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

[ToMeGuN]

Okay ... I still don't know which PCI-E voltage to increase for X-Fire ... is it the IOH or the ICH PCI-E voltage?

Hi Handyman! from what i have read its IOH PCIE Voltage. Anyone confirm this?

[KaRLiToS]

what kind of BSOD you get, if its 0x00000116, then its the IOH Core....
I have now a working Xfire setup and I can run both HD 5850 with 1.19v IOH COre Voltage (No overclock GPU)
But for heavy overclocking...I was able to run without error at 1.25 v IOH Core
My PCIE IOH Voltage is raised by 2 bumps at 1.53v

[KaRLiToS]

cpu but when i had a qx9650 i use to get like temps at 24-28 never over 30 at idle.Maybe these i7 chips produce more heat thats all i can think really.I also got a 360 rad but only cooling cpu nothing else.

My Q9650 was also idling at 30'C ON AIR so the i7 runs hot at idle....at full load 4.3 Ghz my i7 is at 70'C Maximum so its very good

EDIT : damm sorry for double post

[kullymontana]

i just ran my980x at 1.375 at 4.2 ghz prime95 temps where hitting like 75 scary had to back down plus ioh was hitting nearly 70 to

[KaRLiToS]

Ooohhh, thats a little bit high.

My i7 930 is at 4,3 Ghz and Im using Linx to stress test (70'C)

But Now I've add my second HD 5850 to my setup, but can someone tell me why I lost 3 G-Flops (from 55 to 52 G Flops) while Linx Stress

Is that normal...even with much Higher Vcore I get the same GFlops

[Aedubber]

Hey guys I currently own a x58 evga classified mb 3 way an was thinkig about buying the rampage 3 mb .. How is it so far for ocing the board and what about tempson the board? Worth it for me to buy this or just keep my board I have now? I'm digging the future proof 3.0 USB connects and a few other goodies the rampage has to offer.

[kullymontana]

whats the highest temp u can go on these 980chips

[Splave]

honest answer, it will throttle when its too hot
I usually dont like to be stressing much past mid 80c's for 24/7 use though.

[zsamz_]

Hey guys I currently own a x58 evga classified mb 3 way an was thinkig about buying the rampage 3 mb .. How is it so far for ocing the board and what about tempson the board? Worth it for me to buy this or just keep my board I have now? I'm digging the future proof 3.0 USB connects and a few other goodies the rampage has to offer.

i just got a bnib evga 3x sli i'll let you know in 1-3 days

[Bodar]

I was using 602 for over 6ghz.. I think it's pretty good! Has anyone else tested 602 and LN2? Is there a better one..

[KaRLiToS]

I know that 704 has more options for LN2

[minaelromany]

I replaced the heatsink with the Active fan one and ICH / IOH temps are 61 C - 62 C idle , still high but better than before

Room temp is 26 C (With AC)

It is now OCed to 4.22Ghz CPU but RAM is at 1611 CL7

I can NOT get it to 2000 CL9 and that happened before with a friend's Asus P6T

Is there any compatibility issue between OCZ Blade 2000 CL9 and Asus mobos ?

I need BIOS settings for the Core i7 920 and OCZ Blade 2000 CL9

I have another observasion :

With my Gigabyte EX58-EXTREME and OCZ Vertex 2 50GB SSD, Windows 7 Boot with blazingly fast , but with Asus R3E it takes alot on the "Welcome" screen before logging into Windows

Thanks in advance

[NathObeaN]

1.

I can NOT get it to 2000 CL9 and that happened before with a friend's Asus P6T

Is there any compatibility issue between OCZ Blade 2000 CL9 and Asus mobos ?

2.

I have another observasion :

With my Gigabyte EX58-EXTREME and OCZ Vertex 2 50GB SSD, Windows 7 Boot with blazingly fast , but with Asus R3E it takes alot on the "Welcome" screen before logging into Windows

Thanks in advance

1. Have you tried setting the timing mode to 3N? I need 3N in order for my G.Skill tridents to run at 2000MHz @ C9.

2. I too have noticed this, it does seem to hang on the welcome part. Maybe it will be fixed with a BIOS update.

[kill_a_wat]

I cut both the top and the bottom, as you can see, the top as a shroud on it, this shourd is to add space to my case....The shourd has another set of 3 fans in it, so I have my 62mm thick radiator with push/pull fans configuration, I plan of adding another external rear 140mm Radiator (GTs Stealth 140) I also had to remove the bottom HDD cage

The EK Dual Top pumps in my drive bay has been fixed, on this pic you see that its not perfectly installed straight

This is the shroud Im talking about , look at the top

Nice looking PC Karlitos!

[zsamz_]

I replaced the heatsink with the Active fan one and ICH / IOH temps are 61 C - 62 C idle , still high but better than before

Room temp is 26 C (With AC)

It is now OCed to 4.22Ghz CPU but RAM is at 1611 CL7

I can NOT get it to 2000 CL9 and that happened before with a friend's Asus P6T

Is there any compatibility issue between OCZ Blade 2000 CL9 and Asus mobos ?

I need BIOS settings for the Core i7 920 and OCZ Blade 2000 CL9

I have another observasion :

With my Gigabyte EX58-EXTREME and OCZ Vertex 2 50GB SSD, Windows 7 Boot with blazingly fast , but with Asus R3E it takes alot on the "Welcome" screen before logging into Windows

Thanks in advance

takes longer to boot when unstable
you might need higher qpi volts for 2k

[minaelromany]

1. Have you tried setting the timing mode to 3N? I need 3N in order for my G.Skill tridents to run at 2000MHz @ C9.

2. I too have noticed this, it does seem to hang on the welcome part. Maybe it will be fixed with a BIOS update.

I will try 3N but it worked fine with Gigabyte with 1N !

takes longer to boot when unstable
you might need higher qpi volts for 2k

Nope

Even at stock speeds it takes much, much longer for Windows 7 booting (With Gigabyte I was not even seeing the Welcome screen but with Asus R3E it takes about 20-30 seconds !!!)

I've tried QPI Voltage up to 1.6v and still no post (Gigabyte worked just fine at 1.555v VTT)

[zsamz_]

Nope

Even at stock speeds it takes much, much longer for Windows 7 booting (With Gigabyte I was not even seeing the Welcome screen but with Asus R3E it takes about 20-30 seconds !!!)

I've tried QPI Voltage up to 1.6v and still no post (Gigabyte worked just fine at 1.555v VTT)

reseat the cpu
use 702 bios
try running your memory 1600-1700 6-8-6-26-5-88

[Kilyin]

I've noticed Asus boards in general seem to boot slow into Windows. I figured out on my P5K if I disabled the onboard audio it would boot quite a bit faster. wonder if that's the case with the RIII.

[NathObeaN]

Could the people with the motherboard blocks please get them installed and show us some pictures . I am thinking of getting one but I am also undecided on which version to get (plexi/acetel).

[KaRLiToS]

I'll have a pic next week, Im just waiting for a couple of fittings.
I choose plexi because I have both of my GPU blocks in plexi..the plexi is damm good quality

[NathObeaN]

I'll have a pic next week, Im just waiting for a couple of fittings.
I choose plexi because I have both of my GPU blocks in plexi..the plexi is damm good quality

Thanks dude, your setup does indeed look pretty sweet atm. My one will look quite simalar when I am finished, 800D, all black apache fans, tygon tubing, red fluid, black braid, you get the idea haha. Will also post some picutres when I am finish, I too am awaiting fittings. I still haven't upgraded both my graphics card (GTX 280) and haven't got myself an SSD yet .

[AKHandyman]

reseat the cpu

Out of curiosity, why re-seat the CPU? Your reasons for that would be ... ???

[minaelromany]

Out of curiosity, why re-seat the CPU? Your reasons for that would be ... ???

I would also like to know

My CPU is "perfectly" seated

[KaRLiToS]

I would also like to know

My CPU is "perfectly" seated

Out of curiosity, why re-seat the CPU? Your reasons for that would be ... ???

Yeah? Me too I want to know...it seems like you say that tip often

[Hondacity]

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