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

[kurumi_Japan]

^^ different board though and probably better X58 chip than what's on your R3E

My best HIGH BCLK board is P6T WS Pro.
But I think REX3 is not so bad for high BCLK & X-COOL.
REX2 is totally F**K for high BCLK & X-COOL.

[kurumi_Japan]

Yes probably so, however for the premium price they are getting for this board shouldnt they be more consistent? Eventully I will let this go and move on but hope I can prevent someone else from making a bad choice and blowing extra $$$.

My GA-X58A-UD9 died after just 2 times X-Cool.
DO NOT BUY UD9!!

[skuldarin]

well there are plenty of other reasons why it's a decent buy. it does have great OC abilites regardless if you can't pump the crap out of BLCK, but that's also why CPU's have multipliers and also why there are unlocked CPU's aswell so that you wont need to go so high on BLCK setings.

i personally got the board for 1 - good memory OC abilities, 2 - 6core support / favored and great OC, 3- has 9128 controler for SATA3 raid ability *though not marketed with the board, it's listed as SATA3 raid capable on Marvel's page*, 4- USB 3.0, 5- loads of power stability... it's just a good future proofe board that'll get it's owner some years out of it without a thought of upgrading for a while.

you don't have to have HIGH BLCK to get good numbers, balanced settings will get you where you want to go aswell.

[spoolindsm127]

^^I agree..well said

[UrbanSmooth]

Let us therefore rock the R3E!

[OC Nub]

you don't have to have HIGH BLCK to get good numbers, balanced settings will get you where you want to go aswell.

when you are working with a 21 multi high bclk is a must, i enjoy playing with the 920/930 do's especially for 200.00 at micro center. I got this board in hopes of going a bit higher than on my ud7, which got me 4.725ghz linx stable on water, but i cant even get close. i refuse to pay 900.00 for a cpu, for me that just takes the fun out of it. it is nice to buy a lower priced chip and see what you can do with it, bloomfield 920/930's and clarkdales are just a blast to oc and wont break the bank.

[spoolindsm127]

Thanks Kurumi Japan, your method worked! Seems as if there is a bug with bios 0860 as it will not let you update to 0901 and give you problems. I updated to 9124, then back down to 0901 and all systems go!

I also noticed when flashing from 0860 the process was a lot quicker and didn't seem to flash completely. Thanks once again!

[OC Nub]

Let us therefore rock the R3E!

yes rock on with your 4.2
hardly need a top end board for that.

[skuldarin]

you're still not seeing the point of the R3E, it's a 32nm favored board so yes, if you're running somethings that's not a 32nm tech chip, you're probably not going to see alot of glory from it. it's been stated several thousand million bagillion gazillion times that it's favoored to gulf chips. that being said *that many times* it should be a heads up that yes you'll do fine with most 45nm chips but you'll do better with a 32nm. your UD7 platform was probably designed for the general purpose of being used with both 45 and 32 techs but probably does better with 45nm due to it being a more widely used chip range than 32nm just yet.

but i'm not gonna lie, i too am having issues with my R3E and have yet to get much of an answer from anyone on here the times i have posted my bios setings, so i really don't have the help i need to get to my goal or past it, of which i know is more than capable of hitting because it's only 4.5ghz and then times i CAN get it running for a bit at that speed, temps stay to the low 70's at most.

[kurumi_Japan]

Thanks Kurumi Japan, your method worked! Seems as if there is a bug with bios 0860 as it will not let you update to 0901 and give you problems. I updated to 9124, then back down to 0901 and all systems go!

I also noticed when flashing from 0860 the process was a lot quicker and didn't seem to flash completely. Thanks once again!

I am very happy to hear that.
Perhaps, 0860 BIOS has any bugs, I think.

Enjoy new BIOS & get more OC ability!!

[OC Nub]

you're still not seeing the point of the R3E, it's a 32nm favored board so yes, if you're running somethings that's not a 32nm tech chip, you're probably not going to see alot of glory from it. it's been stated several thousand million bagillion gazillion times that it's favoored to gulf chips. that being said *that many times* it should be a heads up that yes you'll do fine with most 45nm chips but you'll do better with a 32nm. your UD7 platform was probably designed for the general purpose of being used with both 45 and 32 techs but probably does better with 45nm due to it being a more widely used chip range than 32nm just yet.

but i'm not gonna lie, i too am having issues with my R3E and have yet to get much of an answer from anyone on here the times i have posted my bios setings, so i really don't have the help i need to get to my goal or past it, of which i know is more than capable of hitting because it's only 4.5ghz and then times i CAN get it running for a bit at that speed, temps stay to the low 70's at most.

i do understand the point, i know now this board is geared towards gt not bloomfield but was mislead by early posts saying how good it was for bloomfield.

[zsamz_]

i do understand the point, i know now this board is geared towards gt not bloomfield but was mislead by early posts saying how good it was for bloomfield.

exactly
i myself was mislead with a bs post that supposly was good for 225-230blk 24/7

i'll be waitin on a 32nm quad

[Elmy]

I need a Gulftown chip :-( I can't get this thing past 21 X 218 BLCK no matter what I do.

Going to Vegas in Oct and saving every penny right now. Hopefully I hit it big so I can buy a Gulf when I get back LoL.

[harbin]

bclck=222 is probably highest my air-cooler can handle.
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[OC Nub]

Very nice oc harbin.

[Bodar]

I probably wont be testing the new bios on LN2 until this week. My ud9 crapped out as well.. Bummer.. I really liked that board. Big bang x-power seems to work better now. I just said the hell with the IOH HEAT.. I need maximum stability and since the rampage is my favorite benching board I just decided to put an LN2 pot on the NB. All is well while benching when the IOH is at -5c

[UrbanSmooth]

yes rock on with your 4.2
hardly need a top end board for that.

Agreed, this is a temporary OC (currently 4.0 on air, get it, air!).

As I posted above, I was able to hit 4.4GHz stable on air, with HT on.

When this rig goes underwater, we'll try to make him swim like a shark to 4.5+Ghz.


LIKE. A. SHARK.

[zpaf]

Yes probably so, however for the premium price they are getting for this board shouldnt they be more consistent? Eventully I will let this go and move on but hope I can prevent someone else from making a bad choice and blowing extra $$$.

I decide to buy this board because I want not to tost my crossfire setup (2 x 5870) first and in future have a cheap 6 core cpu.
I think today REXIII is the only board at that price (345 euro here in Greece) that can have if you handle 2 vga and want to have them at low temps.

The problem with IOH solved for me when reapply thermal paste and put the optional with fan
My room temp is 25c

[donmarkoni]

Try as follow flash process.

From 9124 BIOS to 0901 BIOS.
As above flashing process, mine is no problems & works fine!!

I found some bugs about 0860 BIOS, so I never use 0860 BIOS.
When I tested 0860 BIOS, I can not shut-down Windows Vista.
If I shut-down Windows Vista from start menu shut-down buttom, my REX3 locked & can not finish shut-down process.
0802, 9124 & 0901 never happen that shut-down problems.

Yeah, I had a same problem with flashing from 0860 to 0901, as I wanted to keep 9124 in other BIOS chip. Solved it same way.

Maybe Ghostleader should make a note in the OP when he adds BIOS link.

[nickless]

I have no problem to boot even at 231 (without slow mode), but my W3520 definitely has a wall at 231, because there is no matter if I use slow more or not I can't pass bclk 231. I can't even under windows rise the bclk to 232 I think the broblem isn't the board. It depends of CPU potentiality.

[kurumi_Japan]

I have no problem to boot even at 231 (without slow mode), but my W3520 definitely has a wall at 231, because there is no matter if I use slow more or not I can't pass bclk 231. I can't even under windows rise the bclk to 232 I think the broblem isn't the board. It depends of CPU potentiality.

Yes, CPU BCLK limit exists.

But many of people faces mobo BCLK limit, not CPU limit.
They can raise up BCLK if they use slow mode or other mobo.
But They can not raise up high QPI mode same as slow mode BCLK level.
This BCLK limit is depend on X58 chip.

My REX3 can raise up BCLK 245MHz with x36 QPI(QPI speed is 8.8TB over).
But in the slow mode, I can not raise up BCLK over 251MHz (QPI speed is around 8,0TB).
My REX3 has BCLK margin when it works slow mode.
But it can not raise up BCLK over 251MHz because of it faces CPU BCLK limit.

So I test x36 BCLK limit & slow mode BCLK limit when I buy new chip & mobo.
If high QPI & slow mode BCLK limit is almost same.
→It faces CPU BCLK limit, change other CPU.
If slow mode can raise up BCLK than high QPI mode.
→It faces mobo BCLK limit, change other mobo.


Sorry, I confused you so much.

[UrbanSmooth]

So, 0901 is the best BIOS right now, including an i7?

[kurumi_Japan]

So, 0901 is the best BIOS right now, including an i7?

I love β9124 & 0901 BIOS.
Now, I tested both BIOS about 3D benchmark on air.
0901 a little bit faster than 9124.
I think 0901 improve 3D06 cpu test score from 9124.

Test results are as my blog.

[OC Nub]

I decide to buy this board because I want not to tost my crossfire setup (2 x 5870) first and in future have a cheap 6 core cpu.
I think today REXIII is the only board at that price (345 euro here in Greece) that can have if you handle 2 vga and want to have them at low temps.

The problem with IOH solved for me when reapply thermal paste and put the optional with fan
My room temp is 25c

Very nice results, I also hope to eventually get a 6core chip, but it doesnt look like they will ever be cheap. I think the board is nice and loaded with tons of great features that are all functional unlike some other boards which makes it very appealing, just not ready to make the jump to gt yet. I will keep it so that when the time comes all I'll need is the chip.

[skuldarin]

somethings up here on my system...

randomly with 0901, i can't seem to set uncore to the proper speed with the memory... oddly enough, every time i try it just wont boot period even on other uncore speeds. only time it'll boot is when uncore is set to AUTO and when it does boot it comes up with a speed that doesn't match (EI 1866mhz mem should have 3733 uncore or slightly higher but comes up at 2800-3000 with AUTO. i've tried on mem speeds between 1800 and 1900 with proper uncore speeds and nothing. i DO notice that this really only happens when BLCK is at stock 133 setting... otherwise it'll... sorta boot on other settings.)

EDIT: what i mean by not booting is that it hangs on CPU check during bios start.