ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE (Retail) : ROG. X58 m-ATX preview

[aln688]

I tried to find the European name of that copper NB heat-sink, but I can't locate it. The name is similar to "Otizt", something like that. Here is what the product looks like, as shown from the Newegg.com online vendor in the U.S.:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835199003

Have a strange problem when i´m overclocking with Turbov. Booting from bios with 190x21 and have the same in Win. Starts to raise the Bclk up till 194 it´s all good , but as soon i hit 195blck my multi goes down to 20 instead of 21. Why is that ? Turbo is OFF in bios and C1E + HT is off.

I wouldn't use TurboV to overclock, in fact I wouldn't use any software to overclock my system. My recommendation is to un-install all the Asus resource hogging software utilities and use the BIOS directly to overclock. What I did was set the settings in the BIOS, write down what I set on a notepad, then when I boot I have a record of settings. In fact I later used a laptop and maintained an MS Excel sheet.

Is Intel SpeedStep turned off as well? EIST? You need to turn off C1E and SpeedStep. HT being on or off has nothing to do with the CPU Ratio going up or down. I also turned off Turbo mode and set the CPU Ratio to 21, for me that resulted in my system keeping it at 21 and it never changed.