UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[Mydog]

Hi does anyone know of a bios that supports Gulftown CPU's. I would like to test my gulfy on my RIIE.

[OverFoxtrot]

Minimum version 1504, but the best will be 1704

[Brama]

Minimum version 1504, but the best will be 1704

Asus documentation states that gulftown support is from BIOS 1639.

[CryptiK]

Yes, gulftown support is BIOS 1639 onward.

[Fire4Wire]

Yes, gulftown support is BIOS 1639 onward.

they updated there site and the bios versions who support Gulftown


http://event.asus.com/mb/X58_Gulftown/

[tistou77]

CMOS_CLR on the R2E is the jumper clrtc_sw, it's good?

thanks

[ViViD]

Hi Guys

I'm New R2E User

Ask 1 Question: Which BCLK Can Stable For Benching With This Mobo? I'm In Use Water Chiller 5 IDLE Temp Tanx

[CryptiK]

Hey Vivid, I can bench 218 - 220 so far, so can others, more than that I score lower and sometimes have boot issues. Depends on your board and CPU though, some do better than others. Others have done higher though, 230 - 240 IIRC.

Tistou77 - the clear cmos is button on the rear IO panel, the switch turns it on and off.

[tistou77]

Tistou77 - the clear cmos is button on the rear IO panel, the switch turns it on and off.

yes but i want the jumper

the jumper (cmos_clr) on/off

thanks

[CryptiK]

Playing around with some higher CPU speeds.

SPI32M






3DM05

[pcnazz]

Looking good CryptiK ! I always loved those cards you have . I should be getting my second card in a week .

[CryptiK]

Thanks. You getting a second 5970? If so you're going to do some serious 3D damage with them for sure.

[pcnazz]

Thanks. You getting a second 5970? If so you're going to do some serious 3D damage with them for sure.

Yes CryptiK , looking forward to it . I just sold my AMD parts to pay for it and the water block . This being my first ever intel rig I have done a lot of testing the last week . I have found my best performance is with BCLK 220 x 20 Ratio with HT Enabled or Disabled & Turbo Enabled or Disabled . I can run stable at BLCK 221 x 20 but best performance is BCLK 220 x 20 . Here's a quick LinX run with HT Enabled ( 8 cores ) & Turbo Disabled . Liquid cooling is a must to run flat out 24/7 100% stable . Have to to let you all know I love this new Intel platform ! Need an unlocked cpu ratio multi although !!!

[brooklynzoo81]

Hello all. I currently have the 1704 BIOS installed on the i7-965. Is there some sort of online guide that can help with all of these settings? As of now i don't have my system overclock due to my heating problem that i will post in another section. I realize that this thread is very huge and continues to grow. Any help with the above would be appreciated. Thank you for your time on this matter.

[pcnazz]

Hello all. I currently have the 1704 BIOS installed on the i7-965. Is there some sort of online guide that can help with all of these settings? As of now i don't have my system overclock due to my heating problem that i will post in another section. I realize that this thread is very huge and continues to grow. Any help with the above would be appreciated. Thank you for your time on this matter.

Hi brooklynzoo81 . Nice cpu , want to trade . A few pages back are my bios screen shots . You can take a look as a guide to set yours up . What are you looking to do and how would you describe your tech knowledge ?

[brooklynzoo81]

Hi brooklynzoo81 . Nice cpu , want to trade . A few pages back are my bios screen shots . You can take a look as a guide to set yours up . What are you looking to do and how would you describe your tech knowledge ?

Thanks for the reply back. I did take a look at your BIOS settings and PC pics, and i must say WOW! that's some sick stuff right there. As for me i am running on air and won't even think of applying those settings to mine, lol. I am just looking to go up in speed from stock of 3.2 to maybe 3.6 or 3.8 at most. But since i have overheating issues with this i am not sure that might happen. As far as my PC knowledge i would say its pretty decent. I work in the field as a Desktop Support Tech and built this rig myself. But i am not too familiar with overclocking software and or BIOS tweaking and so on.

[saxovtsmike]

Hi Guys

I'm New R2E User

Ask 1 Question: Which BCLK Can Stable For Benching With This Mobo? I'm In Use Water Chiller 5 IDLE Temp Tanx

I got mine up to 228Bclk, but that was done with a i7-975Xe but stopped testing there.
my Xeon hits a bclk wall @212 - 214

[pcnazz]

Thanks for the reply back. I did take a look at your BIOS settings and PC pics, and i must say WOW! that's some sick stuff right there. As for me i am running on air and won't even think of applying those settings to mine, lol. I am just looking to go up in speed from stock of 3.2 to maybe 3.6 or 3.8 at most. But since i have overheating issues with this i am not sure that might happen. As far as my PC knowledge i would say its pretty decent. I work in the field as a Desktop Support Tech and built this rig myself. But i am not too familiar with overclocking software and or BIOS tweaking and so on.

Okay cool . I can help you do that . Could you run LinX for say like 10 times and take a pic on 9 with core temp in with the pic showing all four core temps . This will give me an idea of how safe you are now and will give me an idea where I can take your cpu frequency to . LinX you can down load a few page back here and Core Temp just google if you don't already have it . We must be careful if your having temp issues so lets see how it looks under full load at stock frequency first . Look at some of my LinX runs here and set your pic up like I did .

[ViViD]

I got mine up to 228Bclk, but that was done with a i7-975Xe but stopped testing there.
my Xeon hits a bclk wall @212 - 214

Tanx Men
My 920 Stable On 220 BCLK On Bench But When 221 With SetFSB Crash Win

Don't Have Any Idea I Can Do For This Problem

[ElAguila]

How are the chipset temps on this mobo? Does it usually require a fan to be added to the chipset cooler? Is the stock TIM any good?

[ViViD]

My NB Temp Around 45~50 With 1.45Volt
I Use Fan Top Of The HeatSink If Pot Silent Fan Better For NB

[pcnazz]

How are the chipset temps on this mobo? Does it usually require a fan to be added to the chipset cooler? Is the stock TIM any good?

Your case cooling is going to play a big role for chipset cooling . I do not run any fans on my chipset and have no problems . According to Asus Probe II my NB is 38c , SB 34c at idle ( 1.475V NB ) . Probe II my guess is anywhere up to 10c idle to 20c load off on reading the temps correct . This should give you a good idea on how cool the R2E chipset is . ViViD temps are similar to mine .

[ElAguila]

I got my hands on one of these last night and I spent the afternoon installing it. I want to see how it performs compared to the evga x58 micro that I have. The settings are a little different I would like to know how these settings look. I am getting ready to start priming. Also is the IOH voltage the Northbridge voltage? I am running a Ci7 920 D0 with 3x2GB Corsair 1600MGz DDR RAM

AI Overclock - Manual
OC from CPU level up - Auto
OC from Memory level up - Auto
CPU Ratio Setting - 21
All cpu settings disabled except the 2 prefetch settings, CPU TM, and Execute Disable Bit

CPU Turbo Power - Enabled
BCLK Frequency - 201
PCIE Frequency - 101
DRAM Frequency - DDR3-1603
UCLK Frequency - 3200
QPI Link Data Rate - Auto

EPU II Phase Control - Full Phase
Load-line calibration - Enable
CPU Differential Amplitude - Auto
Extreme OV - Disabled

CPU Voltage - 1.28125
CPU PLL Voltage - Auto
QPI-DRAM Voltage - Auto
IOH Voltage - 1.23266
IOH PCIE Voltage - Auto
ICH Voltage - Auto
ICH PCIE Voltage - Auto
DRAM Bus Voltage - 1.6581
DRAM REF Voltage - Auto

[pcnazz]

This should explain your platform and settings ElAguila . Very good information for you and will answer most of your questions . Intel 17 920 & Rampage II Extreme settings information guide . There is also a laid out 3.6Ghz and 3.8Ghz core frequency settings guide you can fool with . I believe that is where you wanted to originally go to for core frequency .

[ElAguila]

Thanks for the link!