*** rampage ii extreme *** - Page 22

Dan-Baer · 05-22-2009, 07:54 PM

Mike, Eureka! That thread gave me a clue. In msconfig I had set my boot---advanced options to boot using 4 cores. I just did that earlier in the week. I have found that setting the number of cores to max does speed up the boot a little. BTW, not everyone agrees with this but with my slower QX6700 Vista computer I could see the difference.
Anyway, I re-enabled HT in the bios then I went back in msconfig and set it to EIGHT cores on boot and I can see all eight cores now in resource monitor, four of them are parked but you would expect that with hyperthreading cores when they are not being used by a multithreaded application.
CPU-Z now shows 4 cores, eight threads. Device manager shows 8 threads. I am stable at 3.612 with HT enabled and with all 8 threads ready for business.
Thanks guys for the variopus ideas and for sticking with me on this.
( I am going to pop open a good bottle of wine and BBQ a couple of steaks

)

Sir Skully · 05-22-2009, 11:12 PM

Well congrats Dan, problem solved, great......

MikeP · 05-23-2009, 07:16 AM

Glad you nailed it Dan

Sir Skully · 06-02-2009, 01:28 PM

Up-date: R2E mobo and cpu/920 are flat out trouble free.
R2E holds a good oc, 4.2gig 24/7 without any issues.
Running liquid cooling..

Dan-Baer · 06-02-2009, 10:45 PM

Hi SS, I agree. I am not running as high as you but I am running at 3.6 on air trouble free. I have put this rig through a lot of real life activities and all is well. I can run stable at 3.8 but that is it so I backed down to 3.6 for 24 7 use.
I am going to build a new rig for my nephew so I may use my 920 chip for that and either get a new one with D O stepping or even an i7 970 when they become available.
The combo of the RE-II Ex and the i7 along with WIn 7 is a big winner.

Sir Skully · 06-02-2009, 11:19 PM

Hey Dan, good to hear from ya. Glad your rig is running smooth.
It seems that all the fun is gone with our well running rigs.....

Nothing to fix no one to help....
It really is nice to have a powerhouse rig that runs great.
I really always have something to do, if nothing else its learning new software.

Dan-Baer · 06-03-2009, 02:22 AM

Read this SS, time to upgrade ??

Intel Core i7 975 3.33GHz Processor Tested Introduction :: TweakTown
I want to see some other results as I do not think they got as much out of this CPU as they would have with a RE II Ex.

Sir Skully · 06-03-2009, 12:36 PM

Thanks for the read Dan...and yes something to think about...

MikeP · 06-04-2009, 10:06 AM

Am about to order another rampage 11 extreme mobo and have a good deal on i7 920 do stepping cpu.Supplier is unable to give bios version of new mobo.I realise that only bios 1204 and above support do stepping.Any thoughts on older bios allowing me to flash with unsupported stepping ( my instinct says no )

Dan-Baer · 06-04-2009, 12:26 PM

Should be no issue no matter what the BIOS that comes installed. I would just flash to the latest as soon as you get it running. THe older BIOS should not keep your D O stepping 920 from allowing you to configure and flash.

Sir Skully · 06-15-2009, 12:40 PM

Up-date: R2E holding oc, 4.2gig 24/7 without any issues.
Hey Dan how goes the R2E rig?

Dan-Baer · 06-15-2009, 01:07 PM

Hi SS,
I am able to stay stable at 3.8 but I am running it normally at 3.64. It is stable and fast. I have been using my QX6700 workstation more because I have been busy with work but I plan on installing more Apps in the i7 rig soon. I have installed Office 07 with no issues as well as a few games.
I am going to help my nephew build his first DIY computer this Summer so I am thinking of giving him my i7 920 C O chip. I then have to decide on if I want to go with an i7 975, which was my original plan or just get a new i7 920 D O chip and OC it to about 4 Ghz. I am so impressed with this REII and the 920 that I am thinking of doing the latter.

Sir Skully · 06-15-2009, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan-Baer

Hi SS,
I am able to stay stable at 3.8 but I am running it normally at 3.64. It is stable and fast. I have been using my QX6700 workstation more because I have been busy with work but I plan on installing more Apps in the i7 rig soon. I have installed Office 07 with no issues as well as a few games.
I am going to help my nephew build his first DIY computer this Summer so I am thinking of giving him my i7 920 C O chip. I then have to decide on if I want to go with an i7 975, which was my original plan or just get a new i7 920 D O chip and OC it to about 4 Ghz. I am so impressed with this REII and the 920 that I am thinking of doing the latter.

It sounds like all is going well with your RE2 rig......

Also sounds like fun helping the nephew build his first rig.
Yeah I have to say myself the R2E is quite the mobo......

Dan-Baer · 06-15-2009, 05:41 PM

Sir Skully, I know you have had great success with your latest 920, much more than with the earlier ones. Is your latest one a D O stepping vintage?

Sir Skully · 06-15-2009, 07:57 PM

Its a CO/CI, but one of the best from what I see on the net.
Notice the Vcore voltage, on the 4.2gig oc its 1.38v, nice...
This is why I didn't try out a DO stepping.

05-22-2009, 07:54 PM	#316
Dan-Baer Ancient Teckie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California on the Beach Posts: 875	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Mike, Eureka! That thread gave me a clue. In msconfig I had set my boot---advanced options to boot using 4 cores. I just did that earlier in the week. I have found that setting the number of cores to max does speed up the boot a little. BTW, not everyone agrees with this but with my slower QX6700 Vista computer I could see the difference. Anyway, I re-enabled HT in the bios then I went back in msconfig and set it to EIGHT cores on boot and I can see all eight cores now in resource monitor, four of them are parked but you would expect that with hyperthreading cores when they are not being used by a multithreaded application. CPU-Z now shows 4 cores, eight threads. Device manager shows 8 threads. I am stable at 3.612 with HT enabled and with all 8 threads ready for business. Thanks guys for the variopus ideas and for sticking with me on this. ( I am going to pop open a good bottle of wine and BBQ a couple of steaks ) __________________ 2006 Rig; Asus Commando, QX6700 @ 2.93, 4 Gb Corsair (PC2-8500 Dominator), Zalman 7500, Corsair 1 KW PSU, BFG GTX 285 OC, 2 Raptors in RAID 0 (OS and Apps) 2 Raptors in non raid for files and client data. WD 7500AAKS for main storage, X-Fi Fatal1ty, Normal optical drives Etc. 2 Ea Samsung 24" 245t's New test rig, Spring of 09, i7-920 OC (3.6 so far) Rampage II Extreme, 6 GB Corsair Dominator GT , BFG GTX 2285 OCE, PSU HX 1000W 1 KW Corsair, 2 EA WD 300GB V Raptors in RAID-0 boot, 1 Tb WD RE3 data and BU. Tt Armor+ case, Optical drives Etc. Thanks to everyone here for all the help Last edited by Dan-Baer; 05-22-2009 at 08:01 PM..
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05-22-2009, 11:12 PM	#317
Sir Skully ABX KNIGHT EXEMPLAR Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA-GA Posts: 28,338	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Well congrats Dan, problem solved, great...... __________________ .....................................................................................................................
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05-23-2009, 07:16 AM	#318
MikeP Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: s/w UK Posts: 380	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Glad you nailed it Dan
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06-02-2009, 01:28 PM	#319
Sir Skully ABX KNIGHT EXEMPLAR Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA-GA Posts: 28,338	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Up-date: R2E mobo and cpu/920 are flat out trouble free. R2E holds a good oc, 4.2gig 24/7 without any issues. Running liquid cooling.. __________________ .....................................................................................................................
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06-02-2009, 10:45 PM	#320
Dan-Baer Ancient Teckie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California on the Beach Posts: 875	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Hi SS, I agree. I am not running as high as you but I am running at 3.6 on air trouble free. I have put this rig through a lot of real life activities and all is well. I can run stable at 3.8 but that is it so I backed down to 3.6 for 24 7 use. I am going to build a new rig for my nephew so I may use my 920 chip for that and either get a new one with D O stepping or even an i7 970 when they become available. The combo of the RE-II Ex and the i7 along with WIn 7 is a big winner. __________________ 2006 Rig; Asus Commando, QX6700 @ 2.93, 4 Gb Corsair (PC2-8500 Dominator), Zalman 7500, Corsair 1 KW PSU, BFG GTX 285 OC, 2 Raptors in RAID 0 (OS and Apps) 2 Raptors in non raid for files and client data. WD 7500AAKS for main storage, X-Fi Fatal1ty, Normal optical drives Etc. 2 Ea Samsung 24" 245t's New test rig, Spring of 09, i7-920 OC (3.6 so far) Rampage II Extreme, 6 GB Corsair Dominator GT , BFG GTX 2285 OCE, PSU HX 1000W 1 KW Corsair, 2 EA WD 300GB V Raptors in RAID-0 boot, 1 Tb WD RE3 data and BU. Tt Armor+ case, Optical drives Etc. Thanks to everyone here for all the help
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06-02-2009, 11:19 PM	#321
Sir Skully ABX KNIGHT EXEMPLAR Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA-GA Posts: 28,338	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Hey Dan, good to hear from ya. Glad your rig is running smooth. It seems that all the fun is gone with our well running rigs..... Nothing to fix no one to help.... It really is nice to have a powerhouse rig that runs great. I really always have something to do, if nothing else its learning new software. __________________ .....................................................................................................................
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06-03-2009, 02:22 AM	#322
Dan-Baer Ancient Teckie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California on the Beach Posts: 875	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Read this SS, time to upgrade ?? Intel Core i7 975 3.33GHz Processor Tested Introduction :: TweakTown I want to see some other results as I do not think they got as much out of this CPU as they would have with a RE II Ex. __________________ 2006 Rig; Asus Commando, QX6700 @ 2.93, 4 Gb Corsair (PC2-8500 Dominator), Zalman 7500, Corsair 1 KW PSU, BFG GTX 285 OC, 2 Raptors in RAID 0 (OS and Apps) 2 Raptors in non raid for files and client data. WD 7500AAKS for main storage, X-Fi Fatal1ty, Normal optical drives Etc. 2 Ea Samsung 24" 245t's New test rig, Spring of 09, i7-920 OC (3.6 so far) Rampage II Extreme, 6 GB Corsair Dominator GT , BFG GTX 2285 OCE, PSU HX 1000W 1 KW Corsair, 2 EA WD 300GB V Raptors in RAID-0 boot, 1 Tb WD RE3 data and BU. Tt Armor+ case, Optical drives Etc. Thanks to everyone here for all the help Last edited by Dan-Baer; 06-03-2009 at 02:32 AM..
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06-03-2009, 12:36 PM	#323
Sir Skully ABX KNIGHT EXEMPLAR Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA-GA Posts: 28,338	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Thanks for the read Dan...and yes something to think about... __________________ .....................................................................................................................
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06-04-2009, 10:06 AM	#324
MikeP Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: s/w UK Posts: 380	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Am about to order another rampage 11 extreme mobo and have a good deal on i7 920 do stepping cpu.Supplier is unable to give bios version of new mobo.I realise that only bios 1204 and above support do stepping.Any thoughts on older bios allowing me to flash with unsupported stepping ( my instinct says no )
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06-04-2009, 12:26 PM	#325
Dan-Baer Ancient Teckie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California on the Beach Posts: 875	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Should be no issue no matter what the BIOS that comes installed. I would just flash to the latest as soon as you get it running. THe older BIOS should not keep your D O stepping 920 from allowing you to configure and flash. __________________ 2006 Rig; Asus Commando, QX6700 @ 2.93, 4 Gb Corsair (PC2-8500 Dominator), Zalman 7500, Corsair 1 KW PSU, BFG GTX 285 OC, 2 Raptors in RAID 0 (OS and Apps) 2 Raptors in non raid for files and client data. WD 7500AAKS for main storage, X-Fi Fatal1ty, Normal optical drives Etc. 2 Ea Samsung 24" 245t's New test rig, Spring of 09, i7-920 OC (3.6 so far) Rampage II Extreme, 6 GB Corsair Dominator GT , BFG GTX 2285 OCE, PSU HX 1000W 1 KW Corsair, 2 EA WD 300GB V Raptors in RAID-0 boot, 1 Tb WD RE3 data and BU. Tt Armor+ case, Optical drives Etc. Thanks to everyone here for all the help
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06-15-2009, 12:40 PM	#326
Sir Skully ABX KNIGHT EXEMPLAR Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA-GA Posts: 28,338	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Up-date: R2E holding oc, 4.2gig 24/7 without any issues. Hey Dan how goes the R2E rig? __________________ .....................................................................................................................
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06-15-2009, 01:07 PM	#327
Dan-Baer Ancient Teckie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California on the Beach Posts: 875	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Hi SS, I am able to stay stable at 3.8 but I am running it normally at 3.64. It is stable and fast. I have been using my QX6700 workstation more because I have been busy with work but I plan on installing more Apps in the i7 rig soon. I have installed Office 07 with no issues as well as a few games. I am going to help my nephew build his first DIY computer this Summer so I am thinking of giving him my i7 920 C O chip. I then have to decide on if I want to go with an i7 975, which was my original plan or just get a new i7 920 D O chip and OC it to about 4 Ghz. I am so impressed with this REII and the 920 that I am thinking of doing the latter. __________________ 2006 Rig; Asus Commando, QX6700 @ 2.93, 4 Gb Corsair (PC2-8500 Dominator), Zalman 7500, Corsair 1 KW PSU, BFG GTX 285 OC, 2 Raptors in RAID 0 (OS and Apps) 2 Raptors in non raid for files and client data. WD 7500AAKS for main storage, X-Fi Fatal1ty, Normal optical drives Etc. 2 Ea Samsung 24" 245t's New test rig, Spring of 09, i7-920 OC (3.6 so far) Rampage II Extreme, 6 GB Corsair Dominator GT , BFG GTX 2285 OCE, PSU HX 1000W 1 KW Corsair, 2 EA WD 300GB V Raptors in RAID-0 boot, 1 Tb WD RE3 data and BU. Tt Armor+ case, Optical drives Etc. Thanks to everyone here for all the help
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06-15-2009, 05:41 PM	#329
Dan-Baer Ancient Teckie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California on the Beach Posts: 875	Re: * rampage ii extreme * Sir Skully, I know you have had great success with your latest 920, much more than with the earlier ones. Is your latest one a D O stepping vintage? __________________ 2006 Rig; Asus Commando, QX6700 @ 2.93, 4 Gb Corsair (PC2-8500 Dominator), Zalman 7500, Corsair 1 KW PSU, BFG GTX 285 OC, 2 Raptors in RAID 0 (OS and Apps) 2 Raptors in non raid for files and client data. WD 7500AAKS for main storage, X-Fi Fatal1ty, Normal optical drives Etc. 2 Ea Samsung 24" 245t's New test rig, Spring of 09, i7-920 OC (3.6 so far) Rampage II Extreme, 6 GB Corsair Dominator GT , BFG GTX 2285 OCE, PSU HX 1000W 1 KW Corsair, 2 EA WD 300GB V Raptors in RAID-0 boot, 1 Tb WD RE3 data and BU. Tt Armor+ case, Optical drives Etc. Thanks to everyone here for all the help Last edited by Dan-Baer; 06-15-2009 at 05:41 PM.. Reason: typo
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