UnOfficial EVGA X58 Classified Owners Thread

[ChaosAD]

Thats sick zsamz. Great clock. Which bios did you use for this? Can you post voltages that you used? What cooling and temps? Post screens Wish you the best for your 4.8Ghz linx run

[zsamz_]

Thats sick zsamz. Great clock. Which bios did you use for this? Can you post voltages that you used? What cooling and temps? Post screens Wish you the best for your 4.8Ghz linx run

once i play with it a bit more i will post a full bios template
i was using bios 664
cooling is 1 thermochill 120.3 on portable a/c
i'm gonna redo loop soon and put in another rad + nb block or a full block

[71proste]

You dont really need nb block, one extra fan is enough imo
what temps you have ?

btw: wish you luck with linX

[safan80]

once i play with it a bit more i will post a full bios template
i was using bios 664
cooling is 1 thermochill 120.3 on portable a/c
i'm gonna redo loop soon and put in another rad + nb block or a full block

I'd suggest you do the Full cover block it keeps those pesky VRM temps down big time.

[ChaosAD]

Yep go with a full block. Vrm temps are the issue not NB temps. TC 120.3 is good, but ac unit is even better Not like my room, my poor pc has to deal with 30C ambient

Edit: I guess u mean bios 64, not 664 right?

[zsamz_]

Yep go with a full block. Vrm temps are the issue not NB temps. TC 120.3 is good, but ac unit is even better Not like my room, my poor pc has to deal with 30C ambient

Edit: I guess u mean bios 64, not 664 right?

yes 64
i'm mainly concerned with vrm temps and fan noise

[kup]

Is bios 64 considered the better/best bios for an i7 920?

[71proste]

I find new releases worse than previous bioses, new releases are optimized for Gulftown but i might be wrong
This one is the best for my cpu



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[kup]

I've been playing about with lowering the PLL voltages (my Asus didn't have such a useful feature) and so far lowering both CPU and IOH PLL from 1.8v stock to 1.425v has allowed me to lower my vcore 4 notches in the bios, from 1.35v down to 1.325v and remain (thus far) totally stable.

[The_Game]

Yeah, usually lowering PLL is helping to lower the Vcore, but sometimes there are problems like its stable at stability tests, but there are BSODs when idle, so you ll need more testing than linx/prime to find if its stable .

[kup]

Folding 24/7 with the SMP BigAdv Client does the job nicely. LinX/Prime don't have anything on the ability Folding has to bring an overclock to it's knees.

[safan80]

I find new releases worse than previous bioses, new releases are optimized for Gulftown but i might be wrong
This one is the best for my cpu

On my bloomfield 970 I actually achieved better clocks. All in all the newer bioses just have more options. Been testing my 980X but I need to do a psu swap to my silverstone 1500 watt my 1250 needs an RMA cause my 3.3v in dropping bad.

[71proste]

How better clocks, whats the difference ? What bios version ?

[safan80]

How better clocks, whats the difference ? What bios version ?

about 100mhz more, but I'm using 6 sticks. bios versions 64 and up.

Check out the evga forums for details on the differences.

74 Updates:

Corrects 15x uncore multi shown as 16x in BIOS with Intel 980X

73 Updates:

Added TRL setting to assist with memory compatibility while overclocking

64 Updates:

Adds 1.5x uncore support for B1 CPU
Adds number of GPUs detected at bootup
Adds RC/AC setting in memory timings

59 Updates:

Removes shutdown action when enabling Virtualization Technology
Sets ICH Voltage to 1.1v as Default

44 Updates:

Supports 32nm Desktop CPUs
Added "Turbo Performance" option (may boost performance if enabled)
Fixes 1866MHz Memory Ratio

S61J Updates:

Added "Reserve RC for Bridge" - Enables resources for 5 VGA's
Added High Precision Event Timer
Disables PS2 keyboard in device manager if no PS2 keyboard present

S61H Updates:

Adds support for 2TB Partitions (DATA)

S61D Updates:

Increased Shadow Memory in DOS for PXE
Improved USB Support

S61B Updates:

Restores Bootup Logo
Maximum Payload for PCIE
SMART Fan Temperatures from 0 to 100c

S61A Updates:

Improves Bootup BClock
Adds B2B CAS Delay

S618 Beta Updates:

Updates smart fan function between low and high threshold
Increase high temp threshold lower limit for smartfan
Improves bootup BCLCK
Turbo mode bug fixed
USB option display issue corrected
Changes default clockgen PCIe mode

S615 Beta Updates:

Smartfan is listed by temp they are adjusted to
PXE fix with RAID enabled
Improves bootup BCLK
Improves 24GB support
Smartfan improvements

S610 Updates:

Improves support for Intel Xeon CPU's
Fixes Smart Fan S3 Resume
Adds additional option for QPI Signal
S3 Resume Improvements

[Shiranui Gen-An]

I am having the oddest problem with my E762 Classified. The board simply refuses to clock 3 out of my 4 Elpida Hyper-based kits. I have 3x2GB Super Talent 2000 C7, 3x2GB Super Talent 2200 C8, 3x2GB Patriot Viper II 2000 C8 and 3x2GB Dominator GT 1866 C7. The Corsair kit is the only one it will do anything with, the other kits I get freezes, WIndows not booting, etc even using settings that worked for the Dominators. I'm sure it's not the memory since they all clocked fine in my Asus P6X58D Premium. I've used 3 different CPUs as well. Any tips? I've played with vcore, vtt, vdimm, to no avail. It's very puzzling.

[zsamz_]

I am having the oddest problem with my E762 Classified. The board simply refuses to clock 3 out of my 4 Elpida Hyper-based kits. I have 3x2GB Super Talent 2000 C7, 3x2GB Super Talent 2200 C8, 3x2GB Patriot Viper II 2000 C8 and 3x2GB Dominator GT 1866 C7. The Corsair kit is the only one it will do anything with, the other kits I get freezes, WIndows not booting, etc even using settings that worked for the Dominators. I'm sure it's not the memory since they all clocked fine in my Asus P6X58D Premium. I've used 3 different CPUs as well. Any tips? I've played with vcore, vtt, vdimm, to no avail. It's very puzzling.

i'm puzzled lol
be more precise this is not like making bread lol
i can make all my hypers dance on the board
i didnt go over 2200 yet though

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Just an example, DDR3-2000 7-8-7-20 1T on the 2:10 divider (200BCLK). With about 1.40v set for VTT and 1.70v for memory the Dominators will pass 8x HyperPi 32M happily. The Super Talents will freeze generally before loop 1 even finishes. Changing VDIMM and VTT and even vcore doesn't help, and I know the sticks can do it because they passed at those settings on the Asus. Dropping to 2T doesn't help, I've also tweaked RTL, tFAW to no avail. The Super Talent sticks use MGH-E just like the Dominators, while the Patriots use MNH-E. However the common thread between the Patriots and the Super Talent sticks, the ones that are giving problems, is the type of PCB, 8-layer Brain Power. The Dominators seem to use their own Corsair-made PCB.

[zsamz_]

Just an example, DDR3-2000 7-8-7-20 1T on the 2:10 divider (200BCLK). With about 1.40v set for VTT and 1.70v for memory the Dominators will pass 8x HyperPi 32M happily. The Super Talents will freeze generally before loop 1 even finishes. Changing VDIMM and VTT and even vcore doesn't help, and I know the sticks can do it because they passed at those settings on the Asus. Dropping to 2T doesn't help, I've also tweaked RTL, tFAW to no avail. The Super Talent sticks use MGH-E just like the Dominators, while the Patriots use MNH-E. However the common thread between the Patriots and the Super Talent sticks, the ones that are giving problems, is the type of PCB, 8-layer Brain Power. The Dominators seem to use their own Corsair-made PCB.

some ram just need a little more qpi volts man that simple

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Finally managed DDR3-2100 C8 with the Super Talent 2200 C8 kit. Sadly I still need lots of VDIMM but oddly enough high VTT actually made things unstable; I thought I'd need 1.55V+ to pass 8x HyperPi 32M but 1.52V was what did the job.

[zsamz_]

Finally managed DDR3-2100 C8 with the Super Talent 2200 C8 kit. Sadly I still need lots of VDIMM but oddly enough high VTT actually made things unstable; I thought I'd need 1.55V+ to pass 8x HyperPi 32M but 1.52V was what did the job.

with me 1.55vttmakes it unstable
but thats alot of juice for vdimm

[RLM]

It's got be something else Gen-An. My 920 isn't particularly strong. Have you tried bumping volts elsewhere like QPI PLL or IOH Vcore. Also as I've mentioned before, loosening write to write and read to read same rank did help with my sticks.

Bios 64

HyperPi 4.2 ghz mem 2000mhz 7-8-7-2T @ 1.67v


HyperPi 4.2 ghz mem 2000mhz 7-7-7-1T @ 1.68v


RLM

[Shiranui Gen-An]

BIOS used makes a huge difference, I wasn't able to get anywhere on 64 or newer. Went back to 44 for that last run.

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Okay I'm totally puzzled now. I hadn't been able to get these STT sticks to clock worth anything on my Classy lately, I mean simple stuff like DDR3-2000 7-8-7. I was getting freezes as soon as HyperPi 32M would start up. I tried several BIOS revisions along with tweaking VTT, VDIMM, vcore, tFAW, RTL, you name it. Finally I went back to BIOS 44 and then I managed 2100 C8 but VDIMM was still higher than I liked. Today I kept the same settings that had passed at 1.74v memory but lowered to 1.66v and to my utter surprise, it passed 8x HyperPi 32M.

[SAE]

1.66V are more like real 1.69V (DMM). Still too much for my tastes. Are those the CL7 from your sig? If so, I'd contact SST asking for known problems with evga (asus worked fine?).

[zsamz_]

Okay I'm totally puzzled now. I hadn't been able to get these STT sticks to clock worth anything on my Classy lately, I mean simple stuff like DDR3-2000 7-8-7. I was getting freezes as soon as HyperPi 32M would start up. I tried several BIOS revisions along with tweaking VTT, VDIMM, vcore, tFAW, RTL, you name it. Finally I went back to BIOS 44 and then I managed 2100 C8 but VDIMM was still higher than I liked. Today I kept the same settings that had passed at 1.74v memory but lowered to 1.66v and to my utter surprise, it passed 8x HyperPi 32M.

then your cpu like one of mine it dont like too much vdimm