***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[SkOrPn]

as far as I can see ( and Im still yet to set my RE3 up) the additional 8 pin power is for very high end o/c stability, if you have a spare 4/8 pin then it cant hurt to connect it but if your only going around 4 ghz my guess is you probably dont need it but dont quote me !!

That is exactly my thinking as well, but Logue stated above that when he connects his 2nd power plug using the 4 pin his mobo does NOT boot. He has to remove the plug in order to boot normally, which is strange to me....

EDIT: I think Logue is commenting on the 4 pin Molex connector, but not sure now... lol

[dionysus]

So just plug in one single 4 pin or one single 8 pin? Going to try and get this stable at 4GHZ.

[SkOrPn]

So just plug in one single 4 pin or one single 8 pin? Going to try and get this stable at 4GHZ.

Try 8 pin first...

EDIT: Only add the 4 pin if you dont get a stable 4Ghz, then the extra 4 pin should come in handy...

[dionysus]

ok ill remove the black cover and plug in 1 single 8 pin and see how this works out.....ill report back. Apprciate the feedback thank you.

[SkOrPn]

ok ill remove the black cover and plug in 1 single 8 pin and see how this works out.....ill report back. Apprciate the feedback thank you.

I hate all these connectors everywhere on the face of the board, they should all be on the edge somewhere.. makes it hard to keep cable management looking good, lol...

[turtletrax]

TWO C300's in RAID 0 would be just a utterly killer setup, probably better than my 4 Vertex on ICH... I would think....

Pretty damn close. Anvil has been doing some great work on finding out the full deal between the Vertex LE and the C300

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=249040&page=8

Some great C300 256B R0 benches on that page, but the whole thread is fantastic. He even has some 4xC300 R0 data

[SkOrPn]

Pretty damn close. Anvil has been doing some great work on finding out the full deal between the Vertex LE and the C300

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=249040&page=8

Some great C300 256B R0 benches on that page, but the whole thread is fantastic. He even has some 4xC300 R0 data

money wise id still want to go 4 x Vertex LE's, lol... C300's is just to rich for my wallet...

[turtletrax]

money wise id still want to go 4 x Vertex LE's, lol... C300's is just to rich for my wallet...

Ya pretty pricey. I have seen some sweet deals on the C300 tho. Newegg.ca had the 256GB for $650 shipping included. That made them cheaper per GB than the LE.

[Loque]

EDIT: I think Logue is commenting on the 4 pin Molex connector, but not sure now... lol

yeah, the molex connector right above the fist pcie slot, not sure if that's only to use when there's more than 1 gfx card since the motherboard doesn't post with it connected + only 1 card..

[donmarkoni]

So... still no BIOS template?

Template out yet anyone know?

Here you go: Asus Rampage III Extreme

@Ghostleader: feel free to copy link to first post.

[astropaulo]

There are three stores on Bing with the c300 for 580

[SkOrPn]

yeah, the molex connector right above the fist pcie slot, not sure if that's only to use when there's more than 1 gfx card since the motherboard doesn't post with it connected + only 1 card..

Yeah well I am just now getting my board out of its lovely box and installing it, so I guess I will have to also investigate this later today. I only have the one 5870 as it pushes my 24" monitor max res on every game Ive thrown at it, so I see no reason for multiple cards. But, knowing a little bit about electronics it is difficult to understand why it wouldn't boot with this power connector installed. You would think the board/cards would like the extra bit of help regardless if it needs it or not, lol...

[turtletrax]

There are three stores on Bing with the c300 for 580

Thats a helluva deal. We get particularly molested in Canada on hardware, especially new hardware...

[SkOrPn]

@Don, thanks for the bios template man....

[donmarkoni]

@Don, thanks for the bios template man....

You're welcome! I was amazed no one did it yet.

[SkOrPn]

You're welcome! I was amazed no one did it yet.

me too....

im still awaiting one for the 930 just to get me started in the right direction. Thats what I did for my MaxIIForm and i was surprised that someone elses settings actually turned out to work perfectly for me. I only made a very few minor alterations and she was good to go for 24/7 use...

[SkOrPn]

Oh boy, already found my first assembly line blunder. Seems QC did not check the cpu socket hold down plate, all four of the screws are serious loose and the top two were so loose that the screws could have just fallen off. Thankfully i have the tools needed to tighten it but not sure what spec to tighten it to. One things for sure people, as usual please inspect your board closely as many times these assembly lines talk to much to each other not paying attention to what they are doing. I tightened them just now and hopefully did not over tighten.

Can someone tell me if the provided NB fan/sink is needed?

[Leeghoofd]

If you have too high idle temps (read +/-60°C) you could try to replace the TIM and adding a washer to increase pressure... if temps are still too high install the fan thingy

[SkOrPn]

If you have too high idle temps (read +/-60°C) you could try to replace the TIM and adding a washer to increase pressure... if temps are still too high install the fan thingy

Ok thanks for the advice, I have the perfect washers for it too. I heard removing the TIM on these sinks were difficult so I guess thats why you said "try", lol... I have a new Artic clean kit I can break out if need be.

Thanks again...

[eternal_fantasy]

Oh boy, already found my first assembly line blunder. Seems QC did not check the cpu socket hold down plate, all four of the screws are serious loose and the top two were so loose that the screws could have just fallen off. Thankfully i have the tools needed to tighten it but not sure what spec to tighten it to. One things for sure people, as usual please inspect your board closely as many times these assembly lines talk to much to each other not paying attention to what they are doing. I tightened them just now and hopefully did not over tighten.

Can someone tell me if the provided NB fan/sink is needed?

Not quite sure how loose it is in your case, but they are meant to be a little loose and only tightens up once the CPU is secured in the socket.

[SkOrPn]

Not quite sure how loose it is in your case, but they are meant to be a little loose and only tightens up once the CPU is secured in the socket.

lol, the metal socket holder, not sure what its called, the screws on the corners was stupidly loose, one turn on the top two screws and they came off. The metal plate on the back of the board was just dangling loosely, lol. Im talking about those four screws that are very visible on the corners of the socket, they have star shaped heads and screw into the metal plate on the back of the board. I cant believe they are meant to be loose when there would be absolutely no way to tighten them after installing a heatsink or waterblock, which would then completely cover the screw heads.

Oh well its fixed.... Almost there, a few more connections and a quick leak test before installing the block and I should be golden...

[dionysus]

OK....so I just finished this build extremely happy so far i7-930.
Running Prime now core at 4.ghz with vcore at 1.328v this is reading from CPU-Z my temps are 79,78,76, 74 at load, and idle is 39c, 35,38, 36 realtemp.
H-50 single fan air being pulled in. HT is on I may try a little less vcore and see if it remains stable.

Did a quick Vantage run single GTX-480.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=2185463

[SkOrPn]

OK....so I just finished this build extremely happy so far i7-930.
Running Prime now core at 4.ghz with vcore at 1.328v this is reading from CPU-Z my temps are 79,78,76, 74 at load, and idle is 39c, 35,38, 36 realtemp.
H-50 single fan air being pulled in. HT is on I may try a little less vcore and see if it remains stable.

Did a quick Vantage run single GTX-480.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=2185463

Nice job dionysus. I just finished this build as well, but only just now finishing the XP install, and I only needed to do that so I could sanitary eras my Vertex drives, which sadly yes I forgot to do before pulling the last motherboard, lol.

Going to download the Windows 7 drivers just in case they are newer than the ones on the disk, and do a fresh Install tonight. It will be weeks before I get to play around in the bios and oc this thing. Got to build my Sisters new rig now, lol...

[dionysus]

Thanks SkOrPn having a lot of fun with this build. I still want to back off some vcore but for the moment ill take it.
I will take a few picks of the build soon and post them. but the goal was 4.ghz so again happy with the current results.
I will load up some games porlly BFBC2 first and see how well vs my previous build it feels.

[Splave]

very stable boards especially with HT benching


Temps for me
MB 29 NB 46 SB 43 fan in the area


PS why do you guys say 1000khz is unstable? How are you testing it? Works great here.