Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[rob2k]

So your heatpipe assembly was not touching the board is places as well? It's odd, I think the screws in the back of the board are all the same length, I just don't think the metal extension pegs on the heatpipe assembly are all the same length, resulting in the rubber washers either touching or not touching the board. I don't think I want to put washers any where to compensate, I don't think it will help.

If you look through the early pages of this topic there are pics of the H/P thermal tape not touching the components just to the left of the ROG flashing logo so worth checking there too. The screws are all the same but I don't think every H/P threaded post is the same length without going in the loft and checking this out. I had high hopes with this boards stock cooling and additional heatsinks (hence high cost !) but all of that is in a box never to be used again.

As far as benching tools from my screenshots above you can see that I use RealTemp to show temps of individual CPU cores and Asus PcProbe for NB and SB temps. Everest is a great tool for memory and cache read/write performance. HyperPi is the mutlicore version of SuperPi and can be set to run on all 4 cores at once to 32M accuracy. The 24 loops take about 14 minutes so it is a fairly short indication of system stability after which you can use Prime95, 3dMark 06 and Vantage to test longer term stability and also more varied aspects of your system - graphics, disc performance, etc. It can be a touchy subject as people have varied opinions as to what makes a system stable. if mine runs HyperPi to32M on all four cores at once, primes for a couple of hours, runs 3dMark 06 and Vantage and then games without freezing or crashing then I am satisfied.

@ Ozzfest05 - Good results with the G.Skills. Looks like 500 is just around the corner

[aln688]

Well Rob2k (and others), you were right. To double check I took off my heatpipe assembly just to check it was making contact, here is what I found:





...this was AFTER I already removed it, applied good quality thermal compound to the NB, SB and MOSFET chips and had re-installed it. I could hardly believe my eyes. About 70% of the NB chip wasn't even touching the copper.

I did notice that some of the "pillars" on the bottom of this heatpipe assembly touch the board (via the rubber washer), where some didn't. I'm furious that a board of this cost is so sloppily engineered so far as the heatpipe assembly.

I'm unsure how to proceed from here, I'm not really wanting to water cool. I suppose I could try the washer mod as mentioned before, problem is, I don't think ALL pillars or holes in this heatpipe assembly need a washer, ugh.

[aln688]

FYI, you're right, each pillar or post for the heatpipe assembly is not the same length, how on earth could they QC when this is the case?!

[Zeus]

Simply rediculous for a board with a price tag like this one!

I experienced something similar, there's no contact with the NB heatspreader at the side of the coils/pwm's.

I'm still waiting for bitspower to finish their block.

[rob2k]

I'm unsure how to proceed from here, I'm not really wanting to water cool. I suppose I could try the washer mod as mentioned before, problem is, I don't think ALL pillars or holes in this heatpipe assembly need a washer, ugh.

Hi Aln688 - On a bit of a mission tonight so will have more time in the morning - there are passive N/B heatsinks available from Noctua and Thermalright that still allow for a decent sized CPU H/S to be installed. If you search this thread I think 3oh6 has had some impressive results with the Noctua one. It just means fitting the small EK sinks to the other components (see my avatar pic).

ATB R2K