6x Core i7 boards in complete review

[T_Flight]

I agree, I never saw a point really to those kinds of tests, unless one board was seriously lacking in base performance. We want overclocking results!

Without a baseline stiock clock, you would not be able to see the gains of the OC. With testing you always have to have a baseline as a comparator to see what you have gained or you will have no idea of the performance increase your OC gave you. It will be slightly different as show for each board and that could translate to larger changes when OC'd. That data is not just useful. It's priceless.

[OBR]

I will test all boards under LN2, this weekned. We will see which is Extreme or not ...

[dinos22]

I will test all boards under LN2, this weekned. We will see which is Extreme or not ...

wow dude
what tests do you plan to run on them

this is a monster review

good work

[OBR]

Under LN2 i want to test Core i7 920 Retail on max ROCK stable OCing, next will be best OC with unlocked 965 XE and some benchmarks ... 3DMark06, 3DMark Vantage, SuperPi, wPrime ...

I have Two Radeons HD4870X2 a 3x GTX 280 Watercooled (using Hailea waterchiller)

[T_Flight]

Smokin'! It's gonna be awesome OBR. Can't wait to see yoyer results.

Fugger had one of these Extreme 965's up to 5GHz and was doing 3D benching stable. They rock! I'm really anxious to see the Rampage II Extreme. I'll be getting my RIIE soon.

I need good RAM.

[Prince21]

Looks like the rampage is leading the way

[AuDioFreaK39]

Looks like the rampage is leading the way

Not for long - watch out, here comes EVGA!

[OBR]

Not for long - watch out, here comes EVGA!

EVGA X58 is on the way to me, like solid boards looks DFI and Foxconn too ...

[T_Flight]

Not for long - watch out, here comes EVGA!

I'll race 'ya! (inside joke)

[Tony]

OBR

Did you test all those boards with just 3 modules?

You need to get another 3 if yes and see how well the boards work with 6, many will use 6 going forward IMO.

[OBR]

i tested with only 3 modules, but it is not problem to retest it thru weekend with 6x DDR3

[GAR]

Hey guys, the black slots dont work with my patriot 1600 6gb kit, the orange ones boot, is this normal? is my board defective or it just doesnt like the black slots.

[Revv23]

Crap OBR you are going to BURN LN2 this weekend.

Hope you have a big dewar; nice work friend.

OBR

Did you test all those boards with just 3 modules?

You need to get another 3 if yes and see how well the boards work with 6, many will use 6 going forward IMO.

Why is this? You think people will prefer 6x2gb over 3x4? or 3x2? Is 6 gigs already not enough?

I suppose with these things we now have low end servers in the high end PC range.... but is it common to OC servers? Maybe XS user servers lol.

[AuDioFreaK39]

Crap OBR you are going to BURN LN2 this weekend.

Hope you have a big dewar; nice work friend.




Why is this? You think people will prefer 6x2gb over 3x4? or 3x2? Is 6 gigs already not enough?

I suppose with these things we now have low end servers in the high end PC range.... but is it common to OC servers? Maybe XS user servers lol.

Funny how I haven't heard anyone talk about 6 x 1GB.

[FlanK3r]

I mean, one the bets is P6T deluxe (rampage II is to expensive)

[eric66]

msi for me rampage will require to sell your left kidney lol

[herderien]

i'll certainly go for P6T !

during your testing did you try different memory dividers with higher frequency memory ? if yes did you notice any improvement that would justify the price of better ram modules?

[OBR]

Hey guys, the black slots dont work with my patriot 1600 6gb kit, the orange ones boot, is this normal? is my board defective or it just doesnt like the black slots.

Thats normal on every X58 board ...

[GAR]

Thats normal on every X58 board ...

So DDR3 1600 @ 12GB is out of the question with most X58's???

[JumpingJack]

So DDR3 1600 @ 12GB is out of the question with most X58's???

No ... you just need to populate the lowest order channels first. Populate the first 6 gigs in the orange slots first, then 6 more in the black.

This is one detail, ironically, that Fuad got right:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...0069&Itemid=35

Though he calls it a bug, it is not a bug ... it is just how the memory controller enumerates it's memory.

[GAR]

No ... you just need to populate the lowest order channels first. Populate the first 6 gigs in the orange slots first, then 6 more in the black.

This is one detail, ironically, that Fuad got right:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...0069&Itemid=35

Though he calls it a bug, it is not a bug ... it is just how the memory controller enumerates it's memory.

Very interesting. Hope 12GB will work, as i will upgrade in the future, dont know why but yeah i want 12GB.

[JumpingJack]

Very interesting. Hope 12GB will work, as i will upgrade in the future, dont know why but yeah i want 12GB.

Who wouldn't, 12 > 6

[AuDioFreaK39]

No ... you just need to populate the lowest order channels first. Populate the first 6 gigs in the orange slots first, then 6 more in the black.

This is one detail, ironically, that Fuad got right:
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...0069&Itemid=35

Though he calls it a bug, it is not a bug ... it is just how the memory controller enumerates it's memory.

So you're saying:

1) populate orange slots
2) reboot
3) populate black slots?

[JumpingJack]

So you're saying:

1) populate orange slots
2) reboot
3) populate black slots?

No I wasn't clear, if you run 6 gigs, use the orange slots ... if you want 12 gigs, use all 6 slots (assuming 2 gig sticks).

As you put memory into the system, populate the lowest order slots first ... at least that is what I need to do on some boards even today with DDR2 -- not all boards but a few I have had need memory placed in the slots a certain way for partially filled memory. It depends on how the memory controller and BIOS enumerate the memory and slots.

2 lines or triple channel DDR3, and you purchase a tripple channel it ... the system will recongize and boot with the the sticks in lane 0 but not lane 1, buy another 3 sticks and put memory in lane 0 and lane 1 and it will boot and recognize all 6 sticks.

Jack

[T_Flight]

Very interesting. Hope 12GB will work, as i will upgrade in the future, dont know why but yeah i want 12GB.

Yeah, jack is right. It has directions for this in the Asus Rampage II Extreme manual. Jack is also right about it NOT being a bug. It's the way it's designed. It sees things in numerical order is the easiest way to explain it. The slots are numbered and as the boot process progresses it looks at those slots to see if they are poplulated, if not, memory error, and no boot.

It is supposed to be like that. Don't worry. All slots will work. All these i7 boards are that way.