ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Rodriguez]

Sorry to hear that
Have you tried really high NB voltage to make sure is not the board?

Hello Slim / Tyke

I'm also on a dead end with QX9770 FSB at 450, can get it to load Vista at 475but it's not stable with linked/synced. With my actual Striker II (3rd) board I can actually get it to boot lynked/synced at FSB500 /2000 but halfway loading Vista it freezes, no matter how much voltage I feed NB/CPU & I can assure you that I've tried everything, except for GTL values which I'm completely lost with although I would love to know someone who actually get's a better QX9770 OC playing with them & knowing exactly how they affect CPU/FSB (I've read the theory over & over again but I still don't get what GTL values are better/worse for every situation)

I remember I got all excited after reading original Anandtech review with QX9770 500 FSB, also with 8Gb OCZ RAM running at 2000... I just couldn't wait to the same,

I also remember long ago how I told Tyke in Asus forum that I was waitin to receive my QX9770 to run it linked/synced with my Crucial ram at 2000 & he answered something like "good luck..." I didn't believe him... c'mon if I could already oc my previous Q6600 G0 1066FSB to FSB 1950 real easy I was sure that the little jump from 1600 to 2000 was a piece of cake...but nop. I even wrote Anandtech an email asking them about the settings they used to get that OC...no answer

In fact I'm quite dissapointed with the QX9770 FSB thingy but not at all with performance & I do actually have a little envy of the E8600/8400 croud running at crazy FSB's linked/synced. In fact I've ordered a 8600 E0 just to play around with it & see it linked/synced with ram at FSB 500.


At the moment I'm still waiting for CSX to get me a matched set of 8Gb which they said they would as soon as they got some this RAM back in stock. Although it seems that Tyke's experience with it has not been so great. My first try with Diablo3 4Gb kit was not very good, it performed worse, higher timings, needed more DIMM voltage & NBv than my actual 4x1Gb Crucial 2000 kit so I returned it to CSX with the promise on their side of getting me a good 8Gb kit...lets see what happens.

CSX has informed me that when they built the 1st Diablo3 2000 kits they received a really good batch Micron D9 chips that could reach top speed with crazy low timings but last batches & possibly futures ones were not so good & has forced them to raise timings to 9-9-9-24 1.9v for both GTR/GTS 2Gb & 4Gb kits which they have also updated their web info www.csx-memory.com. I'ts kind of dissapointing after all the big fuss made with the first kits. Last news is that now they are out of 4Gb kits & are waiting to receive & new batch for testing

[slim142]

Hey Rodriguez

About the CPUs, well is all about the CPU batch and motherboard batch too. If they are good ones, they will OC fine. However, keep in mind you guys are trying to run Quads at high FSB speeds as well as high speed RAM (4gbs or more) which makes it more complicated.
Good luck with that E8600, hopefully you will get to achieve that speed you looking for.

I also heard about the batches from CSX coming a little more sucky than the first ones. Im sad to hear that as I really wanted to get a pair of Diablo because of that reason, but with prices up in the sky (I still cant say "worth"), things not doing so good in US plus CSX located in Europe only and hard to acquire a kit in north america, it made it difficult for me to get one when I really wanted to. Now, hearing this makes me think about it once again as a RMA would take me weeks.

I really hope ASUS doesnt stop giving BIOS releases for the Striker at least for a good time. It would be good if they could provide us with a little more stable board at high speeds.

[Ufon]

24000+ points with approved driver in 3DMark Vantage Performace (25000+ with 178.13 and 31000+ with PhysX enabled).

Striker II Extreme + 3× Asus GTX 280 TOP (voltmod and better cooling needed, but no time at czech IT trade "Invex") + QX9650 @ 5,13 GHz (all 4 cores enabled and prime95 25.6 stable) + LN2

24075 points and Cpu-Z and GPU-Z

http://service.futuremark.com/result...eResultType=19

Hall of fame (15th place nowadays): http://www.futuremark.com/community/...e_performance/

Striker II BIOS settings (notice GTLref settings):
http://www.extrahardware.cz/extremni...sikem?page=0,1

All Vantage results:
http://www.extrahardware.cz/extremni...sikem?page=0,2

31031 points (PhysX) and Cpu-Z and GPU-Z

[razzer]

Wow looks as if this thread has come to a stop? Hope all is well.

[Trigger5521]

Wow looks as if this thread has come to a stop? Hope all is well.

Maybe when Slim get his water going we'll see some more posts :0

What's taking so long Slim?

[my87csx481]

I have an E3110 @ 1800 linked and sync'd almost 24/7 stable. I'll post settings if I ever get it to not freeze.

It will run 100 intel burn test runs but, I get a freeze almost daily crunching WCG.

[slim142]

Maybe when Slim get his water going we'll see some more posts :0

What's taking so long Slim?

Well, Im really sorry for the delay, but 90% of this is Bitspower fault with their 2-months-ago promise of releasing the BlackFreezer.

I heard this block should be here next week. Hopefully it will be ready to purchase by then.

Will spam this thread with pictures of my rig

[Tripple Buffer]

24000+ points with approved driver in 3DMark Vantage Performace (25000+ with 178.13 and 31000+ with PhysX enabled).

Striker II Extreme + 3× Asus GTX 280 TOP (voltmod and better cooling needed, but no time at czech IT trade "Invex") + QX9650 @ 5,13 GHz (all 4 cores enabled and prime95 25.6 stable) + LN2

24075 points and Cpu-Z and GPU-Z

http://service.futuremark.com/result...eResultType=19

Hall of fame (15th place nowadays): http://www.futuremark.com/community/...e_performance/

Striker II BIOS settings (notice GTLref settings):
http://www.extrahardware.cz/extremni...sikem?page=0,1

All Vantage results:
http://www.extrahardware.cz/extremni...sikem?page=0,2

31031 points (PhysX) and Cpu-Z and GPU-Z

I have a QX9770 which I can just get to 4.5Ghz stable...

My rig is as follows;

Striker 2 Extreme, watercooled Northy
QX9770 watercooled
3 x GTX 280's watercooled on a seperate loop
Lian-Li 343b cube
Corsair dominator DDR3 1800Mhz stock timed at 8-8-8-20
SSD hard drive
X-fi sound card
24" screen

How do you get your CPU over 4.5GHZ? are you using liquid nitrogen? if now I would appreciate any comments on how to push past the 4.5Ghz barrier I'm currently at!

Thanks in advance

[Deathspine]

I have a QX9770 which I can just get to 4.5Ghz stable...

My rig is as follows;

Striker 2 Extreme, watercooled Northy
QX9770 watercooled
3 x GTX 280's watercooled on a seperate loop
Lian-Li 343b cube
Corsair dominator DDR3 1800Mhz stock timed at 8-8-8-20
SSD hard drive
X-fi sound card
24" screen

How do you get your CPU over 4.5GHZ? are you using liquid nitrogen? if now I would appreciate any comments on how to push past the 4.5Ghz barrier I'm currently at!

Thanks in advance

Could you two share your bios setting for these very nice overclocks with quad cores?

Thanks

[Tripple Buffer]

Could you two share your bios setting for these very nice overclocks with quad cores?

Thanks

Gladly

1800Mhz FSB
10x Multiplier
1.9v mem voltage
1.52v Cpu Vcore (actually 1.55 but vdroop = 1.52v)
using corsair dominator rated at 1800Mhz I use 8-8-8-24 and leave the advanced ram timings as are... however I cant post at 2000mhz FSB unless i alter the advanced ram timings so worth mentioning!

Hope this helps!

[Justifire]

I have a QX9770 which I can just get to 4.5Ghz stable...

My rig is as follows;

Striker 2 Extreme, watercooled Northy
QX9770 watercooled
3 x GTX 280's watercooled on a seperate loop
Lian-Li 343b cube
Corsair dominator DDR3 1800Mhz stock timed at 8-8-8-20
SSD hard drive
X-fi sound card
24" screen

How do you get your CPU over 4.5GHZ? are you using liquid nitrogen? if now I would appreciate any comments on how to push past the 4.5Ghz barrier I'm currently at!

Thanks in advance

As he noted, he's using LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen)
I get 4.5 ghz under chilled water with my qx9650

[LeeH]

As he noted, he's using LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen)
I get 4.5 ghz under chilled water with my qx9650

Ok, I must have missed that part about the LN3. I don't see that anywhere. He is saying water in his post

Oops. It is Ufon using Ln2 for 5.13. I went back and looked one more time

Damn, you're using chilled water? My wife will never let me do that. I think I will have to pray for a better bios

[M1L2]

look for my Post 4.625GHz with QX9650 under water with Mora Pro

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=2177

[Deathspine]

Gladly

1800Mhz FSB
10x Multiplier
1.9v mem voltage
1.52v Cpu Vcore (actually 1.55 but vdroop = 1.52v)
using corsair dominator rated at 1800Mhz I use 8-8-8-24 and leave the advanced ram timings as are... however I cant post at 2000mhz FSB unless i alter the advanced ram timings so worth mentioning!

Hope this helps!

Thanks that provides some helpful information, my QX9650 should arrive in 1-2 days.

[Tripple Buffer]

As he noted, he's using LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen)
I get 4.5 ghz under chilled water with my qx9650

wow!

can you share your settings? what FSB are you at?

[Sem]

getting my board next week but not sure on what memory to get

split between these 2 sets

Cellshock 2GB PC3-12800C7 Black Edition
- 2GB (2x1GB)
- 1600MHz CL7-7-7-14 @ 1.7-1.9V
- 5 Year Warranty

Corsair 2GB DDR3 DHX 1600C7DHX
- 2GB (2x1GB)
- 1600MHz 7-7-7-20 @ 1.90V
- Lifetime Warranty


i like the corsair for their lifetime Warranty and ive never had a problem with a corsair set ever

but Cellshock have a reputation for high clocking memory and im hoping to get to around 1800Mhz but only has 5 year warranty

all my corsairs have been poor clockers

the prices are pretty much the same for the corsair/cellshock
and i plan to buy 2 sets giving me 4x1GB

thanks

[Slovnaft]

do you really plan on keeping your ram for more than 5 years?

[slim142]

Save some money and go for 2x2Gb of Cell shock.

If you are scare of compatibility, then go for Corsair.

[Warboy]

So any new bioses?

[Deathspine]

Who sells Cell Shock memory in the USA?

[BenchZowner]

TankGuys and memoryc ( ships worldwide )

[Big Myke]

So any new bioses?

I wish to know if any bioses will be surfacing anytime soon as well. Thanks

[Deathspine]

TankGuys and memoryc ( ships worldwide )

I will keep checking back on those vendors. Currently no 4G kits. I am just interested in the advance of this brand, it has been talk about in the forums, but is not readily available.

[Sem]

Save some money and go for 2x2Gb of Cell shock.

If you are scare of compatibility, then go for Corsair.

4x1GB or 2x2GB are pretty much the same price

its mainly the best overclocking ram im looking

[BenchZowner]

CellShock didn't release any 2*2GB Kits with D9GTR/D9GTS as far as I know.
If you want to go with CellShock and Micron and 4GB's of RAM, you have to buy 2* 2GB Kits.