Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[rob2k]

Hi Kriffith, I went for the G.skill PC3-12800 kit as I need or wanted a 4Gb kit for gaming and in a 2x2Gb configuration. The PC3-12800 looks well suited to this board and should achieve PC3-14400 speeds (1800MHz), as well as the 4Gb kit being £14 CHEAPER than the 2Gb kit to me this was an easy decision.

As the QX9650 has an unlocked multiplier as stock PC3-12800 speeds 1600Mhz using a 400Mhz FSB and a multiplier of 10 will give you 4Ghz at your CPU. If you raise the FSB for faster memory speed remember that you may need to reduce the multiplier.

[T_M]

Its little wonder the NB's are running quite warm, even under forced air or water.....

[rabor]

Wow that's rediculous..

[MikeMK]

Nice one! - they look to really suit this board. Hoping to run mine at 1820 (455x9=4095 CPU O/C). Are you building this as well as your SIIE SLi rig ?.

Initially yes, but I had to RMA a GTX280 cos it went bad unfortunately, so its not currently 'SLI' Ive also been having stabiltiy issues with the SIIE - primes for hours and hours, runs memtest for hours, and then when u are browsing the net it will just randomly crash. Spent weeks trying to get to the bottom of it!

Anyhow, im getting at least 1 4870X2 for the RE, and at that point if im happy with it all, the SIIE may well go to put some money back in the bank

BTW, should have my board back from RMA by friday all being well!

[eternal_fantasy]

Its little wonder the NB's are running quite warm, even under forced air or water.....

Mine was much better when I too the stock cooling off, covered about 2/3 of the NB
So I guess you gave it a good amount of thermal paste. How is the temperature now? Note that the actual die under the intergrated heatspreader of the NB is actually covered by the thermal paste in your picture.

[F.stop]

his temps will be improved by a full cover of paste. liking this thread, useful as time goes on and more people get this board
well done

[eternal_fantasy]

his temps will be improved by a full cover of paste.

I'm sure it wouldn't make it worse. Just don't expect some miracle improvement.

[T_M]

i literally replaced the whole HS assembly with a p5b deluxe SB heatsink, and a $5 copper random HS plus fan on the NB, and my temps are the same as before (47C at 1.7V) but i need a better NB HS, trouble is their mounting holes are odd distance - ~62mm and my existing thermalright HSF doesnt have that mounting gear

[eternal_fantasy]

i literally replaced the whole HS assembly with a p5b deluxe SB heatsink, and a $5 copper random HS plus fan on the NB, and my temps are the same as before (47C at 1.7V) but i need a better NB HS, trouble is their mounting holes are odd distance - ~62mm and my existing thermaltake HSF doesnt have that mounting gear

Have a look at THIS post for some examples of what to fit on the RE if you remove the stock cooling.

Any heatsink/waterblocks designed for the maximus/rampage formula/P5E3 will be able to fit on the Rampage Extreme NB. Something like Noctua NC-U6 Dual Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler will work very well.

I'm finding it hard to believe you are able to keep your NB at 47C when simply aircooling it with stock cooling... and at 1.7V no less. I watercooled using the Fusion block and at 1.5V the NB was at 56C under load. Thats after I reapplied the thermal paste to the NB with MX-2. Must be some cool room you're running it in.

[NiscoRacing]

Mine arrives today ... first thing i will do is, pop up the cooling

[T_M]

Im running on a benchtop (no case) with good airflow and about 26-28C room.
With the factory watercooling and no change to TIM, my NB was 47-49C at 1.7V.
With the replaced 'dodgy' copper HS plus a fan its the same.

[maxxx]

With the factory watercooling and no change to TIM, my NB was 47-49C at 1.7V.

For 1.7, thats already a great temp. My NB starts of at 52c at idle. Full load takes it to 62c using the stock sink (not the Fusion block) provided with the RE. And this is with an aircondition on.

[T_M]

inside a case?

[maxxx]

@T_M: yup, case is open on both sides and there is a 120mm fan blowing on top of it. Maybe I need to replace the TIM between the NB and the copper block.

[REVHEAD]

I just got my Board today woot.

T M thanks for those pics, I was not going to worry about prying the cooling off but seeing yours made me take mine off, when I took the cooling off mine it was identical to yours bugger all paste on the NB, so I replaced mine with some Arctic Silver 5.

[REVHEAD]

After putting mine back together and going over the pics again I think I pulled my NB 3phase cap covers off ,I didnt notice unlil I relooked at your pics ,I thought it was thermal pads.

I hope my board still works.

[stealth]

Hi guys,

Has anyone try this Ram:

http://www.hpm-computer.de/product_i...00-DIABLO.html

It says Micron D9GTR.

stealth

[maxxx]

Anyone have introductory notes about GTL settings on an ASUS motherboard? Or would they be the same for the DFI ones?
Cheers....

[eternal_fantasy]

After putting mine back together and going over the pics again I think I pulled my NB 3phase cap covers off ,I didnt notice unlil I relooked at your pics ,I thought it was thermal pads.

I hope my board still works.

it IS thermal pads, are you sure the covers came off? because they are the only stiffer bond between the stock cooling and the motherboard.

[REVHEAD]

Ok board is dead, using my mobile to post this.

When I power the board it starts and gets to the welcome message in the LCD poster and then reboots, it just for this over and over, the start button and ROG light just blink on and off slowly .

I have tried it as a bare attem but same thing, do you think my board is dead.

[maxxx]

@REVHEAD, sorry to hear that. Have you tried 3oh6 suggestion here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=64

[rob2k]

Hi Revhead, sorry to hear about you problems. Maxxx just beat me to it as I was just about to suggest booting from the second bios chip. If it sorts out the problem you can then copy one bios chip over to the next.

On a side note G.Skill arrives today after I got carded by Fedex yesterday........could be a late night

[eternal_fantasy]

Ok board is dead, using my mobile to post this.

When I power the board it starts and gets to the welcome message in the LCD poster and then reboots, it just for this over and over, the start button and ROG light just blink on and off slowly .

I have tried it as a bare attem but same thing, do you think my board is dead.

The blinking is normal, it is designed to do that when the PC is powered down.
Have you got another pair of DDR3 memory to try?

On a side note G.Skill arrives today after I got carded by Fedex yesterday........could be a tate night

Grats! looking forward to your results!

[Chri$ch]

Got my Rampage Extreme today and i think i am switch back to my P5E3 Premium (it runs a lot better than the RE and is cheaper!)

600FSB is a not possible with my Rampage, i can boot it but it freeze after 10-15seks in windows and it need more voltage to boot
it than my Premium (and this was 32M stable!)

Any idea why it is so bad?

[eternal_fantasy]

Got my Rampage Extreme today and i think i am switch back to my P5E3 Premium (it runs a lot better than the RE and is cheaper!)

600FSB is a not possible with my Rampage, i can boot it but it freeze after 10-15seks in windows and it need more voltage to boot
it than my Premium (and this was 32M stable!)

Any idea why it is so bad?

You're not giving us much to work on are you?...

My Rampage Extreme is the best motherboard I've ever owned and used.

Any idea why it is so good?

Voltages and settings. Pointless just saying you can't reach a specific speed and the motherboard is bad.