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

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I do not think CPU socket change improve OC ability.
It's just info REX3 has some minor change after Sep. lot.

Maybe it's chgange NB chip X58 to X58E, too.
(I hear some gigabyte mobo changing NB chip from X58 to X58E.
http://www.fudzilla.com/motherboard/...t-remains-x58e)
So it improve BCLK limit after Sep. lot.
Does anyone ahs newer lot REX3 & check its BCLK limit.
My new one has very improved BCLK limit.

well, there was a problem with foxconn sockets on the p55 (socket 1156) platform. hopefully this turns not over to x58 also:

lotes sockets are higher quality than foxconn sockets. there might be some misaligned contacts on foxconn sockets preventing them from making full contact between the cpu and the socket. this might result in increased contact resistance as less pins contribute to the total contact and in fact might burn the socket, the processor or both due to higher total contact resistance.

there are some reports of users and reviewers who observed this:

P55 Extreme Overclockers: Check your sockets!

P55-UD6 socket burn

was a bit surprised to see foxconn sockets on the r3e as the usage of lotes sockets was one of the arguments asus used to position the r3e over competitors. may be they run out of lotes sockets and made a batch of boards with foxconn sockets.

anway, from 3 boards i had in hand, two of them used lotes sockes, the third board is still unpacked will check when i'm at home again ...

after all, the described problem was discovered on P55 boards and might be no issue on x58 boards, though it would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between max bclk and socket manufacturer!

regarding x58e: does anybody know how to check if the board is equipped with x58 or x58e? are there any x58e variants of the r3e out at all?