My Dual Harper - Asus Z7S WS living review *56K warning*

[oerekum]

I commend you on your completly awesome rig jcool. It's tempting me to do something similar.. However would anyone happen to know which waterblocks would fit this motherboard properly? I mean there's a lot of blocks that support these mounting holes (socket 604 holes right?) but also this close together? I don't think an EK supreme would fit..

[Jaco]

I'm using the EK supreme waterblocks on my S771 dual system.
Works fine .

[jcool]

I commend you on your completly awesome rig jcool. It's tempting me to do something similar.. However would anyone happen to know which waterblocks would fit this motherboard properly? I mean there's a lot of blocks that support these mounting holes (socket 604 holes right?) but also this close together? I don't think an EK supreme would fit..

Thank you for your praise

This is a Dual S771 system, and the EK Supreme does fit. You just have to build a backplate for it, or find one. Eddy from EK has told me that they are in the process of making a full set for this mobo as well, meaning NB/SB/PWM and 2x CPU

[STEvil]

Swiftech MCW60002's with 604/771 mounting kit.

Not the best performers ever but probably perfectly fine for this.

[oerekum]

Wow thanks for the info guys! I'll look into those things. I'll also have to have a serious discussion with my wallet about this.

[Movieman]

Something to keep in mind with HS and waterblocks for these systems.
socket 604 and socket 771 have the same measurements on the board for mounting BUT the cpu's sit at different heights.
This is old news but with all the new people getting into dual socket boards needs to be repeated.
If you use a socket 604 HS on a socket 771 board the HS will not make full contact with the cpu.
Socket 771 cpu's sit lower on the board than the 604's did and the HS for them have shorter "posts" to allow for the difference.
App 3/32" if I remember and I learned the hard way.
Instant 92C on clovers when I tried it..
Scared the crap out of me and you never saw a system shut down so fast.
Be carefull..Make sure the HS is for socket 771 not socket 604.

[jcool]

Thanks for your advice Dave

Thankfully, height difference doesn't bother you when using Thermalrights or waterblocks.

[Movieman]

Thanks for your advice Dave

Thankfully, height difference doesn't bother you when using Thermalrights or waterblocks.

Depends on the Thermalrights.
Your HR-01X's are designed for socket 771 so no issue but someone who didn't know could grab a pair of TR's designed for socket 604 and get a big surprise. This is what I ran into in December 2006 with the clovers.
Bought 4 Coolermaster HS's that said they were for socket 771 but actually had the longer posts for socket 604.
That's when I saw the 92F when I booted.
Pulled the HS, looked at the bottom and was just maybe 5% light contact.
Couldn't understand why and then got a brainfart, grabbed a stock Intel HS for 771 and put them base to base.
Posts on the Coolermasters were app 3/32 longer but at that time this was brand new and no literature out there on it.
Just mentioning here to save someone making the same mistake I did.

[jcool]

I don't think there are any Thermalright 604's...
Anyways I was talking about waterblocks, no such issues there

[STEvil]

Depending on the heatsink style you can shorten the posts.. or remove them completely.

[Jaco]

[jcool]

Hmmm...? You're eager for the HW to arrive I suppose
Don't worry, you'll have that beast up and running by next weekend

[graysky]

@op - you wanna run that bad boy thought my x264 HD benchmark? There are quite a few dual quad systems that have run it.

[loonym]

@op - you wanna run that bad boy thought my x264 HD benchmark? There are quite a few dual quad systems that have run it.

Don't do it unless graysky runs WCG

[jcool]

@op - you wanna run that bad boy thought my x264 HD benchmark? There are quite a few dual quad systems that have run it.

You talkin to me?

If so, my machine's already there.. 3rd fastest overall rig if that is still the case

[graysky]

You talkin to me?

If so, my machine's already there.. 3rd fastest overall rig if that is still the case

Sh*t! Since we're on the 9th page, I actually forgot you were the OP!

[jcool]

No problem. Signature helpin a lot there

[SiGfever]

Sh*t! Since we're on the 9th page, I actually forgot you were the OP!

Off topic?

That would Never happen in this section.

Now if it remained On-Topic we would have to investigate to find out what went wrong.

[loonym]

He's still holding out on us with that 45nm x3360 crunching goodness

[fabriciom]

Hello, I'm looking to buy this board and found this to be the only thread on the net talking about it. Any ways, I'm looking to use it as a "hackintosh". Have any of you guys tried to see if any of the latest versions of the modified OSX 10.5.2 DVDs found around the net, work?

Thanks,

P.S. Sorry if this topic is not allow on the boards. I also follow the OSX forums but no one there has built such a system yet.

[jcool]

Erm, OSX..
Sorry buddy, I'm not a software guy. I just throw my XP x64 on everything and it works a treat (and I'm glad it does).

[ZIO]

Hi everyone,

I have been researching this type of build for about 4 months, it would appear that jcool's machine is one of the very best if not the best for the price.

jcool, could you please post your current bios settings? I'm using some different vid cards in crossfire mode, I'm waiting on the bits o machine to arrive but my build will be similar. I have found an interesting card that has a great review and puts out good numbers on OC for very cheap.

what do you guys think? (the 512MB version) HIS IceQ Turbo HD 2600 XT

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...1&limitstart=1

Fudzilla quote:

"As for overclocking the card, we didn't have any trouble in doing so, in spite of the "out of the box" overclock. After trying out a few combinations we ended up at 938MHz for the core. An impressive overclock, probably thanks to the IceQ cooler. Although the memory chips aren't directly cooled by it, we managed to overclock them to GDDR4 speeds, 1098/2196MHz. We were just a couple of MHz short of the GDDR4 reference clocks, 1100/2200 MHz, but this is an impressive score for GDDR3 chips. Almost 800 MHz above the reference 1400MHz."

So with 2 of them OC'd and crossfired I should get good graphics performance. 1gb GDDR3 at 1098/2196MHz with two cores running @ 938Mhz for $120? (after rebate) Sure there's only 240 process pipes vs 640 on 2, 3870's but it should still game besides 2 3870's are $360, maybe later...

Wow- jcool your build is worthy of a book, I know I have read your thread lots of times! or front page somewhere, it's mostly affordable, say about $3K US for a finished machine with OS. Vs- $6K for similar or worse numbers, but of course you have to build it, not just buy it, but that's half the fun.

I will list what I have in my box after I get it running.

ZIO

[jcool]

Thank you very much
Actually my build is about ~1100€ + tax, so that's not even 3000$ depending on the current €/$ relation. If you factor in a bigger Vid card 3k is about realistic.
Bios settings are not that special, just flash to latest bios and set everything according to your preferences. You can leave all precache and EIST/C1E options enabled, and be sure to enable the SF bypass. Also I'd change the PCI latency timer to 32 but that's about all there is to it.

About the GFX, do you want it to have any 3D power at all? Cause a 2600 isn't really more than a HDTV accelerator... get at least a 3870 if you want to game.

Oh yeah, make sure you get an EPS capable PSU or you won't get to have fun. ALso added this to the red headline inj post #1.

[MrBean]

Also note: You NEED an EPS capable PSU, meaning you HAVE to connect both an 8pin and a 4pin 12V power connector to the mobo. If any one is missing, the Z7S will NOT post.

Mmm....if you want to test the board, and have only 1x Xeon installed, you don't need the 8-pin connector, only ATX and 4-pin.

Just some usefull/useless info

If you use a socket 604 HS on a socket 771 board the HS will not make full contact with the cpu.
Socket 771 cpu's sit lower on the board than the 604's did and the HS for them have shorter "posts" to allow for the difference.
App 3/32" if I remember and I learned the hard way.

Good, useful information.

a Little more then: This board ships with 3x different length "posts" to screw into the backplate, to accommodate different mounting posts on various incarnations of Xeon heatsinks. As Movieman stated above, make sure to use the correct length that will assure good clamping pressure on the cpu.

[jcool]

Who tests/runs this mobo with one CPU?
If you want the full package, you need EPS. Simple as that.