup

if we want new bios' we should talk to our taiwanese chums over at vr-zone as all the beta bios' seem to be leaking from taiwan

[geof]

for those who verified, can you tell me what's the cpu pll when set as "auto" ? this value increase when cpu is overclocked ? (always as "auto")

thanks

[Celoth]

Quick question for you guys:

How hot is the NB running with the stock heatsink? I am getting a Rampage and just wanna know if I need to invest in a NB waterblock, or if I can simply direct some of the airflow from the case fan over the heatsink, and perhaps change the thermal tape to a proper TIM.

I'd love some voltage / temp numbers with 4 RAM sticks especially.

[Spyrus]

It depends of the fsb/strap. For daily use with 4sticks could be difficult for high clocks

[Celoth]

Let's say a moderate overclock of a E8500 @ 450FSB and 4x2GB PC2-8500 sticks running near their rated speeds in ambient temps up to around 30C in the summertime. A bit faster in spring, fall and winter if possible.

[ZenEffect]

Quick question for you guys:

How hot is the NB running with the stock heatsink? I am getting a Rampage and just wanna know if I need to invest in a NB waterblock, or if I can simply direct some of the airflow from the case fan over the heatsink, and perhaps change the thermal tape to a proper TIM.

I'd love some voltage / temp numbers with 4 RAM sticks especially.

typically i never see mine exceed 55c under a few hours of full load. 1.51 volts set in bios. i am using the stock heatsink just as it was from the factory (non se version) but i do have a small fan that i used nylon zip ties to strap it to the top.

[andyr(uk)]

@ any 6600 users with 450 x 8 plus , what you setting your cpu pll at and also your nb volts , thanks

[Grnfinger]

Am I the only one having some issues with this?

If I go 1MHz above 3.6 Windows Defender crashes when I login This both happens with 451*8 and 401*9 But at 3600 it runs perfectly at 1.49V (E6600 B2) Upping the voltage doesn't help at all..

(I'm on water, both CPU and NB)

Any suggestions?

What are you NB volts and FSBT volts?

[Grnfinger]

CPU PLL on Auto you can check in your bios under hardware monitor
I do recall at auto it runs around 1.60 , unsure if it adjusts according to overclock,

[Spyrus]

I am at 9x450@540 PL7 and have around 55oC at 1.35V with no additional fan
and all fans at ~1000rpm. But surely i can do better if i wanted the cooling noise

VTT,PLL, are lowest possible up to 500fsb with 0.63x cpu,0.67x nb

[ZenEffect]

@ any 6600 users with 450 x 8 plus , what you setting your cpu pll at and also your nb volts , thanks

im at 450x9

cpu ppl is 1.61 and nb is 1.51