Well, I'm pretty sure you can run 9800 GTX having just one of them as well.
(but yeah, I know what you mean, too bad ATI doesn't have any really kickass cards atm... though I guess 3870x2 is actually a pretty nice card, for anything except Crysis..)
I'm really battling over myself what graphics card to buy tbh, as I got rid of the 8800 GT in the sig.
Case: NZXT Lexa
PSU: Corsair HX620
Memory: G.Skill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ (2GB x 2)
CPU cooler: ThermalRight Ultra-120 EXTREME with Noctua NF-P12
Motherboard: Asus Rampage Formula (BIOS 219, made in china )
Processor: E2160
Graphics card: Club3d 9800 GTX
Input: Logitech G15 v2 + Logitech G9
by the way is all the rampage is made in China?
Q9450 w/120 extreme
Maximus II Formula
G.Skill 4gb 8800 w/ crosair fans
Sapphire HD4870 512 w/ T-Rad2
2x 300gb velociraptor RAID0
2x 500 gb SATA
Cooler Master 850w PSU
CM 590 Case
I am seriously contemplating grabbing myself one of these. They are a pretty decent price here for what they are... will be interested to see how it clocks with quads.
System Specs:
Core i7 2600k
Asus Maximus V Gene
4x2gb G-Skill Ripjaw 2133mhz
MSI Radeon R9 290X
Asus Xonar Essence STX
2x Crucial M4 256gb RAID 0
Seagate 7200.12 3TB HDD
Corsair AX860i.
Watercooling Specs
EK Supreme HF, XSPC EX360, XSPC EX240, DDC Ultra w/aquacomputer top, Aqualis XT res, Kryographics 290X GPU block
SB Rig:
| CPU: 2600K (L040B313T) | Cooling: H100 with 2x AP29 | Motherboard: Asrock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
| RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 | Video: MSI gtx570 TF III
| SSD: Crucial M4 128GB fw009 | HDDs: 2x GP 2TB, 2x Samsung F4 2TB
| Audio: Cantatis Overture & Denon D7000 headphones | Case: Lian-Li T60 bench table
| PSU: Seasonic X650 | Display: Samsung 2693HM 25,5"
| OS: Windows7 Ultimate x64 SP1
+Fanless Music Rig: | E5200 @0.9V
+General surfing PC on sale | E8400 @4Ghz
SB Rig:
| CPU: 2600K (L040B313T) | Cooling: H100 with 2x AP29 | Motherboard: Asrock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
| RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 | Video: MSI gtx570 TF III
| SSD: Crucial M4 128GB fw009 | HDDs: 2x GP 2TB, 2x Samsung F4 2TB
| Audio: Cantatis Overture & Denon D7000 headphones | Case: Lian-Li T60 bench table
| PSU: Seasonic X650 | Display: Samsung 2693HM 25,5"
| OS: Windows7 Ultimate x64 SP1
+Fanless Music Rig: | E5200 @0.9V
+General surfing PC on sale | E8400 @4Ghz
Hey all, sorry to barge in here but is there any advantage to flashing the Maximus's Bios with the one of a Rampage? I have flashed my 3870s many times, but I am not sure if it is worth the risk.
Any advantages?
i7 860 @ 4.2Ghz | ASUS Maximus III Formula | 8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 | ATi 5970 | 3x WD Raptor X HDD's | NZXT Khaos Case | Corsair 1000w PSU | Swiftech H20 Cooling CPU | Windows 7 x64 | Sony Bravia 52" LCD Display
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mine P5kc is not it is made in Taiwan but I think the HD3850 is from China
Last edited by mr2sw21; 04-07-2008 at 02:53 PM. Reason: typo
Q9450 w/120 extreme
Maximus II Formula
G.Skill 4gb 8800 w/ crosair fans
Sapphire HD4870 512 w/ T-Rad2
2x 300gb velociraptor RAID0
2x 500 gb SATA
Cooler Master 850w PSU
CM 590 Case
I upped my FSB to 450 and with a couple voltage settings in the bios am running 4ghz on air (ultra 120 exteme). Totally stable, quite easy too, im pretty happy with this board and a Xeon E3110.
Sorry to get back to you so late. It too is made in China. It surprised me when I noticed it because normally I would think Taiwan, glad I'm not the only one surprised by this.
@deepsilver
Nice pictures, I'll have to try and trump them once I get my E8400 . Ill have my TRUE in two more days; ordered it last week. E8400 still on backorder
Last edited by 3lfk1ng; 04-07-2008 at 03:25 PM.
Computer: Intel i7-4770k | Asus Z87 Maximus VI Impact | 240GB Corsair Force GT | 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 | 16GB G.Skill Trident X 2400MHz | EVGA GTX690 Hydro Copper 4GB | Corsair AX850 | Steelseries 7G | Logitech G500 | 27" 2560x1440 Overlord Tempest X270OC 120Hz S-IPS
Cooling: Koolance 380i CPU block | Swiftech Hydro Copper GPU block | EK X3 150 Reservoir | EK X-TOP D5 PWM drive | PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT Bloodshed red | Alphacool NexXxos 240mm XT45 | Alphacool NexXxos 280mm UT60 | Bitspower Fittings | 4x Bitfenix Spectre Pro 120mm | 2x Bitfenix Spectre Pro 140mm | Lamptron FC-5V2
Case: Custom modded matte black Caselabs Mercury S3
would it be worth me upgrading to the rampage formula from a p5k premium? I am having trouble running my setup (CPU/RAM see below) @ 450fsb 1:1. At the moment I have settled on 400fsb 4:5 which is rock solid. CPU has been tested upto 460fsb & ram has been tested upto PC2 1100 individually. Its just getting both to run @ a decent speed is impossible. I'm thinking maybe its my motherboard holding me back, so I'm considering upgrading to the rampage formula, any comments?
Intel Xeon X3350 Asus P5K Premium 4x WD3200AAKS(B3) RAID-0 BFG 9800GX2 4x 1Gb Supertalent PC2-8000C4 (D9GKX) Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Samsung 226BW Hauppuage HVR-2200 Auzentech X-Fi Prelude Audio Technica ATH-AD700 Toughpower 750w Lian-Li PC-A70B Razer Lycosa/Logitech G9 Logitech Z-5500 Vista 64bit
i m going buy this Asus Rampage Formula board, but is was wondering
can i put this DDR2-1200 sims into this board ?
(OCZ Technology FlexXLC Edition 2GB PC2-9600 DDR2 DIMM Memory Kit)
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=640
i´m not sure, because i´ve read in the manual i downloaded from the asus site of this mainboard:
Dual-channel memory architecture
- 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbuffered ECC /
non-ECC DDR2 1200*/1066/800/667MHz memory
modules
- Supports up to 8 GB system memory
*The DDR2 frequency reaches 1200 MHz after overclocking.
and
Intel® X48 Chipset
The Intel® X48 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support dualchannel
DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 and DDR2 1066/800/667 architecture
and
This chipset officially supports DDR2-800 MHz. With the ASUS Super
Memspeed Technology, this motherboard natively supports up to
DDR2-1066 MHz.
So im not sure this DDR2-1200Mhz could be used in this mainboard, but since this is a very new mainboard and also the DDR2-1200 is very new, i was hoping to put those into this board to improve the performance of this board.
It will support DDR2-1200 speeds just fine, you just need to change the settings in BIOS since it natively supports 1066. The board will naturally recognize 1066 speed memory, if you go any higher the settings are controlled by the user; you.
Computer: Intel i7-4770k | Asus Z87 Maximus VI Impact | 240GB Corsair Force GT | 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 | 16GB G.Skill Trident X 2400MHz | EVGA GTX690 Hydro Copper 4GB | Corsair AX850 | Steelseries 7G | Logitech G500 | 27" 2560x1440 Overlord Tempest X270OC 120Hz S-IPS
Cooling: Koolance 380i CPU block | Swiftech Hydro Copper GPU block | EK X3 150 Reservoir | EK X-TOP D5 PWM drive | PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT Bloodshed red | Alphacool NexXxos 240mm XT45 | Alphacool NexXxos 280mm UT60 | Bitspower Fittings | 4x Bitfenix Spectre Pro 120mm | 2x Bitfenix Spectre Pro 140mm | Lamptron FC-5V2
Case: Custom modded matte black Caselabs Mercury S3
Hi 3lfk1ng,
thx for your reply and information
greetz
My last component will be here this week. (The CPU) So it is time to build..
I've read about OC-ing and even lapping. (I may try to do that for the first time if it is needed.) But I haven't read anything about NB or SB removal process.
Looking at the Rampage Formula, well, there is the heat pipe from the NB, and all the fins over the SB which extend all over the place. I'm not very confident about this.
Is it difficult? Any tips? Is it the same as cleaning off old material from a CPU to reseat it?
Edro
Last edited by Edro Davis; 04-08-2008 at 09:55 AM. Reason: typo
Uh, I think I have the description of my NB and SB all backwards. Fins all over the NB, I think, and the ROG logo and heatpipe from the SB. Correct?
It's not difficult but not as easy as for your CPU.
Be sure to read that thread on how to do it before starting (it's described with pictures at the end of the first post) :
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=162085
Yes, Asus Maximus Formula X38 SE board has same cooling than our Rampage.
In my case I used heat to remove the cooling but I read it's even easier with a freezer spray and less risky for the board.
I am putting an Aqua Twinplex XT di-Design water block made for the Maximus board on the N/B and using an old Asus S/B original cooler from one of my previous cards.
For the mofsets, I just leave the original Rampage pieces. That doesn't really get hot.
I'll try to post temperature results once I finish mounting that back...
That's correct.
Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe / i7 3770k @4.5GHz / 8GB Samsung Green Series 30nm @2133MHz / Phanteks PH-TC14PE / Asus GTX Titan @1.1GHz / Corsair AX1200 / Audio-gd 11.32 Dac-Amp & Audeze LCD-2
Not to wander off topic here but....
I would recommend anyone who is not happy with there Maximus board to atleast try the conversion, ( yes you can flash back )
With bios 219 (Rampage) I was able to gain 100MHz on my overclock, dropped volts on my CPU and can run my ram higher than on the Maximus bios.
Hop over to the maximus to Rampage conversion thread if you need more information
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=179580
MB: Asus 'Maximus Rampage' (Rev 1.03g) (Stock Cooling Removed; Thermalright Replacements: HR-05 SLI/IFX, HR-09 U T2, HR-09 S T2)
CPU: Intel Q6600 'G0' w/VID: 1.2625v @ 3720MHz (465x8) Fully-Lapped to 2500 Grit. vCore @ 1.3625 (Everest) w/ vDroop Mod & MX-2
Mem: Corsair Dominator 8500 (2x1 GB) @ 5-5-5-15 DDR2-1116
PS: Corsair HX620 w/Fan Mod (Yate-Loon 'Medium', w/Added Potentiometer)
Vid: BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (G92) & 8600 GT 512 (G84); BOTH Volt-Modded, Hard-Clocked, Cooler-Modded & BIOS-Tweaked
Snd: Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro w/ Logitech Z-5500 (Optical-In Used)
Cool: Thermalight Ultra-120-X Fully-Lapped, to 2500 Grit w/ 1x 'Scythe Ultra Kaze 2000 RPM,' overvolted
Case: Coolermaster CM-690 w/ Major Airflow Mods; Yate Loon 'Medium' 140mm's x 4 (Top, Bottom, Side); 1 Scythe Slipstream (Front); 1 Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000 RPM (Rear); Sound-Dampening Foam
Fan CTRLr: Sunbeamtech 'Rheobus Extreme' (w/Minor Superficial Mods)
HDD: 4x500GB Internal SATA Samsung's (HD501LJ)
Tmps @ Idle: GPU1: 52C; GPU2: 36C; NB: 39C; SB: 30C; CPU_1-4: '27C' <-- (1-4 Averaged)
Tmps @ Load:GPU1: 76C; GPU2: __C; NB: 44C; SB: 30C; CPU_1-4: '50C' <-- (1-4 Averaged)
My RIG: #1 , #2 , #3
Ahh, thank you two very much! I will try that now that I know you can flash it back.
Thanks again!
EDIT: Btw, I am very happy with my Maximus SE, working great! I guess I could use the extra 100Mhz and a lower CPU voltage... What was limiting you in the first place? Temps? I've had mine to 4.2Ghz so far... Will hopefully be 4.3Ghz by the time I get this new BIOS up.
Last edited by Waymon3X6; 04-08-2008 at 02:19 PM.
i7 860 @ 4.2Ghz | ASUS Maximus III Formula | 8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 | ATi 5970 | 3x WD Raptor X HDD's | NZXT Khaos Case | Corsair 1000w PSU | Swiftech H20 Cooling CPU | Windows 7 x64 | Sony Bravia 52" LCD Display
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I found something very odd with my RF.
When I set the NB voltage to auto in the bios, the NB voltage reading according the the Probe is 1.63V. Can you guys confirm the same with your board?
Intel® Core™ i7 920@200x21=4.2Ghz w/1.312v HT on
Asus P6TD Deluxe
H2O by Petra's Tech CoolKit Elite Rev.2 w/D-TEK FuZion V2
EVGA GTX 580
OCZ3P1600LV6GK 7-7-7-24-1T 6GB
OCZ Vertex 2 50Gb in Raid-0
Super Talent UltraDriveGX 128Gb
WD VelociRaptor 300
Corsair HX850W
Windows 7 Professional 64
AMD Phenom™ II X6 1090T BE @ 4131Mhz(243x17)
Asus Crosshair IV Formula
I don't use Asus probe anymore. please try everest
here's a link to version 4.50.1330
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-30373.html
Asus Z9PE-D8 WS with 64GB of registered ECC ram.|Dell 30" LCD 3008wfp:7970 video card
LSI series raid controller
SSDs: Crucial C300 256GB
Standard drives: Seagate ST32000641AS & WD 1TB black
OSes: Linux and Windows x64
Thank you. Yep, the freeze thing had me worried. I put it on my list to get from radio shack..
Another question: There are 3 things cooled by the large fin heatsink: sb, nb, and I guess it is the power zeniers or something, the silver fins on the edge.
Just how do I get 3 very sticky things to release all at the same time without breaking the heatpipe between the sb-nb? It just seems like it would be tricky.
Sorry to be such a wimp. Between what I spent on the Rampage and other parts of this build, well, I would really be bummed out if I broke it even before first post!
Edro
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