The ASUS/ASrock P55 and X58 Club & Discussion(Under construction) - Overclock.net

M3T4LM4N222 · 10-08-09

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ASUS/ASrock X58/P55 Club

This is a club for the X58 and P55 boards of ASUS and ASrock this thread will keep score of overclocks,and eventually contain the links for BIOS updates. Some AMD boards MIGHT be added in the future. THIS THREAD IS ALSO A DISCUSSION THREAD

Why ASrock?

ASrock has been shelling out new award winning motherboards since late 2008. ASrocks customer support is blazing fast, specifically E-Mail support, I got a respond from support within 30 minutes of sending them an E-mail. ASrock was spun off of ASUS in 2002, and some of these boards still run through ASUS before being sold, and most of us know, ASUS makes high quality boards. ASrock makes very energy efficient boards, in fact most of there recent boards are EUP and EUP 2.0 certified. ASrock is currently offering 80 people who bought Extreme and Deluxe edition boards free ASrock SATA 3 cards. ASrock boards are cheap, and have features that most high end boards have. ASrock often uses very unique features on there boards that are often adopted by bigger motherboard companies. (E-SATA USB and CCO) Some people say to avoid ASrock boards because some of the boards in the past had locked BIOS's or didn't do well, that is clearly a thing of the past.

Why ASUS?
ASUS is the parent company of ASrock, and sometimes there boards run through ASUS first. ASUS is one of the most famous motherboard manufacturers and often manufactures award winning boards. Almost everybody who has built a computer will recommend you and ASUS board, because with there ultimate performance mixed with there great customer support, you've got a clear winner.

List of ASrock boards that apply to this club, along with CPU support list and BIOS:

X58:
ASrock X58 Extreme $169.99CPU SUPPORT LIST BIOS UPDATE
ASrock X58 Deluxe $204.99 CPU SUPPORT LIST BIOS UPDATE
ASrock X58 SuperComputer $289.99 CPU SUPPORT LIST BIOS UPDATE

P55:
ASrock P55 Extreme $139.99 CPU SUPPORT LIST BIOS UPDATE
ASrock P55 Deluxe $179.99 CPU SUPPORT LIST BIOS UPDATE
ASrock P55 Pro $114.99 CPU SUPPORT LIST BIOS UPDATE

List of ASUS boards that apply to the club, along with CPU support list and BIOS(Coming soon)

X58:
ASUS Rampage II GENE CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS P6T PRO Not sure, cannot find it
ASUS P6TD Deluxe CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS P6TD Deluxe V2 CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS P6T7 SuperComputer CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS Rampage II Extreme CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS P6T CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS P6T6 Revolution CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS P6T SE CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS

P55:
ASUS P7P55D EVO CPU SUPPORT AND BIOS
ASUS Maximus III GENE CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS P7P55D LE CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS SABERTOOTH 55i CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS P7P55D Premium CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS P7P55D PRO CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS Maximus III Formula CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS P7P55 SuperComputer CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS
ASUS P7P55D CPU SUPPORT LIST AND BIOS

MORE COMING. If any information is wrong, feel free to tell me.

Click here for ASrock Tech support
Click here for ASrock RMA support
Click here for ASUS RMA support
Click here for ASUS Tech support

WARNING: Some budget P55 boards have been having problems when overclocking processors past 1.425 volts, eventually causing part of the motherboard to go up in smoke, kill the processor, or blow a capacitor, one of them is the P55 PRO. (Others being MSI P55 CD53 and ECS P55H) (Some more low end boards may have the same problems, these are the only ones confirmed) (The P55M PRO may have the same problem as the P55 PRO)

Note from ASrock:ASRock confirmed that its P55 Pro was designed to handle a smaller power load, based on Intel's lower TDP for LGA 1156 processors, and has sent a BIOS its representatives claim will enable built-in over-current protection. IF YOU OWN A P55 PRO, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BIOS.

M3T4LM4N222 · 10-08-09

Owners:

ASrock:
ASrock X58 Extreme:
M3T4LM4N222
Zipperhead
superxero044
Gabkicks
JarrettM
mrestine

ASrock X58 Deluxe:

ASrock X58 SuperComputer:

ASrock P55 Pro:
PSS

ASrock P55 Extreme:
transhour
Verus Fortis

ASrock P55 Deluxe:

ASUS:
ASUS Rampage II GENE

ASUS P6T PRO

ASUS P6TD Deluxe
flipmatthew

ASUS P6TD Deluxe V2
race301

ASUS P6T7 SuperComputer

ASUS Rampage II Extreme

ASUS P6T

ASUS P6T6 Revolution

ASUS P6T SE

ASUS P7P55D EVO

ASUS Maximus III GENE

ASUS P7P55D LE

ASUS P7P55D Deluxe
Chilly

ASUS SABERTOOTH 55i

ASUS P7P55D Premium

ASUS P7P55D PRO

ASUS Maximus III Formula

ASUS P7P55 SuperComputer

ASUS P7P55D

M3T4LM4N222 · 10-08-09

Top 10 X58/P55 Overclocks: (Freq, Volts, ECT)

1.M3T4LM4N222, ASrock X58 Extreme,Core i7 920 D0 4.09MHZ @ 1.425V, HT Enabled, Mugen2Validation
2.transhour,ASrock P55 Extreme,Xeon X3440 3.51 ghz @ 1.24 volts, HT Enabled, Dark Knight Validation
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OCDNA settings:

M3T4LM4N222 · 10-11-09

System Pictures:

COMING SOON.

transhour · 10-15-09

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=769146

i had it stable @ 3.8ghz with HT enabled @ 1.344 volts under load, but felt the average idle/load temps were too high, so i backed it down to 3.51 ghz @ 1.24 volts, and my temps have yet to peak 60c.

i gotta say, this is my first asrock board, after several years of gigabyte/asus, i have to say, this board has surpassed all expectations.

i could have def spent more on a board that barely had the features of the asrock p55 pro, but i didn't need too

the biggest buying point this board, was the cooler combo option, as trying to find a 1156 bracket for my dark knight has proven to be damn near impossible, and i wasn't in the mood to buy a new cooler, and i am actual quite glad i didn't, cause i was looking at the megahalem/shadow, and there is no way i would have been able to install that monster, with the ram/pci-e/mosfet heatsinks being so close to the socket, and this isn't limited to the asrock boards, i was at Microcenter the other day, and looked at a few evga's and gigabytes p55's and they seem to have the cramped area as well, only on the very high end p55's this seems to have been "corrected".

so like i said, i am glad i purchased this motherboard, instead of the gigabyte p55 ud3l/r that newegg had for the same price, cause this board just ROCKS!

M3T4LM4N222 · 10-15-09

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Originally Posted by transhour

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=769146

i had it stable @ 3.8ghz with HT enabled @ 1.344 volts under load, but felt the average idle/load temps were too high, so i backed it down to 3.51 ghz @ 1.24 volts, and my temps have yet to peak 60c.

i gotta say, this is my first asrock board, after several years of gigabyte/asus, i have to say, this board has surpassed all expectations.

i could have def spent more on a board that barely had the features of the asrock p55 pro, but i didn't need too

the biggest buying point this board, was the cooler combo option, as trying to find a 1156 bracket for my dark knight has proven to be damn near impossible, and i wasn't in the mood to buy a new cooler, and i am actual quite glad i didn't, cause i was looking at the megahalem/shadow, and there is no way i would have been able to install that monster, with the ram/pci-e/mosfet heatsinks being so close to the socket, and this isn't limited to the asrock boards, i was at Microcenter the other day, and looked at a few evga's and gigabytes p55's and they seem to have the cramped area as well, only on the very high end p55's this seems to have been "corrected".

so like i said, i am glad i purchased this motherboard, instead of the gigabyte p55 ud3l/r that newegg had for the same price, cause this board just ROCKS!

Thanks for joining, finally someone who went ASrock, I am not disappointed either, it total exceeded my expectations, and for $169.99, you cannot go wrong. The board has more features than boards that would of cost me $70-$100 more.

transhour · 10-15-09

okay i've checked my pin contact points on my cpu, dismantled my rig for this LOL, and it seems the pin contact is correct...i haven't taken a magnifying glass to this to confirm or not, but from what i've been reading about the chips burning up and the socket, honestly does seem like user error more than a manufacturing defect...

the socket does seem a lot looser than the 775 socket and i can see the chip being slightly offset, but after many years of experience with the lga type sockets, you get use to this

and can compensate.

i really don't care what these extreme overclockers say they did or didn't do, to me i've been doing overclocking for about 2 years now, and i am not very good at it

, but i've been building computers since 96 or so, so i think that has a lot to do with when putting a computer together and overclocking at the same time.

well i hope this isn't going to be a continuing problem with this, cause it makes me really dissapointed that i didn't go 1366 when 1156 has these problems...but then again, i am not an extreme overclocker LOL 3.5 ghz with ht is very fast for me, faster than my q9400 @ 3.73 ghz

, i would even venture in saying that this cpu is faster at stock than the q9400 was at 3.72 ghz LOL...

SLeeZeY · 10-15-09

Stupid Lotas Socket brackets

Bring back the Foxconn sockets.

Wonder if the XE on the end of my board means Xtreme Edition lol, no

M3T4LM4N222 · 10-16-09

Update: The Club is now a ASrock and ASUS X58/P55 club, I will add BIOS updates and CPU support lists soon. All motherboards on the list are now supported for the club. The thread is now a discussion thread as well.

Verus Fortis · 10-18-09

I just built a new rig with an ASRock P55 Extreme (1.7 Bios) and i5 750.

I haven't had much luck with overclocking yet as I am a recent convert from AMD motherboards and many of these settings are unfamiliar. I have not tried using any of the overclocking software as I usually like working in the BIOS.

I am using GSkill PC3 2000 memory.

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