October 12, 201411 yr I need some advices regarding this mobo.I am trying to push the uncore/bclk/ram but i don't have so much success in oc-ing this thing. My test system: * CPU – Intel i7 920/ Watercooling * MB – Rampage 3 Black edition /Bios 0602 * VGA – 8800 gt 512 * RAM – 12gb G.Skill TridentX @ 2600 cl 10-12-12 * HDD – Western Digital WD1500HFLS VelociRaptor * PSU – Antec Hcp 1000 * TIM – Arctic Mx4 * AMBIENT - 25* I cannot find a template bios for the damn thing,only for vanilla edition. What works so far is: uncore 4200 @ 1.5v qpi- but not in combination with high blck and high memory bclk -220 boot in windows-but not in combination with the other ram-nothing works as it should I will start making a template and post it here to be more easy to suggest things. Le: [template] Target CPU Frequency 4200MHz Target DRAM Frequency 2005MHz AI Overclock Tuner [Manual] OC From CPU level Up [Auto] CPU Ratio Setting [21.0] CPU Turbo Power Limit [Disabled] >CPU Configuration---------------------------- CPU Ratio Setting [21.0] C1E Support [Disabled] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher [Enabled] Intel® Virtualization Tech [Disabled] CPU TM Function [Disabled] Execute Disable Bit [Disabled] Intel® HT Technology [Disabled] Active Processor Cores [All] A20M [Disabled] Intel® SpeedStep Tech [Disabled] Intel® C-STATE Tech [Disabled] C State package limit setting [Auto] ---------------------------------------------- BCLK Frequency [225] Bclk Enhance [sweet Spot +1] PCIE Frequency [100] DRAM Frequency [1803] UCLK Frequency [4068] QPI Link Data Rate [8120Mt/s] Memory Recheck [Enabled] Memory Configuration Protect [Disabled] ---------------------------------------------- Cpu Qpi Strenght [Auto] Alt Qpi Strenght [Auto] First 2 slots Pcie Strenght [Auto] Last 2 slots Pcie Strenght [Auto] ---------------------------------------------- CPU Differential Amplitude [Auto] CPU Clock Skew [Auto] IOH Clock Skew [Auto] ------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------ Digi+ PWR Mode [T-Balanced] PWR Volt. Control [6-10V] Load-Line Calibration [100%] CPU Voltege OCP [Disabled] CPU PWM Frequency [Auto] Extreme OV [Disabled] Extreme OC [Auto/Mode 1/Mode 2] CPU Voltage 1.310 [1.31250] CPU PLL Voltage 1.812 [Auto] QPI/DRAM Core Voltage 1.415 [1.42500] DRAM Bus Voltage 1.654 [Auto] IOH Voltage 1.244 [Auto] IOH PCIE Voltage 1.508 [Auto] ICH Voltage 1.111 [Auto] ICH PCIE Voltage 1.510 [Auto] ---------- Spread Spectrum Control ----------- CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled] DRAM Spread Spectrum [Disabled] [/template] Edited October 12, 201411 yr by suzuki
October 13, 201411 yr Is that 3x4GB of RAM? What ICs? Nehalem was better tuned for 2GB sticks and most IMC started to flake around the GHz mark, the IMC load might be too much BCLK scales with PCI-E speed, try 115-120 if possible. I noticed that PCI-E slot 1 allowed pretty crazy PCI-E bus overclocks, but not slot 3 I'm sure there's more, but it's been a while since I used X58.
October 13, 201411 yr Kenny hit the nail on the head. You need to increase the PCIE frequency. I can get 230 BCLK out of an X58A-OC at 107 MHz but I haven't experimented with anything more just yet.
October 13, 201411 yr What bios do you use there was one that shamino made and it was great for 980x but not great for bclk..
October 13, 201411 yr Author Hi guys,i already took out the platform,too many days wasted . I will put it back soon after i test a little other platforms not to be nervous anymore. Pci-e dosn't affect the bclk in my case,from 220 with pci- e 100 it doesn't do bclk 222 not even ifi put 217 pci-e.. Bios is 0602. I didn't try with hypers,i saw better efficiency at others ,in low clock spi with samsung ic so i put these ones straight.
October 13, 201411 yr Are you sure your cpu isn't crap? Tomorrow i can check my BIOS settings to get 245 Bclk as seen in my review over at Awardfabrik: klick
October 13, 201411 yr Author My cpu should reach 4700 uncore on air,like on classified e760. Also i can do prime 95 stability test on air at 4600 mhz with 1.37v,if this is crap....i'm Bin Laden. @Leegfold,i didn't try slow mode because it affects spi32m,any stability obtained with slow mode is pointless for me at this moment. I will mount again the platform tomorrow to follow your advices,maybe something will come up with this .
October 14, 201411 yr Is 0602 not the lastest shamino bios? It does not Work with high bclk mine could not do high bclk whit that bios but whit other bioses it did 265+ bclk
October 16, 201411 yr Author Seems to be the bios version. I've put 0505 and everything run's smooth with uncore,have to figure out with bclk what settings it likes. Thanks @Riska.
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