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

[Mungri]

For now, this is max.

OMG WOW!

You got a chip worse than mine .... LOL, sucks to be you :p

If you already had a better 920 before, why didnt you keep it until you had finished testing the 960?

Mine does 4.2 Ghz with 1600 Mhz ram with 1.38v CPU and 1.275v QPI. My Cas 6 2 Gb modules worked with 1.59v DRAM, and my new Corsairs are doing fine with 1.35v at Cas 9 (higher timings, but the PC feels a lot faster with the larger modules).

But your results confirm that gambling from a 920 to a 960 isnt worth it. The only CPU that would be worthwhile upgrading to for 920 owners is the 970 for is 32 nm and extra 2 cores, but its still too expensive for most people.

Speaking of Ivy Bridge, check this out:

Socket 2011

LOL, what a fail

Hopefully Ivy Bridge and Bulldozer will make the I7 970 even cheaper for us R3E owners to get a nice upgrade.

What I found to be fascinating was the die size; 22nm!!

Yea, but if you already have such a nice R3E mobo, and a decent I7 chip running over 4 Ghz, you should skip this gen and wait for 16 nm