Alright, FSB has us covered up to 1100MHz with this board for memory without having to un-link it. I wish I had time to investigate the entire memory clocking realm of this board and performance hits, if any, there are at the various ratios but life just doesn't allow that. Heck, I have a couple care packages from my motherboard manufacturing nemesis coming in as we speak so I am all but out of time with this board as it is. Needless to say, I have managed a voltage limited Dual 32M SPi OC Report of my latest Corsair Dominator PC3-14400 (non-XMP), but first, a look at highest CPU-Z validated, and 1M stable...

Max RAM Frequency w/Corsair Dominator PC3-14400 - CPU-Z Validation :: 1100MHz
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Naturally it took a bit of effort and vDIMM set to 2.125v (2.1v ish actual) to get the magic 1100MHz validation but I managed. I tried getting Everest but it was a no go so this frequency is extremely un-stable. Once I get some more vmods done to the board and increase vDIMM, I am sure I can get 1100MHz benchable with this kit and others. Heck, loosening timings up could make a world of difference...but 8-7-6 at this frequency would be so much nicer. Mmmmm, 550*9 1:2 1100MHz 8-7-6 with P1/P2 enabled


Max RAM Frequency w/Corsair Dominator PC3-14400 - 1M SPi :: 1086.1MHz
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A bit of a drop off from the max CPU-Z and I was actually able to get a 1090MHz 1M done but when trying to run Everest bandwidth the system would reboot. Next up is single 32M and then an abbreviated dual 32M SPi OC Report on this kit of memory.


Max RAM Frequency w/Corsair Dominator PC3-14400 - 32M SPi :: 1070.0MHz
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Only 2.153v (actual) was used because more voltage didn't help. I am finding that perhaps the vDIMM circuit on this board is a little weak at higher voltages because there seems to be stability issues going over 2.200v set in the BIOS. It could just be this kit of memory as well so further testing will be needed. I will try a few other kits and if the same results are found, then it will be Maximizer time for this board.


Dual 32M SPi OC Report w/Corsair Dominator PC3-14400

As mentioned, this is an abbreviated session since time is constrained but it gets the general view of how this board clocks memory as far as dual 32M is concerned. Since initially putting this MB OC Report together, I have done a complete OC Report on a kit of Crucial Ballistix PC3-16000 and the results are absolutely ridiculous. You can find that report in my signature at the end of this MB OC Report or right here if you are the impatient type. For now, this was the first memory clocking I did on this board with the Noctua NC-U6/Thermalright HR-05-SLI cooling setup and no volt mods...here is how it shook out:


Dual 32M at 1060MHz with only 2.102v is a mighty fine accomplishment and 960MHz at 7-6-5 is pretty decent as well. One thing to note, however, CL7 stability is far below what we see here. At 8-7-6 I could achieve 100% stability at 1045MHz w/2.10v and 825MHz at 6-6-5, but with 7-6-5, I was only able to squeeze out 917MHz which is quite a deviation from the gap at the other two timings shown above. Hopefully a new BIOS alleviates this issue otherwise some CL7 kits coming out are going to have a nightmare with compatibility with this board if they are rated above 900MHz. I could also have been overlooking something, in which case I get a boot in the ass. Here are the screenshots, from left to right...

6-6-5 @ 830MHz // 7-6-5 @ 960MHz // 8-7-6 @ 1060MHz