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

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Unless you are going to be using a 980x save yourself some money and look for a better option for bloomfield, this is not the best board for ocing them. Get a classi or just save your money.

I know, I know zsam has the exact same thoughts but I figure I want to try a 32nm quad eventually and try to see if my X5660 works as well in that board, even though I am pretty sure it is dead

[zsamz_]

I know, I know zsam has the exact same thoughts but I figure I want to try a 32nm quad eventually and try to see if my X5660 works as well in that board, even though I am pretty sure it is dead

32nm quad is the only reason i still have the damn board

[Carrera997]

32nm quad is the only reason i still have the damn board

Apparently you can't read. It was stated earlier that the IOH chip is the culprit. If English is not your first language, I can understand your lack of understanding. You got a bum chip (IOH). Get over it, get a life and move on... please

[zsamz_]

Apparently you can't read. It was stated earlier that the IOH chip is the culprit. If English is not your first language, I can understand your lack of understanding. You got a bum chip (IOH). Get over it, get a life and move on... please

you must be retarded and didnt read
with my 980x it worked perfect
i had no problems going to 220 blk with 980x
and i cant go over 215 with bloomfeild
so go take your 8 posts and troll somewhere else
i know IOH is a problem i dont need a moron to tell me
meanwhile with 32nm with crappy IOH doesn't limit as much

[SkOrPn]

Apparently you can't read. It was stated earlier that the IOH chip is the culprit. If English is not your first language, I can understand your lack of understanding. You got a bum chip (IOH). Get over it, get a life and move on... please

Wow, that was a highly uncalled for and unprofessional post.

[fgw]

You could also try scraping the crap TIM off your heastink assy and replace with non-garbage TIM such as MX-2 or even AS Ceramique.

If the heatsink is very hot, wouldn't that mean that the heat transfer is working great though?

replacing the tim was my first idea also, but as the heatsink is hot, i guess heat transfer is ok! on the other hand, replacing the tim won't hurt either ...

Using a 775 cooler on a 1366 is asking for trouble. Why would you be surprised that the temps rise quickly???

cpu temps are under control now. cpu temp rose high just at first power up. this is just for a first functional test on the desk to check if everything is working. the system will be watercooled when moved into the case.

also the x5570 i use has a TDP of 95W! nothing a 775 stock cooler should not be able to handle even under load ...

but the problem is not cpu temp, its ioh temp!

[Mungri]

I have to say I'm glad I have a nice £50 cooler for my CPU.

Once its properly seated, my temperatures are the same as what I've seen in corsair H70 reviews. Getting a good CPU cooler for I7 is very important for overclocking, also for this motherboard, you can try and look for a nice matching red Titan Fenrir, which is very affordable cooler, an performs brilliantly for its price. The black megahalem cooler would also look great with this board. Mine clashes a lot with the board colors, but it matches the rest of my cooling so its ok - silver CPU, VGA, and Ramsinks

Forget that, I disagree, my CPu cooler is just ugly



But its very effective, and I've not seen anything with better results yet.

[turtletrax]

Using a 775 cooler on a 1366 is asking for trouble. Why would you be surprised that the temps rise quickly???

Wow, that has to be a record. 8 posts and 9 inflammatory statements, most of them wrong. I think you are looking for [T]ardOCP or RRR, they will love you there

[zsamz_]

I have to say I'm glad I have a nice £50 cooler for my CPU.

Once its properly seated, my temperatures are the same as what I've seen in corsair H70 reviews. Getting a good CPU cooler for I7 is very important for overclocking, also for this motherboard, you can try and look for a nice matching red Titan Fenrir, which is very affordable cooler, an performs brilliantly for its price. The black megahalem cooler would also look great with this board. Mine clashes a lot with the board colors, but it matches the rest of my cooling so its ok - silver CPU, VGA, and Ramsinks

Forget that, I disagree, my CPu cooler is just ugly

.

i have 3 chips and 1 can do 4.6 no ht on air the other 4.5 so its all about findin the right chip for air
the last chip just needs water

[zsamz_]

Wow, that has to be a record. 8 posts and 9 inflammatory statements, most of them wrong. I think you are looking for [T]ardOCP or RRR, they will love you there

we always get the trolls like Carrera997 pop their heads in n go away when they setup their rigs

[facboy]

Ah like i said im new to this prbly people around with better answers here. LLC in bios is set to auto but jumper is on disabled.
Thought jumper set it off and on and kinda disable it overall if set to off
About the TRFC.. i think its in the xmp profile but when using it bios dont set TRFC and a few others, but Everest seem to read it "all"
U can see on Extreme Memory Profile there are more settings than the bios preset for u when selecting the profile and at 800 profile suggest 88.
To give myself slight head room i set 90, then again i got some funky memory sticks,so better memory will provide better timeings from the profile and overall.

ah good info about everest, i'll have to check that out.

the LLC confused me as well, there's two LLC, QPI and VCore. the jumper only controls QPI LLC, the BIOS setting controls VCore, so if it is on Auto then that usually means it is on .

[donmarkoni]

@zsamz_
You must understand his anger (refering to Carrera997) if he is new and read the whole thread. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not justifying his behavior, but you and OC Nub are making a torrents of anti-R3E posts, almost nothing constructive. Whatever is asked, you just say the board is bad and it costs a lot of money and it's your answer. Is that really all you have to say? I really don't care, I just skip reading your posts, but you should care, as I respected your opinion before and now don't even bother to read your posts.

[Malik]

I saw only two dissatisfied overclockers. All others are more or less satisfied with it. IMO, it's a great board. But it's all about expectations. If you expect 4.4GHz@1.3V from your 4.2GHz@1.4V CPU, then you'll be disappointed.

If i can make 4.3Ghz 1.4V (21x205) in r3e - i will be mega happy, because this was my max cpu clock on r2e

[zsamz_]

@zsamz_
You must understand his anger (refering to Carrera997) if he is new and read the whole thread. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not justifying his behavior, but you and OC Nub are making a torrents of anti-R3E posts, almost nothing constructive. Whatever is asked, you just say the board is bad and it costs a lot of money and it's your answer. Is that really all you have to say? I really don't care, I just skip reading your posts, but you should care, as I respected your opinion before and now don't even bother to read your posts.

i stoped biatchin n just advisin not to buy the board lol
why should others waste $ on it
the new rexIII formula looks like redesign
i just wished i didnt listen to someone respected in the beginning of the thread say it was good for 230blk 24/7 with bloomfeild he shoulda tested proper before giving his opinion
i'm boxin the board n i'll just take it out when the 32nm quads come out

[zsamz_]

If i can make 4.3Ghz 1.4V (21x205) in r3e - i will be mega happy, because this was my max cpu clock on r2e

my rexIII got my cpu to 4.77 linx stable

[donmarkoni]

If i can make 4.3Ghz 1.4V (21x205) in r3e - i will be mega happy, because this was my max cpu clock on r2e

It shouldn't be a problem at all. I ran mine Bloomfield 24/7 @ 4.2-4.3GHz (200-205BCLK).

i stoped in just advisin not to buy the board lol
why should others waste $ on it
the new rexIII formula looks like redesign
i just wished i dint listen to someone respected in the beginning of the thread say it was good for 230blk 24/7 with bloomfeild he shoulda tested proper before giving his opinion
i'm boxin the board n i'll just take it out when the 32nm quads come out

I understand. Happened to me many times to expect more and receive less.
At least my board is higher average class, if I assume correctly. It hits a wall at BCLK 225/240 (QPI x18/x12-slow mode) maybe a couple of MHz higher.
Maybe you just have a less then average MB and should sell it and buy another one.

[zsamz_]

It shouldn't be a problem at all. I ran mine Bloomfield 24/7 @ 4.2-4.3GHz (200-205BCLK).



I understand. Happened to me many times to expect more and receive less.
At least my board is higher average class, if I assume correctly. It hits a wall at BCLK 225/240 (QPI x18/x12-slow mode) maybe a couple of MHz higher.
Maybe you just have a less then average MB and should sell it and buy another one.

my wall is 214blk
but still that slowmode suks even @ 225

[kill_a_wat]

my wall is 214blk
but still that slowmode suks even @ 225

zsams my wall for my 950 is 214 as well. No matter what I do it just wont boot lol. But I would need to try another R3E to check or another bloomfield...

[Malik]

I have next question

In manual i see only one usb connector on mobo:



And that is info for me because i need two. I search some info and i found something like that: You can connect usb to the OC station connector

( in manual is: for OC station ONLY )

True or False Guys

[donmarkoni]

I have next question

In manual i see only one usb connector on mobo:

http://www.abload.de/img/usbw8er.png

And that is info for me because i need two. I search some info and i found something like that: You can connect usb to the OC station connector

( in manual is: for OC station ONLY )

True or False Guys

IDK. I'll test when I get home, if no one else does it in the meantime.

[Malik]

Ok thanks

[Scerate]

I would push BCLK up to 200MHz, trying to get stable @ 4.2GHz, but you'll need to do something about your temps. Wait for the winter, maybe? Just kidding. Post your BIOS settings using template and then we'll see.
BTW, are you using CPU LLC and/or QPI LLC?

Sure here is my template:

are you using CPU LLC ? Yes 50%
and QPI LLC? Yes

 
Target CPU Frequency                  4060MHz
Target DRAM Frequency                 1627MHz

LN2 Mode                              Disabled
QPI Loadline Calibration              Enabled

Sync Mode                             [Enabled]
AI Overclock Tuner                    [Manual]
OC From CPU level Up                  [Auto]
CPU Ratio Setting                     [Auto]
CPU Turbo Power Limit                 [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting                     [Auto]
C1E Support                           [Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher                   [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher        [Enabled]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech          [Enabled]
CPU TM Function                       [Enabled]
Execute Disable Bit                   [Enabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology                [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores                [All]
A20M                                  [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech           [Enabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech                 [Enabled]
C State package limit setting         [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency                        [203]
PCIE Frequency                        [101]
DRAM Frequency                        [DDR3-1627Mhz]
UCLK Frequency                        [3256Mhz]
QPI Link Data Rate                    [7326MT/s]

Memory Configuration Protect          [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency                          [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# to CAS# Delay                    [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# PRE Time                         [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# ACT Time                         [24 DRAM Clock]
RAS# to RAS# Delay                    [Auto]
REF Cycle Time                        [Auto]
WRITE Recovery Time                   [Auto]
READ to PRE Time                      [Auto]
FOUR ACT WIN Time                     [Auto]
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay                [Auto]

Timing Mode                           [1N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHB             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHC             [Auto]

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DD)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DR)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(SR)                [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)              [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude            [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew                        [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew                        [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode                        [T-Balanced]
PWR Volt. Control                     [Auto]
Load-Line Calibration                 [50% Calibration]
CPU Voltege OCP                       [Enabled]
CPU PWM Frequency                     [Auto]

Extreme OV                            [Disabled]
Extreme OC                            [Mode 1]

CPU Voltage                           [1.33750]
CPU PLL Voltage                       [1.40450]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage                 [1.35000]
DRAM Bus Voltage                      [1.68275]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage                           [1.17925]
IOH PCIE Voltage                      [1.51050]

ICH Voltage                           [1.11300]
ICH PCIE Voltage                      [1.51050]

---------- Spread Spectrum Control -----------
CPU Spread Spectrum                   [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum                  [Disabled]



***on-board jumper dependant

I wanted to get around 4Ghz stable, but after i saw how C-States affect my Memory Benchmark i was a bit like, what the hell. I even wanted to keep C-States on cause sometimes i just surfing around and with C-States on it keeps my idle power consumption and temps down. But the issue with 21x was that when i played old games like System Shock 1 via Dosbox, the Turbo (22x on one core) kicked in and the rig was running around 4,2Ghz but it was unstable, so i got 0x101 (V-Core) BsoDs or the game was closed abnormally, but if i only got 21x Multi everything was fine, 25x LinX, 6h Small FFT P95 and this has kept me to the decission that i have to do something to optimize that issue.

And that is info for me because i need two. I search some info and i found something like that: You can connect usb to the OC station connector

( in manual is: for OC station ONLY )

True or False Guys

Try it i a moment hold on

Damn coulnd't test it only have a Connector C joint
but looked like the OC Station Connector have 10 Pins instead of 8-9 like USB

[Malik]

Sure here is my template:

are you using CPU LLC ? Yes 50%
and QPI LLC? Yes

 
Target CPU Frequency                  4060MHz
Target DRAM Frequency                 1627MHz

LN2 Mode                              Disabled
QPI Loadline Calibration              Enabled

Sync Mode                             [Enabled]
AI Overclock Tuner                    [Manual]
OC From CPU level Up                  [Auto]
CPU Ratio Setting                     [Auto]
CPU Turbo Power Limit                 [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting                     [Auto]
C1E Support                           [Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher                   [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher        [Enabled]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech          [Enabled]
CPU TM Function                       [Enabled]
Execute Disable Bit                   [Enabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology                [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores                [All]
A20M                                  [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech           [Enabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech                 [Enabled]
C State package limit setting         [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency                        [203]
PCIE Frequency                        [101]
DRAM Frequency                        [DDR3-1627Mhz]
UCLK Frequency                        [3256Mhz]
QPI Link Data Rate                    [7326MT/s]

Memory Configuration Protect          [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency                          [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# to CAS# Delay                    [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# PRE Time                         [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# ACT Time                         [24 DRAM Clock]
RAS# to RAS# Delay                    [Auto]
REF Cycle Time                        [Auto]
WRITE Recovery Time                   [Auto]
READ to PRE Time                      [Auto]
FOUR ACT WIN Time                     [Auto]
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay                [Auto]

Timing Mode                           [1N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHB             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHC             [Auto]

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DD)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DR)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(SR)                [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)              [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude            [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew                        [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew                        [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode                        [T-Balanced]
PWR Volt. Control                     [Auto]
Load-Line Calibration                 [50% Calibration]
CPU Voltege OCP                       [Enabled]
CPU PWM Frequency                     [Auto]

Extreme OV                            [Disabled]
Extreme OC                            [Mode 1]

CPU Voltage                           [1.33750]
CPU PLL Voltage                       [1.40450]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage                 [1.35000]
DRAM Bus Voltage                      [1.68275]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage                           [1.17925]
IOH PCIE Voltage                      [1.51050]

ICH Voltage                           [1.11300]
ICH PCIE Voltage                      [1.51050]

---------- Spread Spectrum Control -----------
CPU Spread Spectrum                   [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum                  [Disabled]



***on-board jumper dependant

I wanted to get around 4Ghz stable, but after i saw how C-States affect my Memory Benchmark i was a bit like, what the hell. I even wanted to keep C-States on cause sometimes i just surfing around and with C-States on it keeps my idle power consumption and temps down. But the issue with 21x was that when i played old games like System Shock 1 via Dosbox, the Turbo (22x on one core) kicked in and the rig was running around 4,2Ghz but it was unstable, so i got 0x101 (V-Core) BsoDs or the game was closed abnormally, but if i only got 21x Multi everything was fine, 25x LinX, 6h Small FFT P95 and this has kept me to the decission that i have to do something to optimize that issue.


Try it i a moment hold on

Damn coulnd't test it only have a Connector C joint
but looked like the OC Station Connector have 10 Pins instead of 8-9 like USB

Hmm so i will try this tomorrow when my r3e arrive

[Leeghoofd]

You realy got a bad IOH Zsams.

FYI we had 6 REX III setups working for the Tones OC demo (all retail ones) : one board just like yours had a 215 Bclock wall. All the others went happily over 225. Yep all Bloomfields CPU's: 930, 950 and 975 and one ES GT 970. Biosses varying from 0704 to 0901.... Me and Massman verified the Bclocks on friday... One board had zero IOH contact and was straight on first boot 90°C lol...

My i950 clocks 229 rockstable on my board (never ever did that on one my previous boards), Gamer's Xeon 3540 even does 233 on air (almost same as on his Classified : 235)

My point is : it's not all the boards, it's just the crappy IOH ones that have issues... This same Bclock issue is also on MSI Xpower ( there's it's also related to PCB and co ) and Gigabyte UD9--> first sample had a 220 Bclock wall...

I really wished some binning was possible on the IOH's before putting them into the top of the line boards... my Rampage Gene II had a 225 wall while my REX II was a 222 one...

EDIT : Just assembling one right now : i930 cpu is Wpriming at 225 ( no slo mode ) HT is off as it's only the boxed cooler

[Mungri]

Ive not tried going over 200 BCLK because neither my Ram or CPU can handle it. No point in reducing multis when they are working great maxed out at 200 BCLK.

Maybe after I try lapping my CPU + Heatsink, but Im not doing that for a long time.