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I finally got this board after few delays. Thanks volcano etc. This is the latest mainboard from ASUS. This motherboard is purely made for extreme overclocking. It can be seen easily as everything unnecessary bling bling is taken off. Product page: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. For sale in Finand and price: http://www.jimmspc-store.fi/tuote/RAMPAGE-III-EXTREME?t=false Latest bios: http://sf3d.pp.fi/RampageIII-Extreme-ASUS-0504.rar Specs: CPU Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor Support Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Refer to ASUSTeK Computer for Intel CPU support list Chipset Intel® X58 / ICH10R System Bus Up to 6400 MT/s with QuickPath Interconnection Memory 6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Triple channel memory architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) *Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. *Refer to ASUSTeK Computer or this user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lidts). Expansion Slots 4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 , support x16; x16/x16; x16/x8/x8 and x8/x8/x8/x8 configurations 1 x PCIe x4 1 x PCI 2.2 Multi-GPU Support Support NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ / ATI CrossFireX™ Technology 4 PCIe x16 slots ready for 4 single PCB graphic cards Storage Intel ICH10R controller 6 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10 JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller 1 xExternal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) 1 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s port Marvell® PCIe SATA 6Gb/s controller 2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports LAN Gigabit Intel® LAN Audio 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection - Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking - Supports 1 Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O IEEE 1394 2 x 1394a port(s) (1 port at back I/O, 1 port onboard) USB NEC® USB 3.0 controller - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (at back panel) Intel® ICH10R Southbridge - 9 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports at midboard; 6 ports at back panel, 1 reserved for ROG Connect) Overclocking Features ROG Connect RC Bluetooth ROG Extreme Engine Digi+ - 8-phase CPU power - 3-phase QPI/DRAM power - 3-phase NB power - 3-phase Memory power - ML Caps on CPU, Memory and QPI respectively ProbeIt iROG Extreme Tweaker BIOS Flashback with onboard switch button USB BIOS Flashback Loadline Calibration ROG Extreme OC kit LN2 Mode PCIe x16 Lane Switch Q_Reset Double Power Supply with dual 8-pin (CPU) and dual 4-pin (VGA) molex power connectors Intelligent overclocking tools: - ASUS AI Booster Utility - O.C Profile Overclocking Protection: - COP EX (Component Overheat Protection - EX) - Voltiminder LED - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) Special Features CPU Level Up MemOK! Onboard Switches: Power / Reset / Clr CMOS (at rear) ASUS MyLogo3 ASUS Fan Xpert ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 Q-Fan Plus ROG BIOS Wallpaper ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) ASUS Q-Slot ASUS Q-DIMM Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port (purple) 1 x Clr CMOS switch 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port 1 x IEEE 1394a connector 1 x External SATA port 1 x LAN (RJ45) port 1 x ROG Connect On/Off switch 1 x RC Bluetooth switch 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Blue) 7 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (1 port also for ROG Connect) 8-channel Audio I/O Internal I/O Connectors 1 x IEEE 1394a connector 1 x S/PDIF Out connector 8 x ProbeIt Measurement Points 3 x Thermal sensor connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX Power connector 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connectors 1 x En/Dis-able Clr CMOS header 1 x LN2 Mode Header 1 x START (Power On) button 1 x RESET button 2 x EZ Plug connectors (4-pin Molex Power connectors) 1 x OC Station header 1 x RC Bluetooth header 1 x Go Button 1 x BIOS Switch button 1 x ROG light connector 1 x CD Audio in 1 x Audio front panel 1 x System panel connector 1 x FAN1 Connector for optional fan-thermal module BIOS 16 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a Multi-Language BIOS Manageability WOL by PME,WOR by PME,PXE Accessories 1 x ROG Connect cable 1 x ProbeIt cable set 1 x 3-Way SLI Bridge 1 x SLI Cable 1 x CrossFire Cable 1 x 2 in 1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit 3 x 2-in-1 SATA signal cables 1 x 2-in-1 SATA 6G cables 1 x 2-port USB2.0 + ESATA module 1 x I/O Shield 1 x Thermal Sensor Cable Pack 1 x Cable Ties Pack 1 x ROG theme label 1 x 12-in-1 ROG Cable Label 1 x Optional Fan-Thermal Module 1 x RC Bluetooth card Bluetooth Module Accessory Card Bluetooth V2.0/V2.1+EDR RC Bluetooth On/Off Switch Support Disc Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS AI Suite ASUS Update Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Futuremark® 3DMark® Vantage Advanced Edition ASUS TurboV EVO Utility Form Factor ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 10.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 26.9 cm ) Pictures

Thanks for the pictures! It must have been nice event! Maybe next year I will be able to come as well Massman is the princess of overclocking! Luckily he had some servants with him

-Frederik: Yes, they will be for sale with good price. -Dmitri: Thanks!

Hi all! Overclockers around Europe was invited to Campus Party 2010, which was held in Madrid, Spain 14-18.4.2010. Our intention was to test my (2) Gigabyte SOC 5870 cards properly, now when LN2 was not a problem. Cards were ok. Both over 1400MHz+ and no coldbug. Other card is still not fully tested. Voltages used on VGA's were 1.5Vgpu and 1,72Vmem. Vmem really helps with the cold and these cards started to overclock a bit better than before. There was some performance / efficiency issues, which were not fully clear. 10.3 driver in single run and 10.4 beta in dual. 10.4 seemed to be quite bad in vantage, but we managed to push cards high enough to get the dual GPU record. Thanks for invitation and support Gigabyte :up: Here is the setup used: Intel Core i7 980X (B1 ES, A0 ES) Gigabyte X58-UD7 Ggiabyte 5870 SOC edition (ES) x 2 (1440/1325 single / 1400/1325 dual) Kingston 2133MHz CL888 memory SF3D OC LN2 pot - Inflection point, Final product Team: elmor, Massman, me Screenshots: Single SOC 5870: Dual SOC 5870. Elmor failed to take screenshot from our best score, so here is the secon best. Some pictures: Overclocking is fun! Gigabyte VP benching : Single card setup + temperature: Dual Card setup: Internal shot of ready product: Is it really that interesting? Stage: Massman, SF3D, elmor: Condensation issues? setup: HwBot second office: After event this same team did Gigabyte roadtrip back to hoem, cause airplanes can not fly here. For me, it took nearly 50 hours and on long ferry to get home. 4000Km is enough in ~2 days. Read more here: http://hwbot.org/article/news/time_to_win_gigabyte_roadtrip Aftermath: I think it is clear without too much stories, that it was great event and we did also laugh a bit now and then I am out -Antonio!

Nice run on live situation! It was nice to have some beers with you guys!

Nice one! GB seems to be very efficient on CPU score.

If FM orb link is valid like in this case, then screenshot is not mandatory. Of course it would be cool to see all details from shots as well. Great score!

Too bad I could not be there. Seems to be really nice event. Thanks for posting!

It should be, but the circuit is locked. VID values does not change even you change values by hardmod. Software cannot override hardware in any case. I think sapphire saved some money with locked vid values on all controllers or something. I don't mind, cause I like traditional mods.

Controllers are: VGPU: UP6213 Vmem: UP6101 VIMC: UP6101 VPCI-E: UP7701 I tried to do VID mod for VGPU, but it is locked and cannot be bypassed.

Sapphire have done their own PCB for non reference 5870 card which is called Vapor-X. This mod is for rev.2 cards with blue PCB. There is no possibility to adjust voltages with software, but I don't find this annoying as long as clocks are good. Here is VGPU, OCP and Vmem mod. (Vmem mod is not tested yet, but it should be correct 100%) Reading points can be found from same picture. *OCP mod: Tune recistance down to 5Kohm. (9.9Kohm originally) It should be ok up to 1.5V ** Effect: More current can be drawn to GPU *Vgpu mod: Slowly tune down recistance. On 2D 1.17V is 1.41V in 3D. Those are the settings I use with aircooling ** Effect: More MHz for GPU. Better cooling will give better results. *Memory Vmod: Tune recistance down slowly. Measure from the leg of coil. ** Effect: May help memory overclocking when using LN2 as a cooling method. May also help with cold tolerance. Here is memory controller mod. Reading point is on the back side of the card. (Leg of coil) *Memory controller mod: Tune recistance down slowly. Stock voltage is 1.25V in 3D load. Use the values you prefer. ** Effect: May help memory overclocking when MHz are high. May also be needed while using LN2 as a cooling method. Here is VPCI-E mod. This is unconfirmed yet, so do not try if you are not sure by yourself. *VPCI-E mod: Tune recistance down slowly and measure from SMD recistors on the back of the card. ** Effect: May help cold tolerance and overclockability while using extreme cooling methods. Here is one sample score with mods installed. 1100MHz is almost doable in normal room temp. Enjoy!

Sick components there. 660fsb on air NB and 6.6GHz 3D CPU.. Nice! At least your VGA is similar as mine Congratulations Boris!

Dualist- Maybe something similar will be released for X58. Triple channel clocking should be all the same as these. 71proste- Yes it is, enjoy!

Here is short OC report about G.Skill CL7 2200MHz kit. Part number and specs are: G.Skill F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS (DDR3 2200 7-10-10-10-28 1.65V) I used cheap ASUS P7P55D Pro motherboard for a reason and my i7 870 is the worst of it's kind. On this board, absolutely max bclk is 213MHz This issue was limiting my tests quite badly, when I tried to find the maximum stable clockspeeds. These following results should be easily repeatable in any setup, cause my system parts are so crappy. Setup: 2x2GB G.Skill F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS (DDR3 2200 7-10-10-10-28 1.65V) ASUS P7P55D Pro Intel Core i7 870 Thermaltake 1200W TP ATI Radeon 4890 Noctua NH12 cooler Win vista 32-bit Few Pictures: Results: 6-9-6 @ 1000MHz ( 1.65V / 1.4Vtt) 6-9-6 @ 1045MHz (1.7V /1.4Vtt) 7-10-7 @ 1100MHz (1.65V / 1.4Vtt) 7-10-8 @ 1150MHz (1.7V / 1.4Vtt) 8-11-10 @ 1250MHz (1.74V / 1.4375V) After this CL 8 run my BCLK was getting too unstable. This CPU just can't do more on this board : Will need to try later on some more suitable mobo + CPU combo. Very easy memory kit from G.Skill :up: Special thanks to Frank!

r1ch - You missed my point a bit I guess. There will be always new WR's with new hardware. Only the highest score in some benchmark is world record. Not some single GPU run, no matter how good it is. (Unless real WR can be taken with single GPU) These new WR's have to get some bonus. That is the "fair" part in there. My example was too personal and that score is done last summer, so it wasn't good for it. I mean, that this change is needed for the future. That way game will be fair for all type of users. K404- That is a good point. I think old records should be in some "museum of overclocking", but I think we don't have time to make such a thing. It would be cool to see, who was the first to break 1GHz barrier and under 1 minute in Superpi 1M. I did not ment my post that way, cause I am looking in to the future.

Current point system is taking too much away from WR attempts. For example, when I did my 3DM01 runs last summer and got 135K, it was extremely hard work and took time and money from my pocket. In this current system you will get 14,7 points with that score and it is not fair at all. Yuo can use ~5.5GHz E8600 and stock single GPU vga near stock speed to get same amount of global points as my 01 run: Ranking number 110. http://hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=847873 That is not fair at all, if you ask me. This new suggestion Massman made here is to give some bonus for ultimate WR attempts. I think this needs to be done. This way game will be really equal to everyone joining the overclockers league.

Yeah. This is very nice CPU on aircooling. 1 hour of small FFT. I don't have more time for running prime 4.4GHz is too much for aircooling. Noctua can't handle the load anymore and it will overheat in minutes. This crashed after 15 min. Room temp is 22C°

Hi all! I got chance to test upcoming Intel Core i7 930 ES CPU. Specs are these, like you already know: *2.80GHz (21x 133) *2.93GHz Turbo (22x133) *8MB L3 *4 Cores / 8 threads *130W TDP *Price should be same as 920 now. So there is nothing new in this chip, except the turbo ratio. We overclockers know well, that even multipliers have been problem in core i7 architechture, so this multiplier 22 does not sound too promising. Basic use and mild overclocking will be easier with one extra multi, but for extreme overclocking the multiplier 21 is still the only usable. Here is the setup info: Intel Core i7 930 (week 45) EVGA Classified G.Skill Perfect storm ATI Radeon 5870 Thermaltake TP 1200W Noctua NF-P14 cooler + 12cm silent fans SF3D OC LN2 pot Windows Vista 32-bit The results on aircooling were promising. Setup: Vantage CPU test at 4.40GHz Wprime at 4.5GHz 3DM05 at 4.55GHz Superpi at 4.67GHz Then I decided to spend rest of my LN2 with this chip. I had maybe 5 liters, so there was not that much time to fine tune the setup. BCLK was the biggest problem and it felt like the chip could have done a lot better if I could have taken the BLCK higher. I guess retail chips will be a bit better on these like usual. Setup: Thermal readings (left: Base of the pot / right: CPU HS): Sensor placement in HS: Vantage CPU test at 5GHz 3DM06 CPU test at 5GHz 3DMark05 full test at 5.03GHz Wprime 32M 5.05GHz Absolute max in BCLK was 241 That was it. This chip is not bad on air, but on LN2 you need to squeeze bclk very high like many overclockers have done with their 920 CPU's. I thik we will see some nice retail action when these have been released. Now I will focus on some other new CPU's. :up:

Great scores boris! Nice cat too! That CPU score is beatable until I can switch my Gulfie in Will try LN2 with my 950 next week as well.. Will try to get 30K at least.

Nice results! Seems to be a decent 950. Now just push the BCLK in 3D.

Thanks guys! Next meeting will be in January.. or there will be many meetings in January Next year seems to be impossibly tight...

Hi all! Once again it was time to open doors to my friends from Russia. Of course our AMD legend Macci couldn't resist either and showed up early on the morning. Plan was simple: 40L (only) of LN2 and tray full of CPU's LN2 evaporated in few hours (9h), so this was short but nice event. Scores were not that bad either :up: Here is some pictures from yesterday (sorry about the hosting site blurring the pics): Eating some cake before doing the hard job: Then Russian bears started to test: New secret weapon in use again - Indium! Temperature from the CPU HS. Second temperature is base of the pot. (Type of the probe is wrong) Our setup and Macci's new Italian sportscar outside :rofl: Then some pizza during OC session.. we ate on the fly of course Here is the small but happy crew: Setups used: Russia: ASUS M4A79T -Deluxe AMD Phenom II X4 965 C3 (0933 and 0947 weeks) ATI (BBA) and Sapphire 5970 cards Corsair 6-6-6-18 1600MHz 1.65V kit (elpida) Thermaltake 1200W SF3D OC LN2 pot Finland: ASUS Crosshair III Formula AMD Phenom II X4 965 C3 (0947) HIS 5970 x 2 (Thanks Jimm's PC store) G.SKill 8-8-8-22 2200MHz kit at 6-6-6-18-1T and ~900MHz Thermaltake 1200W x 2 SF3D OC Lhe AMD pot Indium between CPU and pot Win Vista 32-bit Here is scores form Finnish setup: Single card 03 150048: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=6238019 Dual Card 03 189887: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=6238022 Single Card 05 48540: Screen still missing .. must be on HDD http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=5090738 Dual card 05 49940: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=5090740 Single card 06 36249: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=12746576 Dual card 06 37995: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=12746583 Vantage Single card P25801 (Done By Macci): Vantage Dual card P34304 (Done By Macci): Vantage -X preset daul card X28037: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1706250 Max CPU-Z: That was it! Now it is time to rest and take some little free time from OC! We will continue to push these CPU's harder after new year. Dark energy of Black Edition is taking over :shocked:

I am not saying that we did anything special in round one, but where is Team Finland Sampsas run with MARS cards was really good, considering how quick session it was. P.S I voted Australia! Amazing score and the winning one from my point of view

I have been taking part on every OC competition so far. I have been quite succesfull in those. Why in earth I would like to step away, if there is some new competition like this? If I am invited, that is because I have been active in competitions. I have met Nick very briefly, so this first season is not about picking friends to it. I have few question to you guys: Why you always feel, that you are left out? Who have insulted you or done some hostile acts towards you? Why do you think, that you guys should be in the contest instead of some other guys who are not complaining? Where does your attitide come from? I would like to understand what have gone wrong with you guys. I really need to know why you are making all these things so hard and why can't you accept any decision which is made? I have to say, that I am totally tired of this nagging. If you have any self respect, you will know when to shut up.

Can I ask, why do you care about this competition?