Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[Think]

sually, though, to hit an OC on or about 4.00GHz. you will need at least a 1.40 or 1.45vcore. Sometimes higher. Don't go above 1.50 on air. I wouldn't exceed 1.65 vcore on water with LLC enabled.

On air? That's quit abit since temps would easily his 60C when running Prime95 using qx9650 or is this stipulation based on q9650?

My temps at 1.35 for the cpu is 41C
NB temps at 1.5 are at 40C

[vegasr]

I've tried to remove 2GB but it still gives me problems, the LCD Poster says Check DRAM (or something like that, I don't remember exactly) and it won't boot in any way. The ONLY setup which made me boot into Windows is the one I've posted before, but it wasn't stable. I've also flashed the bios back to 0404, still no results. This is the neverending story , the ONLY way I can be stable is to have the RAM at 1600 with 400 FSB, I'm beginning to think that it's the RAM'S fault...

Which memory slots do you have two sticks in?

Try putting them in the 2nd and 4th slots from the cpu, (white ones). Doing that made a world of difference for me.

[maxxx]

I am still struggling with the temp of the NB (on air). Looks like the TRUE120 is warping the board. Below is a pic of how bad it becomes. Only half of the NB touches the copper block of the stock cooling. Tried experimenting with the mounting for the TRUE (including washer trick, and putting different tensions), to no avail. Now taken off all of the stock cooling. Any ideas on how to avoid this using the stock cooling? TIA....



Maxxx

[BARRETBOY]

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
'
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

[JaVa_Az]

Yesterday I decieded to see what was better Speeding HDD or the Intel ICH9. I hooked my two WD 150gig Raptors to the speedy HDD disabled the ICH9. I can say for sure that going threw the first part of the bios up USB final was twice as fast as the ICH9. I was bit surprised and thought maybe this Speeding HDD is going to blow away the ICH9. After installing windows XP pro The time it took to boot into windows was cut in half compaired to the ICH9. So those two things the speedy is for sure better at. I have 3 screen shots first is speedy without the marvell 61XX driver 2Nd is with the 61xx driver 3rd is the Intel ICH9R
Speeding HDD Without Driver

Speeding HDD With 61xx driver

Intel ICH9R Raid 0


As you can see from the benchmarks Speedy with the driver out performs speedy without the driver. Another nice thing about speedy is you dont have to install the driver during windows setup. So no searching for a floppy or having to intregate your raid drivers into your CD. You just simply add it after booting into windows. Another note is installing the driver slighly increases the XP boot up time. From the benches it seems speed flat lines to about have way threw the disk @ about 133 transfer rate. I am not sure but i believe is the transfer rate cap on speedy . Not sure if it is driver or hardware related. I would think two 7200 sata 1 drives would be below this 133. If someone has two hooked up to there Speeding HDD would be nice to see the benchmarks. Taking a look at the Intel ICH9 in raid 0 it does Beat out the speedy. Sandra shows less of a win but if you look at the everest it shows more of a butt kicking. Buffered Read showing the biggest differance with a 100% gain on the Speedy.
I was thinking about redoing this some time soon, these benchmark are only for read speed, to do write speeds the drives need to be empty. So i was thinking XP & Vista dual boot on a 160 Gig sataII drive and running some read and write tests..Also would be nice to do some tests on some 7200 sataI drives ( but i dont have any free at the moment ...Anyways i hope this helps with the question : Is ROG Speeding HDD on my rampage extreme really faster then the intel ICH9r in raid 0

[JaVa_Az]

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
'
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

[Think]

Yesterday I decieded to see what was better Speeding HDD or the Intel ICH9. I hooked my two WD 150gig Raptors to the speedy HDD disabled the ICH9. I can say for sure that going threw the first part of the bios up USB final was twice as fast as the ICH9. I was bit surprised and thought maybe this Speeding HDD is going to blow away the ICH9. After installing windows XP pro The time it took to boot into windows was cut in half compaired to the ICH9. So those two things the speedy is for sure better at. I have 3 screen shots first is speedy without the marvell 61XX driver 2Nd is with the 61xx driver 3rd is the Intel ICH9R
Speeding HDD Without Driver

Speeding HDD With 61xx driver

Intel ICH9R Raid 0


As you can see from the benchmarks Speedy with the driver out performs speedy without the driver. Another nice thing about speedy is you dont have to install the driver during windows setup. So no searching for a floppy or having to intregate your raid drivers into your CD. You just simply add it after booting into windows. Another note is installing the driver slighly increases the XP boot up time. From the benches it seems speed flat lines to about have way threw the disk @ about 133 transfer rate. I am not sure but i believe is the transfer rate cap on speedy . Not sure if it is driver or hardware related. I would think two 7200 sata 1 drives would be below this 133. If someone has two hooked up to there Speeding HDD would be nice to see the benchmarks. Taking a look at the Intel ICH9 in raid 0 it does Beat out the speedy. Sandra shows less of a win but if you look at the everest it shows more of a butt kicking. Buffered Read showing the biggest differance with a 100% gain on the Speedy.
I was thinking about redoing this some time soon, these benchmark are only for read speed, to do write speeds the drives need to be empty. So i was thinking XP & Vista dual boot on a 160 Gig sataII drive and running some read and write tests..Also would be nice to do some tests on some 7200 sataI drives ( but i dont have any free at the moment ...Anyways i hope this helps with the question : Is ROG Speeding HDD on my rampage extreme really faster then the intel ICH9r in raid 0

Nice job and I would comply but I opted to setup my 150 raptors Raid 0 32mb on the Intel chipset. So if you want I can run some test but I'm sure they'll be skewed since the OS is on them.

[MnM]

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

Same for me - my QX9770 currently runs at 4.1GHz no issues here with this quad (and this is with 8GB of ddr3 ram too).
This board has issues with high FSB + Intel quad cpu, but with a quad and FSB below 420 or so there are no issues at all.

[JaVa_Az]

Nice job and I would comply but I opted to setup my 150 raptors Raid 0 32mb on the Intel chipset. So if you want I can run some test but I'm sure they'll be skewed since the OS is on them.

Yeah you could do a read benchmark on that but a write bench will destroy data so the drives need to be empty. Had i known that i would have done this differantly from the start.
Your 32Mb did you mean 32Kb block size when you made the raid 0? Which if that is the block size would be interesting to see your read benches. Since i have mY Block size set up as the Defualt 128Kb.
I really am thinking about hooking up that 160gig and wipe the raptors and get some write benches. I kinda feel like the read benches i posted have created more questions for me, Then what they have answered. One being since write on two raptors will be below 133MB/s is the Speeding and ICH9R going to bench the same? I might just do it although installing windows 2 more times today does not sound like much fun. I would rather be more thorough and with some time Questions could be answered

[ante_ante]

I´m running with my q9450 right now with 475x8 without any probs. Using 0501 bios.

EDIT: Only thing i hate is that vista boots damn slow with x38 and x48 with ati HD4870 card.

[Think]

.
Your 32Mb did you mean 32Kb block size when you made the raid 0? Which if that is the block size would be interesting to see your read benches. Since i have mY Block size set up as the Defualt 128Kb.

Yes 32KB. Which program would you like tested ?

I´m running with my q9450 right now with 475x8 without any probs. Using 0501 bios.

EDIT: Only thing i hate is that vista boots damn slow with x38 and x48 with ati HD4870 card.

Care to share ? Just copy and paste:

Extreme Tweaker Menu

CPU FSB - Auto
CPU Level Up - Auto
-cpu configuration
-cpu clock skew - Auto
-nb clock skew - Auto
FSB Strap to North Bridge - Auto
DRAM FREQUENCY - Auto
DRAM Command Rate - Auto
DRAM Timing Control - Auto
*1st information : 7-7-7-18-80-12-6
*2nd informaion : 8-6-6-4-7-4-7
*3rd information : 23-8-1-8-8
DRAM Static Read Control - Auto
DRAM Dynamic Write Control - Auto
-DRAM Skew Control
Ai Clock Twister - Auto
Ai Transaction Booster - Auto
*C/P : A1 A2
*LVL : 07 07

EPU II Phase Control - Auto
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** Please Key in Numbers or select voltage!***
CPU Voltage - 1.35
Load-Line Calibration - Auto
CPU PLL Voltage - Auto
FSB Termination Voltage - Auto
CPU GTLVref (o) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (1) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (2) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (3) - Auto
NB GTLVref - Auto
North Bridge Voltage - Auto
DRAM Voltage -Auto
NB DDRVref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelA Vref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelB Vref - Auto
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage - Auto
South Bridge 1.05 Voltage - Auto
**********************************************
CPU Spread Spectrum - Auto
PCIE Spread Spectrum - Auto

Since my Mushkins can't even hit 400 stable. These are my settings:

Extreme Tweaker Menu
Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
CPU Multiplier: 7x
TweakIt/EPU-Six Engine
CPU Level Up - Auto
-cpu configuration
-cpu clock skew - Auto
-nb clock skew - Auto
FSB Strap to North Bridge - 333 or 400
DRAM FREQUENCY - 1333 (default cpu fsb would result in this being max)
DRAM Command Rate - 2T , try 1 later
DRAM Timing Control - Auto
*1st information : 7-7-7-18-80-12-6
*2nd informaion : 8-6-6-4-7-4-7
*3rd information : 23-8-1-8-8
DRAM Static Read Control - Disabled
DRAM Dynamic Write Control - Disabled
-DRAM Skew Control
Ai Clock Twister - Lightest
Ai Transaction Booster - Manual
Common Performance Level: 9

EPU II Phase Control - Auto
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** Please Key in Numbers or select voltage!***
CPU Voltage - 1.35
Load-Line Calibration - Auto
CPU PLL Voltage - Auto
FSB Termination Voltage - Auto
CPU GTLVref (o) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (1) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (2) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (3) - Auto
NB GTLVref - 0.67
North Bridge Voltage - 1.55
DRAM Voltage -1.922
NB DDRVref - DDR_REF
DDR3 ChannelA Vref - DDR_REF
DDR3 ChannelB Vref - DDR_REF
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage - Auto
South Bridge 1.05 Voltage - Auto
**********************************************
CPU Spread Spectrum - Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum - Disabled



temps hit CPU43C NB41C running memorytest86

If this goes on I'll yank the board out completely and get rid of the memory as well.

[DeathWalking]

Enable LLC.

What? I thought enabling LLC helped to get rid of vdroop, but could introduce major instabilities in windows when switching between high loads and idle (i.e. stopping a stress test, or starting one...)

[ShoNuff]

Yesterday I decieded to see what was better Speeding HDD or the Intel ICH9. I hooked my two WD 150gig Raptors to the speedy HDD disabled the ICH9. I can say for sure that going threw the first part of the bios up USB final was twice as fast as the ICH9. I was bit surprised and thought maybe this Speeding HDD is going to blow away the ICH9. After installing windows XP pro The time it took to boot into windows was cut in half compaired to the ICH9. So those two things the speedy is for sure better at. I have 3 screen shots first is speedy without the marvell 61XX driver 2Nd is with the 61xx driver 3rd is the Intel ICH9R
Speeding HDD Without Driver

[cut]...[/cut]

I was thinking about redoing this some time soon, these benchmark are only for read speed, to do write speeds the drives need to be empty. So i was thinking XP & Vista dual boot on a 160 Gig sataII drive and running some read and write tests..Also would be nice to do some tests on some 7200 sataI drives ( but i dont have any free at the moment ...Anyways i hope this helps with the question : Is ROG Speeding HDD on my rampage extreme really faster then the intel ICH9r in raid 0

This is good stuff...thanks for posting. I just picked up pair of 150GB VR's from ebay on the cheap. I should have them Monday and will try the read and write tests when I get them. Your results confirm my thoughts about the ICH9 Controller but was not inspired to verify.

[F.stop]

Same for me - my QX9770 currently runs at 4.1GHz no issues here with this quad (and this is with 8GB of ddr3 ram too).
This board has issues with high FSB + Intel quad cpu, but with a quad and FSB below 420 or so there are no issues at all.

Ive experienced exactly the same, rock stable up to 420fsb 3.8ghz but beyond that though not too stable at all

[Mix]

hi

I need link to bios 403

[revogamer]

ive got a Q9550 E0 and im running it @ 4.2Ghz, 495 x 8.5
cooled by water
0501 bios

temps are 37 NB idle
CPU 29/29/36/36 idle

[3oh6]

hi

I need link to bios 403

BIOS section of this thread...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...40&postcount=4

[quattro_]

ive got a Q9550 E0 and im running it @ 4.2Ghz, 495 x 8.5
cooled by water
0501 bios

temps are 37 NB idle
CPU 29/29/36/36 idle

please can you post your bios settings

[Think]

please can you post your bios settings

I agree, the proof is in the pudding and just saying without revealing is not very helpful. Here's a list, just copy and paste and put in your values...I'm curious as well:


Extreme Tweaker Menu

CPU FSB - Auto
CPU Level Up - Auto
-cpu configuration
-cpu clock skew - Auto
-nb clock skew - Auto
FSB Strap to North Bridge - Auto
DRAM FREQUENCY - Auto
DRAM Command Rate - Auto
DRAM Timing Control - Auto
*1st information : 7-7-7-18-80-12-6
*2nd informaion : 8-6-6-4-7-4-7
*3rd information : 23-8-1-8-8
DRAM Static Read Control - Auto
DRAM Dynamic Write Control - Auto
-DRAM Skew Control
Ai Clock Twister - Auto
Ai Transaction Booster - Auto
*C/P : A1 A2
*LVL : 07 07

EPU II Phase Control - Auto
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** Please Key in Numbers or select voltage!***
CPU Voltage - 1.35
Load-Line Calibration - Auto
CPU PLL Voltage - Auto
FSB Termination Voltage - Auto
CPU GTLVref (o) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (1) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (2) - Auto
CPU GTLVref (3) - Auto
NB GTLVref - Auto
North Bridge Voltage - Auto
DRAM Voltage -Auto
NB DDRVref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelA Vref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelB Vref - Auto
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage - Auto
South Bridge 1.05 Voltage - Auto
**********************************************
CPU Spread Spectrum - Auto
PCIE Spread Spectrum - Auto

[revogamer]

well its not exactly 'safe'

Extreme Tweaker Menu

CPU FSB - Manual
CPU Level Up - Auto
FSB: 495
-cpu configuration
-cpu clock skew - Auto
-nb clock skew - Auto
FSB Strap to North Bridge - 333
DRAM FREQUENCY - 1199(my ram sucks majorly for ocing)
DRAM Command Rate - Auto
DRAM Timing Control - Auto
*1st information : 7-7-7-20-80-12-6
*2nd informaion : 8-6-6-4-7-4-7
*3rd information : 23-8-1-8-8
DRAM Static Read Control - Auto
DRAM Dynamic Write Control - Auto
-DRAM Skew Control
Ai Clock Twister - Auto
Ai Transaction Booster - Auto
*C/P : A1 A2
*LVL : 07 07

EPU II Phase Control - Auto
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** Please Key in Numbers or select voltage!***
CPU Voltage - 1.462
Load-Line Calibration - Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage - 1.709
FSB Termination Voltage - 1.45
CPU GTLVref (o) - +40
CPU GTLVref (1) - +50
CPU GTLVref (2) - +50
CPU GTLVref (3) - +40
NB GTLVref - +30
North Bridge Voltage - 1.7 (the nb temps are still low, so yeah)
DRAM Voltage -1.8
NB DDRVref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelA Vref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelB Vref - Auto
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage - 1.6
South Bridge 1.05 Voltage - 1.08
**********************************************
CPU Spread Spectrum - Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum - Disabled

stable for 1 hr OCCT stress test, idle temps 29/29/36/36 load 60ish
EDIT: have now set 499 fsb with same settings and its 3dmark 06 stable and pi, will try OCCT soon

will post OCCT results if required, as well as cpu-z if you want.

i dont think it would be possible on air.

with vvt @ anything below that = no post
same with pll

but with this voltage its stable, so yeah. anything 499> not stable at all

quads respond VERY well to those and GTL's.

[3oh6]

what can i say, the EP45T-Extreme got me frustrated, yet again, so i turned to the one thing that has never
let me down...except when it let me down for those few days while it was dead

needless to say, she is definitely back, and on 0501...kicking ass and taking names! GTL adjustments FTW

E8400 on LN2 // Round 2
Intel X48 & Intel E8400 Q808A476:
Click score for full size screenshot...

CPU-Z Validation | CPU @ 660*9 5940MHz | RAM @ 990MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9
PiFast = 15.98s | CPU @ 648*9 5832MHz | RAM @ 972MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9 | HWBot.org
wPrime 32M = 12.964s | CPU @ 655*9 5895MHz | RAM @ 982MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9 | HWBot.org
wPrime 1024M = 422.417s | CPU @ 640*9 5760MHz | RAM @ 960MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9 | HWBot.org

I had a few liters of LN2 left so I decided to have at the E8400 again and run some PiFast and wPrime since I just figured out the secret to better times with both of them...Vista! It turned out to be quite a fruitful hour or two as I completely smashed the top HWBot PiFast time with some unruly FSB on the Rampage Extreme. This guy played with GTLs finally and it paid off in spades at the end of the session

[rob2k]

Ive experienced exactly the same, rock stable up to 420fsb 3.8ghz but beyond that though not too stable at all

For those browsing the thread this board runs quads at decent overclocks - just don't expect the FSB speeds that made headlines when this board was released (yet - anyway). Not sure if that goes for all quad chips. EF done very well with his 9650. My 9770 is only prime stable at 405FSB so I use that with a multi of 10. At 425FSB it will play games but not bench. Of course there is always variance in the CPU and Mobo so some will be better than others. Worth reading back a few pages as Mezzro has posted some good info for quad users.

[tekjunkie]

For some reason, my board is not stable even @ stock settings with everything on auto. Memtest fails with all three of my RAM kits, SPI 32M is a no go also.Same thing happened to my S2E(actually it was a bit worse) and I am going through this again .I think I would have to try a bit harder by doing a trial and error with the BIOS settings. Since everything is @ default, it's reading the XMP profile from my Gskill SPD and running the FSB @ 400x7.5 = 3GHZ for my QX9650. I also took the heatsink off, cleaned and applied MX-2 and did the washer mod(I cut up the silicon gormets that came with my V2110B and used it as a washer ) and my NB idles @ around 43C and it went up to 53C when running SPI 32M. This is @ a VMCH of 1.35V.I put a 120 MM fan over it and it helped a bit(Idle:42C and Load: 47C).I don't know whether these temps are OK or not(comming from 975x->780i->790i->X48). I thought after getting a stable PC @ stock speeds, I could put my raid card and the OCZ ssds and do a review,since I didn't want the instability of my PC to skew up the results. I guess that would have to wait until I get my PC stable @ stock speeds.Any help to get my PC stable @ stock with any of the RAM kits that I have would be appreciated.

[rob2k]

Hi Tekjunkie, try setting as much of the bios to manual settings - this worked better for me. Also enter the XMP memory settings manually and use the white DIM slots.

Your temps are fine - I get around 60 degs load at 1.45v with washers and AS5.

[MnM]

well its not exactly 'safe'

Extreme Tweaker Menu

CPU FSB - Manual
CPU Level Up - Auto
FSB: 495
-cpu configuration
-cpu clock skew - Auto
-nb clock skew - Auto
FSB Strap to North Bridge - 333
DRAM FREQUENCY - 1199(my ram sucks majorly for ocing)
DRAM Command Rate - Auto
DRAM Timing Control - Auto
*1st information : 7-7-7-20-80-12-6
*2nd informaion : 8-6-6-4-7-4-7
*3rd information : 23-8-1-8-8
DRAM Static Read Control - Auto
DRAM Dynamic Write Control - Auto
-DRAM Skew Control
Ai Clock Twister - Auto
Ai Transaction Booster - Auto
*C/P : A1 A2
*LVL : 07 07

EPU II Phase Control - Auto
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** Please Key in Numbers or select voltage!***
CPU Voltage - 1.462
Load-Line Calibration - Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage - 1.709
FSB Termination Voltage - 1.45
CPU GTLVref (o) - +40
CPU GTLVref (1) - +50
CPU GTLVref (2) - +50
CPU GTLVref (3) - +40
NB GTLVref - +30
North Bridge Voltage - 1.7 (the nb temps are still low, so yeah)
DRAM Voltage -1.8
NB DDRVref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelA Vref - Auto
DDR3 ChannelB Vref - Auto
South Bridge 1.5 Voltage - 1.6
South Bridge 1.05 Voltage - 1.08
**********************************************
CPU Spread Spectrum - Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum - Disabled

stable for 1 hr OCCT stress test, idle temps 29/29/36/36 load 60ish
EDIT: have now set 499 fsb with same settings and its 3dmark 06 stable and pi, will try OCCT soon

will post OCCT results if required, as well as cpu-z if you want.

i dont think it would be possible on air.

with vvt @ anything below that = no post
same with pll

but with this voltage its stable, so yeah. anything 499> not stable at all

quads respond VERY well to those and GTL's.

I have tried those settings with my QX9770 and it took me from 410fsb to430fsb with 20 minutes OCCT stable - I have stopped oCCT myself so maybe it was fully stable with 1 hour test.

Just wanted to ask - how safe are those settings? in particular CPU PLL and GTL ones. Are they 24/7 settings?