Foxconn Renaissance X58 Digital Life -Retail- (Core i7, Nehalem)

[Mescalamba]

I will be pulling the trigger on this board with a i7-920 at the end of this month... Will update with PIX with setup complete.... And I was wondering if I could use my current memory on this board? G Skill DDR3 PC-12800 2GB (D9GTS)

Thanks for your help SF3D

They have 1.9V voltage, I guess that on lower frequency (and voltage) you should be able to run them without problems. Its just matter of trying it. I think that 1.75V is ok and shouldnt kill CPU.

[Telo]

I did some reading a few months back and found a rumor that high board manufacturers could [persay] remove the CPU's responsibility to control the voltage for the RAM thus allowing people to you ethusiast level RAM on the X58 boards.
My question, is that even possible?

[Mescalamba]

I did some reading a few months back and found a rumor that high board manufacturers could [persay] remove the CPU's responsibility to control the voltage for the RAM thus allowing people to you ethusiast level RAM on the X58 boards.
My question, is that even possible?

Not sure if thats truth, but DFi claims that they actually did it on their new mobo. I think it can be done, cause design of Phenoms and i7 is very similar and as you know, Phenom dont care how much voltage you put into your ram
(tested 3V without destroying Phenom.

[Blacklash]

I got one incoming...

[JokerCPoC]

Newegg is selling this motherboard for $277.99 now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186161

But I'm still waiting for the BloodRage to go on sale.

[Blacklash]

Hopefully I'll have results by next weekend. I need to find a place that actually has the 1366 adapter in stock for my Ultra extreme. I'd hate to get stuck with the stock cooler. I know some that have it listed and it's OOS.

[HDCHOPPER]

ya $280 not too bad my mars cost that much with ins.

com'on Bloodrage

[breathemetal]

Looks nice except for the "speaker" in the middle. -_-
I dont like that at all.
I'll wait for Blood Rage (moste likely) lol

[Blacklash]

Yeah I don't care for the NB cooler either. I like the rest though, and the price.

If it performs well, I'll be happy.

I am actually eager to test SLi in it.

BTW some guy on Newegg is suggesting this board is Crossfire only. That is BS according to the official manual. Here's a cap from the SLi section in the .pdf-

http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foxslifm0.jpg

BTW 2, for people that need a decent ram kit try the below. 270usd DDR 3 1600 3 x 2Gb-

http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/...ail.asp?id=732

[saaya]

Wow I think Foxconn read my mind on what color board I want. It will match perfect with my Tribal Skulls case. And not to mention the price of this board wow. I am wondering if this board will run G Skill D9GTS 12800 3 x 1GB sticks? Also why is there no RESET/CMOS buttons like the BlackOps? Great job so far on the reviews SF3D and Saaya.

hahaha yeah looks perfect for your case!
and yes, theres a reset button

I've just seen this board @ Overclockers for £293.74 inc VAT !!!! that's about 340 euro!!!! What the hell! i really wanted this Mobo! but not at that price!

Anybody know where i can find it cheaper in europe ?

is it still that expensive in the uk? prices were crazy before the launch but should be much lower now. even 270euros is still high...

I will be pulling the trigger on this board with a i7-920 at the end of this month... Will update with PIX with setup complete.... And I was wondering if I could use my current memory on this board? G Skill DDR3 PC-12800 2GB (D9GTS)

Thanks for your help SF3D

should work fine, you should increase vtt to 1.35v, then you can use vdimm up to 2v safely it seems from what everybody reported so far

I did some reading a few months back and found a rumor that high board manufacturers could [persay] remove the CPU's responsibility to control the voltage for the RAM thus allowing people to you ethusiast level RAM on the X58 boards.
My question, is that even possible?

the cpu doesnt control the memory voltage, so im not sure what you mean...
there was a rumor that vcore=vdimm on core i7, which was nonsense, and that vcore and vdimm are directly connected on the board, which was nonsense too

Hopefully I'll have results by next weekend. I need to find a place that actually has the 1366 adapter in stock for my Ultra extreme. I'd hate to get stuck with the stock cooler. I know some that have it listed and it's OOS.

yeah, annoying huh? thats why BloodRage has 775 mounting holes
even IF you find an adapter for your heatsink, its annoying to order it, get it shipped, pay 20$ for it, wait for it, and then fiddle with the mounting all the time... i tried the thermalright ultra extreme, tuniq tower and some more tower heatsinks and watercooling kits and they all mount fine

[Blacklash]

Ah well I should be able to run 3.30GHz or so until I get the 1336 adapter kit.

[ReverendMaynard]

I'm getting mixed info on exactly what card configs the Ren. supports. Some have said no Sli, and Crossfire only. Is this true saaya?

[SF3D]

SLI will work for sure. All X58 motherboards support both SLI / CF.

[Josifek]

HAHAHA i just cant help it, that NB cooler looks like a speaker Nice board though, i wonder if it can beat Rampage II

[M3kk]

SLI will work for sure. All X58 motherboards support both SLI / CF.

Dont be sure .

[SF3D]

Dont be sure .

Yes.. I can't speak about that, cause there may be some "cheap" X58 motherboards, which might not support SLI.

But this thread is all about Renaissance and SLI will work on this motherboard for sure. I have tested both CF and SLI Is that clear enough now

[Blacklash]

Download the manual in .pdf form from Foxconn. SLi details are on page 115 and a few before.

It is supported on the Foxconn Renaissance mobo.

I linked a cap of it a few posts ago-

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=159

I'll have hard results for you to further prove it this coming weekend. I'll post them in this thread. I'm running GTX 260 SLi.

[Jinxy]

Its a shame they placed the PCIE slots right on top of each other as I did like the look of this board, but want to be able to go to Tri-Sli at some stage so its a no go for me.

[Blacklash]

That's the reason I gave it 4 stars vs 5 on Newegg.

The slot placement would limit you to 2 dual slot cooler cards or 4 single slot cards. So for nVidia you can go SLi and for ATi you could go X2 Crossfire or HD 4850 Crossfire X. You might be able to do Tri-SLi if you used waterblocks on your nVidia cards.

[Duke-Nukem]

Nice board. More specs found HERE: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/produc...D=en-us0000431

[Blacklash]

EDIT:

Never mind. I see it doesn't report altered clocks under the BIOS. I can only see them in windows.

Silly. i975x showed projected changes immediately.

[Blacklash]

I got 3.6GHz on the stock cooler with 1.28v. I could boot with 1.25v. The CPU test in 06 would freeze half way through though. 1.28v cured that.

I got idles in the high 40s and load for normal applications is in the mid 60s. No, I'm not going to bother dropping prime on my CPU with the stock cooler.

I am eager to get my Ultra Extreme installed again. I will be shooting for 3.9 and if it takes more than 1.375v to hold it, I probably won't bother.

That CMOS reset button is nice. It's saved me some trouble a few times.

So far I like this 920 and the Foxconn mobo a lot. I'll be able to test SLi as soon as I get a flexible SLi bridge. Ordered one below-

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/flslicafornv.html

On a side note, my Evga vanilla GTX 260 can do the same clocks as my XFX, or that is 730 with a 1532 shader clock. Can't wait to test 'em in SLi.

[Ch3ck5um]

Well I should be getting mine tomorrow morning

I went with:

Core i7 920
Foxconn Renaissance X58
Corsair XMS3 Triple channel Kit 3x2GB
2x Samsung F1 1TB HDD
Corsair TX750 PSU

Its gonna be a revival of my Coolermaster ATCS 101 which has been resting for far too long in the cupboard!

I'm leaving the graphics department open for the moment until I check to see what fits best.

[Spoiler]

Has anyone tested 6 x 2GB yet on this board? I'd love to get 2 6GB DDR3 kits if possible.

[Blacklash]

Has anyone tested 6 x 2GB yet on this board? I'd love to get 2 6GB DDR3 kits if possible.

Not yet. I might go that way and currently I'm just 3 x 2Gb.

If you do it, populate the orange slots first, get it running, shut down, then fill the black slots, and reboot again.