X48 Rampage Formula Preview.

[RealTelstar]

Sorry, I got close to getting the memory stable at those speeds, but in the end they didn't want to cooperate. I have to settle for "only" DDR2 1083 with 8GB of RAM

1083 it's enough for me in daily.
You are tempting me to get another kit and go 8gb. I want to test my modules first

You should really use a ramdrive with 8gb btw

[Stelios]

i`ll keep it for my self....hehehehehe
first time i`m glad to see 62C out of the NB....with 25-30C do you think it will get me 600??

From my experience , i'd say the board can do it .
But ... Can your CPU do it ???

[Eurasianman]

Can someone list their settings from the overclocking tab in the BIOS for this board?

I'm trying to get 333 * 12 to work with my QX9650, but apparently, I need to tweak the voltages and I'm not quite sure what to tweak

[Scubar]

After trying to fit my Tuniq Tower today i soon discovered that the Tuniqs Mounting plate is incompatible with the Rampage. It has two round bits sticking out on the end for K8 mounting which i had to saw off so that it fits nicely now

[MikeMK]

Can someone list their settings from the overclocking tab in the BIOS for this board?

I'm trying to get 333 * 12 to work with my QX9650, but apparently, I need to tweak the voltages and I'm not quite sure what to tweak

have u tried 400*10? I have my QX9650 running really nicely now, at less voltage on the rampage than on my DFI P35. Voltages are -

vcore - 1.30v
NB - 1.36v
VTT - 1.25v
Vdimm - 2.1v

Thats 12hrs prime stable @ those settings.

[giorgos th.]

max fsb for now with the NB at 50C...

[Ashraf]

What? You got 11.265s at 5.6GHz? That's pretty slow.

[giorgos th.]

X7 multi...just searching for fsb limits M8..

[Eurasianman]

have u tried 400*10? I have my QX9650 running really nicely now, at less voltage on the rampage than on my DFI P35. Voltages are -

vcore - 1.30v
NB - 1.36v
VTT - 1.25v
Vdimm - 2.1v

Thats 12hrs prime stable @ those settings.

Tried and still can't get it to work. I'm going to try some different voltages tonight.

Has anyone ran a QX9650 on this board at 4.0 GHz on air?

Edit: And I mean like, Folding@Home 24/7 on air.

[Eurasianman]

It seems that I had to set these values to get the board to overclock:
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63x
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67x
Ai Clock Twister : Strong

Right now, I'm at 400*9 with 1.325V (1.31V under load) @ 50C load with Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme with 2 Scythe S-Flex fans (push/pull). My RAM is at 1066 MHz with 5-5-5-15 and 2.1V. Will push it further this evening.

[Xelation]

It seems that I had to set these values to get the board to overclock:
CPU GTL Reference : 0.63x
North Bridge GTL Reference : 0.67x
Ai Clock Twister : Strong

Right now, I'm at 400*9 with 1.325V (1.31V under load) @ 50C load with Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme with 2 Scythe S-Flex fans (push/pull). My RAM is at 1066 MHz with 5-5-5-15 and 2.1V. Will push it further this evening.

Really? Mines at 400*9 with my QX9650 at 1.25v @ 33c with the Thermalright IFX-14 with 1 Noctua NF-S12-1200.

It was stable with al voltages at AUTO, according to CPU-Z it was 1,275v on AUTO so I lowerd it to 1.25.

Argh want the 4Ghz, but it's so not working at 400*10 or 444*9!

[Istasi]

Hey guys, I've got a Rampage Formula on the way for my new rig (build log in sig) and had a few questions about cooling it.

HR-09's should fit without modification provided I get the correct ones, right? Also, I'm going to be using OCZ ReaperX, and was wondering if I used an HR-05 IFX (SLI or normal) on the NB, would there be any clearance issues with the RAM?

Thanks guys, I'm sure I'll be back here once I get this up and running for some OC tips.

[Xelation]

Hey guys, I've got a Rampage Formula on the way for my new rig (build log in sig) and had a few questions about cooling it.

HR-09's should fit without modification provided I get the correct ones, right? Also, I'm going to be using OCZ ReaperX, and was wondering if I used an HR-05 IFX (SLI or normal) on the NB, would there be any clearance issues with the RAM?

Thanks guys, I'm sure I'll be back here once I get this up and running for some OC tips.

It all depends on the CPU Cooler, see my post in this thread here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=271

And of course don't make the mistakes I mad

[Istasi]

CPU will be under water. I was wondering how close the HR-05 comes to the RAM slots as the Reapers have sinks which extend slightly beyond the edges of the slots.

I have read that the HR-09 near the I/O plate needs to be dremeled so it doesn't hit caps. Did you have any trouble with this?

[Xelation]

CPU will be under water. I was wondering how close the HR-05 comes to the RAM slots as the Reapers have sinks which extend slightly beyond the edges of the slots.

I have read that the HR-09 near the I/O plate needs to be dremeled so it doesn't hit caps. Did you have any trouble with this?

I think my OCZ Flex's heatsinks are as high as your Reapers, so no you won't have any problem there.

Uhm am Dutch and looked the word 'dremeled' up but couldn't find it, what does it mean

The HR-09 will fit perfectly, unles you buy the wrong size like I did. Even then I had no problem with the I/O plate what so ever.

[Xelation]

Anyone here got a C1 revision of the QX9650?



Still not getting it at 4Ghz stable, hell even boot.

Also I've set al voltages to the lowest, except the memory at
2.2v and I'm unable to set the vcore. CPU-Z shows 1.26, but
setting it manually to 1.25 won't let me boot.

I've been doing some research in the T1/T2 or CR1/CR2. T1/CR1
is faster but only at lower clockspeeds, it will give higher
readingspeeds. Is that correct?

Cause my OCZ Flex 1150mhz 5-5-5-18, will only run stable at
1066Mhz 5-5-5-18 2T/CR2 at 2.2v.

[Rickpatbrown]

Uhm am Dutch and looked the word 'dremeled' up but couldn't find it, what does it mean

If you google it you might be able to find it. If not, don't cry or you'll need kleenex. I could always zerox a document that explains it.

[Xelation]

If you google it you might be able to find it. If not, don't cry or you'll need kleenex. I could always zerox a document that explains it.

Dang asked a housemate, I couldn't find it cause it ain't a verb. It's a rotary tool

[sofarfrome]

Uhm am Dutch and looked the word 'dremeled' up but couldn't find it, what does it mean

In this context it means to remove material from something with a dremel tool.

[giorgos th.]

just a bit away from 600fsb...the RF performs very well but i think i have a cpu fsb wall here...

[sofarfrome]

[QUOTE=giorgos th.;2981603]just a bit away from 600fsb...the RF performs very well but i think i have a cpu fsb wall here...

Can you share your bios settings for this?

[giorgos th.]

Vmch @ 1.81
Vpll @ 1.58
Vfsb @ 1.54
Vsb @ 1.175
Vsb 1.5 @ 1.60
PL10,strap 333,mem 1:1.

[Edro Davis]

After a week in the hospital and 2 weeks recovery I feel like I'm almost alive again. But enough about me.

I finally got my new build finished with a q9450 in a Rampage Formula. I'm concerned about my NB and SB temps.

Before I installed the mobo I removed the entire NB/SB/heatsink assembly, removed the oem paste or whatever it was, applied ac5, and reassembled the mobo. I think that I did a decent job of it. It is possible that I used a little too much paste.

Note that my ambient room temp is a little high: 30c

But I'm concerned that my NB and SB temps are very high and this is at idle.

Somewhere I read about raising the NB and/or SB voltage and how that made temps go down but I can't find that advice after numerous searches. Maybe I dont know how to search, what terms to use..

Can anyone offer some advice on this? I haven't done any OCing yet as I'm just trying to get this computer up on my lan (it is a disk farm replacing 2 old computers that are failing so I'm more interested in just getting it working than speeding it up just now.)

Here, from PC Probe II:

Vcore: 1.20v
+3.3: 3.18v
+5: 4.92v
+12: 11.98v
SB: 1.07v
SB2: 1.52v
FSBT: 1.17v
DRAM: 1.94v
DRAM Ref: 1.34v
NB: 1.34v
CPU: 33c
MB: 44c
NB: 53c <<<<<
SB: 51c <<<<<

ambient is 30c

Edro

[sofarfrome]

Vmch @ 1.81
Vpll @ 1.58
Vfsb @ 1.54
Vsb @ 1.175
Vsb 1.5 @ 1.60
PL10,strap 333,mem 1:1.

Thanx...the NB must get a little warm aye?

[giorgos th.]

oh yes....it`s about 45-50C...that`s why i have PL10...guys with watercooled NB are working with PL9 (cas5) - PL8 (cas4) there...