DFI UT X58-T3EH8 continued - Part 2

[v_parrello]

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Are you suggesting that most instability are most likely related to IMC?

For sure!
RAM are able to run at specified frequency and timings declared, the problem is that IMC CPU is not able to make the same.

[Sam_oslo]

For sure!
RAM are able to run at specified frequency and timings declared, the problem is that IMC CPU is not able to make the same.

You shouldn't believe all specifications and PR-stuff on those sticks. It is a good idea to run some memtest to make sure it is running stable (even withing the spec.). Many think like you, and then it is easy to jump over testing the RAM throughly.

Believe me, I have had a few memtest frailer good within the ability of my IMC. In these cases, the system seams to be stable, and will pass many stress-tests too, but suddenly you can get some "strange".

You have to notice that most people are trying to push/OC the RAM to it's limits (and even over it), and then I believe the most likely source of the instability is memory itself (RAM timing/divider), not the IMC, unless we are talking about very high DDR3-speeds (Uncore>4200).

But every setup is different and your scenario may apply to some cases too, I'm just suggesting that one should test the memory throughly before concluding MB or CPU/IMC as the source of instability.

[v_parrello]

You shouldn't believe all specifications and PR-stuff on those sticks. It is a good idea to run some memtest to make sure it is running stable (even withing the spec.). Many think like you, and then it is easy to jump over testing the RAM throughly.

Believe me, I have had a few memtest frailer good within the ability of my IMC. In these cases, the system seams to be stable, and will pass many stress-tests too, but suddenly you can get some "strange".

You have to notice that most people are trying to push/OC the RAM to it's limits (and even over it), and then I believe the most likely source of the instability is memory itself (RAM timing/divider), not the IMC, unless we are talking about very high DDR3-speeds (Uncore>4200).

But every setup is different and your scenario may apply to some cases too, I'm just suggesting that one should test the memory throughly before concluding MB or CPU/IMC as the source of instability.

I agree with you, but if memtest fails is not 100% RAM issues. It could be also IMC issues.

In this architecture is not possible to separate RAM from IMC, they work togheter, if one of them fail then memtest fail.

[ChaosMinionX]

So survey says?


Is it this board, or are these problems experienced wide spread in the i7 world? I have to do some more reading, but from what I can tell I think its a combination of the platform and the BIOS. I think RAM is a big factor, as soon as I go over 1600mhz these sticks are like hell no.