new build with: F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ

[djustice]

As the topic says i am building a new system, upgrading from the nforce 680 series.
new hardware is:

mobo: asus rampage II extreme
cpu: i7 930
ram: g.skill F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ (ordered the perfect storm 2133, waited a month but still uncertain if they got them in stock, so i ran withe ones mentioned)

i was reading a rewiev of done by hardware canucks where they managed to run the sticks in cl10 at over 1800 mhz, http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...-review-6.html thats what i am aiming for, so my question is:

what timings do i use? i see some of the timings used in the rewiev, should i go with them and leave the rest of the memory options on auto?

[GSKILL TECH]

Try these settings:

AI overclock - manual
CPU Ratio setting - 20
CPU Turbo Power Limit - disable

CPU configuration
CPU Ratio Setting - 20
C1E Support - disable
Hardware prefetcher - enable
Adjacent Cache line prefetcher - enable
Intel Virtualization tech - disabled
CPU TM Function - disable
Execute Disabled bit - disabled
Intel HT Technology - disable
Active Processor Cores - all
A20M - disabled
Intel C-STATE tech - disabled

BCLK frequency - 142
PCIE frequency - 100
DRAM frequency - 1800 MHz
UCLK frequency - 3600 MHz
QPI frequency - auto

Dram Timing Control
DRAM CAS# Latency - 9
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay - 9
DRAM RAS# PRE Time - 9
DRAM RAS# ACT Time - 24
DRAM REF Cycle Time - 74
DRAM Timing Mode - 2N
All others can be on AUTO

EPU II Phase Control - Full Phase
Load-line calibration - enable
CPU differential amplitude - auto
Extreme OV - disabled


CPU voltage - 1.32V
CPU PLL voltage - 1.85V
QPI-DRAM voltage - 1.40V

DRAM Bus voltage 1.55V

CPU spread spectrum - disabled
PCIE spectrum - disabled
CPU clock skew - auto
IOH clock skew - auto

Let me know the results.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[djustice]

Thank you
i am waiting for last parts to arrive, 2x ssd and the case, ill be sure to post up as soon as its assembled

[djustice]

thanks! i am up and running even at 1T command rate
and @4ghz on stock intel cooler for now.
however i get a bsod sometimes when opening cpu-z , else it seems stabile so far

[Grimmett]

The BSOD is concerning. Have you done any stability tests? (Prime95 and Memtest?) If those pass from a cold boot, your BSOD might be software related or possibly a hard drive issue.

Good Luck.

[djustice]

i did run prime 95 and real temp, but running a stock intel cooler, it is nerve wrecking , temp reached 97 degrees celsius, and i shut it off. ill run it once my swiftech block rad and 655 pump comes. but i played several hours of battlefield bad company 2 without a hickup on everything maxed out at 1650 x 1050, pulling 120-80 fps. and temps where no where near the prime temps.

[Grimmett]

I'd run Memtest from a cold boot (system is off for about 6hrs) just to make sure the memory is okay. Other than that, everything sounds pretty stable. Maybe there is just an issue with that version of CPU-Z on your system for whatever reason.

Nice frames in BC2, by the way!

[djustice]

did some more additional voltage regulation and lowerd cpu volts, no bsods so far


thanks for the tips Grimmett