**Official** Asrock Z68 Extreme4 thread. Share your experiences, OCs & tech issues!

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Thanks Mac for the reply

So what you suggest?

Pump more vcore ? or run the rams @ low clock speed?

Cheers

Use IBT w\ AVX. I put a link for it in this thread. Make sure you assign every available MB of RAM for maximum accuracy of the test.

only issue ive got now, is a very small one, almost dosent matter, my bus speed is 99.8, even when set to 100 in the bios, and when i set it to 100.2, its actually on 100.2, Weird, but 0.2 is properly not going to make a difference, so just going to leave it on 100 ^_- running v1.5 uefi bios ofc

As already mentioned, disable Spread Spectrum

though i thought i would get lower idle power consumption by going from a P55 i5 750@3.8GHz (with all the power saving features ON) to this board with 2600k@ 4.5GHz, it wasn't the case. new system uses about 5W more than the old one when doing nothing. it could be that the Z68 isn't as good as P67 when it comes to power draw, as you have to have the iGPU powered up all the time. but stil...aren't the reviews showing a 25W or more less power draw at idle for the SB? iGPU can't be using 30W!!!

127W vs 133W, system power draw from the mains + wireless router. (measured from the main power meter with every other appliance unplugged)

Have you disabled any onboard features you aren't using in the UEFI?

Any chance of some suggestions for settings in the BIOS for this board for this setup --> http://www.nrnl.org/challenge-beat-t...roof-t821.html ?? Any help say with screenshots to get to 5.0GHz temporarily for a benchmark would be great, and also some recommended settings for a 24/7 4.6GHz clock would also greatly appreciated. Loving this board so far,

- SabreWulf69

..Clicky