haha...yalo...seldom touch pc hardware since the c2d used by my dad. rarely play around my bro's i2500k too but i believe still can go further more.
used my laptop for 7 years+ since uni until before I changed to this i5 haswell...beh tahan it always lag and bluescreen

Got some new toys to play today,

ASUS Maximus VI Formula & Gene:


These two boards would be the last motherboards from Maximus VI Series that I have ever played up till now.

And surprisingly Apacer makes a move to MHz war... introducing the

Apacer ARES 3000MHz 12-14-14-35 2 x 4GB

It's based on single-sided Hynix-MFR and will clock like mad!

Without wasting time, I have put the Formula under water on my Dimastech test bench



First OC result is impressive, the Formula managed to push the ARES up to 3250MHz 12-15-15-25-1T:


More OC results and reviews are coming soon. Pls stay tuned.

This post has been edited by owikh84: Oct 4 2013, 07:44 PM

3333MHz 12-16-15-35-1T is easy with Apacer ARES 3000 + M6F



and it didn't stop there....

3426MHz 12-16-15-35-1T:

to buy Ivy or Haswell for OC & gaming? Its new set btw, The last time I OC was Q6600 & E2180. Please advice sifu.

You might wanna go through these reviews for more details.

4770K & 4670K Reviews:

anyone oc haswell with 125 bclk instead of 100? with same cpu freq, higher bclk required lower vcore?

No difference in terms of vCore.
BCLK would help OC mem 3000+.

4.6G @ 1.376v (bios set 1.36v)... weird, same ram freq & timing required 1.575vdimm to prime for 4.5g stable, however need 1.65vdimm for 4.6g...why huh?

This post has been edited by gsan: Oct 5 2013, 12:38 PM


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Did you use custom blend test and stress maximum amount of RAM?

yes, i use 1344k, 85% of mem used for testing

I think you need to stress at least 95% to get a better repeatability.

btw, if stressing with prim95 and restart without bsod, normally is due to insufficient of what voltage?

hmm... many possibilities actually.
could be overheat issues too.

the chance of heat issue is small, since my cpu temp. never exceed 80degC under prim95 stressing

VRM can overheat too. But then try playing with voltages and see.

CPU-Z 1.67.0 (x32/64)

http://www.cpuid.com/medias/files/software...67-setup-en.exe
http://www.cpuid.com/medias/files/software...u-z_1.67-en.zip

- Improved support of Intel Silvermont (Bay Trail).
- New validation.

sifu2 sekelian. i got this problem. my 4670k stable at 4.4ghz with asrock z87pro3.

Vcore at 1.17v.
Vcache 1.2v.

then i want to change mode to adaptive to get that power saving feature. however everytime i set up adaptive vcore at 1.17v, the voltage always increasing more up to 1.3v while aida64 stress test, IBT, etc.

anyone can show me the right way to do adaptive mode in asrock mobos?

are u using vengeance pro 1866cl9 2x8gb kit? 2200 @ 10-10-10-27 prime stable?
I cannot get my ram stable anything above 2133...mind to share your setting?

use manual mode and enable c-state

off day and nothing to do at home, so I decide to replace the thermal paste in between IHS and HSF from CLU to IC7...at the same time, swap my ram to black slot and checking the ram version

looks like no significant different between CLU and IC7, but one thing that I noticed when I removed the HSF, either my IHS or HSF no flat enough, got a concave as the CLU is not really touch at the center area...

CLU


IC7


btw, my corsair vengeance pro 1866cl9 is rev5.29... and according to the corsair ram ic, they are hynix based ic...any comment?