ASUS Striker II Extreme

[slim142]

Thanks Slim!

..I´ve made a mistake Vcore isn´t 1,2500v but 1,3250v!!

Here is my voltages:

Vcore 1,3250V
LCC ENABLED
PLL 1,50V
VTT 1,30
Vdimm 1,86V
NB 1,48V
SB 1,55V
CPU GTL REF0 -29Mv
CPU GTL REF1 -32Mv
CPU GTL REF2 -32Mv
CPU GTL REF3 -29Mv
NB GTL REF +20Mv

Ok, now that makes sense, I thought you had some kind of a very early rare & special ES haha.
Your voltages seem ok. I would say your NB is getting 1.50 real right?
Also, are you telling me that your RAM is running at 1800Mhz 8-8-8-x with 1.86 (1.94 idle, 1.90 load real voltage)? That is pretty good for that voltage and now I want more that RAM
Just one question, did you try CPU and NB Refs on Auto?

[M@G!C]

Ok, now that makes sense, I thought you had some kind of a very early rare & special ES haha.
Your voltages seem ok. I would say your NB is getting 1.50 real right?
Also, are you telling me that your RAM is running at 1800Mhz 8-8-8-x with 1.86 (1.94 idle, 1.90 load real voltage)? That is pretty good for that voltage and now I want more that RAM
Just one question, did you try CPU and NB Refs on Auto?

My NB real voltage is 1,49V Everest reading, and RAM is 1,90v also Everest reading under load.
I have tryed CPU GTL REFS on AUTO but windows doenst load with that setting on AUTO it keep´s rebooting. So i think that CPU GTL REF is very important when overclocking QUAD´s!

[Trigger5521]

My NB real voltage is 1,49V Everest reading, and RAM is 1,90v also Everest reading under load.
I have tryed CPU GTL REFS on AUTO but windows doenst load with that setting on AUTO it keep´s rebooting. So i think that CPU GTL REF is very important when overclocking QUAD´s!

Nice job Magic, I have found 1800 is tough to get with 4GB and quad cores.

x2 on everest mem bench pic please.

[M@G!C]

Nice job Magic, I have found 1800 is tough to get with 4GB and quad cores.

x2 on everest mem bench pic please.

Thanks Trigger !
It took me endless hours of testing to get here!
It primed for 8 hours then i stopped to run Everest Memory Benchmark.

OK , here it goes............... !

[slim142]

M@G!C, I dont understand how can your NB be so cool with such high voltage lol mines is at 60 already with 1.38 lol.
Also, your CPU seems to have nice idle temps. What heatsink are you using?, is it cold on Portugal?

[M@G!C]

M@G!C, I dont understand how can your NB be so cool with such high voltage lol mines is at 60 already with 1.38 lol.
Also, your CPU seems to have nice idle temps. What heatsink are you using?, is it cold on Portugal?

No, it´s hot here! It´s summer ...
First i have reseated all the hestsinks with MX-2 and i have a Corsair Airflow Fan blowing air hover the NB.
Room temperature was about 24º to 27º.
On CPU i´m using a TUNIQ TOWER.

Here is some pictures that show how i am cooling my NB ...

[slim142]

Thats nice haha
How are you making pressure so it will stay in place?
Also, those Diablo memory look sooooo nice,

[M@G!C]

Thats nice haha
How are you making pressure so it will stay in place?
Also, those Diablo memory look sooooo nice,

Double sided tape on the 9800GX2 ....
The Diablos have a very nice heat spreader.
I´ve run them without the Corsair fans and they really dont warm up. They where cold to the touch.
And i can tell you this thing runs VERY QUIETLY!!!

[slim142]

Double sided tape on the 9800GX2 ....
The Diablos have a very nice heat spreader.
I´ve run them without the Corsair fans and they really dont warm up. They where cold to the touch.
And i can tell you this thing runs VERY QUIETLY!!!

Omg M@G!C stop with it already, you know how desperate I am right now about getting me a pair of those!
Nice idea for the NB btw never thought about it haha (8800GT doesnt have backside plastic anyways lol)

Yes I also heard Diablo heatspreader is really nice. Covered up to 2.1 in warranty and I read on a review 2.2 is still not even warm. Anyways is just safe to leave it running no higher than 1.95 so keep it safe

[M@G!C]

Omg M@G!C stop with it already, you know how desperate I am right now about getting me a pair of those!
Nice idea for the NB btw never thought about it haha (8800GT doesnt have backside plastic anyways lol)

Yes I also heard Diablo heatspreader is really nice. Covered up to 2.1 in warranty and I read on a review 2.2 is still not even warm. Anyways is just safe to leave it running no higher than 1.95 so keep it safe

Yeah! Believe it, these things dont warm up at all !!!
Shure i will keep it safe, i´m looking for 24/7 settings ... so i MUST be on the safe side!
Slim what do you think of my everest results?
I can run the test at 8-7-6-19 but it makes no diference at all in the results...

[TheRoyalty]

In regards to the GTL ref tweaks I've since set them back to auto and all is still good. Not sure that is the issue but rather I do believe PLL, NB, SB, VTT, & VCore all have a serious impact on stability.

Tightened the memory timings back to 7-6-5-18 as well and no more lock ups as previously. Again having the right voltages was key for hitting that sweet spot.

Good job M@G!C, glad you got your machine purring.

[slim142]

Yeah! Believe it, these things dont warm up at all !!!
Shure i will keep it safe, i´m looking for 24/7 settings ... so i MUST be on the safe side!
Slim what do you think of my everest results?
I can run the test at 8-7-6-19 but it makes no diference at all in the results...

Safe is always good
I think your results are where they are suppose to be, but Im pretty sure I can help you out a little to break the 12k barrier
1) Download the lastest version from everest from Here
2) tRC at 45, with such a nice pair, Im pretty sure you should be able to lower this and this will bring a huge improvement so try lowering this in small steps to test and see. (Mines is at 30, but I have 2Gbs and 1600Mhz, just a reference)
3) Read the Anandtech review (google "mucho bang mucho buck") and go to the Memory Timing section Part 2 (advanced timings). There are some that must be left at auto and some that must be changed.
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I messed with my Advanced Timings and I didnt have to change voltages of anything so Im pretty sure that will make you brake the 12k barrier for sure
Remember tRC is the most important one in the advanced settings.

Good Luck

[TheRoyalty]

Safe is always good
I think your results are where they are suppose to be, but Im pretty sure I can help you out a little to break the 12k barrier
1) Download the lastest version from everest from Here
2) tRC at 45, with such a nice pair, Im pretty sure you should be able to lower this and this will bring a huge improvement so try lowering this in small steps to test and see. (Mines is at 30, but I have 2Gbs and 1600Mhz, just a reference)
3) Read the Anandtech review (google "mucho bang mucho buck") and go to the Memory Timing section Part 2 (advanced timings). There are some that must be left at auto and some that must be changed.
---

I messed with my Advanced Timings and I didnt have to change voltages of anything so Im pretty sure that will make you brake the 12k barrier for sure
Remember tRC is the most important one in the advanced settings.

Good Luck

I agree with Slim, maybe setting TFAW to 29, TRC to 29, TRW to 10 & TRRD to 1 will do the trick according the timings he's using. It helped to boost everest scores by a landslide here.

Cheers

[Trigger5521]

Thanks Trigger !
It took me endless hours of testing to get here!
It primed for 8 hours then i stopped to run Everest Memory Benchmark.

OK , here it goes............... !

I'm picking up a bit lower at 7-7-7-22 @ 1702.

Makes me wonder if my quest for 1800 with new RAM is a waste of time if I have to use cas8 to get it.

Temps..my NB is under water and second in my loop after CPU. Your NB is amazing on air. Love the ram cooler on the NB great idea.
Edit: room air temp right now is 24c.

[M@G!C]

I agree with Slim, maybe setting TFAW to 29, TRC to 29, TRW to 10 & TRRD to 1 will do the trick according the timings he's using. It helped to boost everest scores by a landslide here.

Cheers

In fact i have read the Anandtech settings and have tried all that but made no difference at all on my read scores...

As you can see ...

[M@G!C]

I'm picking up a bit lower at 7-7-7-22 @ 1702.

Makes me wonder if my quest for 1800 with new RAM is a waste of time if I have to use cas8 to get it.

Temps..my NB is under water and second in my loop after CPU. Your NB is amazing on air. Love the ram cooler on the NB great idea.
Edit: room air temp right now is 24c.

You can see from my last post that working on timings does not gave me an improvement on read scores.. And i think that at 1800Mhz running the memory at CAS7 or CAS8 will not give such an improvement on bandwidth ... in the other side if you give an increment on FSB from 1800MHZ to 1850MHZ this will give a big jump on the read scores!

[slim142]

Ok then M@G!C try leaving ALL your Advanced Timings Settings on AUTO except for tRC. Make it 29 (or whatever you have it right now, just not in AUTO) and see if that helps.

Also update the Everest with the link I gave you, is always good to be up to date.

[Trigger5521]

In fact i have read the Anandtech settings and have tried all that but made no difference at all on my read scores...

As you can see ...

I just did the same test, drop to 29 from 36 for TFAW and TRC no noticable diff in scores for me.

I might be able to squeez 1720 stable...I have some setting that passed memtest but I haven't had time to prime them to see if they are 100%.

[M@G!C]

Here is my Everest readings at 1850Mhz.....
You can see that just a small increment of 50Mhz gave more 400MB/S in read score...

[Fusion2002]

are you linked and sync'd? Looks like your getting good results there in that last shot. Right around where the rest of us are for QX9650 around 4ghz.

[sergmann]

something from me but its not 100% stabile

[Fusion2002]

Some more Striker II Success. I almost fell over when I beat my last score by 14.5K!

[TheRoyalty]

Fusion: What settings are you using for the 9.5 multi? (ie; voltages etc) More importantly are they stable heh.

Awesome score btw, making me tempted even more to get some ugraded GPU love.

[Fusion2002]

Same settings you posted for 9.0.... cept I bumped Vcore to 1.5. Its not prime 95 stable for sure, but It passes all the 3d benches. I think its close to being able to post at 10X multi but I need to remount my water block before I dare to try to push for 4.5 GHZ


I kept toying with my core clock and my memory clock, and I ran 105,905. Woo hoo. I couldnt get it to go any farther, kept blue screening with more FSB or more Core clock.

[Trigger5521]

something from me but its not 100% stabile

1800 with 4GB @ 7-7-7...nice what type of ram is that?

edit: I see now mushkin...haven't seen many using it. How are you liking them?