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

[Guacamole]

Can anyone tell me exactly how to adjust the performance levels for memory bandwith?? I figure I can adjust it through memset or the bios through strong enabled o,1,2,3 etc. what is the best way to tweak the memory and get the most performance out of this board?? I really need some advice here if anyone can help?? Thanks in advance...

[aicjofs]

Can anyone tell me exactly how to adjust the performance levels for memory bandwith?? I figure I can adjust it through memset or the bios through strong enabled o,1,2,3 etc. what is the best way to tweak the memory and get the most performance out of this board?? I really need some advice here if anyone can help?? Thanks in advance...

Well the simple way is while just leaving your system where it is overclocked currently just simply keep setting the next PL lower in Memset until system lock ups, and then set the next one higher in BIOS.

However I recommend a more refined approach I'd read both of these articles. One will explain formula BIOS and other Rampage, either way both need to be absorbed for working with PL.

For Formula BIOS:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3149&p=10

For Rampage BIOS:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=3

once you have a grasp on that you can use the OCZ calculator for figuring what will even be possible.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...320#post260320

From there it's trial and error. You can go for low fsb, low trd and tight timings, or super high FSB, best PL, and higest memory speed and figure out which works best for your system. There is an optimum for sure but it's simply too hard to answer not knowing anyting about your other components.