ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Erikz]

is this the right place for this post? I have a Q6600 CPU and can only overclock it to 3.0 Ghz i.e. 333 x 9

I get a good score on 3D Vantage

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=211942 P 14,300

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=211982 E 42,108

The main part of the high score comes from the Physx boost related to the 177.39 driver and abit of the overclock. I can run the RAM at 1555 Mhz however I'm not sure if this helps if I can't get the motherboard over 1333 Mhz.

Has anyone OC'd this Motherboard to higher than 3.0 Ghz with this CPU? If so what settings do I need?

[Whizzer]

is this the right place for this post? I have a Q6600 CPU and can only overclock it to 3.0 Ghz i.e. 333 x 9

I get a good score on 3D Vantage

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=211942 P 14,300

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=211982 E 42,108

The main part of the high score comes from the Physx boost related to the 177.39 driver and abit of the overclock. I can run the RAM at 1555 Mhz however I'm not sure if this helps if I can't get the motherboard over 1333 Mhz.

Has anyone OC'd this Motherboard to higher than 3.0 Ghz with this CPU? If so what settings do I need?

I have the same problem with a Q6600 (G0 stepping), but I can get it to 3.60GHz or even beyond at idle (cooling can't handle higher than 3.70) on a 8x multiplier. Try setting the FSB to 1600 and the multiplier at 8x, adjust some of the CPU and NB voltages and it should work.

[Erikz]

I have the same problem with a Q6600 (G0 stepping), but I can get it to 3.60GHz or even beyond at idle (cooling can't handle higher than 3.70) on a 8x multiplier. Try setting the FSB to 1600 and the multiplier at 8x, adjust some of the CPU and NB voltages and it should work.

I tried those settings and variations, but when I get to windows it BSOD's.

Might be a ram limitation.. I'll keep you updated.

[rob2k]

After reading Tyke's post 1280 I tried some of his settings as I have the same CPU.

Kept LLC DIS and Vcore at 1.3875, NB=1.50 & SB=1.55
Changed PLL & VTT back to AUTO
Changed GTLREF0 to -14mV
Changed to 15.17 chipset drivers.

Now 11 1/2hr prime stable with manual halt, previous best was 11 minutes ending in hardware failure.

Big thanks to Tyke !!.

PS. Just ordered Asus 280 GTX TOP

My rig :QX9770 on Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme cooler:
EVGA 9800 GX2 SSC. Creative X-Fi Elite Pro.
OCZ 4x1Gb PC3-16000C9 2000Mhz Platinum EB
Samsung F1 1TB & 2X500Gb Hitachi SATA 2.
2xSamsung 20XDVD-RW SATA
Vista Ultimate 32bit

Settings : 430x9.5=4085Mhz overclock. 1720 FSB Syn & Linked.
Mem : 7-7-7-22-30-1T @ 1.9v

Benches : 20,419 3dMark06 7,274 PCMarkVantage.

[Tyke]

After reading Tyke's post 1280 I tried some of his settings as I have the same CPU.

Kept LLC DIS and Vcore at 1.3875, NB=1.50 & SB=1.55
Changed PLL & VTT back to AUTO
Changed GTLREF0 to -14mV
Changed to 15.17 chipset drivers.

Now 11 1/2hr prime stable with manual halt, previous best was 11 minutes ending in hardware failure.

Big thanks to Tyke !!.

PS. Just ordered Asus 280 GTX TOP

My rig :QX9770 on Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme cooler:
EVGA 9800 GX2 SSC. Creative X-Fi Elite Pro.
OCZ 4x1Gb PC3-16000C9 2000Mhz Platinum EB
Samsung F1 1TB & 2X500Gb Hitachi SATA 2.
2xSamsung 20XDVD-RW SATA
Vista Ultimate 32bit

Settings : 430x9.5=4085Mhz overclock. 1720 FSB Syn & Linked.
Mem : 7-7-7-22-30-1T @ 1.9v

Benches : 20,419 3dMark06 7,274 PCMarkVantage.

Glad it worked Keep us informed if you have any problems.

[Whizzer]

I tried those settings and variations, but when I get to windows it BSOD's.

Might be a ram limitation.. I'll keep you updated.

If that's the case, try setting a lower multiplier (like 3:2) or simply run it unlinked at a low speed (1000MHz just to be sure). If you use Vista, be sure to install the RAM update if you have 3GB or more installed: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929777

Also try pulling some sticks if that's the case, it helped me initially.

What BIOS are you using? I just updated to 0901 (had to resort to AwardFlash again, but it works fine), and now I can overclock almost just as far with a 9x multiplier as the previous 8x multiplier attempts.