Quote Originally Posted by BARRETBOY View Post
Greets All

Ok First up Let me say a Huge hello to Everyone here,
Secondly and i have No reason to hide anything whatsoever
I am A COMPLETE NOOB when it comes to overclocking & its assoc settings req in the bios , i would probably be safer in saying that if i had much luck in there then its more by pure chance than design.
Anyway i am currently building a new rig lol
its been a little while since last time But this time going H2o, at the present it's a h2o / air hybrid ..
for specs Ect ...

http://asusindependent.com/forums/in...?showtopic=365

there should be some pics also of the build and a working link to the case of choice ( Gigabyte 3D Mercury ... well if im going h2o mightaswell get a case that at least supplies one loop
also at the present and i DO stress the word present, the rig is running a q9450 2.66G cpu + 4g corsair ddr3 1333 mem 9.9.9.24 spec anyway its all in the build log so far .. NEEDLESS to say this has NOT been without it's pitfalls
So for ANYONE wanting to rush out and grab this board and run it with a quadcore ...sit back . reflect & think hard . because looking at the crappy job asus has done with this board as far as quality control goes ITS pretty lack luster to say the least . anyway Sure it does Not have the best of mem out there installed but its on the qvl 1333 sect right at the top .. and the cpu is also supported .. so ? anyway for more details on it.. the link again is
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http://asusindependent.com/forums/in...?showtopic=365

just thought i would share on here and possibly in the near future save someone some money and headaches .. however i am a persistent bastard
and will keep on at this thing untill i crack it , or it ends up with its mate the striker 2 nse LOL ..prior to that two xfx 790i ultra's both rma'd due to them being crap
regards
I dont seem to have a problem with my Quad core on this board running it @ 3.8Ghz. Sure Asus for sure did a slack job on the TIM for the heat pipes. ( they need to fire the Guy that does that ). But really i think this board will only produce better overclocks with new bios releases. I think with a band new board with a fairly new chipset your just going to have to face the fact your going to be a beta tester for awhile. Not really sure what your having a problem with but that chip should have no problems running @ 2.66. If your post your settings and what is wrong maybe I or someone else in here can help you get it squared away