TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[Binge]

-_- why an R2E? what kind of clocking do you intend to do?

 

[J-Man]

R2E is the best available = A nice overclock. 4GHz-4.2GHz on water.

 

[Fitseries3]

R2E is the best available = A nice overclock. 4GHz-4.2GHz on water.

have you read this thread at all?

2 of us have sold our rampages because they suck. they run like crap.

 

[J-Man]

I've always been with ASUS from my first board and they're the best brand out of them all in my opinion. I've heard R2E is an awesome board.

 

[SystemViper]

I have had many Asus Boards, but for the i7 i think you have better choices out there.

 

[Jupiter]

I've always been with ASUS from my first board and they're the best brand out of them all in my opinion. I've heard R2E is an awesome board.

I swear by my Asus board as well. HOWEVER as Fit stated,
have you read through this thread? I would take the advice
of those with vast experience with diff hardware and, from
what i read here daily Fit KNOWS what he is talking about.

 

[PaulieG]

Man, I'm irritated. I can't change the damn multiplier!! On the Biostar it's call the "cpu ratio setting". It's stuck on 20, even though I've turned off speedstep. WTF???

 

[J-Man]

THere is the eVGA and the Gigabyte board I may consider but right now, I'm leaning towards the R2E and also I know they're very reliable boards. And customer support is great.

 

[SystemViper]

it's prob a obscure combination of settings, I the bloodrage it's turbo "always on", Power management on, but speedstep and cx1 off

 

[J-Man]

Fit isn't always correct ^^

Don't get me wrong, he's only trying to suggest things but I remember him saying the GTZ block isn't flat enough for the quads or something but mine seem flat like a pancake. Lol.

 

[Fitseries3]

in no particular order i would suggest the following

DFI
biostar
foxconn
gigabyte

 

[SystemViper]

THere is the eVGA and the Gigabyte board I may consider but right now, I'm leaning towards the R2E and also I know they're very reliable boards. And customer support is great.

Hi, everythihng here is an opinion, you need to go with your gut, the people that sold the asus boards are Serious Overclokcers and very picky, so everyboard works for someone.

See and I would take Foxconn over every one out there and hate DFI....

I am also looking forward to the EVGA Classified release

 

[Fitseries3]

Fit isn't always correct ^^

Don't get me wrong, he's only trying to suggest things but I remember him saying the GTZ block isn't flat enough for the quads or something but mine seem flat like a pancake. Lol.

wow... you really dont pay attention. flat? they are all flat. the internal cooling structure of the gtz DOESNT cover the entire area of the i7's die.

 

[SystemViper]

But does the whole die really have to be covered, it's still covered with a watercooling part of the block, and the i7 is smaller then the IHS anyway.

 

[J-Man]

Cools my CPU fine, 38c idle, 55 load

 

[Fitseries3]

i have read a good bit on the GTZ and the issue i have pointed out. while its still just a speculation i honestly feel that its not the best choice for i7 at all. my GTX cools i7 better even though its more restrictive. my fuzion cools better than my gtz did. others have stated that the ek supreme and HK3 cools better than the gtz as well. even dangerdens offerings cool i7 better than the gtz.

gtz on 775 works great though.

 

[Fitseries3]

parts of the memory controller and QPI arent being cooled as well as they should be with the GTZ. after i sold my GTZ i stopped having random BSOD's.

 

[SystemViper]

 

[Fitseries3]

wow... you really dont pay attention. flat? they are all flat. the internal cooling structure of the gtz DOESNT cover the entire area of the i7's die.

while my illustration isnt 100% accurate, it does represent what the i7 die looks under the GTZ. i have measured.

 

[SystemViper]

I dunno that ratio looks a little off...

I actually almost purchased the R2E till i read Fit's and Binges reviews on the board, it' looks so sweet and I know Asus stuff is good, but they dropped the ball on the PWM and maybe the bios.

 

[Fitseries3]

if you really want to argue about waterblocks contact Hondacity over at XS, OCN, or RRR. he owns and has tested almost every block to date.

as for the asus....

here's one simple thing i can tell you i dont like about them....


in all asus x58 bios's they have a setting called "QPI/DRAM"

that setting is 3 different voltages combined into one... which becomes a problem over 4ghz.

IF the asus is SUCH a good board and sought after as a great overclocking board, why they hell would they combine 3 settings into 1?

 

[J-Man]

I may go for the EVGA X58, I heard it's an excellent board for overclocking.

 

[Fitseries3]

I may go for the EVGA X58, I heard it's an excellent board for overclocking.

ask solars17 what he thinks about it.

and read this about the evga classified.... http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3519

im not trying to be mean and pick a board for you. im just trying to help you choose a board you will be happy with.

 

[Chicken Patty]

im really puzzled witht he experience solaris had with his, ive heard nothing but great things about it and mine has been nothing but perfect!

 

[Chicken Patty]