Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 Owners Thread

[mj79]

Also. Sorry new guy here. UPS?

[mj79]

And sorry, new guy here. UPS?

[Rhezuss]

Can I change on which SATA port my SSD/HDDs are plugged in anytime?
I think I have one plugged in the ASmedia SATA3 port, can I plug it anywhere else without effing anything?

[felang]

Originally Posted by Rhezuss

Can I change on which SATA port my SSD/HDDs are plugged in anytime?
I think I have one plugged in the ASmedia SATA3 port, can I plug it anywhere else without effing anything?

Should be as easy as shutting down and switching ports.

[Rhezuss]

Ok I had too many shiznitz I don't use plugged on the SATA ports like the eSATA plugs on the top of my case.

I unplugged them and moves my SSD and 1st HDD from the ASMedia to the SATA3 controlled by the Intel chipset and disabled the ASMedia in the BIOS.

Boot a bit faster now and I don't have the damn lower right icon showing my SSD and HDD as a unpluggable device (dunno how to call that lol).

[Renegade44e]

Originally Posted by Rhezuss

Can I change on which SATA port my SSD/HDDs are plugged in anytime?
I think I have one plugged in the ASmedia SATA3 port, can I plug it anywhere else without effing anything?

I made the mistake of installing WIn7 on the Asmedia ports. I swiitched my C: drive to the Z77 Ports and it booted up just fine.

Just got mine from newegg yesterday with a i5-3570K... 4.2g on the stock intel fan. It gets a little too hot for long term 100% use but the Hyper 212 EVO should take c are of that when I get it.

[prozac4312]

Got my 3770K and Extreme4 this weekend from MicroCenter ($340 out the door)...got everything hooked up, and I'm running a Megahalems Rev.B + 120mm Ultrakaze for a cooler.

Got the CPU running at 4.4GHz at 1.24V, ran the large block test on Prime95 for 4 hours last night and the highest temp was 73°C (ambient temp where my computer is ~65°F).

Is there room here for a higher OC? I'm new to Ivy Bridge (in which you apparently only need to bump the multiplier)...so just looking to see how high I can (safely) go.

Does 4.6-4.8GHz seem possible at or under 1.3V?

[Vectronic]

You probably have room temperature-wise, but not under 1.3v. Assuming that 4.4GHz @ 1.24v is the minimum for stability then 4.5GHz will probably be 1.3v.

With mine (i5 not i7) it's roughly 0.07v for every 100MHz between 4.0GHz and 4.8GHz.

But, keep in mind that LgFFT is usually 15 to 20C cooler than SmFFT, and about 5 to 10C cooler than LinPack... so your actual maximum temp might be 95 to 105C, however most real-world applications won't get it that hot.

Right now with mine, at 4.5GHz @ 1.27 to 1.31v (depending on ambient to keep it stable) I'll hit peak/throttle temperature using LinPack, however stuff like gaming, or file compression, virus scans, etc only peak at about 75C.

Edit: basically what I'm saying is, go for 4.5GHz, it'll do it, and "safely"... you could probably do 4.6GHz safely as well, or for that matter 4.8GHz, but you likely won't be able to keep it there, as your board and CPU "break in", and your cooler/case gets a bit dirtier, etc... it'll get a bit more hot, require a bit more voltage, etc and you'll have to drop it back down again in a few months.