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

[NLight95]

Get PLL of auto,
FSBT 1.40 is the max for your chip, this board overvolts FSBT, I would lower that to 1.24 or there abouts.
to much FSBT is a 45nm killer.
Why do you have your NB volts so high?
You should set values for the rest of your bios options AUTO is not good imo.

I've lowered the FSBT, though on AUTO (1.33v) it's well within spec. I'll have to tweak the NB voltage. I left it there because I was running my FSB up very high to see what the CPU could handle.

What overall settings would you recommend? Perhaps you can pm them to me.

[golfjam]

I've lowered the FSBT, though on AUTO (1.33v) it's well within spec. I'll have to tweak the NB voltage. I left it there because I was running my FSB up very high to see what the CPU could handle.

What overall settings would you recommend? Perhaps you can pm them to me.

I have the same problem w/ my E8500. I can do 450x9.5 w/ 1.32v Prime stable but get temps of 38/76 idle /load. I've reseated my CPU, heatsink and checked if the surface was flat. I've tested my mobo w/ a e8400 and temps were way better. One thing I've noticed is E8500 has a vid of 1.165v instead of 1.125v like E8400.I've bought mine @ Newegg and it was OEM week Q817. It boots @ 465x9.5 but I don't want to overheat it anymore. I'm thinking about RMA but the problem is at stock temps are normal which means it's not defective, just OC's bad.

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I've lowered the FSBT, though on AUTO (1.33v) it's well within spec. I'll have to tweak the NB voltage. I left it there because I was running my FSB up very high to see what the CPU could handle.

What overall settings would you recommend? Perhaps you can pm them to me.

NLight, I had all sorts of trouble with the Rampage 0403 bios flash on my E8400 and Maximus Fornula. The temps were too high and I couldn't pass the OCCT test. I went back to 0401 and my temps went down and I have a good clock @4006 Mhz. The 0403 seems to work best with quads from what I read. I don't know about the new 0406 bios I just read about. I might try it soon.