ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

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Maximus II Formula is probably the best non-core i7 board out there for 24/7 usage.

I have been looking at all the other mobo threads, and I have seen no other mobo with so much potential as the MIIF. Once your MIIF is correctly tunned, and you really have your best GTL's, Skews, References votls going on, you can do "miracle" with this board. I have been doing some tests at 490FSB on a quad, and would like to share what I found. This is all 100% stable for 24/7 use.

1) 1.25vNB is what is needed for a quad at 490FSB and DDR2-1178 PL8 STRONGER
2) 1.27vFSB is what is needed to clock a 65nm quad at 490FSB on this board for 24/7 use! 45nm values would be even lower!
3) vPLL, vSB1.1 and vSB1.5 can be at the lowest possible volts the board allows, even at 490FSB on a quad.
4) The board just don't heat up! It is insane that your NB, SB, PWM's are not going to heat up, even at the most extreme clock / volts! Idle to load delta's are arround: NB=5C, SB=3C and PWM=10C

Once you have your Maximus II Formula right configured, you will only need to mess with VCORE and VDIMM to perform overclocks. This board can handle all the other voltages, at default / auto or below default, even at 490FSB on a quad, and PL8 and STRONGER on a DDR2-1178. So if you are using higher vNB, or vSB or vPLL, and probably vFSB (this one is CPU related too), at lower FSB and MEM clocks, then that is a head ups to you, that your MIIF is probably not tunned the right way.

Take a look at the FSB / MEM speed, and the voltages required to do so, all on a 65nm quad!
This is a 6h prime blend and 20 loops IBT on max stress.
Everything, CPU, MOBO, etc, is aircooled inside a closed case.





I really haven't seen the other P45 boards doing this. And as you can see on the pic, mine is a rev02, just like everybody else.
This can also show, the difference a really well tunned MIIF can make, over a bad tunned board. Volts can be dropped insanaly once the board is on the sweet spot. Also, this board can do 500FSB on quads, and I don't have a dualcore, but I am sure this board would clock 600FSB there if tunned correctly. And it would take less volts to do it, then the other boards for sure.

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