OC3D Review: Asus Striker II Extreme 790i DDR3 Motherboard

[breadloaf]

Have you tried upping the FSB voltage?

I have tried loads of different things, what setting are you looking at exactly as I am not sure which one you mean

Is it the CPU PPL ?

Not sure if I have changed that or not ?

I will have a look

 

[breadloaf]

Thats wierd, the memory is unlinked on nvidia chips so that shouldnt matter

let us know your thoughts on the board.

I set the memory timings to 9-9-9-24 1T

as this is what the memory is supposed to run at and it seems have made a diffence on a straight memory test but I am getting no luck with the overclock still

I kinda like the board so far although my old 780i board was able to overclock the same CPU to 3.2 ( One thing I had problems with is the Fusion block connections were a nightmare to fit

I was hoping to get a lot more out of the chip but so far it does not look good

more later ......

 

[JN]

Thats wierd, the memory is unlinked on nvidia chips so that shouldnt matter

let us know your thoughts on the board.

Default setting is linked on the Striker II, but obviously you can change that/

 

[breadloaf]

Default setting is linked on the Striker II, but obviously you can change that/

I have tried linked and unlinked but I just cannot seem to get the machine to run stable

Windows Vista locks up all the time and www.memorytest.org fails although I have had this working @3.4 Ghz but then Vista still crashed - I am now going to try a new installation of Vista (stock speed for the install)

Can you post the settings that you used please so I can give them a try -

Thanks

Breadloaf.

 

[-VK-]

Feel free to mail that BIOS to Breadloaf, Jim.

The new BIOS is a big improvement.

 

[Mr. Smith]

Feel free to mail that 790i to Mr. Smith, Jim.

The new BIOS is a big improvement.

Nice one VK

Jim, where is it?

 

[Luigi]

nice, i need to check for bios's for my board, it never was asus's strong point.

 

[breadloaf]

Feel free to mail that BIOS to Breadloaf, Jim.

The new BIOS is a big improvement.

Excellent - any chance of getting the BIOS updates please Jim

I have managed to get the CPU up to 2.8Ghz (Stable)

I am still trying now settings but there are a couple of things I would like to point out :-

The V Core Voltage required seem to be much less than I would expect

The tube and clips included with the board are rubbish (well worth buying some better ones)

Auto Settings make the system unstable unless running at stock speed

At the moment I have still not reached a verdict on this board - I am hoping that in time BIOS updates etc will make things better

I will post more information soon

Breadloaf.

 

[breadloaf]

OK - I have just fitted my new QX9650

Basically as with the Q6600 the chip runs fine at stock speed but again will not overclock one little bit whilst remaining stable

I am starting to think the the board is at fault as I very much doubt that the chip will not overclock.

If I change the mutiplier to just 9.5 or 10 (from 9) the system will not run Prime 95 for more than 30 mns without hanging.

I have returned to Asus after having many many problems with previous boards and I have to say that so far I am not impressed with this board one little bit !!

Asus have no sign of any updates for the BIOS etc and actually point to the old 780i board for any drivers etc !!!!!

Hoping for more but I just don't see it happening

 

[Luigi]

what sort of drivers did you take from 780i?

That does seem like the board fault, although did you up volts at all or anything?

 

[breadloaf]

what sort of drivers did you take from 780i?

That does seem like the board fault, although did you up volts at all or anything?

Tried many settings and voltages etc .....

Thing is the machine runs perfectly stable at stock - I think I have managed to get the system working OK at 3.3 ghz now.

Not taken any drivers for the 780i board - full fresh install of Vista (stock speed for that) then used the CD that came with the motherboard

I am using a Targan 900W PSU too so I do not think it's a PSU issue !!

 

[man_in_africa]

Why does the back of the box say "780i chipset" ?

 

[JN]

Why does the back of the box say "780i chipset" ?

Well spotted. Either a typo by Asus on a pre-production box, or a c0ckup by me using an image from the Formula box.

 

[breadloaf]

Back of the Box I have is different and says 790i Ultra Sli

 

[JN]

I might be a bit late to the table with this lads, but this thread has just reminded me about the BIOS I promised you all.

 

[breadloaf]

I might be a bit late to the table with this lads, but this thread has just reminded me about the BIOS I promised you all.

Awesome - testing the machnie now on 3.66 and it's been stable so far - I have never got this high before

Asus probe keeps giving warnings though - saying that the CPU PPL voltage has dropped- is this normal ?

Also my CPU temp is around 59 - 63 degree fully loaded - is this normal ? I have a liquid cooled chipset and CPU

Motherboard temp is 36 degrees which is miles better than the old Striker II

 

[JN]

Awesome - testing the machnie now on 3.66 and it's been stable so far - I have never got this high before

Asus probe keeps giving warnings though - saying that the CPU PPL voltage has dropped- is this normal ?

Also my CPU temp is around 59 - 63 degree fully loaded - is this normal ? I have a liquid cooled chipset and CPU

Motherboard temp is 36 degrees which is miles better than the old Striker II

Great stuff. I think there may even be a newer version than this one - I'll ask Asus.

 

[breadloaf]

Great stuff. I think there may even be a newer version than this one - I'll ask Asus.

what do you think about the temperature though and the CPU PPL power droop ?

I think I might have spoken too soon as the machine rebooted shortly after my last post

Still I think with a little bit of tweaking I can sort the problems out I am concerned about probe showing the voltage droping as it's also happening on my memory now !!!

What do you think ?

 

[JN]

Latest BIOS attached

 

[ThaClown]

mmm pricey but very very nice indeed..