Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[JaVa_Az]

Apperently the 16 phase power regulation is not the best suited for quads... so says a pretty well known overclocker Openpagebook when asked what is the best mobtherboard for a Xeon 3350;

http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/sh...56&postcount=4

"wrong
, quadcore +16 phase=bad match..."



Your mileage may vary?

SO whats the deal with that should Full Phase be disabled in the bios with a quad core in ?

[Mezzro]

CCC, I have the G.Skill jnl/jnm set, as well as CellShock Blue and Super Talent ProjectX RAM (the latter two being 2GB kits). The Cell Shock has produced the best results for me by a good margin. The G.Skill fared ok, but nothing exceptional. ProjectX worked, but received lower marks. Some still have trouble with Cell Shock on this board, but I think the RAM works for most using the lastest BIOS release (501).

[Mezzro]

SO whats the deal with that should Full Phase be disabled in the bios with a quad core in ?

Good thought. That's one thing I haven't tried. If someone here has, please let me know before I swap out CPU's. Thanks

[rob2k]

SO whats the deal with that should Full Phase be disabled in the bios with a quad core in ?

Sounds like a good suggestion and worthy of testing.

Can you tell me is this the EPU II PHASE CONTROL ?. For this in bios 0501 I only have AUTO and FULL PHASE options.

Thanks.

[JaVa_Az]

For some reason i thought there was a disable on it. Not for sure one of the older bioes had that but for sure the 0501 only has auto and FULL Phase

[ChaosAD]

If u want to change NB/SB cooling with aftermarket, then i guess u cant use the stock asus mosfet cooling, is this correct? Has anyone tried Enzotech MST-81 Mosfet HS. Do u know if it is gonna fit w/out problems? Enzotech site reports that it fit Maximus/Rampage Formula, any chance to fit RE also?

[JaVa_Az]

If u want to change NB/SB cooling with aftermarket, then i guess u cant use the stock asus mosfet cooling, is this correct? Has anyone tried Enzotech MST-81 Mosfet HS. Do u know if it is gonna fit w/out problems? Enzotech site reports that it fit Maximus/Rampage Formula, any chance to fit RE also?

If they say they will fit the Maximus Extreme they will work. Same hole placement and size

[ChaosAD]

Nop i didnt see anywhere about Maximus/Rampage extreme. Just the formua version. I cant link site, it doesnt work atm. Can anyone confirm if this is gonna work plz?

[tekjunkie]

My stuff came in today. Let the fun begin.

[Mezzro]

all other 'quirks' i have learned to work around are related to the issues with D9GTR and D9GTS

3o, can you please elaborate? And what were the workaround you used? Thanks

[3oh6]

couldn't have said it any better

Rock on Jody, good to see you revived it!

Congrats, 3o! Must be a big relief.

huge relief as playing the "Asus RMA Good Board/Bad Board Lottery" was not on the top of my list of things to do this week.

is the gskill pi 4gig set with jnl, jnm ics still the way to go on this board 3oh6?

i honestly don't have a clue. i don't know what ICs are on my G.Skill 4GB Pi kit and to be honest, haven't really tested them that much. this board is my primary benching board and with my new deal with Praxair for LN2 @ 1$/L...it has spent the last 2-3 weeks doing nothing but prepping and running under cold. i have a lot of GPUs to play with so testing 4GB kits has moved to the back burner, sorry but you must understand

3o, can you please elaborate? And what were the workaround you used? Thanks

just the stuff i have encountered from day one, like with my 2x1GB G.Skill HZ's...every now and then perfectly stable settings won't POST after a reboot, hangs on DET DRAM. i have to shut down, pull the inside stick, POST with the single stick, go into the BIOS, Save&Exit, then go back into the BIOS and shutdown. putting the second stick in fires right up again.

other things like certain FSBs at certain temperatures just won't POST...raising tRFC higher than it needs to be allows POST, but then lowering it back in Windows show no ill effects. the next reboot i will POST fine with the tighter tRFC.

small things like that which i haven't documented real well, just encounter when benching and found ways to bypass them when they show up. most of these types of things only happen below single stage temps when benching LN2 but the ones listed above can happen anytime and more frequent at higher clocks. compared to the 790i, the RE is tame though. you want to talk about navigating a mine field to get the most out of a board...but when you figure her out, the 790i can be a monster too.

[tekjunkie]

.... compared to the 790i, the RE is tame though. you want to talk about navigating a mine field to get the most out of a board...but when you figure her out, the 790i can be a monster too.

Lol, one of the reasons that I wanted to go 790i FTW. With the amount of time that I spent on my S2E, I could almost write a thesis on the S2E and get a doctorate, lol. From my experience with the S2E, that board was pretty finicky with the RAM too(read the ICs on them). Try I might, I could not get the board prime stable either with my EB sticks and my Gskills(BHZ)(Everything looks stable,but prime fails randomly), both have some kind of D9 or the other. But it seems to really really like my samsung based OCZs(DDR3-2000 4GB kits).I was very stable with my Qx9650 running 450x9 linked and synced(1:2). I could also get the board pretty stable with 475x8 if I disable P1/P2 with my Qx9650 1:2.0804 BIOS and latter really let the beast of the S2E out.


But for all that, I still went with the RE because I will have two platforms so that I can choose the gfx card(xfire or SLI) with two kickass CPUs(E8600 and Qx9650). I could also pick and choose my platform for either of these CPUs depending on which rus better on what. Even if the RE happens to not like the quad and I could put my E8600 on it and I know I can run my Qx9650 4GHZ 24/7 stable on my S2E with pretty good FSB.

Sorry about a pretty big post and going a bit off topic.I will have to get back to putting my stuff together. Man, we also have a good game on tonight . Now I would have to choose ARGH!!!!!

[Think]

Has anyone tried the Marvel Speeding HD at all?

I will be installing both my raptors in Raid 0 on the Intel ich9r for my OS and just a 500 G WD as well but was wondering if anyone is even using the sil5723?

Bios 0501 seems to make my initial Vista setup extremely slow and I had up my DIMM voltage up to 1.9 as well as install only one stick for the time being since I have the original vista x64. I suppose I should of slipstreamed the operating system before doing this but is there something wrong with 0501????

[Mezzro]

Has anyone tried the Marvel Speeding HD at all?

I will be installing both my raptors in Raid 0 on the Intel ich9r for my OS and just a 500 G WD as well but was wondering if anyone is even using the sil5723?

I'm using the SIL5723 controller to run to data disks (Velociraptors) in RAID 0. Works fine after some initial trial and error trying to get it to play nice with ICH9R -- the two can conflict.

[synthetic2008]

Hi eternal_fantasy, 3oh6, MikeMK, rob2k, and other friends in this thread RE ! I often follow all thread about all of you about the setting of asus Rampage extreme.
Finally, I have the RE with procie QX9770 and DDR3 Kingston XMP profile 14400 freq band with 1800 timing 8-8-8-21 in my seting bios 0501 :

ai overclock tuner: XMP (extreme memory profile) (profile 1)

Once, I tried to change into manual and at Dram freq = 1800, but when I saved the setting the bios system stopped and not responded. Then I rechanged into the XMP normal again.

OC CPU lvl up: auto
OC Mem lvl up: auto
FSB : 460
CPU Ratio setting : 10, and cpu configuration :
- C1E support : disable
- CPU TM function : enable
- Intel Speedstep : Disable
- Max cupid : disable
- Vanderpool : enable
- Execute disable bit : enable
CPU Clock SKEW: auto
NB Clock SKEW: auto
FSB strap to north bridge : auto
PCI-E Freq: 100mhz
Dram Freq: 1800
Dram Command Rate: 1N
Dram Timing control : Manual (8-8-8-21)
And others : auto
ai clock twister: Auto
ai transaction booster: auto
EPU II Phase Cntrl : Auto
Vcore : 1.34375v
LLC load line calibration: disable
CPU PLL : 1,51106
Fsb termination voltage : 1,31216
All other GTL's: Auto
North Bridge : 1.44472
Dram voltage : 1.94v
ND DDR vref + Channel refs are all : auto
SB 1.5 : 1.51106
SB 1.05: 1.06039
All spread spectrums: Disabled.

1. Why the tuner in the ai overclock must be XMP ? If we set the DRAM freq = 1800 manually, the system did not respond and the computer is hang.

2. The sytem is not stable. The vcore temperature is 45-47 degree centigrade, NB temperature is 57-60 degree centigrade (very hot). SB temperature is 47-49 degree centigrade.
Pls advise the ssetting of the bios so that the system can be stable in good condition.

[Think]

I'm using the SIL5723 controller to run to data disks (Velociraptors) in RAID 0. Works fine after some initial trial and error trying to get it to play nice with ICH9R -- the two can conflict.

Thank you for the reply Mezzro but what is the consensus on the bios? Is the 0501 flaky and I should flash back to 0301?

[ChaosAD]

Ok since i didnt get any reply yet, let me make it more simple for you. Is this HS http://www.enzotechnology.com/mst-81.htm going to fit the 2x mosfet area without any problems? The reason i ask you is because i cant find the dimensions for this anywhere.

[Zeus]

Ok since i didnt get any reply yet, let me make it more simple for you. Is this HS http://www.enzotechnology.com/mst-81.htm going to fit the 2x mosfet area without any problems? The reason i ask you is because i cant find the dimensions for this anywhere.

Judging by the placement of the pushpins i'd say it'll possibly fit for the top mosfets but not for the mosfets behind the io panel.

At a quick glance i'd say that one is shorter but what's more, the position of the pushpins (screws in this case) is different.

[quattro_]

this is my first Intel board ever can you guys help me out with OC settings .
cpu q9650 , ram OCZ Flex II DDR3 PC3-16000.
i hope to reach 4ghz, any help would be appreciated .

[ChaosAD]

Judging by the placement of the pushpins i'd say it'll possibly fit for the top mosfets but not for the mosfets behind the io panel.

At a quick glance i'd say that one is shorter but what's more, the position of the pushpins (screws in this case) is different.

So since these Enzo dont fit, i cant find the Thermalright HS nowhere here in Greece and i also i dont want to watercool the mosfets, what other options do i have?

[Zeus]

Keep the heatpipe assembly and get a Swiftech NB block or wait for the EK or Bitspower block maybe?

Doing the washer trick helps to keep temps down.

Another option is to cut the heatpipes.

[ChaosAD]

Unless i find Thermalright HS somewhere in Europe so i can order If anyone knows a place plz let me know. I also think that me EK-NB S-max fit NB fine, am i right?

[rob2k]

Hi eternal_fantasy, 3oh6, MikeMK, rob2k, and other friends in this thread RE !

FSB : 460
CPU Ratio setting : 10, and cpu configuration :

Hello and welcome !!. For a start your CPU speed is set to 4.6GHz, I take it by your temps that you are on air ?, my 9770 tops out at around 4.1Ghz with temps of 67 degs C. Your command rate 1T is also optimistic at 460FSB.

Start out at 420 x 9 and increase from there. To be honest I think a lot of quad users including myself are still aiming for decent FSB speed to achieve default memory speeds.

[Think]

I'm still having problems with this board. It's not overclocked and the only bios changes I made:

Intel QX9650 set vcor to 1.35
Mushing Ram Mushkin Acsent 996625 (2x4g) set to 1.90 - ran memory test and all is well
Turned off auto fan functions
Turned off Marvel chipset
Set Intel to Raid for both raptors, set my plextor sata drive as my primary boot.
Vista starts to load, I choose my language then BLUE SCREEN APPEARS. Tried with only 1 stick. I didn't even have a chance to select the appropriate drivers for the chipset!.

Bios 0501

[rob2k]

Hi Think, I don't think anyone here has managed to get hold of the 0503 bios to test it in anyway. I would recommended changing to 0501 or earlier and then repeating the install.

PS - any chance of a link to 0503 ?.