X79 and/or rampage IV OC'ing thread for those of us still left....

[al_bundy]

For the Asrock X79 i have a waterblock

 

[ZOX]

Small info for fellow x79 users:

You all know that Intel had to make a chipset revision because of 6G problems and it seems 10 years later the problem shows it's head:
about two weeks ago, one of the disks connected to Intel 6G port started disconnecting randomly.
I've disabled Intel SATA controller and used ASMedia 1061 for 6G connectivity.

About a week ago I've started getting "Machine exception check" BSOD (when lucky) when scanning hardware.
System worked completely normally until I scanned for hardware changes or tried to install new drivers for anything - from GPU to G13 keyboard.
So I've swapped from 1680V2 to 2667V2 and no change. Then to 3930k - same deal ...
Then I tested RAM sticks one by one, then PSU, GPU, completely disassembling the board, washing it, new pads, etc...
After days of hair pulling I tried to search for a new motherboard, but, OMG, people around here are asking 200 euros for x79 MB

Anyway, as last desperate thing, I've disconnected disks and voila - everything worked! Then I connected them to 3G ports and again - everything worked!
So it looks like external 6G SATA controller isn't connected by PCIe bus but somehow goes through Intel 6G controller and if that one fails, external will cause problems as well.

Hope it helps someone to save their hairline ...

 

[maur0]

Small info for fellow x79 users:

You all know that Intel had to make a chipset revision because of 6G problems and it seems 10 years later the problem shows it's head:
about two weeks ago, one of the disks connected to Intel 6G port started disconnecting randomly.
I've disabled Intel SATA controller and used ASMedia 1061 for 6G connectivity.

About a week ago I've started getting "Machine exception check" BSOD (when lucky) when scanning hardware.
System worked completely normally until I scanned for hardware changes or tried to install new drivers for anything - from GPU to G13 keyboard.
So I've swapped from 1680V2 to 2667V2 and no change. Then to 3930k - same deal ...
Then I tested RAM sticks one by one, then PSU, GPU, completely disassembling the board, washing it, new pads, etc...
After days of hair pulling I tried to search for a new motherboard, but, OMG, people around here are asking 200 euros for x79 MB

Anyway, as last desperate thing, I've disconnected disks and voila - everything worked! Then I connected them to 3G ports and again - everything worked!
So it looks like external 6G SATA controller isn't connected by PCIe bus but somehow goes through Intel 6G controller and if that one fails, external will cause problems as well.

Hope it helps someone to save their hairline ...

Here I have 2 HDs connected to the Asmedia 6G controller, everything works normally I'm using w11 22h2 updated, in bios I leave ahci using driver v3.3.5.0
motherboard here asus rampage iv extreme

 

[maur0]

Very unlikely. Not because of the CPU, but because ASUS does not support RDIMMs on their consumer line of boards.

4gb is work but 8gb or 16 or 32
I didn't see anyone who did the test or managed it, I saw Asrock x79 that worked with 16GB sticks, but no one asus

 

[USASXII]

Running my 1680V2 at 4488 stable. I had to tone down from 4501. My chip needs alot of vcore. I'm using 1.475v with 180% LLC.

 

[Toothless]

Testing coming.. soonish. E5-1650 does 4.7 easily but I wanna push it.

 

[maur0]

update for asmedia usb 3.0 ASM1042 xHCI controler, instaled on asus rampage IV extreme, fixes bug such as PC crashing after leaving standby
When updating here I realized that I was using a USB flash drive from 2011, this one is from 2013, this update is outside the BIOS, even though the BIOS is the latest from 2014, the USB firmware has not been updated since it left the factory in 2011, full of bugs.

After updating and restarting the PC, wait about 2 minutes as USB devices will work. It took this long to detect the mouse after updating firmware

download

Asus USB 3.0 FW Update Tool v3.1

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

I found this site, there are others which one you think is best to use on the site, it seems that the last version is this one for the HP ASM104x v1.5.2.7 FW131025-10-11-AB, will it work correctly on the Asus Rampage IV?

https://www.usbdev.ru/files/asmedia/104xfwupg/

I'm afraid of installing this and my USB 3.0 won't work anymore hehe is there any chance of this happening using this HP firmware or not?

Who updates to this from HP on the Asus Rampage IV Extreme, please report if it was good
@USASXII @Aquinus what do you think?

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Running my 1680V2 at 4488 stable. I had to tone down from 4501. My chip needs alot of vcore. I'm using 1.475v with 180% LLC.

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Wow yeah welcome to the thread but that cpu is definitely hungry for voltage!
However temps seem quite low for whatever stress test you ran, are you on water for cooling?

For the Asrock X79 i have a waterblock

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I actually got one myself few years ago. Was just too lazy to ever bother disassembling mobo and put it back just for a water block lol

 

[USASXII]

Wow yeah welcome to the thread but that cpu is definitely hungry for voltage!
However temps seem quite low for whatever stress test you ran, are you on water for cooling?

I'm using a H110i with 4 140mm fans. under full avx load it does up to 72c. But when my rtx 3080 suprim starts blowing 420watts it can go +10c I'm currently looking to upgrade from X79, I've been using it since 2012. I had a 3820, 3930k and since 2021 the 1680v2.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

I'm using a H110i with 4 140mm fans. under full avx load it does up to 72c. But when my rtx 3080 suprim starts blowing 420watts it can go +10c I'm currently looking to upgrade from X79, I've been using it since 2012. I had a 3820, 3930k and since 2021 the 1680v2.

Nice setup. Yeah ditto been on X79 since 2012 lol. Currently on Frankenstein expanded AIO but last I fired it up overheated quickly so pump is shit or rads/hoses are clogged from months of sitting since my last long usage.

Just bought a thermalright phantom spirit after seeing great review here on TPU for it. Just have to install it. However I have a water cooled 7900 xtx I got cheap so hopefully I can get at least main part of loop working for that lol. So yeah, probably last time I’ll tinker/upgrade X79 and I have most of a 1700 system in parts ready to build once my X79 craps out.

 

[ZOX]

Just a short update:

I've replaced 6700XT with 6800XT few weeks ago and 1680V2@4.4 is able to saturate that GPU to about 2300 - 2350 MHz (at 1440p). After that, GPU is waiting on CPU.
Helldivers 2 is running on max settings and no upscaling at about 105-110 fps on ship, 80 - 95 on ground with max drop on helldive difficulty (with bunch of bots and explosions) into mid 60.

With MPT voltage lock at 1V, this GPU draws 200W at 2.3 GHz while gaming, 260 during Timespy, lock at 0,95V and 2.2GHz, it's about 180W during gaming and 240W on TS.
Apex legends on max and FPS lock on 140 draws about 110W and GPU operates on 1,7GHz - 30W lower than 6700XT! Without FPS lock it's about 280 - 290 FPS.

So, this CPU is still very, very capable and if you are wondering about GPU upgrade - 6800XT in max for a balanced system (at 1440p).

 

[bobbybluz]

My main X79 rig went poof last night. The first time in 12 years since I built it. I'll do an autopsy on it later this afternoon to see what can be saved from it. I have plenty of parts on hand to revive it and this time it's getting Win 10 Enterprise LTSC IoT as the operating system.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

My main X79 rig went poof last night. The first time in 12 years since I built it. I'll do an autopsy on it later this afternoon to see what can be saved from it. I have plenty of parts on hand to revive it and this time it's getting Win 10 Enterprise LTSC IoT as the operating system.

I don’t know whether to mourn its death or celebrate its long life!

My x79 currently not working properly due to overheating which I chalk up to water cooling plugged up from sitting so long unused. I got an air cooler to try and revive it.

 

[ZOX]

I don’t know whether to mourn its death or celebrate its long life!

My x79 currently not working properly due to overheating which I chalk up to water cooling plugged up from sitting so long unused. I got an air cooler to try and revive it.

Celebrate

I got 7,8 years old Nepton 280mm and first thing was to drain it and clean everything. I've used car antifreeze and destiled water mixture. Keeps 200w cpu at 60 degrees with high pressure AC 140mm fans at 1k rpm...

 

[bobbybluz]

I don’t know whether to mourn its death or celebrate its long life!

My x79 currently not working properly due to overheating which I chalk up to water cooling plugged up from sitting so long unused. I got an air cooler to try and revive it.

It lives again! List of new parts added:
1. Seasonic Focus Platinum PX-750 PSU. Replaced ancient Corsair HW-1050.
2. Finally did the pump gasket/cold plate upgrade on its Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240. The plate looked far better than the last one I did on a 280.
3. Replaced the 15 year old LiteOn iHBS 212 DVD burner with a new Asus unit I had in my parts stash.
4. Replaced the XFX R9 Fury X with a XFX RX 6700. One less old part to worry about dying.

It appears the PSU failed and resulted in corrupting the OS SSD and backup HD. Fortunately I'd transferred the last backup (3 days old) to an external HD beforehand. Oddly the backup on the external drive wouldn't install. I got the failure message "No operating system found". I pulled the SSD, put it in my 9900K rig and ran Samsung Magician diagnostics on it. It showed no issues so I reformatted it, reinstalled it and disconnected everything but that OS SSD in the X79. I was then able to do the image reinstall off the external HD. I plugged everything else back in, fired it up and installed the new video drivers. I had to change the send to and drive path locations for the other drives. I also had to reformat the internal backup HD. I ran MAS but since I'm running Win 10 2019 Enterprise N it won't let me change the OS to an IoT version unless I do a complete reinstall.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

It lives again! List of new parts added:
1. Seasonic Focus Platinum PX-750 PSU. Replaced ancient Corsair HW-1050.
2. Finally did the pump gasket/cold plate upgrade on its Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240. The plate looked far better than the last one I did on a 280.
3. Replaced the 15 year old LiteOn iHBS 212 DVD burner with a new Asus unit I had in my parts stash.
4. Replaced the XFX R9 Fury X with a XFX RX 6700. One less old part to worry about dying.

It appears the PSU failed and resulted in corrupting the OS SSD and backup HD. Fortunately I'd transferred the last backup (3 days old) to an external HD beforehand. Oddly the backup on the external drive wouldn't install. I got the failure message "No operating system found". I pulled the SSD, put it in my 9900K rig and ran Samsung Magician diagnostics on it. It showed no issues so I reformatted it, reinstalled it and disconnected everything but that OS SSD in the X79. I was then able to do the image reinstall off the external HD. I plugged everything else back in, fired it up and installed the new video drivers. I had to change the send to and drive path locations for the other drives. I also had to reformat the internal backup HD. I ran MAS but since I'm running Win 10 2019 Enterprise N it won't let me change the OS to an IoT version unless I do a complete reinstall.

Yay!!! I like good news on old X79 systems! They live on as us old folks do who tinker with them .

 

[k_9virus]

rebuilt my x79 with custom water cooling and old school cooler master stc01 stacker also replaced the 3060ti gpu with correct era (sort of gpu...) titan x maxwell lol enjoy
also first time using zmt tubing which is super nice to work with.

For the Asrock X79 i have a waterblock

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hey do you happen to know mark g?

 

[ZOX]

If anyone is interested how Helldivers 2 performs on x79 and 6800XT, I've recorded a helldive difficulty gameplay with Rivatuner statistics:

Edit: Video is with 24.7.1, but I've tested with 24.4.1 and it gives around 10 FPS more ...

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Hey all, hope everyone is well! Just checking in been a while since I touched my rig but this week I intend to throw the air cooler on and see what it does! I had cheap paste but got mx-6 which is about the coolest running paste I could find! Got a 7900xtx that is water cooled I will hook up to one rad and simplify my loop and hopefully get it running again!

 

[bobbybluz]

Intel Xeon E5 1680 v2 @ 4621.98 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[0jx749] Validated Dump by X79 E5 1680 V2 (2) (2020-04-12 04:59:47) - MB: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - RAM: 65536 MB

valid.x86.fr

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Intel Xeon E5 1680 v2 @ 4621.98 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[0jx749] Validated Dump by X79 E5 1680 V2 (2) (2020-04-12 04:59:47) - MB: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - RAM: 65536 MB

valid.x86.fr

Oooh that’s a nice overlock! Very good voltage for 4.6 ghz. Life and a bit of the blues emotionally blocking my progress on getting my rig back online fyi to all of curios.
At any rate I forgot if anything in your rig has been updated/changed Bobbyb? I know it “died” and you got it working again I recall.

 

[j1n101]

So I finally got my hands on the famous E5 1680 V2

45€ from aliexpress, seems good so far, everything auto except RAM and some DIGI+ tunnings, it turbo boost itself with a strange 3975Mhz all cores with 1.28V

 

[ZOX]

So I finally got my hands on the famous E5 1680 V2

45€ from aliexpress, seems good so far, everything auto except RAM and some DIGI+ tunnings, it turbo boost itself with a strange 3975Mhz all cores with 1.28V

1,28V is 4.4GHz territory...

 

[j1n101]

Yeah but for the moment I haven't tried anything and I'll be fine with 4.00Ghz anyway

In fact, I mainly needed to change my old 4960X ES which had been crashing for 2 years with eternal "overclocking failed!"

 

[Duc996]

Hi guys ... A few days ago I decided to rebuild my R4BE with my good old 1680v2. But that´s not the point, that´s just the reason why I started tweaking my 2697v2. Somehow I got my RAM running 2126 mhz with 9/11/11/31 1T ... I never got more than ~ 1833mhz working. It seems that 1833 with 9/10/9/27 1T is faster anyway. Haven´t got the time for testing, I just ran some Cinebench tests. But the strangest thing is that I could set more than 114.1 BCLK! I tried 114.4 just for fun and it worked??!! And seem to be, more or less running fine, RAM is running ~ 1333 mhz though. I´ll add more vcore to see if there´s more possible.
I just raised vccsa to 1.025 ond lowered PLL to 1.700 ... that did the trick. Well ... you all know that there are more things to take care off