XtremeDS Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 Yes, 0,06v. I don't know if I can activate each core individually. In the core unlocker there is only enable and disable and the other option, which I don't know the name now, can only deactivate the 2nd core. I need to see better what I can do. I am still learning what this board does bring. Yesterday I was trying the fan xpert to control the speed of fans, for example. I did lower the speed of the chassis fans and keep the idle temperature. This ROG does bring MUCH more features than my old board so I don't know how to really use each extra. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) After some testing and understanding how this new board works, I could finally understand how to give more voltage and unlock the cores better. Yesterday, I was only giveing 0,6v to the CPU. thats the reason it didn't even post So this time I unlocked the 4 cores and give it really 1,36v. The windows started to load... and crashed. Tried a bit less voltage (1,34v and 1,35v) and 1,15v to NB and it did the same thing. I did go back to the Bios, disabled the 4th core, and it did still crash when the windows was loading. Then I tried to disable the 3rd core and it did start windows and I even did about a 30 minutes without errors in Prime 95 in 3 threads using about 1,296v in CPU and 1,10v to NB... but that is what the sensors says. Those voltages aren't really correct because I set different values: Will I need to use the probeIT extra feature with the multimeter to know the precise value? Here is how is the cores: I am trying now in auto voltage, and in the hardware monitor is saying 1,284v in CPU and 1,111v NB. In the ROG CPU-Z, say I have a X4 B45 with 3 cores: At the same time, I did try the screenshot in the Bios feature, and it works really well but you have to connect a USB Pen for it to work, since you have to save the file in the Pen. It is still doing the Prime95 with auto voltages for about 20 minutes. I going to dinner and maybe later try a SuperPi v1.5 1M test. Edit: Here is the SuperPI v1.5 test: A second faster in at 3.0 GHz. Edited February 14, 2012 by XtremeDS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) I could take some photos of my old PC case: It does have a 120 mm at the back: I will be using this case to build a new (very old) Pentium III to do some tests and benhcmark (or at least try). If it proves worth, maybe I will do another thread about it, or use this one, I don't know. About my normal PC, I tried today the auto-tuning of the Crosshair V but it didn't like my CPU. I think that it doesn't like the locked multiplier, so it did only a 5% overclock to 3150 MHz and the ram to almost 1700 MHz. Edit: Its a Pentium III 550 Katmai and its working on Windows 2000. Edited February 22, 2012 by XtremeDS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Overclocking mode ON! I am going right now at 3.6 GHz and 1.43v, with the vdrop at 1.38v, doing a prime without great problems right now. Its not been easy, since I had to underclock the ram at the begining and now I had to give more voltage than I was predicting. The temperature is about 47º and it will probably shutdown at around 62º, since that is the temperature my father's X2 550 BE crashes at. I won't do much more today (its almost 2 am) and this is a "Sweet spot" since it has the ram at 1600 MHz too. I will probably need to install a second 120mm fan at my CPU cooler tomorrow. Edit: 3.7 GHz is as far as I will dare to go now. I will probably need to exceed the 1.5v to go for 3.8 GHz and its too much. I am doing right now a longer prime95 to have sure that this 3.7 is safe, even if I am going to use 3.6 later. I will post some benchmarks later with the results at 3.7 GHz and go for the 2 cores, where I am not going to be satisfied until I surpass the 4 GHz. One more thing I must say. I find this board much harder to overclock than my old one. And prime shutdown my PC when it isn't stable. Edited February 24, 2012 by XtremeDS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 After so much work around it... I still didn't surpass the 4 GHz in X2 mode. In fact, it has been a trouble to only get to 3.9 GHz, which I still didn't achieve. I did lower the ram frequency, give more voltage to CPU, more voltage to CPU/NB, NB, give LLC, give CPU overcurrent protection, turn on the CPU Spread... and nothing. Since I have a locked multiplier, things are a bit harder to overclock. The NB frequency and HT frequency has been at around 2 GHz, so I think that I shouldn't change that voltages too. What I did moments ago was change the PSU connectors. This board has a 8 pin connector and a 4 pin connector. I had half the 8 pin connector and the other 4 pin connected. So I read a bit and decided to connect to the 8-pin connector and leave the other. I read too that that 4-pin connector is only really needed to OC the Buldozer, which I don't have.... So I am right now at 3838 MHz and until now, doing a prime95 without problems. Here are some of the benchmarks I did in X3 mode. Wprime32: PCMark Vantage: UCBench: The PCMark and the UCBench gave me a gold trophy for being first with a 545 and the Wprime gave me a medal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) After about one or two days trying to achieve 3.9 GHz in X2 mode, I quited. I tried everything and it did still give me page-fault error. I even did lower the multiplier to see if it would have any BSOD and it didn't. I could after that take the FSB higher with a lower multiplier, but I don't have a real reason for that. My Ram is not that overclockable. So I turned to the X3 mode, which I know I still have about 150~200 MHz to go... but I don't have enough cooling for that I know that at 3.7 GHz, I would probably hit the 60º in the sensor and crash with one fan. I never let it did crash but in my father's 550 BE with a Crosshair III, it would shutdown at 62º. So my 545 shouldn't be that diferent. However... I installed another 120mm fan in the CPU Cooler: It did lower my 3.6 GHz max temperature from 49º to a maximum of 46º without the Chassis fans at the maximum (Edit: I could only notice it moments ago ), but it does take a while to hit that temperature, considering it really starts to slow down around 43º. At the maximum, maybe I can lower it to 43º. I still have to test at 3.7 GHz with prime95 to see the max temperature. After I can find a "stable" max temperature, I can tweak a bit the Vcore to try to lower a bit more the max temperature. Here is screenshot with prime95 at 3.6 GHz: I think that only the front and back fan are connected to chassis fan. My top 120mm fan may be connected to a opt_fan, so it is already at maximum. Here is the screenshot at 3.7 GHz: 50º at prime95 isn't that bad. It was 1.44v at 51º, so I lowered to 1.42v and it did stay at 50º. Edit: My monitor went to RMA... AGAIN! This time it didn't show up the Bios and stuff like that... So most probably, I will get a new monitor. Edited February 27, 2012 by XtremeDS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Still no news of the monitor. However, I have other news: CPU-Z Validation Going for a higher clock. If I can make ir stable, I will probably go for another wave of benchmarks and help even more the OCC in HWBot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) FINALLY! After a few months of my Samsung going for RMA for a couple of times (4 times!), the shop decided to give me a new monitor: Sorry for the quality. Its an Asus VE247H. Until now, no problems with it. Edit: Well, it has a really small problem. I think that it has a dead pixel, since it stays blue in darker colors. I will be talking to them at Thurday and see what can be done. Edited May 1, 2012 by XtremeDS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted May 26, 2012 Posted May 26, 2012 Here comes two small updates I did this last two weeks. First of all, I did get an adapter from a molex to a 4-pin to connect to the extra 4-pin from the Rog. I must say that the board became more stable. It doesn't show so much warnings of unstable voltage as it usually did and the overclocks seems more "stable. I can almost achieve the 3.8 GHz, but after 10 minutes of Prime95 and at 55º, it simply crashes with a black screen. I think it could be the temperature, I am not sure. Another mod I did was this one. Before: After: Not much cable going around, I did try with two top fans like in the photo but I did change back to one exhaust and top fans couple minutes ago and at the same time, I did lower the front fan hopping to get fresher air to the board. Sorry for the dust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted June 23, 2012 Posted June 23, 2012 New material: I know it really does look like a pink fan and I was afraid of it being pink, even if in the box it says dark red... but it is a RED. My new mousepad: Ozone Ground Level S How does look like the pink... ups, I mean, red fan: At least is red after all. How it does look inside now: In a few weeks, I hope to have some more news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer76 Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 thats pretty sweet set up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeDS Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 thats pretty sweet set up Thanks. I got yesterday my new speakers, a Logitech Z506 and it was an huge improvement comparing to my old speakers with more than 10 years. Maybe I'll post images later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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