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#5046927 Posted on: 04/10/2015 05:39 AM
Hey, thanks for the review. I purchased this board and it's pretty solid so far 4690k @ 4.7ghz (1.29v).
A couple of things I noticed/didn't realise. DDR-1600 is the max select-able (that's a chip set limitation).
The offset voltage mode doesn't work for me, negative offset or positive the voltage just stays the same.
The on-board sound is pretty good to my ear and gear (Denon D2000) it has plenty of gain which is nice as my old board was only just load enough at max.
Hey, thanks for the review. I purchased this board and it's pretty solid so far 4690k @ 4.7ghz (1.29v).
A couple of things I noticed/didn't realise. DDR-1600 is the max select-able (that's a chip set limitation).
The offset voltage mode doesn't work for me, negative offset or positive the voltage just stays the same.
The on-board sound is pretty good to my ear and gear (Denon D2000) it has plenty of gain which is nice as my old board was only just load enough at max.
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#5049792 Posted on: 04/14/2015 01:20 AM
Hey, thanks for the review. I purchased this board and it's pretty solid so far 4690k @ 4.7ghz (1.29v).
A couple of things I noticed/didn't realise. DDR-1600 is the max select-able (that's a chip set limitation).
The offset voltage mode doesn't work for me, negative offset or positive the voltage just stays the same.
The on-board sound is pretty good to my ear and gear (Denon D2000) it has plenty of gain which is nice as my old board was only just load enough at max.
I swear I saw somewhere this would take more faster but OC'd. Have you pushed it to higher? I will be buying 1600 based on what you've said now as you've thrown me back a bit. I was on other forums and not one person raised that. Even PCPARTPICKER hasn't raised it. The 2133 is gone then and I'll just oc the 1600
Hey, thanks for the review. I purchased this board and it's pretty solid so far 4690k @ 4.7ghz (1.29v).
A couple of things I noticed/didn't realise. DDR-1600 is the max select-able (that's a chip set limitation).
The offset voltage mode doesn't work for me, negative offset or positive the voltage just stays the same.
The on-board sound is pretty good to my ear and gear (Denon D2000) it has plenty of gain which is nice as my old board was only just load enough at max.
I swear I saw somewhere this would take more faster but OC'd. Have you pushed it to higher? I will be buying 1600 based on what you've said now as you've thrown me back a bit. I was on other forums and not one person raised that. Even PCPARTPICKER hasn't raised it. The 2133 is gone then and I'll just oc the 1600
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#5050425 Posted on: 04/14/2015 03:15 PM
No way that I've found to increase it, I don't think it's possible. 16x is the highest memory multiplier you can set and the Bus Clock is fixed so you're stuck at 1600 or lower (not that it matters much real-world). I have some DDR1866 C9 that I'm running @1600 7-8-8- CR1.
Also what I was saying earlier about the voltage offset being broken makes zero difference as this board still clocks down and reduces voltage even with the voltage manually set. As long as the C3/EIST etc. is on it still down-volts/clocks at idle. So offset it kind of redundant.
I swear I saw somewhere this would take more faster but OC'd. Have you pushed it to higher? I will be buying 1600 based on what you've said now as you've thrown me back a bit. I was on other forums and not one person raised that. Even PCPARTPICKER hasn't raised it. The 2133 is gone then and I'll just oc the 1600
No way that I've found to increase it, I don't think it's possible. 16x is the highest memory multiplier you can set and the Bus Clock is fixed so you're stuck at 1600 or lower (not that it matters much real-world). I have some DDR1866 C9 that I'm running @1600 7-8-8- CR1.
Also what I was saying earlier about the voltage offset being broken makes zero difference as this board still clocks down and reduces voltage even with the voltage manually set. As long as the C3/EIST etc. is on it still down-volts/clocks at idle. So offset it kind of redundant.
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#5051235 Posted on: 04/15/2015 04:55 PM
What are your feelings on it though? It's strange it seems playable with CPU, but not memory so much. The review here says it was fiddly, but still. Surely there's some lee way on the mem? Even latencies going down?
What are your stock 1866 latencies in full on your memory? Did this just drop them down to lower latencies auto when running 1600? May work out nice low latencies with the 2133MHZ then?
I'm about to order this board, so would appreciate your feedback.. granted, a lot of it is for the green style... and that I'm happy with a GTX 970 on Gsync 1080p etc. - Would just like to know
What are your feelings on it though? It's strange it seems playable with CPU, but not memory so much. The review here says it was fiddly, but still. Surely there's some lee way on the mem? Even latencies going down?
What are your stock 1866 latencies in full on your memory? Did this just drop them down to lower latencies auto when running 1600? May work out nice low latencies with the 2133MHZ then?
I'm about to order this board, so would appreciate your feedback.. granted, a lot of it is for the green style... and that I'm happy with a GTX 970 on Gsync 1080p etc. - Would just like to know
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That thing is gorgeous.