TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

Binge · Feb 28, 2009

-_- why an R2E? what kind of clocking do you intend to do?

J-Man · Feb 28, 2009

R2E is the best available = A nice overclock. 4GHz-4.2GHz on water.

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

J-Man said:
R2E is the best available = A nice overclock. 4GHz-4.2GHz on water.

have you read this thread at all?

2 of us have sold our rampages because they suck. they run like crap.

J-Man · Feb 28, 2009

I've always been with ASUS from my first board and they're the best brand out of them all in my opinion. I've heard R2E is an awesome board.

SystemViper · Feb 28, 2009

I have had many Asus Boards, but for the i7 i think you have better choices out there.

Jupiter · Feb 28, 2009

J-Man said:
I've always been with ASUS from my first board and they're the best brand out of them all in my opinion. I've heard R2E is an awesome board.

I swear by my Asus board as well. HOWEVER as Fit stated,
have you read through this thread? I would take the advice
of those with vast experience with diff hardware and, from
what i read here daily Fit KNOWS what he is talking about.

PaulieG · Feb 28, 2009

Man, I'm irritated. I can't change the damn multiplier!! On the Biostar it's call the "cpu ratio setting". It's stuck on 20, even though I've turned off speedstep. WTF???

J-Man · Feb 28, 2009

THere is the eVGA and the Gigabyte board I may consider but right now, I'm leaning towards the R2E and also I know they're very reliable boards. And customer support is great.

SystemViper · Feb 28, 2009

it's prob a obscure combination of settings, I the bloodrage it's turbo "always on", Power management on, but speedstep and cx1 off

J-Man · Feb 28, 2009

Fit isn't always correct ^^

Don't get me wrong, he's only trying to suggest things but I remember him saying the GTZ block isn't flat enough for the quads or something but mine seem flat like a pancake. Lol.

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

in no particular order i would suggest the following

DFI
biostar
foxconn
gigabyte

SystemViper · Feb 28, 2009

J-Man said:
THere is the eVGA and the Gigabyte board I may consider but right now, I'm leaning towards the R2E and also I know they're very reliable boards. And customer support is great.

Hi, everythihng here is an opinion, you need to go with your gut, the people that sold the asus boards are Serious Overclokcers and very picky, so everyboard works for someone. :toast:

See and I would take Foxconn over every one out there and hate DFI....

I am also looking forward to the EVGA Classified release

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

J-Man said:
Fit isn't always correct ^^

Don't get me wrong, he's only trying to suggest things but I remember him saying the GTZ block isn't flat enough for the quads or something but mine seem flat like a pancake. Lol.

wow... you really dont pay attention. flat? they are all flat. the internal cooling structure of the gtz DOESNT cover the entire area of the i7's die.

SystemViper · Feb 28, 2009

But does the whole die really have to be covered, it's still covered with a watercooling part of the block, and the i7 is smaller then the IHS anyway.

J-Man · Feb 28, 2009

Cools my CPU fine, 38c idle, 55 load

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

i have read a good bit on the GTZ and the issue i have pointed out. while its still just a speculation i honestly feel that its not the best choice for i7 at all. my GTX cools i7 better even though its more restrictive. my fuzion cools better than my gtz did. others have stated that the ek supreme and HK3 cools better than the gtz as well. even dangerdens offerings cool i7 better than the gtz.

gtz on 775 works great though.

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

parts of the memory controller and QPI arent being cooled as well as they should be with the GTZ. after i sold my GTZ i stopped having random BSOD's.

SystemViper · Feb 28, 2009

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

Fitseries3 said:
wow... you really dont pay attention. flat? they are all flat. the internal cooling structure of the gtz DOESNT cover the entire area of the i7's die.

SystemViper said:

while my illustration isnt 100% accurate, it does represent what the i7 die looks under the GTZ. i have measured.

SystemViper · Feb 28, 2009

I dunno that ratio looks a little off...

I actually almost purchased the R2E till i read Fit's and Binges reviews on the board, it' looks so sweet and I know Asus stuff is good, but they dropped the ball on the PWM and maybe the bios.

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

if you really want to argue about waterblocks contact Hondacity over at XS, OCN, or RRR. he owns and has tested almost every block to date.

as for the asus....

here's one simple thing i can tell you i dont like about them....

in all asus x58 bios's they have a setting called "QPI/DRAM"

that setting is 3 different voltages combined into one... which becomes a problem over 4ghz.

IF the asus is SUCH a good board and sought after as a great overclocking board, why they hell would they combine 3 settings into 1?

J-Man · Feb 28, 2009

I may go for the EVGA X58, I heard it's an excellent board for overclocking.

Fitseries3 · Feb 28, 2009

J-Man said:
I may go for the EVGA X58, I heard it's an excellent board for overclocking.

ask solars17 what he thinks about it. :laugh:

and read this about the evga classified.... http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3519

im not trying to be mean and pick a board for you. im just trying to help you choose a board you will be happy with.

Chicken Patty · Feb 28, 2009

im really puzzled witht he experience solaris had with his, ive heard nothing but great things about it and mine has been nothing but perfect!

Chicken Patty · Feb 28, 2009

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