ASUS Maximus IV Extreme & Core i7 2600K – Overclocking On P67 (Part 1/2)

[aaron88_7]

Yeah as much as I want Asus I'm not paying a premium for their name. I'm not spending more than $200 on a LGA 1155 board. I don't even plan to go that high unless I can get the Asus Sabertooh for that much.

I will. I was already planning on spending around $300 for a new 1366 mobo, but considering the 2600k outperforms the i7 950 I was looking at it would be foolish to build a new PC based on a socket that is about to be replaced. $365 is a bit high but you get what you pay for. The P67 chipset doesn't allow for SLI or CF at over 8x/8x speeds but this board allows for 16x/16x. I believe currently only Gigabit is the other that has a board that allows this but I'm sure more will pop up.

Besides, blue is so 2000ish, I need red to match my red lighting

 

[PlasmaBomb]

980X (32nm) chip has a maximum voltage of 1.375V
975 (45nm S1366) has a maximum voltage of 1.375V
880 (45nm S1156) has a maximum voltage of 1.400V

This means at most the safest voltage on SB will be 1.400V, but most likely well below that. I would wager 1.350V. This is why all these 1.45-1.50V 5.2ghz overclocks are only for e-peen.

Think about it...1.45V is already way out of spec for a 45nm chip, nevermind 32nm!

Those look suspiciously like the top voltages that Intel ships the chips at, rather than the voltage Intel claims is the max, which as far as I recall was 1.45V for their 45nm chips.

 

[brencat]

P8P67 ~$160
P8P67 PRO ~190
P8P67 EVO ~210
P8P67 Deluxe ~235
SABERTOOTHP67 ~$219
P8P67 WS SC ~$259
Maximus IV Extreme ~365

Wow these prices are steep. I realize it's new and shiny and all but I paid $105 shipped for my mobo and $181 after tax for my CPU. That's a big premium here.

And I agree with RS above... I doubt vcore can safely be above 1.35 for 24/7. That should limit *most* overclocks to the 4.4-4.6 ghz range I'm thinking.

 

[Castiel]

Wow these prices are steep. I realize it's new and shiny and all but I paid $105 shipped for my mobo and $181 after tax for my CPU. That's a big premium here.

Maximus price is pure bs.

 

[Copenhagen69]

1366 prices are still like this ... not sure why everyone is complaining ...

 

[scrubman]

Seems a little odd that for 2 card SLI/Crossfire it does not provide x16 electrical. It only uses the included NF200 chip for 3-way video card configs. The more I keep reading the more I learn the meaning of "Mainstream"! Its making me feel like waiting for the "Enthusiast" release from Intel but geesh, that may be a year before its truly in our hands.

 

[Copenhagen69]

ya 2011 chipset should be really great stuff

 

[Athadeus]

Here's a $125 1155 MB that can probably get to 4.5 just as easily. Not very good for SLI/CF though.

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-P8p67-m-P...4176030&sr=8-1