Asus Rampage 3 Extreme Headache

[Rubycon]

The heatsink is fine.

Steve and Kyle over at hardocp.com like the MSI board. It should run two boards at 16X. If the slots are physically wired it will run at that speed.

Disabling HT is done in the BIOS under CPU feature.

There's a good discussion covering this board over at xtremesystems.org (XS) here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=250635

Crossfire works with these boards. Asus even provides a crossfire bridge for people that need it.

 

[Rifter]

Honestly you dont need a 300-400 dollar board to get a stable one. Alot of the $200-250 options are all going to get you to 4GHz+ if your CPU can do it. Its not like it was 2 years ago when you had to spend 350+ on a x58 board to get a good one with a full feature set and a good bios.

I know a guy whos running 4.1Ghz on a i7 920 on a ASrock board, you know the cheapest x58 board you can buy, think he paid 140 for it on sale.

I understand you want the best but you dont need to spend a arm and a leg to get a high quality board.

 

[Sickamore]

Rift its about the performance and simplicity. I don't want to go with some board thats going to cause me headache. I think i will go with the msi big bang xpower. Plus it uses less power. I dont think i hear to many issues about the heat on that board.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Rift its about the performance and simplicity. I don't want to go with some board thats going to cause me headache. I think i will go with the msi big bang xpower. Plus it uses less power. I dont think i hear to many issues about the heat on that board.

Sorry bro, this isn't pre-2003 anymore, when if you want to OC you have to look far and wide for a brand and chipset that isn't on the terribad section. (That usually results in a name called "Abit") Now, even a cheap G41 Gigabyte mobo can take a E5200 to 4GHz these days that performs just as well as a much more expensive model. We have come a long way.

 

[Rubycon]

Power consumption is nearly the same on all non NF-200 boards. EVGA boards are the worst offenders though. The 762 classified pulls nearly 100W MORE at idle than a similar configured REXIII. :biggrin:

 

[Sickamore]

NF 200 what extactly is it. I am still in old years of tech

 

[Rubycon]

NF 200 what extactly is it. I am still in old years of tech

It's essentially an expander that provides extra lanes so more slots can be electrically wired at 16X and run at 16X at the same time. There's lots of controversy over its effectiveness and if even needed in most cases. It adds some latency as well as heat on boards equipped with it as well.

 

[atran5e]

Anybody know what Thermal Pads to get for the Mosfet area on this board? I'm about to place an order at Performance-pcs. Don't know which one to get exactly.

 

[Sickamore]

On the extreme

 

[john3850]

Got a 66 doller asrock from hot deals.
Hung a 70x15 amd fan over the mosfets put 60m fan on the nb.
Pc runs 4200 200x21@1.28v.
Does 1mPi at 9.15s at 4450 and 4400 uncore.