ASUS Striker II Extreme

[joebloggs]

Hi guys, need a little help here. I'm using BIOS 1104. Got a Q6600, batch L807A413, 4x 1gb Corsair XMS3 1333C9DHX.

The following settings are stable:

CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = Uninked
FSB - Memory Ratio =
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1600
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1333
LDT Frequency = 5x
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 100
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = 200
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = Disabled
P2 = Disabled
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 9
tRCD = 9
tRP = 9
tRAS = 24
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 1t
tRRD = Auto
tRC = Auto
tWR = Auto
tWTR = auto
tFAW = auto
tRD = Auto
tRTP = auto
tRFC = Auto
tREF = Auto

Over Voltage
CPU Voltage = 1.35v
Loadline Calibration = Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage = Auto
CPU VTT voltage =Auto
Memory Voltage = 1.6
NB Core Voltage = 1.44

SB Core Voltage = Auto
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = Auto
NB GTL REF Ratio = Auto
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = Auto

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Enabled
Virtualization Technology = Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled
CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled


Right, my system is totally stable like that. No probs, but I can't get my Q6600 to 3,6 ghz as it needs 1.52 in Bios, with loadline enabled. Cpu-z reports vcore as 1.6. So, I am wondering if I could clock my RAM to 1600mhz. I know someone who had exactly the same ram as me, with this board, and got them 1600mhz with 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1.6v in BIOS.

I naturally did the same, passed 17 passes memtst, but froze after 5 minutes in Vista. Any suggestions?

[Rodriguez]

Hard to believe? What do I gain by lying? How does that help anyone? grrrr.

for the 790i chipset a high NB is required in most cases for high speed or tight timings or high densities & if you want them all at the same time you need very high vNB.

But there are "golden samples" out there that require much less voltage to do the same, just like CPU's. I had the "oportunity" to own up to 4 x Striker 2 Extreme & they all required different voltages to run the same mem speeds, my last board was my best. That's also one of the reason's why there was a Striker II NSE version with lower mem speed, those boards got the "bad" chips that couldn't do 2000Mhz at reasonable voltage.

The 8Gb Patriot Viper kit I owned couldn't do CAS 7 even at 1800 totally impossible, the Samsung HCF0 in general are rated for high speeds with loose timings.

The 4x 1Gb Crucial could do CAS 7 at 1800 & at 1890, but the best was the 8Gb Diablo, it went to CAS 7 at 1850 with 8Gb but required very high vNB.

[Rodriguez]

Q9650 L&S 1780FSB 4.0mhz

I tried 8-8-8-22 2T 63 tRC and 110 tRFC with vMEM 1.96 NB 1.60 and 1.62 -0.08mv Prime95 blend failed in at test 3.

I'll post the other settings when I get home, I feel like it's close, you might be able to get me there Rodriguez. You have given me more hope that's for sure.

The setting of NBGTL -0.08mV, is what I needed for my particular chipset with that 8Gb Patriot kit with the QX9770 at 450x9 linked/sync. I started messing with NBGTL after finding out that more vNB did not do the trick. You will have to fine tune yours after finding out what vNB you require for your board.

I totally assume that you are watercooling your chipset right? Every 790i chipset can vary between boards & errors can start to appear 58-60-65-68 Cº just because of the heat, although most S2E's do fine even at 68 Cº.

[Sangrak]

for the 790i chipset a high NB is required in most cases for high speed or tight timings or high densities & if you want them all at the same time you need very high vNB.

But there are "golden samples" out there that require much less voltage to do the same, just like CPU's. I had the "oportunity" to own up to 4 x Striker 2 Extreme & they all required different voltages to run the same mem speeds, my last board was my best. That's also one of the reason's why there was a Striker II NSE version with lower mem speed, those boards got the "bad" chips that couldn't do 2000Mhz at reasonable voltage.

The 8Gb Patriot Viper kit I owned couldn't do CAS 7 even at 1800 totally impossible, the Samsung HCF0 in general are rated for high speeds with loose timings.

The 4x 1Gb Crucial could do CAS 7 at 1800 & at 1890, but the best was the 8Gb Diablo, it went to CAS 7 at 1850 with 8Gb but required very high vNB.

Personally, I've run three different Striker II's and still own 2 of them. Each has it's own "qualities" to them, mostly from the temperatures and the amount of over volt they produce. All seem, relatively, the same in regards to the amount of voltage I need to run at a given speed (give or take 0.02v.) Temperatures on the other hand, vary somewhat dramatically.

I have not even attempted CAS 7 with my Patriots. While you would see a good performance boost in synthetic benchmarking, real world performance seems negligible. I'm just happy to be running a stable 8 gigs at the speed I'm at.

[neo mike]

Hey Joebloggs try these settings and see if it works for you, this will give you better performance.

Hi guys, need a little help here. I'm using BIOS 1104. Got a Q6600, batch L807A413, 4x 1gb Corsair XMS3 1333C9DHX.

The following settings are stable:

CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = linked
FSB - Memory Ratio = Synced
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1600
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1600
LDT Frequency = 5x
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 100
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = 200
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = enable
P2 = enable
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 9
tRCD = 9
tRP = 9
tRAS = 24
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 1t
tRRD = 7
tRC = 45
tWR = Auto
tWTR = auto
tFAW = auto
tRD = 9
tRTP = auto
tRFC = 85-100 depends on your ram
tREF = 7.8

Over Voltage
CPU Voltage = 1.35v
Loadline Calibration = Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage = Auto-you need to see what bios is setting this at ?
CPU VTT voltage =Auto- see what bios is setting for volts ?
Memory Voltage = 1.6
NB Core Voltage = 1.44-1.50

SB Core Voltage = Auto
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = Auto
NB GTL REF Ratio = You may need some of this, start with +10 and go up if needed.
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = Auto

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Enabled
Virtualization Technology = Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled
CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled


Right, my system is totally stable like that. No probs, but I can't get my Q6600 to 3,6 ghz as it needs 1.52 in Bios, with loadline enabled. Cpu-z reports vcore as 1.6. So, I am wondering if I could clock my RAM to 1600mhz. I know someone who had exactly the same ram as me, with this board, and got them 1600mhz with 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1.6v in BIOS.

I naturally did the same, passed 17 passes memtst, but froze after 5 minutes in Vista. Any suggestions?

[kullymontana]

Help i just cant pass prime95 always one core fails @48mins bang on what can it be really confused here.
BIOS Settings
Extreme Tweaker
CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 9.5
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = Linked
FSB - Memory Ratio = Synch
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1600
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1600
LDT Frequency = 5x
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 100
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = 200
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = Enabled
P2 = Enabled
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 7
tRCD = 7
tRP = 7
tRAS = 20
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 1T
tRRD = auto-5
tRC = auto-40
tWR = auto-12
tWTR = auto 18
tFAW = auto 25
tRD = auto/9
tRTP = auto/6
tRFC = 72
tREF = 7.8uS

Over Voltage
(= Bios/actual as reported Everest Ultimate 5.0)
CPU Voltage = 1.35v/(1.41v)
Loadline Calibration = Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage = 1.60v/(1.65v)
CPU VTT voltage =1.30v/(1.34v)
Memory Voltage = 1.84v/(1.90v)
NB Core Voltage = 1.48v/(1.52v)
SB Core Voltage = 1.50v/(1.50v)
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = Auto
NB GTL REF Ratio = Auto
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = Auto

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Enabled
Virtualization Technology = Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled while tweaking/Enable after stable
CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled

[Sat Feb 28 07:07:34 2009]
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
[Sat Feb 28 07:23:03 2009]
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
[Sat Feb 28 07:39:21 2009]
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
[Sat Feb 28 07:49:50 2009]
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
[Sat Feb 28 08:10:08 2009]
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
Self-test 1024K passed!
[Sat Feb 28 08:25:47 2009]
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
Self-test 8K passed!
[Sat Feb 28 08:41:00 2009]
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
Self-test 10K passed!
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.

As u can see always bang on 48mins it fails.

[joebloggs]

i lied when i said 1600 fsb and 1333ram was stable, as it bsod when I left it alond for 5 minutes. I'm trying out the settings you gave me Neo Mike. How do I know when to raise NB GTL?

EDIT - I was going to poast that ANY setting I have been trying was unstable. But, just realised, Loadline Calibration was disabled, and it was the cpu being undervolted all along. Damn, 6am - 3pm shift work has numbed my brain today.

VTT is a bit high for 1600 fsb? 1.42v? PLL would be 1.52v if I set it to 1.5 in BIOS anyway, so thats fine isnt it?


EDIT 2 - It was quite unstable with ram unlinked, even though both were 1600. Linked and synced a lot more stable.

Settings currently are:
CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = linked
FSB - Memory Ratio = Synced
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1600
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1600
LDT Frequency = 5x
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 101
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 101
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = 201
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = Auto (I will enable this when i'm stable)
P2 = Auto (I will enable this when i'm stable)
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 9
tRCD = 9
tRP = 9
tRAS = 24
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 2t
tRRD = Auto (6)
tRC = auto (41)
tWR = Auto (12)
tWTR = auto (18)
tFAW = auto (31)
tRD = Auto (11)
tRTP = auto (6)
tRFC = Auto (88)
tREF = Auto (7.8)

Over Voltage
CPU Voltage = 1.4
Loadline Calibration = Disabled (Random bsod on idle when this is enabled, so upped vcore for time being)
CPU PLL Voltage = 1.5 (1.52)
CPU VTT voltage =Auto (1.42/44)
Memory Voltage = 1.6 (1.66/68)
NB Core Voltage = 1.44 (1.45)

SB Core Voltage = Auto
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = Auto
NB GTL REF Ratio = Auto (Don't know when this is needed to be changed)
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = Auto

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Enabled
Virtualization Technology = Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled
CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled


I thought these settings were stable, 1 hour OCCT, 30 passes Intel Burn, but I left it for 30 minutes, and it had restarted by itself. Any ideas?

Last edit- Found that too high NB was causing my instabilty. Rememberd that I only have 2 sticks of ram, and dont need that high a NB. I set it to AUTO, which gives it 1.33/4v actual, and its stable. Such a crazy and nonsensical board.

[Trigger5521]

The setting of NBGTL -0.08mV, is what I needed for my particular chipset with that 8Gb Patriot kit with the QX9770 at 450x9 linked/sync. I started messing with NBGTL after finding out that more vNB did not do the trick. You will have to fine tune yours after finding out what vNB you require for your board.

I totally assume that you are watercooling your chipset right? Every 790i chipset can vary between boards & errors can start to appear 58-60-65-68 Cº just because of the heat, although most S2E's do fine even at 68 Cº.

I am water cooling(NB 48c idle), thanks to all you guys for the tips. I'm still trying to get stable with 8GB. Playing with NB gtl now.

[neo mike]

Are we having fun yet Trigger , very tough board to overclock, but that makes it a challenge, and when you finally get there, you will be one happy dude, i posted some settings for 1900 one page back, you could try them, hope you get that thing stable. Dont forget trigger, you havent even touched the cpu gtl voltages yet, you may need to.

[Trigger5521]

Are we having fun yet Trigger , very tough board to overclock, but that makes it a challenge, and when you finally get there, you will be one happy dude, i posted some settings for 1900 one page back, you could try them, hope you get that thing stable. Dont forget trigger, you havent even touched the cpu gtl voltages yet, you may need to.

yeah fun...cpu gtl's pia. I did play with them before but found no stability have since gone back to auto.

I'll try backing the CPU off but I really want a 4.0ghz quad, I think i'd give up 4GB of ram before I'd accept a lower CPU freq.

[neo mike]

Try the 1900 setting i gave you, that will get you 4.0 ghz, and 1900mgz memory, but only on 4 gigs.

[Trigger5521]

Try the 1900 setting i gave you, that will get you 4.0 ghz, and 1900mgz memory, but only on 4 gigs.

tried 8.5 1900 fsb, won't post at all with 8GB's. I'll try 4 later.

[Trigger5521]

Hummm get this, I decided to try some tests, 8GB setup unlinked CPU at 1800 set RAM to 1700(1687 actual 30:16). This is using the same setting I had that were stable for 4GB's with just 1.46 NB.

Prime95 Blend is running stable (10 mins at least)

Compare Sangrak's 1800 linked and synced.



What's really interesting is the mem performance here. Check out this bench mark.

[neo mike]

Well that was going to be my suggestion was to go unlinked. Now you should up the fsb to 2000, drop the multiplyer, and that will boost your ram speed, heck if you can get 1900mgz out of that ram, you may have to just call it all good.

I had another question for you, on the other settings you were running, do u use the lcd poster ? you say it wont boot, what kind of error is the lcd poster giving you, dram error ? code error ? cause that tells you what is going on, if its a dram error, when i get that, i have to increase nbv to make it go away. The problem with those everest shots are, the latency is horriable 52.1 sucks to say the least, you need to be around 45.1

[joebloggs]

My overclock is stable when I'm using the pc, but if I levae it alone for more than 15-20 minutes, it always bsods and restarts. Settings are:


CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = linked
FSB - Memory Ratio = Synced
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1600
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1600
LDT Frequency = 5x
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 101
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 101
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = 201
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = Auto (I will enable this when i'm stable)
P2 = Auto (I will enable this when i'm stable)
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 9
tRCD = 9
tRP = 9
tRAS = 24
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 2t
tRRD = Auto (6)
tRC = auto (41)
tWR = Auto (12)
tWTR = auto (18)
tFAW = auto (31)
tRD = Auto (11)
tRTP = auto (6)
tRFC = Auto (88)
tREF = Auto (7.8)

Over Voltage
CPU Voltage = 1.4
Loadline Calibration = Disabled (Random bsod on idle when this is enabled, so upped vcore for time being)
CPU PLL Voltage = 1.5 (1.52)
CPU VTT voltage =Auto (1.42/44)
Memory Voltage = 1.6 (1.66/68)
NB Core Voltage = Auto (1.32. I have also set this to 1.44, same problem)

SB Core Voltage = Auto
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = Auto
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = Auto
NB GTL REF Ratio = Auto (Don't know when this is needed to be changed)
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = Auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = Auto

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Enabled
Virtualization Technology = Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled
CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled


So, in summary it;s stable on load, but will have restarted itself when I leave it alone for a while. Please, any ideas?

[Trigger5521]

I just ran Prime95 blend stable @ 8GB 1800 linked and synced for 54mins before one core failed.

Seems the trick has been a combo of things, one I wasn't using my OCZ RAM cooling fan because it wouldn't fit the higher Patriot heat sinks. When I was testing 4GB I noticed how much cooler they were, packing 4 sticks together so close was increasing RAM temps by 20c at least. So I modded the fan so it'll fit, RAM is running way cooler now max it'll hit is 50c.

RAM 8-8-8-22 with tRC=46(auto) tRFC=110
NB is at 1.60 with -0.08mv GTL and get this RAM volts to 2.04. This got me 54mins in Prime95 blend, I had tried high RAM volts before but it didn't help because the RAM got way too hot because I didn't have the fan hooked up. Trying RAM at 2.06 right now to see if it'll go past 54mins.

If it does I'll be trying to back off NB volts to see if 1.60 is really necessary and I'll try and tighten the tRC down.


EDIT:Whooo hoo + 1hour Prime95 blend stable at 2.06 mem volts. Sucks my RAM needs sooo much volts but I'm just glad I have a stable base to work from now.

[neo mike]

Been doing some research on the gtl voltages, went back early in this thread,seems like anybody with a quad, and 4 gigs of ram or more, had to set gtl voltages to get stable, so here trigger try these gtl voltages, cant do any harm, i think it will improve if anything, good luck. This screen shot the guy has a 9650 quad.

[neo mike]

Hey Joe, i think your memory is probaly causing your problem, you memory is rated for 1333, dont know if it can clock to 1600, it should, but that would be my guess, run memtest 4.0 in windows and see if your memory passes, then run prime 95, small ffts where it test mostly your cpu. Ok joe after looking again at your template, TURN ON LOAD LINE CALIBRATION , ENABLE IT. Your vtt is way to high on auto, you shouldnt run auto voltages, set vtt to 1.32-1.34, try nbv 1.50 -1.52, and enable p1 p2, cpu pll 1.52, then run the test i told you. To much vtt voltage is know to kill quads.

[joebloggs]

Yeah, I set RAM to 1066 all settings on AUTO, VTT to 1.32, PLL to 1.5. All running sweet. Ran Intel Burn Test whilst watching a fullscreen movie. I find that this is a quick way to find instability. Also, Vcoe is now 1.35 with Loadline Enabled.

I'll loosen timings to 9-9-9-30. Also, should I set 1T or 2T? 2T is unstable with 1066 mhz. AUTO timings are 8-8-8-20 1T @ 1066 and it runs sweet like that. 2T is unstable @ 1066.

[neo mike]

Well i thought it was your memory, i would suggest you get some ddr3 1600mgz ram, its very cheap, cause your ram is stoping your from overclocking your rig at all, 1066 thats ddr2 speed, but at least your stable for now. It should run 1t, and you should be able to run 7-7-7-21 at that speed easy, my ram is rated for 9-9-9-24 at 2000mgz, but runs 8-7-6-18 1t easy. Here is a link to some good ram that will run on this board, and overclocks to 2000mgz, and its pretty cheap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148223

[joebloggs]

Thanks for the link neo. But I won't go for those - yet. Forgive me, but i must try to get these to 1600. Problem is, I've only got 2 sticks in at the moment, the other 2 have been sent for RMA about 2 weeks ago. So really, I shouldn't be playing around because it's all gonna be irreleveant when I add two more sticks. But that's just me.

Gutted about my Q6600 though, it's stable 16600 x8 with 1.325 vcore with LLC enabled. But needs 1.475 with LLC enabled for 3.6ghz. It's a 1.3 VID chip, L807A413 batch. And I'm on air, so heat is an issue with that kind of volts.

EDIT - Tried 1.62vdimm, 9-9-9-30-1T. trC:50, trFC 100. It ran sweetly for an hour or two, but again, i left it for 10 minutes and had restarted. Any ideas?

[Trigger5521]

Thanks for the link neo. But I won't go for those - yet. Forgive me, but i must try to get these to 1600. Problem is, I've only got 2 sticks in at the moment, the other 2 have been sent for RMA about 2 weeks ago. So really, I shouldn't be playing around because it's all gonna be irreleveant when I add two more sticks. But that's just me.

Gutted about my Q6600 though, it's stable 16600 x8 with 1.325 vcore with LLC enabled. But needs 1.475 with LLC enabled for 3.6ghz. It's a 1.3 VID chip, L807A413 batch. And I'm on air, so heat is an issue with that kind of volts.

EDIT - Tried 1.62vdimm, 9-9-9-30-1T. trC:50, trFC 100. It ran sweetly for an hour or two, but again, i left it for 10 minutes and had restarted. Any ideas?

From what I understood some of the random reboots and BSOD's where attributed to LLC allowing a volt reduction at idle.

What did the event viewer say happened? Might be worth a look.

[joebloggs]

Event viewer shows an error "The previous system shutdown at 23:24:17 on 01/03/2009 was unexpected."

So I look at 23:24:17. And there's no errors there. Wierd. Also, should I try NB GTL tweaking? I know it has some effect because Vista won't boot with +10mv. But is fine on AUTO. So might need to fine tune that?

[Trigger5521]

Event viewer shows an error "The previous system shutdown at 23:24:17 on 01/03/2009 was unexpected."

So I look at 23:24:17. And there's no errors there. Wierd. Also, should I try NB GTL tweaking? I know it has some effect because Vista won't boot with +10mv. But is fine on AUTO. So might need to fine tune that?

You could try NB GTL, I needed -0.08mv at 1.60volts to get 8GB's stable.

Thanks Rodriguez!!!

[neo_rtr]

Appologies for the Nob question. Iam thinking of changing my Asus Maximus to ASUS Striker 2 Extreme with the puprose of running 2x gtx8800 OC in SLI on it.
(getting cheap on the vga) and i also have the chipset for watercolling all the mosfet,cpu, nb,sb ready. so i dont want to pay the extra $ or £ for new hardware.
Does this board gets 450 FSB? or iam going to hit the wall.
iam thinking of getting my CPU 8x450 QX6700 (runs 100% on my current setup)
Will have to get new memory though. Any suggestions are welcome.