The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[Grnfinger]

I think this chip could do 1.60v 24/7. It just needs the volts. I can tell it will go higher because it'll prime at higher temps than in the ss. Also, my ambient temps haven't been the greatest. If I could get 60f in here, I could feed it more volts and maybe loosen up rams a bit, it's currently doing 1158Mhz @ PL7.

About your 1.45v 24/7 question, I think if you're already doing 1.40v, the extra .05v isn't going to do any harm. These quads are less voltage sensitive than the duals, it seems. I think plls are what you should look for. I never touch the plls (1.50v) when I'm overclocking 45nm chips. Also, fsbt is reasonable enough, and I've run way higher fsbt volts in the past without breaking anything.

I was in the MIIF thread and read a lot of unhappy posts; seems the P5Q Deluxe is doing better than the ROG board.

I am a little disapointed with teh board , I expected alittle more from such a hefty $$ board.
I have a Rampage comming this week if it performs better than the P45 the MIIF is gone to ebay. Seems Asus has dropped the ball on bios support. A board half in price should not be beating the ROG line.
The board is stable and runs cool, has alot of bios options and looks very sweet. To bad they spent more time with eye candy than engineering

[kup]

I am a little disapointed with teh board , I expected alittle more from such a hefty $$ board.
I have a Rampage comming this week if it performs better than the P45 the MIIF is gone to ebay. Seems Asus has dropped the ball on bios support. A board half in price should not be beating the ROG line.
The board is stable and runs cool, has alot of bios options and looks very sweet. To bad they spent more time with eye candy than engineering

I'll be eagerly awaiting your verdict because I can't decided between the Rampage or the MIIF...

The 16 Phase CPU Power sounds nice, but does it really offer anything over the Maximus/Rampage...? I'm hoping a well run X48 would overclock as well as a P45...