ASUS MAXIMUS III Formula Review

[edo]

hi sacha, i have just build up my system

M3F+860+2x2gb gskill 2000mhz

i'm testing 180x20=3600mhz with 1.9vcore

could you suggest me how to set other voltage like IMC PLL and PCH ?

is PCH = SB ? IMC = memory controller ?

which of them is more relevant for stability ? i'm coming from 775 and mi ideas are not so clear tnx

Great mobo !

[sacha35]

hi sacha, i have just build up my system

M3F+860+2x2gb gskill 2000mhz

i'm testing 180x20=3600mhz with 1.9vcore

could you suggest me how to set other voltage like IMC PLL and PCH ?

is PCH = SB ? IMC = memory controller ?

which of them is more relevant for stability ? i'm coming from 775 and mi ideas are not so clear tnx

Great mobo !

Nice one Edo, I said you would love this M/B, looks like you have a nice setup there, I will get round to putting some basic settings up for users to see when I get some time but for now just reset everything back to stock or use ASUS own 3.6Gig overclock as this will be much safer for you at the moment.

By the way I hope you are not using 1.9Vcore on that CPU, as this is far too much, I would recommend for stock air cooling not going above 1.35v and 1.4v for good air cooling.

[edo]

Nice one Edo, I said you would love this M/B, looks like you have a nice setup there, I will get round to putting some basic settings up for users to see when I get some time but for now just reset everything back to stock or use ASUS own 3.6Gig overclock as this will be much safer for you at the moment.

By the way I hope you are not using 1.9Vcore on that CPU, as this is far too much, I would recommend for stock air cooling not going above 1.35v and 1.4v for good air cooling.

ups sorry :d i missed a one : i meant 1.19

anyway this is my first result

180x20=3600
Load line enabled
PLL 1.85500 (i think i could decrease)
IMC 1.200575 ( i think i could decrease)
PCH 1.04675
DRAM 1.64300
CPU 1.2 ( i think i could decrease)

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8002/3600.jpg

[dctokyo]

I am still on the fence here, not sure of which one to get for gaming only, the RE2 or the MF3......

Read many posts here on the comparison on the i7 against the i5 and still not sure if the i5 is a good choice.

Anyone here that has move from the i7 to the i5? Would love to here your thoughts.

[sacha35]

ups sorry :d i missed a one : i meant 1.19

anyway this is my first result

180x20=3600
Load line enabled
PLL 1.85500 (i think i could decrease)
IMC 1.200575 ( i think i could decrease)
PCH 1.04675
DRAM 1.64300
CPU 1.2 ( i think i could decrease)

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8002/3600.jpg

Looking good there, just keep an eye on the temps, if they go any higher get a better heatsink, also you don't want to be running prime to long as its only wasting time and degrading the CPU as it is fully loaded all the time.

I am still on the fence here, not sure of which one to get for gaming only, the RE2 or the MF3......

Read many posts here on the comparison on the i7 against the i5 and still not sure if the i5 is a good choice.

Anyone here that has move from the i7 to the i5? Would love to here your thoughts.

There are two options for you as you say, for gaming there is not that much difference between the REII and MF3, the REII will be the better bet but is more expensive and then you have the CPU which again is more expensive, an i5 750 would be good enough with a slight overclock on it for gamming but I don't think you would need the MF3 for this, see my Review of the P7P55D Deluxe with all tests shown with core i5 750 running at 4000MHz
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=233975

[edo]

Looking good there, just keep an eye on the temps, if they go any higher get a better heatsink, also you don't want to be running prime to long as its only wasting time and degrading the CPU as it is fully loaded all the time.




There are two options for you as you say, for gaming there is not that much difference between the REII and MF3, the REII will be the better bet but is more expensive and then you have the CPU which again is more expensive, an i5 750 would be good enough with a slight overclock on it for gamming but I don't think you would need the MF3 for this, see my Review of the P7P55D Deluxe with all tests shown with core i5 750 running at 4000MHz
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=233975

hi sacha , i have just realized thad linx is quicker test and give good feedback of sbalility..just changed some fans in my system, now temps are 2/3 °C lower and block higher

3600 with HT , 200block AIR (cooler master Tx3)
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/511/3600ht.jpg

3800 without HT , 200block , AIR (cooler master tx3)
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7773/3800noht.png

what are going to change settings about Skew like clock amplitude etc etc, witch of them leads to better results ? thank you as always

[Dahaka]

hi sacha , i have just realized thad linx is quicker test and give good feedback of sbalility..just changed some fans in my system, now temps are 2/3 °C lower and block higher

3600 with HT , 200block AIR (cooler master Tx3)
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/511/3600ht.jpg

3800 without HT , 200block , AIR (cooler master tx3)
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7773/3800noht.png

what are going to change settings about Skew like clock amplitude etc etc, witch of them leads to better results ? thank you as always

Great oc to, very low vcore .

That settings are not equal for the same plataforms, it's a " try and restart " issue xD.

[Ming@s]

180x20=3600
Load line enabled
PLL 1.85500
IMC 1.200575
PCH 1.04675
DRAM 1.64300
CPU 1.2

[/URL]

Edo and this??

CPU Clock Amplitude
PCH Clock Amplitude
CPU Clock Skew
Pch Clock Skew
??????

I have so:

CPU Clock Amplitude - 800mV
PCH Clock Amplitude - 800mV
CPU Clock Skew - AUTO
Pch Clock Skew - AUTO

183x22 - 4026Mhz
Load line - enabled
PLL - 1.85500
IMC - 1.200575
PCH - 1.04675
DRAM - 1.64300
CPU - 1.4