X48 Rampage Formula Preview.

[arisythila]

4 cores are better than 2, 8 cores are better than 4, 16 cores are better than 8.... I hope I don't have to go on.

[zlojack]

4 cores are better than 2, 8 cores are better than 4, 16 cores are better than 8.... I hope I don't have to go on.

In some cases, yes.

[ElAguila]

I posted this on the wrong thread yesterday. I had a lot of issues with my DFI X38 and the Q9400. Bottom line is that I could not get it to oc past 3.2GHz. After dropping it in a friends rampage and seeing it go prime stable at 3.7GHz, I have decided to pull the trigger on a Rampage Formula ROG mobo since I want to go crossfireX later this year. I have a couple of questions about this mobo. Is the stock nb/sb cooler good enough after removing the stock paste and replacing with AS5 or do I need 3rd party coolers? How is the supremesound module that comes with it? I am ready to dump my x-fi xtrememusic because of endless issues. Also are there any issues using the RAM that is listed in my sig? And last but not least, which bios seems to be the preferred bios with a Q9400 and G Skill memory?

[traveler]

I posted this on the wrong thread yesterday. I had a lot of issues with my DFI X38 and the Q9400. Bottom line is that I could not get it to oc past 3.2GHz. After dropping it in a friends rampage and seeing it go prime stable at 3.7GHz, I have decided to pull the trigger on a Rampage Formula ROG mobo since I want to go crossfireX later this year. I have a couple of questions about this mobo. Is the stock nb/sb cooler good enough after removing the stock paste and replacing with AS5 or do I need 3rd party coolers? How is the supremesound module that comes with it? I am ready to dump my x-fi xtrememusic because of endless issues. Also are there any issues using the RAM that is listed in my sig? And last but not least, which bios seems to be the preferred bios with a Q9400 and G Skill memory?

I am currently using the stock heatsink setup. I did replace the stock thermal material with Ceramique on the Northbridge and the Southbridge. I have a Antec SpotFan mounted and aimed over the Northbridge heatsink. And I have a Yate Loon high volume 120 case fan aimed over and at the Southbridge from about eight inches away just sitting at the bottom of my case at the far edge of the hard drive rack area by the case side. The Yate Loon is there blowing onto the Southbridge only temorarily during building. The air flow directly onto the Southbridge is needed. Temps are the same for the North and South bridges for me. At startup they are 34C. After warming to idle they are 37C. At load under BioShock (the only app I have installed ATM) they are 42C. Hope this info helps you.

I ran the onboard sound for a while. There is no EAX support with the onboard soundcard. What issues were you having with your X-Fi card?



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Asus X48 Rampage Formula / Intel Q9450 / 2 x 2GB OCZ Reaper HPC PC2 8500 / VisionTek Radeon HD3870X2 OverClocked Edition /
Western Digital Raptor X Hard Drive / Two Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives /
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 / Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speaker System /
Lian Li 343B cube case / PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Crossfire Edition

[ElAguila]

I noticed this warning in my event log from earlier today. It was a WHEA Logger error. The ram is good. Could it be the nb voltage too low for the high fsb I am using?

A corrected hardware error occurred.
Error Source: Corrected Machine Check
Error Type: Bus/Interconnect Error
Processor ID Valid: Yes
Processor ID: 0x3
Bank Number: 5
Transaction Type: N/A
Processor Participation: Generic
Request Type: Generic Error
Memory/Io: Generic
Memory Hierarchy Level: Generic
Timeout: No

[Zucker2k]

4 cores are better than 2, 8 cores are better than 4, 16 cores are better than 8.... I hope I don't have to go on.

4 cores... running at what frequency?