Asus I'm back.Rampage Formula X48

Rickwell · 05-15-2008, 11:28 PM

I just finished building my pc again with a Rampage Formula x48 DDRII motherboard.What a nice piece of work it is.I had a Gigabyte DQ6 it for a year and a half.It was nice.But you know you just beat an Asus board.Now all I need to do is figure it all out.It's running stock on a dirty install of winXP64.The OS comes later after figure out the pc.Now if nvidia would hurry and get out those new cards out,I'd be set.
I did however redo the north bridge and south bridge heat sink.I took all the stock gook off and replaced it with AS5.I then put small sinks on all the little MOSFETs.I think 18 total.Then I lapped the CPU flat.I have the cpu and video card water cooled.Looks like the hard parts over (knock wood).

SupDawg · 05-15-2008, 11:33 PM

Looking good man... Getting new rigs are always so much fun!

*polonyc2* · 05-15-2008, 11:42 PM

Nice!!!...you should try Vista 64 on there just for kicks...Vista works fine as long as you got the right hardware

Rickwell · 05-16-2008, 12:45 AM

Hey thanks guys.I do have WinV 64.It's on a differant partition.I just booted to winxp64 just to see what was going to happen.I'm to pooped to install all those drivers now.I worked on this thing all day.Friday and the weekend are coming and I'm on vacation.So I'll have a little more time later on.I will be out doors Friday if it's nice.But if rains,guess where I'll be lol?Well sofar so good on the voltages and temps.Everything is ABX web page stable so far.I did take some pics as I went along.Maybe I'll post a few later on.Now it's off to bed.

traveler · 05-16-2008, 01:48 AM

Nice Rickwell!

I've been looking into the Rampage Formula. Very nice board!

Rickwell · 05-17-2008, 09:48 PM

Ok I put a few pics in here.Just in case anyone was interested.The board runs very well so far.Still trying to see what the boards fsb limit is.So far it's 450 fsb.The CPU is set with multipliers to near stock speed.That overclock comes later.The memory is at 1:1 or 900Mhz at 1.85 volts.Spread Spectrum is still on and the voltages are stock except the NB.I did bump the Nortth Bridge voltage up 2 notches at 450 fsb.It's 2 hours of Orthos stable.I set up orthos to run on all 4 cores.This thing rocks and the best waste of money so far.Later Dudes.

Sir Skully · 05-17-2008, 09:56 PM

Congrats Rickwell, a nice rig..........

*polonyc2* · 05-17-2008, 10:02 PM

yup...nice pen!!

oh...nice rig too

Rickwell · 05-25-2008, 10:55 PM

Well I didn't make 500fsb.But I made 475fsb @ 4Ghz on the CPU.It's not stable yet.I have some tweaking to do.I don't plan on gaming at this level.But I might at 450fsb and 3.6Ghz on the cpu.But it's nice to see it anyway.Even on water it scares the crap out of me.Later all.

05-15-2008, 11:28 PM	#1
Rickwell Last user turn off lights Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,564	Asus I'm back.Rampage Formula X48 I just finished building my pc again with a Rampage Formula x48 DDRII motherboard.What a nice piece of work it is.I had a Gigabyte DQ6 it for a year and a half.It was nice.But you know you just beat an Asus board.Now all I need to do is figure it all out.It's running stock on a dirty install of winXP64.The OS comes later after figure out the pc.Now if nvidia would hurry and get out those new cards out,I'd be set. I did however redo the north bridge and south bridge heat sink.I took all the stock gook off and replaced it with AS5.I then put small sinks on all the little MOSFETs.I think 18 total.Then I lapped the CPU flat.I have the cpu and video card water cooled.Looks like the hard parts over (knock wood). __________________ Water Cooling-DangerDen Cooled Core 2 Extreme qx9650 3.00 Ghz Asus X48 DDR2 Rampage Formula XFX 280 GTX 1.0GB Video Card 4GB Corsair Twin 2X4096-8500C5DF 2 x 74 GB Raptors Matrix Raid 0/0 Corsair CMPSU-1000HX PSU Corsair 4GB Voyager GT (Ready Boost) Dell 2405 LCD Flat Panel Monitor WinXP x64 sp2 / WinV x64 sp1
(Offline)

05-15-2008, 11:33 PM	#2
SupDawg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,059	Re: Asus I'm back.Rampage Formula X48 Looking good man... Getting new rigs are always so much fun! __________________ The views expressed in this electronic dialogue are mine alone. "All physics are belong to me. " Kongo
(Offline)

05-15-2008, 11:42 PM	#3
polonyc2 Helter Skelter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 6,988	Nice!!!...you should try Vista 64 on there just for kicks...Vista works fine as long as you got the right hardware __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) *** EVGA 8800GT Superclocked 512MB Intel E8400 * Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital RE2 500 GB WD5001ABYS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX620 AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Lite-On DVD-RW w/LightScribe LH-20A1L-06 * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Windows XP Pro w/SP2 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black)
(Offline)

05-16-2008, 12:45 AM	#4
Rickwell Last user turn off lights Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,564	Re: Asus I'm back.Rampage Formula X48 Hey thanks guys.I do have WinV 64.It's on a differant partition.I just booted to winxp64 just to see what was going to happen.I'm to pooped to install all those drivers now.I worked on this thing all day.Friday and the weekend are coming and I'm on vacation.So I'll have a little more time later on.I will be out doors Friday if it's nice.But if rains,guess where I'll be lol?Well sofar so good on the voltages and temps.Everything is ABX web page stable so far.I did take some pics as I went along.Maybe I'll post a few later on.Now it's off to bed. __________________ Water Cooling-DangerDen Cooled Core 2 Extreme qx9650 3.00 Ghz Asus X48 DDR2 Rampage Formula XFX 280 GTX 1.0GB Video Card 4GB Corsair Twin 2X4096-8500C5DF 2 x 74 GB Raptors Matrix Raid 0/0 Corsair CMPSU-1000HX PSU Corsair 4GB Voyager GT (Ready Boost) Dell 2405 LCD Flat Panel Monitor WinXP x64 sp2 / WinV x64 sp1
(Offline)

05-16-2008, 01:48 AM	#5
traveler Where to next? Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 17,761	Nice Rickwell! I've been looking into the Rampage Formula. Very nice board!
(Offline)

05-17-2008, 09:56 PM	#7
Sir Skully ABX KNIGHT EXEMPLAR Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: USA-GA Posts: 25,464	Re: Asus I'm back.Rampage Formula X48 Congrats Rickwell, a nice rig..........
(Online)

05-17-2008, 10:02 PM	#8
polonyc2 Helter Skelter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 6,988	yup...nice pen!! oh...nice rig too __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) *** EVGA 8800GT Superclocked 512MB Intel E8400 * Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital RE2 500 GB WD5001ABYS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX620 AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Lite-On DVD-RW w/LightScribe LH-20A1L-06 * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Windows XP Pro w/SP2 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black)
(Offline)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode