MaximusIV-Extreme Thread

[cstkl1]

if ure using vcore set to 1.445 and LLC 100%
ure close to 1.5v bud on load

u can still use LLC 75% but u need to be accurate. i use this up to 5.0 at 1.52v
with u raising vssa etc for mere 2133..

still dont think ure stable.

[deachus]

if ure using vcore set to 1.445 and LLC 100%
ure close to 1.5v bud on load

u can still use LLC 75% but u need to be accurate. i use this up to 5.0 at 1.52v
with u raising vssa etc for mere 2133..

still dont think ure stable.

Well we will find out in a few hours. I started Prime95 this morning before work and it was still running after an hour when I left. Will see if it's still running when I get home.

Also, if you look in the Xtreme Bandwidth section you will see Chew had to raise his vccsa from stock for his 8-9-8-24-1T testing with my same set of memory, same MB and cpu. This is the first 12 hour stretch I have gone without any random blue screen 124bsods since I've reaised vccsa to 1.11v.

I am going to hook my mutlimeter up to the Board tonight to see actual vcore with LLC100%. CPUZ is reporting 1.45v when bios is set to 1.445v

[ChaosAD]

LINX is good only with SP1 win7, otherwise must use PRIME for stability.

Can you explain why plz?

[st0ned]

Can you explain why plz?

With SP1 you get access to AVX instruction in windows, therefore you are able to stress your CPU beyond prime levels using LINX with AVX, otherwise ( without avx ) you should stick with prime, because it will stress your CPU more then LinX. You can confirm this using a killwatt or one of those nice piece of softwares that read CPU watts

[ChaosAD]

With SP1 you get access to AVX instruction in windows, therefore you are able to stress your CPU beyond prime levels using LINX with AVX, otherwise ( without avx ) you should stick with prime, because it will stress your CPU more then LinX. You can confirm this using a killwatt or one of those nice piece of softwares that read CPU watts

Thanx for the reply, didnt know about AVX in SP1

[batmang]

Finally got my Board Thursday and my system together and up and running today. Running LinX at 5Ghz, DDR3-2133, vcore 1.44v at the moment.
Will post up some stability tests and benchmarks shortly. Here are some pics and specs:

System Specs:
Intel i7 2600k
Asus Maximus IV Extreme
G.Skill RipjawsX F3-17000CL8D-4GBXMD +Turbulence II Fan
MSI N560GTX Ti Twin Frozr (Waiting for Waterblock)
64GB Sandforce SSD in RAID0
Samsung BluRay Burner
Corsair AX1200
Corsair 800D

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/s...M4E_Water7.jpg

Beautiful rig!

[sfxs]

What kind of issues/performance hit would I run in to using pciex16_1 and 2 for SLI instead of the suggested 1 and 3? I did not budget my space for using 1 and 3 .

Also, are either (both?) of the molex 4 pin power connections on the board required, and what do they do? I read conflicting information that they are for SLI / Tri-SLI or are for USB power...

Thanks,
-sf

[st0ned]

Use the two 4 pins, you dont loose anything in doing so... Not sure thought what they feed.

slot's 1 and 2 will give you SLI/CF using the NF200 bridge. You will take a sligth performance hit. 5% ?? due to the lag add by it.

[MikeMK]

I've got SLI 580s running in slots 1 & 3 without using either of the molex's on the board without any probs.

[owikh84]

G.Skill RipjawsX 2133C8 @ 2133 6-9-6-24

[Devil_Dog]

Well, I should have my board tomorrow. I'm excited and disapointed at the same time. No way to use my soundcard with trifired cards.

May have to send it back and get a UD7 with a waterblock for the board.

[Praz]

Well, I should have my board tomorrow. I'm excited and disapointed at the same time. No way to use my soundcard with trifired cards.

May have to send it back and get a UD7 with a waterblock for the board.

If the soundcard is a deal breaker why did you order the board to begin with? Should have been obvious if using 3 video cards there would be no room for the soundcard.

[Devil_Dog]

If the soundcard is a deal breaker why did you order the board to begin with? Should have been obvious if using 3 video cards there would be no room for the soundcard.

Originally was going to use 2 cards but a 3rd fell into my hands after I ordered.

[Alex-Ro]

Anyone knows how to fix issues between maximus 4 extreme and amd drivers?I keep getting BSOD while opening cpu-z vga tab,aida64 or aisuite,on windows7 64-bit...This happens only on amd vga's...

Also some cas6 testing with my new board



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[l0ud_sil3nc3]

full w7 install here, xp soon to come. . .

[Alex-Ro]

what vga are you running ?

[PolRoger]

full w7 install here, xp soon to come. . .

Looks good ... is that a new 2600K? What batch?


@ sil3nc3 and Alex-Ro...
What kind of Vccio, Vccsa and Vdimm are you running for that kind of bclk?

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Looks good ... is that a new 2600K? What batch?

edit...

one of msimax's chips I bought last week, and a very nice one

L041C108

# 3832

the best sandy I have played with for sure and I am still looking for a better one

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

what vga are you running ?

for now a GTX 285, but I have an unlocked 6950 and a bnib Asus GTX560 Ti DCUII that I am thinking about throwing in to test, but no problems with either the 6950 or the GTX285 so I am unsure what your issue stems from.

[Alex-Ro]

Hmm,told ya,cpu-z keeps crushing my systen when i go to vga tab.Also i cant get aisuite to work properly,even if i applied that patch...What the name of the tool that displays voltages ?I was running 1.1 SA and 1.15 VCCIO.Ill try harder tomorrow,with proper tuning i hope ill reach at least 108 BCLK.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Hmm,told ya,cpu-z keeps crushing my systen when i go to vga tab.Also i cant get aisuite to work properly,even if i applied that patch...What the name of the tool that displays voltages ?I was running 1.1 SA and 1.15 VCCIO.Ill try harder tomorrow,with proper tuning i hope ill reach at least 108 BCLK.

turn down sa to 1.0 and make sure you have the IMEI driver installed, that is why you probably don't see aisuiteII.

[Alex-Ro]

Well thing is that i have management engine installed

[chew*]

Well thing is that i have management engine installed

Your ram is probably unstable......AMD's drivers are sens to unstable ram clocks.

[Alex-Ro]

Thought so at first,but primming with 896K fft and memtest did not reveal anything...In my other OS,xp 32 bit i have no problems at all Also,could someone tell me how can i use offset voltage on maximus?Apreciated.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Thought so at first,but primming with 896K fft and memtest did not reveal anything...In my other OS,xp 32 bit i have no problems at all Also,could someone tell me how can i use offset voltage on maximus?Apreciated.

I would steer away from using offset voltage and just stick to manual voltage as it did not work that well, usually overvolting much higher than what was set or needed.