Massman Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 A board without owner in the shop ... hell no! So, I decided to look after this board. Should be interesting to see how the board compares to UD7 and GD65. Test Setup: - i7 3960X ES / i7 3960X / i7 3930K (still need to decide) - Rampage IV Extreme (bios 0604) - 4x 4GB GeIL Evo Corsa - GeForce 8400GS (for now) - 4x MSI R6970 Lightning (later) - Silent Pro M1000 PSU Thanks goes out to Tones for getting me this board. A big fat middle finger goes out to whoever in HQ is sending those idiotic emails to the local offices in the neighbourhood. Picture Quick pic with the cell phone. I'll make a better one later this week ... First boot Quote
Crew Leeghoofd Posted December 2, 2011 Crew Posted December 2, 2011 The background is disturbing GTX8 at your disposal, come and get them... Quote
Hyperhorn Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) Maybe it's a hidden message to Christian Ney. I'm looking forward to more test results ... Edited December 2, 2011 by Hyperhorn Quote
matose Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Use the latest BIOS for best memory OC (I recommend 0083b). On R4E there's no significant gain in memory OC by using 2T, you can use 1T without any problems Quote
Massman Posted December 2, 2011 Author Posted December 2, 2011 Board defaulted to 2T, didn't set it manually. Quote
BenchZowner Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Nice background. Perhaps a background from Brokeback Mountain may enhance your efficiency a bit Quote
Massman Posted December 2, 2011 Author Posted December 2, 2011 The feature I most like about the R4E so far ... So simple, so useful! Quote
Eldonko Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Im a big fan of OC Key. The BIOS on this board is pretty awesome as well. Quote
hokiealumnus Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Heh, if your IMC is up to the task it's easy. Mine won't allow anything above 2370 no matter what I do. Quote
Crew Leeghoofd Posted December 3, 2011 Crew Posted December 3, 2011 Hokie, it proves again you don't have to beautifull to have a good IMC... These cpus are hard to decently test rams on... Quote
Massman Posted December 3, 2011 Author Posted December 3, 2011 Yeah, it all comes down to the IMC on the CPU. Should be interesting to see how that cpu fares in other boards as well. So, quickly tested two chips, both ... ehr, shit. One doesn't even get to 5200, the other reaches maybe 5380. I'm going to test later on the GD65-8D to verify those clocks. Apart from that, the R4E is pretty much plug and play. You enter 5G and DDR3-2400 and it'll boot to that straight away. BIOS is overkill and might scare off some folks (like the Classified or the Dfi boards did), but it has a smooth response and the profiles do make it a bit easier to work with. If you're getting started with this board, I strongly recommend you read this manual written by Shamino: http://91.121.148.119/downloads/PDF/R4E_shamino_guide.pdf. Pretty much explain everything there is to know about this board. First, let's test the same chips on other boards, then re-test on all and then make a conclusion. Quote
Massman Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 I must say the board is starting to grow on me. The ease with which it allows you to push the hardware is pretty amazing. It either boots up and works, or boots up and tells you it didn't work. BIOS and board are both fully ready. It seems other teams have much more work to do. Well done Shamino and the BIOS team. Quote
Massman Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 Pi-32M is good too. Fastest 4800/1200c10 so far. Quote
SoF Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Can't wait to get my fingers on that board - shouldn't be that long anymore Looks awesome and sounds awesome up to here - hoping to find a good CPU within the first...binning will not happen here at those prices ^^ Quote
TaPaKaH Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Vista/Win7 for SuperPi 32M is a very smart move Quote
Massman Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 You don't need a fast OS to compare the performance of hardware ... Quote
SoF Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 No new signature? Lazy guy I'm busy benching Had our first runs with RIVE and it seems to be an awesome board. OC Key is not only an OSD but a real-time "adjust whatever you want" software Quote
Crew stummerwinter Posted December 21, 2011 Crew Posted December 21, 2011 Mein bescheidener Beitrag... Quote
Massman Posted December 21, 2011 Author Posted December 21, 2011 Argh! Boris, do you sometimes get "normal" runs too ? :-) Quote
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