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

[kup]

Grn, what ram is that @ 1200MHz?

[Grnfinger]

Grn, what ram is that @ 1200MHz?

Dominators version 1.2 Micron D9GMH

I know my board will hit 450+ as I did that with my e6700 and some ballistix. At this point I'm only interested in what I can do with 8gb or RAM. My RAM is rated for 1000mhz. Does RAM have FSB walls as well? I just assumed this RAM would be good all the way up to 500fsb 1:1. I'll get some new RAM if that'll help, but I want to max out performance on this board with 8gb of RAM.

8GBs will be hard on the NB.
I would remove 4GBs and find your max MHz running 4GB's.
Once you have 4GBs stable you can make concessions to get/keep 8GBs stable.
Because your ram is rated for 1000MHz dosent mean 8GBs will run that fast, there is a trade off...So depending on what you want for a cpu clock you might want to look at better ram, I mean no offence but that ram is far from the best and Asus boards are not very OCZ friendly at times.
Post what your ideal setup would be
FSB
Multi
Divider
Ram MHz

Then various setups can be tested, I have the same board and chip, altho not OCZ I have 8GB's of Mushkin XP-2 I can use.

[MJR]

Dominators version 1.2 Micron D9GMH



8GBs will be hard on the NB.
I would remove 4GBs and find your max MHz running 4GB's.
Once you have 4GBs stable you can make concessions to get/keep 8GBs stable.
Because your ram is rated for 1000MHz dosent mean 8GBs will run that fast, there is a trade off...So depending on what you want for a cpu clock you might want to look at better ram, I mean no offence but that ram is far from the best and Asus boards are not very OCZ friendly at times.
Post what your ideal setup would be
FSB
Multi
Divider
Ram MHz

Then various setups can be tested, I have the same board and chip, altho not OCZ I have 8GB's of Mushkin XP-2 I can use.

No offense taken. The best part of the RAM (maybe the only good part) is that its shinny heat spreaders match the OCZ cooler I have. I'll test 4GB and consider upgrading the RAM. Honestly, if you think it's likely I'll get 450+ with some better RAM, I'll order some new stuff. This Q9550 and Maximus board will not go to waste due to the RAM. I can promise.

What would be the recommended RAM for 8gb on this board?

[adrenaline7879]

Well it seems my single sided tracers decided they needed to lay to rest. Had them running at 1081 for quite some time. Would love to hit 3.8 with a 2x2 set if someone could help me with my decision. Also have plans to get MF2 after the holidays
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...page=2&bop=And

[Grnfinger]

No offense taken. The best part of the RAM (maybe the only good part) is that its shinny heat spreaders match the OCZ cooler I have. I'll test 4GB and consider upgrading the RAM. Honestly, if you think it's likely I'll get 450+ with some better RAM, I'll order some new stuff. This Q9550 and Maximus board will not go to waste due to the RAM. I can promise.

What would be the recommended RAM for 8gb on this board?

Mushkin Redlines would be a good choice there a decent performer
with this setup you should be golden

Ai Overclock Tuner : Manual
OC From CPU Level Up : AUTO
CPU Ratio Control : Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting : Auto
FSB Frequency : 420
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 266 or 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: 1000-1066 are
DRAM Command Rate : 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency : 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay : 5
RAS# Precharge : 5
RAS# ActivateTime : 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : 4
Row Refresh Cycle Time : 60
Write Recovery Time : 6
Read to Precharge Time : 4


Read to Write Delay (S/D) : 10
Write to Read Delay (S) : 4
Write to Read Delay (D) : 5
Read to Read Delay (S) : 6
Read to Read Delay (D) : 6
Write to Write Delay (S) : 5
Write to Write Delay (D) : 6

Write to PRE Delay : 14
Read to PRE Delay : 6
PRE to PRE Delay : 1
ALL PRE to ACT Delay : 6
ALL PRE to REF Delay : 6

DRAM Static Read Disabled
Ai Clock Twister : lighter
Transaction Booster : Manual

Common Performance Level 8
concessions can be made after the rig is stable to tweak maximum performance.