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

[Ch3ck5um]

I'm gonna try tweaking the memory more as I think the 8 8 8 19 1T may be rather aggressive for default values!

[Ch3ck5um]

Hahaha Tomas!

Here is the true image of the cooler:



This is working very well and NB is cool. Fan is attached to fanmate, so it's not spinning 100% all the time.

How easy was it to get that off?

[noinimod]

lol if he didn't mention anything about it in his original post, it couldn't have been that hard.

[Ch3ck5um]

Stage 3: 3.2Ghz 3Dmark Vantage

http://service.futuremark.com/home.a...&resultType=19

[Ch3ck5um]

lol if he didn't mention anything about it in his original post, it couldn't have been that hard.

I'd just rather not destroy the north bridge in the process

[Blacklash]

I've got the Evga up and running.

Same bridges, same cards, only difference is the mobo.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9197274

I haven't tuned a thing yet. 260s were @ 699|2300.

So far I've made 3.91GHz with turbo.

[Ch3ck5um]

Hmm... must have been a duff board?

[Ch3ck5um]

Finally got it finished

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=318

[Blacklash]

There's 06 @ 1920x on my rig.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9200118

I just put my old 192SP GTX 260 in with the two 216s.

Here's my first try with Vantage in Tri-SLi, default bench settings-
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=589907

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http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?i...vantageiz7.jpg

[Ch3ck5um]

Woohoo 30k marks in Vantage very impressive!

[Blacklash]

I can get 4.0GHz on the EVGA.

http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=40ghzqs9.jpg

New default 06 score 26030
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9239842

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http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newo6jh7.jpg

It did a little for my Vantage score.

I gained around 600 points. It's now P30732
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=598308

It didn't do a thing for FC2 or Crysis though. Since it requires a full 1.45v to hold IMO not worth it considering I can do 3.91GHz on 1.33v. I might increase the voltage back to 1.35v and see how far I can go. 4.0GHz only seemed to have a good pay off in 06 @ default settings. If I was on watercooling I might feel differently.

[SF3D]

Blacklash- Please don't publish PhysX scores I was shocked to see 30K in performance preset, but it was not correct..

Good scores!

[Ch3ck5um]

I can get 4.0GHz on the EVGA.

http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=40ghzqs9.jpg

New default 06 score 26030
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9239842

Image-
http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newo6jh7.jpg

It did a little for my Vantage score.

I gained around 600 points. It's now P30732
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=598308

It didn't do a thing for FC2 or Crysis though. Since it requires a full 1.45v to hold IMO not worth it considering I can do 3.91GHz on 1.33v. I might increase the voltage back to 1.35v and see how far I can go. 4.0GHz only seemed to have a good pay off in 06 @ default settings. If I was on watercooling I might feel differently.

After having a good play with the memory and voltages the best I can get this Foxconn to do is 3.5ghz at 3.5v 175 / 20

Every time I get close to 180fsb it fails to even show the bios.

I dont think the renaissance is a good overclockers board so I have resorted to running it 3.2ghz default voltages which gives a good speed increase.

I was wondering if betting cooling on Northbridge would help but not really sure its worth modding.

[Blacklash]

I can run 189 x 21 1.36v or 193 x 21 1.45v. I think the former is a better choice on air.

[Ch3ck5um]

I can run 189 x 21 1.36v or 193 x 21 1.45v. I think the former is a better choice on air.

So you must be using Turbo mode for x21 multi?

Any ideas why im getting stuck at 180fsb?

Do you know what a safe top limit for cpu and vtt volts are?

[Lu(ky]

Hey guys I have a couple of question on the Foxconn Renaissance board compared to the Asus P6T Deluxe. I notice the Renaissance board only has 6 phase vs the P6T has 16 does this affect the OC of the board and memory?

[JokerCPoC]

I'd have preferred the NB heatsink on the prototype Renaissance motherboard, Over the speaker version any day.

[Ch3ck5um]

Hey guys I have a couple of question on the Foxconn Renaissance board compared to the Asus P6T Deluxe. I notice the Renaissance board only has 6 phase vs the P6T has 16 does this affect the OC of the board and memory?

I personally would not recommend this board for over clocking as it does not seem up to the job.

It may just be the flaky bios but mine wont go above 175 bclock.

[Ch3ck5um]

Well saying that I mean extreme overclocking, this does overclock but not as much as the competition.

It is however a good all rounder and hopefully once newer firmware is available it will become an even better performer!

I still think a heat sink / fan mod is needed to stabilise the north bridge.

[Ch3ck5um]

Well for the record the speaker "tat" on top of the northbridge heatsink takes quite a bit of prying off.

Its attached using some double sided sticky elastic tape goo but if you work around the edge of the heatsink with a flat screw driver you can ease it off without dismantling the heatsink assembly.

The northbridge heatsink does indeed work very well with some directed airflow.

[hyperdoggy]

Got mine to 3.7gig, which is the best i can do on default voltage. aside from the o/c speed, anyone notice this board's sound card sounds tiny? or not in full range compare to their old build?

[hoodlikegaza]

This seems like a decent choice if you ain't over clocking though...

[Ch3ck5um]

Got mine to 3.7gig, which is the best i can do on default voltage. aside from the o/c speed, anyone notice this board's sound card sounds tiny? or not in full range compare to their old build?

I haven't noticed any problems with the sound card.

[Ch3ck5um]

This seems like a decent choice if you ain't over clocking though...

Yes its a well spec'd board one of 2 boards on the market that can do 4x single card crossfire.

[Ch3ck5um]

Using turbo mode got me to 3.7ghz