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

[zlojack]

Well, I'm not sure about the MIIF, but I tried G.Skill, Mushkin and OCZ (various models/combos) on my MF and those sticks were the best ones for me. I had over 1100 with 8GB, but I don't know exactly what the settings were.


Here's one of 4GB at 1147MHz

[Grnfinger]

Well, I'm not sure about the MIIF, but I tried G.Skill, Mushkin and OCZ (various models/combos) on my MF and those sticks were the best ones for me. I had over 1100 with 8GB, but I don't know exactly what the settings were.


Here's one of 4GB at 1147MHz

Thanks Jack

Think I might invest in some Dominators this weekend, then I can have a ram sale Monday

[RCG_Bex]

Ok, QX9650 booted @ 4.35GHz but RAM was ~1330MHz with voltage set to 2.26 @ 5-6-6-18

Obviously it didn't last long (long enough to msn someone and then restart the pc myself)- could probably get it stable if I spend some time on it. Back to 4.2GHz with ram @ 1297MHz 5-5-5-18 2.4 for now

~Bex

[les_paulde]

Well, yesterday I received my RMA'd kit of the G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (not bad, I must say, within a week ) so I obviously had to have a go at getting these to run at the same speed as my Ballistix Tracers, namely 1117Mhz..

Started off at 1.94v in the bios with the previously suggested settings (skew, etc.), resulting in a stable rig in memtest at 1066Mhz. Happy as I was that these now finally do run at their rated speed, my initial excitement quickly faded as I noticed that I could not run the sticks any higher than this, despite people's great experience with them here in the forum. I've tried different skew settings, changed Trfc to 55 and even tried with the CPU running at stock. Also upping the voltage to 2.12v real did not allow me to reach any higher speeds, although the errors in memtest did seem to decrease upon increasing the Dram voltage. But I'm a bit weary with upping the voltage on these puppies, how high have people gone before without destroying the sticks?

Also, is there any other setting I could try to get these sticks to run faster, even 1080/1090Mhz I'd be happy with as my Everest benchmark is non too exciting right now, even though I'm on the 0308 Formula bios:



Thanks again for any ideas!

[Grnfinger]

Well, yesterday I received my RMA'd kit of the G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (not bad, I must say, within a week ) so I obviously had to have a go at getting these to run at the same speed as my Ballistix Tracers, namely 1117Mhz..

Started off at 1.94v in the bios with the previously suggested settings (skew, etc.), resulting in a stable rig in memtest at 1066Mhz. Happy as I was that these now finally do run at their rated speed, my initial excitement quickly faded as I noticed that I could not run the sticks any higher than this, despite people's great experience with them here in the forum. I've tried different skew settings, changed Tref to 55 and even tried with the CPU running at stock. Also upping the voltage to 2.12v real did not allow me to reach any higher speeds, although the errors in memtest did seem to decrease upon increasing the Dram voltage. But I'm a bit weary with upping the voltage on these puppies, how high have people gone before without destroying the sticks?

Also, is there any other setting I could try to get these sticks to run faster, even 1080/1090Mhz I'd be happy with as my Everest benchmark is non too exciting right now, even though I'm on the 0308 Formula bios:



Thanks again for any ideas!

They should do 1080 very easy with settings
Dram static enabled
Clock twister strong
PL 7

advance clock skew 300ps both channels.
TRFC to 55
and set 2.12 in bios if it passes then start lowering dram volts.
your NB volts will play a part 1.47 to start and adjust up from there.
I need 1.51 NB volts for stability.

Mine do 1103MHZ currently and will boot and bench at 1130MHz, trying to get them stable now with some tweaking.

[kup]

Grn, I did some tests on my G.Skill and they Prime Blending and Memtest86+ stable with everything on Auto Timings PL6 1130MHz @ 2.1v. I know it's not the done thing here but have you tried on Auto?

[Grnfinger]

Grn, I did some tests on my G.Skill and they Prime Blending and Memtest86+ stable with everything on Auto Timings PL6 1130MHz @ 2.1v. I know it's not the done thing here but have you tried on Auto?

No but I'm willing to try anything right now.
3 weeks trying to get 4.0 stable, and what did it was setting GTL's to auto
So maybe auto ram is worth a shot. Then use Everest to set the values manually.

Took the afternoon off work today seems I'm feeling alittle sick
so looks like I have a few hours to tinker with the ram.

[RCG_Bex]

Well I hit 4.35GHz on the QX9650 last night - RAM @ 1320MHz 5-6-6-18 @ 2.26v :P

Went for 4.4GHz but not stable enough for a screenshot

My RAM hates using the lowest settings unless it's >1100mhz... really wierd...

I think I'm hitting a wall though because I kinda get into windows but then BSOD almost immediately. Not sure what to raise next tbh

~Bex

[Grnfinger]

try upping NB volts and PLL

[RCG_Bex]

Ok - will do tonight when I get home

How much NB voltage is too much?

~Bex

[Grnfinger]

Ok - will do tonight when I get home

How much NB voltage is too much?

~Bex

I would not go above 1.57 or so.
Temps will be more important tho.
Try to keep the NB under 47-50 full load.


On a side note my Mushkins are 30% passes Memtest Pro, running 1130MHz.
Had to relax the timing some but seem to be stable

5-5-5-15-5-65-6-5
10-4-5-6-6-5-6
16-6-1-6-6
let's me keep PL 7 and Twister to stronger and Dram Static is Enabled.

[kup]

Very nice there, Grn. How are the G.Skill playing now?

[zlojack]

Those timings don't look that bad.

How much did you lose in latency?

[Grnfinger]

Very nice there, Grn. How are the G.Skill playing now?

Trying my Mushkin kit with these timings and currently passing.
Once I get them stable I'll swap out for the GSkill and test them.

Those timings don't look that bad.

How much did you lose in latency?

Latency stayed about the same my major hit was Read time, down about 700MB/s Copy and Write are still very good, 9500+ and 9900+
So still worth all this hassle......I hope

[ZenEffect]

cranked this off last night


and now im retuning for better memory performance
already passed 8 rounds of memtest86 and priming this off now.

[Grnfinger]

Not as impressive as yours Zen, but I have been struggling with 4.0GHz 1130 MHz stability for a little while now
well......

[ZenEffect]

Not as impressive as yours Zen, but I have been struggling with 4.0GHz 1130 MHz stability for a little while now
well......

come play on the 400 strap. pl6 is nice
your mushkins can do it if mine can

[Zucker2k]

My G.Skill 1066s @ 1140 PL7, @ WinMemtest (supposedly better than Memtest86.

[Grnfinger]

My G.Skill 1066s @ 1140 PL7, @ WinMemtest (supposedly better than Memtest86.

I use Memetest Pro I like it and it seems to be acurate.
Havent tried my G.Skills at 1132MHz with the revised relax timings yet, going to today.

[kup]

I can't wait until my new Rampage arrives. It's going to be good to get back into the overclocking. Especially with the recent cold weather!

The G.Skill have breathed new life into this old P5K-E so hopefully they'll do the same for the Rampage! 475MHz 1:1 was never possible with my old D9 "Fatbody" ram on this P5K-E!

[InfinityNX]

Hi, I'm insanely new at overclocking with the Maximus Formula. I was wondering if anybody has the same hardware as I do, since I really want to get a 4ghz stable on my proc.

Here's my specs:

Intel Q9550 C1 stepping
Asus Maximus Formula
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2x1GB ddr2 800mhz

CPU and NB is watercooled.
SB is passively cooled.

If you need any other info, please don't hesitate to ask, I really need help. I don't get how the settings on the Extreme Tweaker work :| thanks guys!

[Grnfinger]

Final 4.0GHz 24/7

Seems my kit of G.Skills cant handle 1132MHz so have to settle on the Mushkins for now till I can afford a kit of G.SKILL F2-9600CL5D-4GBPI

[kup]

Grn, look for the 8500 PI kit, they're flying for me! Not worth the money for the 9600 kit when the lower kits clocks as well. Just my two cents.

How come you went with the G.Skill over the Mushy in the first place?

[Grnfinger]

Grn, look for the 8500 PI kit, they're flying for me! Not worth the money for the 9600 kit when the lower kits clocks as well. Just my two cents.

How come you went with the G.Skill over the Mushy in the first place?

Had the GSkills first, got them from Newls1 at a decent price. Bought Mushkin much later cause they were on sale at a super price and I wanted a spare 2x2GB kit for insurance, now I'm glad I did. Going to look now at the kit you suggested.

[Grnfinger]

I can only find 2x1GB kits of G.SKILL F2-8500CL5D-2GBPI Pi PC2-8500 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15

are these the ram Kup?