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| 11-26-2019 08:14 PM | |
| MonnieRock |
Laithan, Thanks for the reply and advice ! The one on ebay is roughly $720. Might as well bite the bullet and change platforms for that price I noticed some of the China ones on aliexpress do not have "Asus" on the SB heatsink. Throws a flag up Thank you, Monnie |
| 11-26-2019 05:32 PM | |
| Laithan |
I wouldn't think there is a big market for fake RIVBE boards... but I guess anything is possible. My advice.. never buy a listing that uses STOCK photos. You want actual hi-res pics of the board you are buying. This allows you to inspect for bent pins, corrosion, signs of dice/ln2 use, etc.. Since eBay changed the policy for returns when a product is defective, buyers no longer have to worry about getting stuck with international shipping fees for a return (when DEFECTIVE). IMO I would study the listing, look at seller feedback, message the seller and take a chance if you feel lucky  . I never care if the listing says no returns because if it is defective you just open a case, ebay will allow the return at seller's expense anyway. There is this one in the USA but it is pricey and comes with memory... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-Rampag...QAAOSwfttd2xOL |
| 11-26-2019 02:57 PM | |
| MonnieRock |
My RIVBE just died after serving me well since release day purchase. Where do I find another one? Ebay only has ones from China, are those authentic or some copy cat counterfeit? Did not see any in the overclock.net marketplace. Thanks, Monnie |
| 09-29-2019 12:56 PM | |
| gnasherrr |
my settings in case anyone wonders. Other small stuff that might matter in no particular order just off my brain. Blck skew -3/pcie skew -30(helps with stability when blck/strap ratio is high like mine try -2/-20 if not as extreme) /extreme tweaking on(helps with aida64 speeds) /dram clk period 5(apparently 5 is best for performance. Not verified tho) /dram swizzeling bit both off(not verified if this helps but some articles suggest to have them off for stability) /latency boundary nearest(I don't thk this does anything if you manually set up secondary and third timings) |
| 09-29-2019 12:40 PM | |
| gnasherrr | Yup. Mine is staying until trx40/trx80 gets out at least. I'm dailying at 1.5v 4.7ghz 1.30 2nd vvt/vccsa 2866 8*4gb 12-13-14-26-2t now. those are 24/7 speeds verified by prime95 and memtest. Actually I just found out yesterday that trefi is very relevant to memory latency and speed. The correct formula for it is ddr speed/2*7.8125. round up. Since the blck usually fluctuate a bit. You might need to figure out what blck/ddr speed the platform is actually running on most of the time and adjust accordingly. I managed to knock off 2ns from my aida64 latency by doing this. See my screenshot above |
| 09-29-2019 11:26 AM | |
| Laithan | I honestly cannot come up with a solid justification to deviate from this platform. Newer platforms wouldn't really bring me much improvement (what 10% overall?) just bragging rights. There just isn't really anything that I do that demands more processing power, more PCIe lanes, etc.. IMO a E5-1680V2 is about the best deal going right now if you already have one of these boards and need a couple extra cores. These Xeons used to be $1000 and up for the longest time but now down to $200 bucks... sell your old CPU and it is cheap cheap. |
| 09-29-2019 10:43 AM | |
| Madmaxneo |
Quote:
Originally Posted by skupples
cheers! They'be been great for those of us who didn't get wonky samples. Mine's still gaming every day w. 32gb @ 1886 (4930k & 1070) the person its on long term loan to has never used a faster more stable PC.
Hopefully maybe in the next year I can upgrade to a more modern system. |
| 09-29-2019 10:34 AM | |
| gnasherrr | benched a bit with the ek monoblock. |
| 09-29-2019 08:38 AM | |
| skupples |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Redshift 91
dropping in to say "Hi". My RIVBE is still my daily driver, but my 3930k has degraded quite a bit and only accepts like 8GB of memory anymore. I might try dropping an ebay xeon in to get some more life out of it as a secondary machine.
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| 09-29-2019 08:16 AM | |
| nofearek9 | https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-...UAAOSwtOZbgElW |
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