Asus Rampage IV Extreme Build
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andrevautour
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I'm not worried about it, but that is at stock so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed. Thanks for the sanity check though
Well like I said the X58, X79 stuff has always been hotter overall and draws more power as well. There are also lot's of contributing factors that can effect the temperatures one way or an other such as ambient room temperature, case fan speed, the type of fans you're using on it, pump speed, if the cpu block making good contact with the cpu i.e. too much thermal paste, not enough, the general variants with the different chips etc etc it could be many things.
andrevautour
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Well I've attached a quick screenie from hwinfo & cpu-z, the only things worrying me are the volts, is this normal?
you're right 1.3v seems abnormal for stock speed-- the rampage iv motherboard sets the voltage to 1.2v for stock speed, which would explain slightly higher temps for you... i was able to get the 3930k to 4,6ghz at ust a bot over 1.3v, so i think its higher than it needs to be
i would have a poke around in the bios and check all the voltage settings see if they are set to auto and if auto is setting it to 1.3, then i would go and manually set the cpu vcore to 1.22 or something like that and see how your temps are then. 1.22V is roughly what the rampage board sets the voltage to when its on auto, about 1.21 with the vdroop
Essentian
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Thanks for the info, just set it to 1.22 in the bios and although it's not made a massive difference to idle temps, it has brought load test temps down by 10/12 degs. What I find strange is that when I fire up prime95 the vcore drops from 1.208 to 1.76, ever heard of this happening?
(btw, I'm conscious of hijacking your thread, would you rather I make a new one?)
(btw, I'm conscious of hijacking your thread, would you rather I make a new one?)
andrevautour
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no problem it's fine!
yes the voltage usually droops under a load that is what vdroop is , not sure what that second voltage you mentioned is , do you mean 1.17? -- many motherboards at least at the higher end have a load line calibration to try and minimize the vdroop, you may have heard tom talk about this in one of his motherboard reviews.
Another thing to keep in mind is when you set the voltage to auto, the motherboard completely controls it in a dymamic way, meaning when speedstep is on and it drops the core speed down to around 1.2ghz when it's idle, it will also drop the core voltage sometimes to as low as under 1volt. the opposite of that is sometimes it will also increase it when it's under a load, i think i've seen it as high as 1.24V under load when the voltage was set to auto, but I can't confirm that. In that screenshot of our chip under load at auto voltage and stock speed it was at 1.21V .. Either way I'm interested as to why the motherboard would set as high as 1.3V on auto mode, that seems quite a bit too high for stock speed if you ask me.
Essentian
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Yes, totally meant 1.176. I feel 1.76 would end expensively..... 
Ah yes I have heard Tom talk about that before, and now I've come across it for myself. I'm with you on the 1.3, it does seem a little high for stock speeds especially when you managed to get to 4.6 on a very similar config (although it is within Intel's tolerance).
When you got yours running to 4.6 did you have to change much other than the vcore and the multiplier? This is my first chip coming from 775 so very new to it
Ah yes I have heard Tom talk about that before, and now I've come across it for myself. I'm with you on the 1.3, it does seem a little high for stock speeds especially when you managed to get to 4.6 on a very similar config (although it is within Intel's tolerance).
When you got yours running to 4.6 did you have to change much other than the vcore and the multiplier? This is my first chip coming from 775 so very new to it
andrevautour
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Yes, totally meant 1.176. I feel 1.76 would end expensively.....
Ah yes I have heard Tom talk about that before, and now I've come across it for myself. I'm with you on the 1.3, it does seem a little high for stock speeds especially when you managed to get to 4.6 on a very similar config (although it is within Intel's tolerance).
When you got yours running to 4.6 did you have to change much other than the vcore and the multiplier? This is my first chip coming from 775 so very new to it
well 1.3 is not a big problem or anything, but its just that it's not really necessary for stock speeds, so if you're just going to be sticking with stock, might as well have a lower voltage and temps vs higher.
overclocking with all the new platforms is very easy, its really just a matter of multiplier and voltage. before with 1366 and 755 when you were changing the base clock speed then that would change other things and it was more complicated, but with the multiplier its fairly simple.
for 4.6ghz if you have a good chip i think about 1.35V-1.37V is what you will be looking at IF you're lucky, maybe more like 1.4V to be safe and stable 100%, anything lower and it will probably be stable in windows but may be unstable during a load.
with my chip i was able to get it to 5ghz on only 1.42 V
i read in tom's review of the 3930k that he used 1.46V to get to 5ghz with his review chip, so its a bit less than the volts he used for his chip. this can likely be attributed to the "silicone lottery"
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The Orange One
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Nice Vid Mate!
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andrevautour
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I did a bit of overclocking and benchmarking today.
deadloss
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Looks awesome mate! However i would have to say i'm not a big fan of the Noctua fan colour. I know the colour of Noctua fan are so that you know who they are etc... but keeping a good colour scheme is something i like to do!
With that said mate, very nice build! Happy gaming on that baby!
With that said mate, very nice build! Happy gaming on that baby!
andrevautour
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thanks man!
