Rampage Formula + E8600 LN2 Results 6G+, Fast Pi + Great 3D

[Vivi]

Hi, our South African team had an overclocking Event at a big Lan. 40L LN2 and 15kg dice. Had some Awesome sponsors and had lots of fun.

System used:
X48 Rampage Formula.
E8600 Q823A (coldbug around -120)
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracers 1066
Sapphire 4870x2 and a 9800GX2
Corsair 750W psu
NB pot Home made (NB at -25)
CPU pot Home made (cpu at -105)

I had a horrible time with the rampage formula, Coldboot was -65!! so when i get in windows and down it to -105 and then BSOD i have to wait for it to heat up to -65 again ! no hairdryer was available!

3D was ran at 5920-6005 mhz, 2d around 6105mhz at 1.87v

Results.
3DMARK2001
112505


3DMARK2005
37193


Aquamark
323215


SuperPi 1M.
7.438 - 45394 efficiency (pre 45nm ftw)


PiFast
15.81


Images:
The rig




The Chip


GX2


HD4870x2


Cards inSliFire





Thanks for looking!
I think i'm tired of this Rampage, next wil be a move to Ddr3.

happy benching everyone

Vivi

[QuadraZone]

Nice Result On X48 Chipset with DDR2. Can you help me??
I need your BIOS setting E8600 On Rampage Formula. Thanks Before..

[3oh6]

I think i'm tired of this Rampage, next wil be a move to Ddr3.

yeah man, i had the same experience with the Rampage Formula...such a nightmare with sub zero temps past dry ice range.

[dinos22]

Cards inSliFire

nice one mate

[makaka]

nice result and nice isolation , good job

[fasttruck860]

Nice results all around despite your problems.

[Webster]

Good results, even without a SB heatsink .

[Vivi]

Good results, even without a SB heatsink .

haha thanks man, that SB doesnt even heat up the slightest bit :P

Nice Result On X48 Chipset with DDR2. Can you help me??
I need your BIOS setting E8600 On Rampage Formula. Thanks Before..

np man.
I was in the bios:
CPU-V: 1.9 - drops to 1.87
fsb Term(vtt): 1.62 (drops to 1.52 real)
PLL: 1.62 (ups to 1.68 real)
Mem: 2.52
gtls 67 on both. (cpu and NB)
NB volts was 1.83.

Bios used was 219.

thank you for the comments
QuadraZone,
dinos22,
3oh6, yea if only it didnt have the coldbootbug it would be a rocking board :/
makaka, Thanks i love insulating. 1st layer insulation tape, then sticky thin neoprene, then paper towels, then thick neoprene with the pots on and with their gaskets on making sure no air comes through
and webster.

[nut311]

nice run...and nice SLIFire

Rampage Formula not dead

[Vivi]

Yea but the Ramp Extreme is the Ramp formula without the problems

here is the insulation job.
1st layer of insulation tape- then sticky neoprene like in photo

then tissue towel paper

then the big stuff, but this was 5 min after the run, so it got wettish

[Nanometer]

waht drivers for slifire? looks awesome!

[TheKarmakazi]

great work man! i just made the DDR2 > DDR3 move myself 2 months ago... totally lovin it!

[Vivi]

Cool i hope i will 2 !

[SxL]

Congrats!, Great job!. i have this mobo and its wonderful!

but im only at 3.8ghz 24/7 because i have fear to broke something...

whats the highest 100% secure and safe from high electromigration Vcore for an E8400 ?

[Vivi]

for 24/7 bro i would say 1.32 and under, i just dont like high volts 24/7 .
i LN2 and extreme OC, but i run all my things stock speeds 24/7. i only play dota so ya!

This board was fine on Dice, it had no problems, but Dang on ln2 it has nasty coldbootbug issues..

[chris8325]

but how does it work ???

on your cpu-z screens (aquamark, superpi, pifast) there is always
bios 0219 for your rampage formula and your cpu is E0 stepping

arent all E0´s supposed to work with bios 0407 and above ?

i´m asking because i really like the board and just purchase a e8600
but all bios after 0308 seem to be "downgrade" for performance and
stability (additionally pci-e controller do not work and so on)

[Vivi]

but how does it work ???

on your cpu-z screens (aquamark, superpi, pifast) there is always
bios 0219 for your rampage formula and your cpu is E0 stepping

arent all E0´s supposed to work with bios 0407 and above ?

i´m asking because i really like the board and just purchase a e8600
but all bios after 0308 seem to be "downgrade" for performance and
stability (additionally pci-e controller do not work and so on)

Yep. 0219 is the stock Bios !

When i start the rig up it says, "Unknown CPU, Upgrade bios to unleash its full power"
But it works anyway, so im not updating . One problem though is that because the cpu is Unknown i cant change the Multiplier, it stays at 10.

This is called a Pre-45nm bios, superpi runs very quickly like this, thats why i didnt update.

[joshua7]

Last pic is sick. But why not CrossSLI?

[Vivi]

Last pic is sick. But why not CrossSLI?

I tried but i didnt have the correct xp drivers for it .

ive ordered some DDR3 now, im really really making the move. ive seen a P5Q3 deluxe bench 600 for pi and 570 3d, but im sure with nb on ln2 it will do higher 3d stable, lets hope hey ;/

dont have money for Rampage Extreme !

plus im afraid i break it.. then what!!

[ElAguila]

I had a lot of issues with my DFI X38 and the Q9400. Bottom line is that I could not get it to oc past 3.2GHz. After dropping it in a friends rampage and seeing it go prime stable at 3.7GHz, I have decided to pull the trigger on a Rampage Formula ROG mobo since I want to go crossfireX later this year. I have a couple of questions about this mobo. Is the stock nb/sb cooler good enough after removing the stock paste and replacing with AS5 or do I need 3rd party coolers? How is the supremesound module that comes with it? I am ready to dump my x-fi xtrememusic because of endless issues. Also are there any issues using the RAM that is listed in my sig?

[bartx]

Great scores I see nice insulation here

[vservera]

Gj ! Cool board.

[Vivi]

Thanks
@ alguila, The stock COoler for NB is more than fine for me.
The supreme fx is very nice, wouldnt need replacing
Your ram will be fine !

Cool

[ElAguila]

thanks for the info. I will let you know how things go later this coming week.