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

[zoson]

I have tried many things to get a faster overclock stable, as so as I go over 4.5 the system craps out with no matter what the settings are. Any hints would be helpful.
I have tried the following,
Higher Vcore
Higher QPI
Higher IOH
Higher BLCK Vs Higher Multi for same clock rate
How much does CPU PLL have to play into it? I found 1.81 (board default to high) dropped to 1.65 is this to low. Should I try to up the CPU PLL!! So many bloody variables to take into account, fun tweaking but gets tedious at times, you just want it to work. Also contemplating going to water cooling, but will this just lower the temps, doesn't neccessary mean an instantly better or higher overclock. Lots of decisions to try.

Different CPU's have different needs for CPU PLL. My CPU likes 1.25875v CPU PLL. I've seen many others saying all sorts of values. 1.35, 1.4, 1.45, 1.55, etc...
With higher BCLK and Uncore speed you *will* need to increase your QPI/DRAM voltage.

[tistou77]

except setting "trl" for 0003, it requires less tension, more stable, etc... than the 1301 or not? (I leave "trl" on AUTO)

thanks