tidyboy21

Got my new Mobo and CPU today (X48 Rampage Formula, e8500). Only took about 20 minutes to get set up and over clock, straight swap of motherboards, (saves the hassle of reinstalling windows) and everything is great. Let me know what you think of my over clock.

Is ASUS PC PROBE reliable for temperatures? I have tried everything else under the sun and nothing else works on this board.

Do you think that the Vcore is a little high for air cooling? The max temp recorded by PC PROBE was 47c at full load.

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ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA X48 (0407)
C2D E8500 @ 4.12GHz
Zalman CNPS9700-LED (Lapped)
3GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 966MHz, 4-4-4-12
2 x HD3870's DDR4 Crossfire (875/1250)
Thermaltake Toughpower W0132 1000w
4 x Western Digital 250GB HDs
2 x LG Flatron 24" Monitors
Thermaltake Armor with 25cm Side Fan
3D Mark06 19125 (Vista)

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Very nice...

What are the core temperatures? I try not to go by the processor temp...

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tidyboy21

Could you suggest anything that might show core temps, everest won't work, or core temp, or pc wizard?

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ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA X48 (0407)
C2D E8500 @ 4.12GHz
Zalman CNPS9700-LED (Lapped)
3GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 966MHz, 4-4-4-12
2 x HD3870's DDR4 Crossfire (875/1250)
Thermaltake Toughpower W0132 1000w
4 x Western Digital 250GB HDs
2 x LG Flatron 24" Monitors
Thermaltake Armor with 25cm Side Fan
3D Mark06 19125 (Vista)

just a noob

try to keep lower the voltage until it becomes unstabile(sp?) it'll save your silicon from frying itself even sooner than it normally would

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tidyboy21

Just got Everest working, weird! Anyway, the highest core temp was 55c. CPU is idling at 25c

Is 1.36vcore a bit on the high side then?

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ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA X48 (0407)
C2D E8500 @ 4.12GHz
Zalman CNPS9700-LED (Lapped)
3GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 966MHz, 4-4-4-12
2 x HD3870's DDR4 Crossfire (875/1250)
Thermaltake Toughpower W0132 1000w
4 x Western Digital 250GB HDs
2 x LG Flatron 24" Monitors
Thermaltake Armor with 25cm Side Fan
3D Mark06 19125 (Vista)

just a noob

never really oced a chip, but stock is at what 1.25v?, so long as it stays under 1.5v you should be good for a year before the chip craps out on you(im talking about the 1.5v)

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FUGGER/K|ngp|n '08

tidyboy21

Thats ok then. I was not planning on going over 1.4 anyway, well, until I get water cooling anyway.

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ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA X48 (0407)
C2D E8500 @ 4.12GHz
Zalman CNPS9700-LED (Lapped)
3GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 966MHz, 4-4-4-12
2 x HD3870's DDR4 Crossfire (875/1250)
Thermaltake Toughpower W0132 1000w
4 x Western Digital 250GB HDs
2 x LG Flatron 24" Monitors
Thermaltake Armor with 25cm Side Fan
3D Mark06 19125 (Vista)