Rampage IV Extreme + 3930K rebuild with 4-way SLI GTX580

[FS~Phat]

Hi All,

I didnt bother posting any updates on my last build, but I did just about get it all finished over christmas. The replacement RMA 990X for my X58 UD9 build was degrading too and no longer stable so I decided to grab an Asus Rampage IV Extreme and 3930K CPU to upgrade as it was about the same price as a replacement 990X. (thats if you can even find them now!)

I will be re-using everything else in my system including the 4 Way GTX580's all the water blocks and the Corsair Ram for now.

In addition I will be using the new VGA hotwire feature to voltage mod the cores on all 4 GTX580. I will probably upgrade the Ram to a 4x8GB kit and get the koolance Rampage IV motherboard water block in the future too.

I'll update the thread with a full list of the components and photos when I get started in the next couple days.
Wish me luck!!

[roadczar]

Once you get going we can compare note and any issues ;) . In some ways we have a similar builds and a passion for excessive hardware. (See my sig...)

Once my system is stabilized I will be adding the Koolance MB block as well.
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[FS~Phat]

Once you get going we can compare note and any issues ;) . In some ways we have a similar builds and a passion for excessive hardware. (See my sig...)

Once my system is stabilized I will be adding the Koolance MB block as well.
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Looked at your issues but strangely (maybe) i dont have any of them.
Nice Build!

I finished the rebuild last night and all is good.
I will be restoring a lot of my games/data tonight and do some CoD benching before and after OC. (I did a fresh install) Ill post some pics too and maybe a video if I have time.

Over the weekend Ill get into some serious GPU voltage tweaking with the hotwire feature to see how far these GTX580s can really go! ;)
Im hoping for 5.1Ghz on the CPU and 1100/2200 for the GPUs.

[FS~Phat]

For some reason the intel raid config rom was defaulting maximum capacity to less than what was actually available. I over rode it and put in the figure of my old raid set and it worked!

Now I can take some pics while the restore is underway! ;)

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[FS~Phat]

First bench done with my first manual OC @ 4.7Ghz 1.45v.. 100x47 Ram @ 2000Mhz

I know you want to see CoD figures... Ill do that now! ;)

Not bad! Bios was a little confusing but once I worked out where everything was and what it does it starts to make sense.

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[roadczar]

First bench done with my first manual OC @ 4.7Ghz 1.45v.. 100x47 Ram @ 2000Mhz

I know you want to see CoD figures... Ill do that now! ;)

Not bad! Bios was a little confusing but once I worked out where everything was and what it does it starts to make sense.

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What preset?

[FS~Phat]

What preset?

Just straight Basic P test.

[roadczar]

Curious how you'd do in extreme.

Here is mine best so far:
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2548742

[FS~Phat]

Curious how you'd do in extreme.

Here is mine best so far:
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2548742

CPU Now @ 5Ghz

This draws 1120W from the wall on 1 PSU and 740W from the other! (@240V)

Extreme 3dmk11 X9074
Here you go > http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2625446
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Performance #3dmk11 P22139
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[roadczar]

Nice score!

Interestingly it beat my quad fire setup in every test, but physics test is very close, so I don't think it is due to a higher OC.

http://roadczar.com/gallery/var/albums/Public/ASUS/3dmark.JPG

This draws 1120W from the wall on 1 PSU and 740W from the other! (@240V)

:) shows how important it it to choose the right PSU(s) I'm running 1200 / 860 combo.

[FS~Phat]

Nice score!

Interestingly it beat my quad fire setup in every test, but physics test is very close, so I don't think it is due to a higher OC.

http://roadczar.com/gallery/var/albums/Public/ASUS/3dmark.JPG



:) shows how important it it to choose the right PSU(s) I'm running 1200 / 860 combo.

Yeah I think the CPU OC helps though on a couple of the tests!
I have 2 x 1500W now after having problems with a couple of different combos of 2x1200W PSUs I had around. Really stable now though!

Last synthetic bench for today!

It beat my old 990X score by 5000pts!

http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3845281
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[Ataros]

What are your Black Death track benchmark figures with SSAO on and off, vsynk on and off, AA 4x for example?

Some results of single card benchmarks http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sukhoi.ru%2Fforum%2Fshowthread. php%3Ft%3D68723

[FS~Phat]

I did some quick tests but have run into some major technical issues with some hardware voltage modding of the GPUs. Should be back on track in about a weeks time when some replacement SMD resistors arrive. Long story but I followed a guide from a reputed LN2 overclocking "Guru" for voltage modding my cards and he had labelled the WRONG resistors to be removed so I am now running on a backup 8800 Ultra until i make the repairs.

The 8800 Ultra runs Blackdeath with everything on medium defaults at 25>35FPS quite smoothly.

The 1 run i did with a single GTX580 was avg 50FPS min 6FPS and Max 106FPS.

[roadczar]

I'm having some major issues with this board. Finally diagnosed it as having to do with Eyefinity over displayport connections.

:evil:

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?9084-Rampage-IV-Extreme-00-Code-After-Shut-Down

[FS~Phat]

I have 4 new 3GB GTX580s on their way to me so later this week I'll be able to do some new single, SLI, Tri-SLI and 4way SLI benching on single screen and surround @ 6040x1080. ;) I cant wait to see what these 3GB cards can do in multi-screen! :shock:

[FS~Phat]

4x New 3GB GTX580 Cards and the MB block arrived today!

I picked up a few more bits n pieces today to make the next attempt at hotwiring the cards less hassle and help me to repair the old cards.

A finer tip 0.3mm tipped iron for precision soldering.
2pin connectors to mount to the PCB so I dont have to have wire hanging off the cards and risk pulling pads/resistors off! I'll just plug the wires in after the cards are installed!
Ribbon cable for the PCB wiring to the 2pin connectors.
Chipquik SMD kit to lower the melting point and make it easier to safely remove the CORRECT resistor now I have the right instructions.
Flux Gel.
Fine tip needle hooks and tweezers to help with precisely holding the wire/components in place.
pics to follow

[FS~Phat]

Success! 1st card modded and working and it's even a cleaner mod than I had hoped!!

Here's the stuff that arrived and the pics of the finished card. I still have to re-mount water blocks and do the other cards.

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The solder job

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The 2pin socket mounted
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The cable connected
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Installed for testing
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The 1st card vcore (VGA1) registering in software @ 0.978v (default 2d volts with VGA tweak disabled)
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[FS~Phat]

All 4 cards successfully modded and tested!
Blocks and full testing tomorrow!

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[FS~Phat]

All up and running 1st Go! Pheeeww!!!!

Here's the Koolance block installed on the R4E along with CPU and Ram blocks.

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Here's the whole board assembled for checking.

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Installed and running!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Now off to tweak!!!!!!!!!

[FS~Phat]

Mission Accomplished!
CPU 5Ghz @ 1.55v max temp 78c
GPUs 1000/2200 @ 1.32v max temp 55c
Peak power draw PSU1 1300W PSU2 850W (at wall)

Not sure if I can really go any further than this and I've achieved the holy grail of 1000 on the GPUs! ;)

Ill do some CoD benching now!!! ;)

3dmk11 P23133 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2778260
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[335th_GRAthos]

Eheem... the last pictures seem a lot darker Phat. Is it because the fuses in your house burnt when you powered it up???? LOL! :D


Nice stuff!!!!


~S~

[FS~Phat]

I was playing COD for an hour today in 6048x1080 surround which pushes all 4 GPUs to 100% constantly.

It pushed the GPU core temps to 61c and water temp to 51c out of the GPUs and 47c after cooling in the radiators. This was after 1 hour. The CPU wasnt much better at 42c after CPU and 40c after cooling.

Ambient temp in my room is about 28c at the moment.
CPU idles at 40c with 35c water & peaks at 75c with 40c water
GPUs idle at 34c with 34c water & peaks at 61c with 47c water

The system was rock solid and stable drawing a constant 1800Ws from the PSU's during that time.

You should have felt the hot air coming out the exhaust fans! Almost as hot as factory GPU air coolers when on max load! Ambient temp in my room went up to about 32c.

Also did a proper noise level test at ear height (sitting next to it) and the system makes 36dbA at idle and 46dbA at full noise. A few people asked a while ago and I didnt have a meter capable of going below 50dbA.. I bought the most expensive iphone App ive ever seen! Signal Scope Pro for $80. So there you have it.

Subjectively that means it sounds about twice as loud under full load compared to idle but it's actually pretty tolerable really!
The joys of having an Aquaero 5 XT controller system! ;)

Oh and it's barely liftable at 52Kgs!!! (114 pounds)

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[FS~Phat]

A few more small upgrades! ;) I'll have some more sleeving to do!

How does 1 GigaByte per sec RAID 0 sound? :) Dam its really fast!
CLOD loads REAL fast now! ;)

Havent installed the HDD's yet, I'm still working out the best way to add them with the limited ports on X79 chipset...


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[ems9]

Omg! You going really hardcore man! You don't have there a computer, you have there a plane!

I bet it's amusing for you to make a full check list when in game.
-Mixture = ok
-Radiator position = ok
-Plane engine oil temperature = ok
-Plane engine oil pressure = ok
-Plane water temperature = ok
-Plane water pressure = ok
-Plane engine rpm's = ok
-PC CPU temp = ok
-PC MB temp = ok
-PC Rams temps = ok
-PC water cooling water temp = ok
-PC water cooling pressure = ok
-GPU 1/2/3/4 temps = ok
-GPU 1/2/3/4 rpm's

Flaps down! And take off!

You got there a kick ass system! The only thing I don't like is the power needed to keep that babe running.

[FS~Phat]

Your a funny Man! Yes the power usage is a small issue..... 2.5Kw under full load! :eek:


Here's some drive benchies from the new SSDs :)

New Drives
4x Sandisk Extreme 120GB in RAID 0 @ 128Kb stripe, default OS NTFS allocation size. Using Intel X79 SATA2 ports
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Old OS drives
2x OCZ Vertex2 120GB in RAID 0 @ 128Kb stripe, default OS NTFS allocation size. Using Intel X79 SATA3 ports
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[Katana1000S]

Wow, this is very impressive my friend ... remember reading about your hardware on here before.

I recently bought an Asus Rampage IV Extreme board socket 2011 build too, but went the whole hog for the I7-E 3960X as a pre overclocked 16 GB bundle at a guaranteed 4.6 GHz and in the past month or so of owning it, its not missed a beat.

http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=1374

I also have a GTX 680 2GB in use in this machine, with SSD's too for mainly flight sim ... in hindsight I should have waited for a GTX 780 or just the GTX 680 with a currently available 4GB for the higher resolutions I need.

It looks like you have went for the ultimate in many ways, but why not a 3960X? I know it only offers about 100MHz over a 3930, but the 3930 lose's out in cache too and not by much I admit, but there are other difference that probably only Intel could tell us ... but on CPU cache is important for what I do.

4 x 580's Wow, still we have 680's now.

I'm not knocking you mate, even you have to build within a budget I guess.

Highly highly impressive ... WTG

BTW here is link to my recent socket 2011 stuff :) Its in that thread somewhere pics too.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=31872

Let me know what you think, more than does the job though for all Flight Sims I own :)

[Helrza]

omg phat!!!! that things absolutely crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aer9o]

I also have a 3930K, there is no point to spend £300 more for the extra 3mb cash in 3960K! With the new 304 Nvidia beta drivers on my 680gtx COD is a much smoother affair! :-)

[FS~Phat]

Finally Finished!!! :wired::wired::wired:

Here's the updated pics...


The Final Product!
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Here you can see the final Sata sleeving and the new SSD PCI hotswap slot mounts for the 2x OCZ Vertex 2 120GB in RAID 0 for boot OS. They are removable from the back panel. I ran out of room for SSD's so I also mounted the 4bay hotswap SSD bay below which has 4x Sandisk extreme 120GB in RAID 0 for games. Yes I have everything backed up and an automated daily incremental backup goes to external RAID arrays.. which Ill get to at the end.
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Full side on.
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Full top view - note nicely painted BL-Ray drive (new 14x LG)
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4way sli close up
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Front to back view
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Back to Front view
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GPUs again..
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http://ttu5vg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1prnnUBoMFoWbtik8Jk7xmFUVeJPZmLgHSGdBj8QY-WaURgmIrBumdFkK0EkjmHEqEifpYp9mmszhCsNd-0gdE22kEUqFqe_dc/IMG_4125.JPG

CPU side view
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Top down view
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Back view
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Close PCI slots.. far right see the hotswap SSD cradles.
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Front View
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Zoomed in..
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Front top angle view
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All Buttoned up!!
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http://w7v84w.blu.livefilestore.com/y1paWgTnVj96t4ndvCDLsasGghZ37zrM8hWgRehuEjH6T9GPNs iBCAvVfgs29TSFQpce0QMmoynYjCXX-7eKUqfkmYsllxc5GNA/IMG_4139.JPG


Power Up! (and working!) :)
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http://ttu5vg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pq-DvnwKV96ZIVLfFIhZQU0-gTcBSuAD8cjU7DxP-0UJlw6fd6P88_lEzcLOWbTaWwgKYRKmm27UJ_F8nZ7vPQ3pLQL 8xqrb5/IMG_4154.JPG


http://ttu5vg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1p9PyajAR1nBAjVHBfdK0rVNX6ssv4e9e1F_BDvhptaHbfNy_ 28IHiSdl1JfomP58vWPjfLVH2kr1LBnqJ--zDG2WeHb6pNZMn/IMG_4156.JPG


http://ttu5vg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1peHhLxyhYJ_i9Eiapycux1RvQZeFvojx32vUWGApQjPKA52Y 71_rD4xGbGOSZFngd5VX6AolnN3V_OpOJ5LDq9chfu6uqa4bV/IMG_4161.JPG


http://ttu5vg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pHJeiMcsVg_ZshdFGWOi-MIgjF3JhT4g39HkfwtYy6Yo4cqS0zhJn9xZor_KGkKrdUca--wAcLEOcNTg_kQhW8K30py7iHuD6/IMG_4162.JPG


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[FS~Phat]

The Full Enchilada!!!! :)
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External RAID arrays... connected via e-SATA
On the left 8x WD 3TB Green drives in 2 lots of 4 drive RAID 10 sets. (5.46TB usable each RAID volume - these are hardware RAID giving about 200MB's)
On the right the slightly older 4bay RAID now with 4x WD 1TB blacks in RAID 0 for some game storage. Giving about 250MB's.

All data from SSD's and the WD blacks is backed up to one of the RAID 10 volumes and all my critical data is again backed up to the second RAID 10 volume including some data from the other RAID 10 volume.

Thats All Folks...!!!! :) :) :)

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