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

[Jkswe]

A quick question, perhaps its been answered before. not sure, anyhow.

I have a i7 930 @4.2, 2 x GTX470 in SLI, Chieftec 1200W PSU, do i need to attach the EZPLUG cables for this setup? Atm my case looks all nice and tidy, so dont want to add extra cables if not needed

[kill_a_wat]

A quick question, perhaps its been answered before. not sure, anyhow.

I have a i7 930 @4.2, 2 x GTX470 in SLI, Chieftec 1200W PSU, do i need to attach the EZPLUG cables for this setup? Atm my case looks all nice and tidy, so dont want to add extra cables if not needed

I think you will be fine. I have 3x GTX480 (not overclocked) and I don't use any of the EZ PLUGS.

[kurumi_Japan]

So is 704 BIOS still the best for 980X? Haven't tried the newer bioses yet

I think "0860" is much better than "0704", totally.

[skuldarin]

Here are my test results for Voltage and Heat comparing Official BIOS 0802 from ASUS VS. Beta 0860. i used the 0802 official release from ASUS's Support page, though i believe it's the same 0802 seeing as it's got the same release date.

hardware:
i7 980x cpu
G.Skill ECO 1600 CL7 mem (didn't want to put any scratches on the new corsairs )

0860 results: Stable at 4.4ghz (33x133), 1600mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.44v
qpi voltage = 1.51v
ram voltage = 1.667v
peak cpu temp = 70-72*c
average cpu temp = 68-70*c

0802 results: Stable at 4.5ghz (39x115), 1613mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.41v
qpi voltage = 1.44v
ram voltage = 1.643v
peak cpu temp = 62-64*c
average cpu temp = 58-60*c

helps proove that 0860 is voltage hungry on just about everything... a near 10*c drop in temps from voltage alone yet still able to increase speeds by a hair and still is an improovement.

[brolloks]

Good data skuldarin, thanks
Would be good to know which bios is favored by the GT users and which by the Bloomfield...I know my 940 hates the board and 980X loves it...I'm still on 0704 though, maybe time to update to 0802.

[skuldarin]

i'll do another test with the Dominator-GTs back in there again when i get home after the weekend. i'm pretty sure i'll get similar results with QPI being a little lower on that time around. also let it be known this is with 12gb (6x2gb) memory, thus why QPI is so high.

[donmarkoni]

No BIOS 9124 users except me?

[bassplayer]

Here are my test results for Voltage and Heat comparing Official BIOS 0802 from ASUS VS. Beta 0860. i used the 0802 official release from ASUS's Support page, though i believe it's the same 0802 seeing as it's got the same release date.

hardware:
i7 980x cpu
G.Skill ECO 1600 CL7 mem (didn't want to put any scratches on the new corsairs )

0860 results: Stable at 4.4ghz (33x133), 1600mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.44v
qpi voltage = 1.51v
ram voltage = 1.667v
peak cpu temp = 70-72*c
average cpu temp = 68-70*c

0802 results: Stable at 4.5ghz (39x115), 1613mhz CL7 (7-8-7-24-72-2N)
cpu voltage = 1.41v
qpi voltage = 1.44v
ram voltage = 1.643v
peak cpu temp = 62-64*c
average cpu temp = 58-60*c

helps proove that 0860 is voltage hungry on just about everything... a near 10*c drop in temps from voltage alone yet still able to increase speeds by a hair and still is an improovement.

Why not test them at the same speeds?

No BIOS 9124 users except me?

I didn't even realize that worked for the RIIIE. It only has optimizations for Gulftown, right?

[donmarkoni]

I didn't even realize that worked for the RIIIE. It only has optimizations for Gulftown, right?

Yes, it's for R3E, and it's best of all, at least in my case (Xeon W3540).
Lower voltages required, tighter timings possible - tWR is now exactly what you set, not +1 or +2 from what you set.

[owikh84]

owikh84 | Core i7 920 [4C 4T] @ 4504.4MHz | 1.424 | Asus Rampage III Extreme | Water | 3914A113

[Hondacity]

excellent tweaking owikh!!!

ram timings are very good...

[systemviper]

Yes, it's for R3E, and it's best of all, at least in my case (Xeon W3540).
Lower voltages required, tighter timings possible - tWR is now exactly what you set, not +1 or +2 from what you set.

any chance you could post your settings so i can get my w3570 started...


thanks

[UrbanSmooth]

Man, temps are high at 4.5GHz. What's your water cooling setup (fans, etc?)

[Hondacity]

Good data skuldarin, thanks
Would be good to know which bios is favored by the GT users and which by the Bloomfield...I know my 940 hates the board and 980X loves it...I'm still on 0704 though, maybe time to update to 0802.

your 940 is overclockable? those are the worst i7 chips...

[Raja@ASUS]

If benching the R3E at high clocks or high memory frequency be sure to enable the extreme OV setting, then disable OCP on DRAM, VTT and the IOH. Failure to do so will cause the board to throw BSODs during benches. This is a bit of an isolated case here, I have 12GB at DDR3-1945 1T, without disabling the OCP this will not pass Cinebench.

http://img205.imageshack.us/f/hyper1945mhz798crop.png/

Later
Raja

[slamms]

Hello, my friends!

I will be testing today 2 new 980X B1 on Rampage III Extreme. Some questions:

ALL OCP settings - disabled?
Memory Configutation Protect - disabled/enabled?
PWM Volt. Control - ?
QPI/Dram/ IOH PWM frequency - ?

Thanks

[Hondacity]

If benching the R3E at high clocks or high memory frequency be sure to enable the extreme OV setting, then disable OCP on DRAM, VTT and the IOH. Failure to do so will cause the board to throw BSODs during benches. This is a bit of an isolated case here, I have 12GB at DDR3-1945 1T, without disabling the OCP this will not pass Cinebench.

http://img205.imageshack.us/f/hyper1945mhz798crop.png/

Later
Raja

weird your tripping ocp but good to know

Hello, my friends!

I will be testing today 2 new 980X B1 on Rampage III Extreme. Some questions:

ALL OCP settings - disabled?
Memory Configutation Protect - disabled/enabled?
PWM Volt. Control - ?
QPI/Dram/ IOH PWM frequency - ?

Thanks

1. yep
2. disable and set subtimings manually
3. max 10v
4. max 1.33x

[slamms]

Thanks bro!!! I will try it tomorrow with other cpu, my 2 cpu is bad, only 5,9Ghz in 3DMark05. СBB -120, CB -165-175 degress(

[Hondacity]

single channel and dual channel tried?

[Bodar]

Man, this has been a crazy weekend.. I hav'nt played a game in a few years so I wanted to do that.. I installed a new copy of win 7 for that and the IOH on the rampage lll goes up to 70c and keeps climbing.. I took it apart 3 times and replaced all thermal grease and still the same thing.. I decided to put a small LN2 pot on there.. Then everything worked fine as it was -3c But I just wanted to game and it gets hot! I decided to throw on the ud9.. Same issue.. Gets really hot and shuts off.. Even when the cpu is at 4ghz.. bummer all around.. tried cleaning that one and still it gets hot as well..
Is it possible the boards are only use to -180c now.. They dont like the hot.. Man, what a pain

[Hondacity]

did you use the big heatsink?

mine stays @ 45-50c...

[Bodar]

Thanks man! Yeah, I used the big heatsink as well.. Still nothing.. Also, I tried water cooling on the ud9 and that gets hot and shuts off too.. Maybe I'll try one more time..

[Hondacity]

try putting some weight/pressure on the heatsink...maybe its a contact problem

[Zaxis01]

your 940 is overclockable? those are the worst i7 chips...

I have mine running at 4.2ghz with 1.35vcore intel burn test stable.

[Hondacity]

I have mine running at 4.2ghz with 1.35vcore intel burn test stable.

i had mine to about 4.4ghz...till my supposes friend killed it

i was talking about 940 on ln2...