Post Your Overclock!


  1. Posts : 1,653
    Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
       #1251

    smarteyeball said:

    You could always grab the PRO version to save few dollars unless you really want the USB 3.0 adapter. Otherwise there's no difference between the Pro and Deluxe version.
    According to the specs at ASUS:

    The V Pro has integrated graphics the Deluxe doesn't. The deluxe has two eSATA, one is powered, the pro has one unpowered eSATA. The Deluxe has two Gbit NICs. The Deluxe has a different (and I believe better?) audio codec. The Deluxe has a back-panel 1394 as well as mid-board; the pro has two mid-board, no back panel. The deluxe has NEC USB3.0, the pro ASMedia. The deluxe has 2 more rear USB2.0 + some other stuff. The Deluxe has a front-panel USB 3.0 box, the pro a rear panel USB3.0 bracket. The pro has two CPU fan headers, the deluxe one. You can do a feature comparison at the ASUS website.

    Aside from that it looks like the basic BIOS and power and overclocking ability are identical.

    You can get the USB FP box for $30 from ASUS and use it on the pro instead of the back bracket.

    I have a door on the front of my PC, already have a USB 3.0 hub, and have a decent PCI-e eSATA card for a second eSATA, so the Pro fit my needs well.
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  2. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #1252

    That's about it from what I saw except for the Deluxe's Dr. Debug led, which I have on this board and have never used. I'm not sure how useful that is. I think the V Pro has all the features to suit me.
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  3. Posts : 1,653
    Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
       #1253

    I should have mine updated sometime this week. I have already gutted the PC, cleaned up th cabling and rerouted for different MB connection points. Will report back, prob on the weekend, once I have it up and going for a few days.

    Cheers
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  4. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #1254

    GeneO said:
    I should have mine updated sometime this week. I have already gutted the PC, cleaned up th cabling and rerouted for different MB connection points. Will report back, prob on the weekend, once I have it up and going for a few days.

    Cheers
    That's great news. Please do report back, with plenty of pictures too. It helps my addiction when I'm not building.
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  5. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #1255

    GeneO said:

    According to the specs at ASUS:

    The V Pro has integrated graphics the Deluxe doesn't. The deluxe has two eSATA, one is powered, the pro has one unpowered eSATA. The Deluxe has two Gbit NICs. The Deluxe has a different (and I believe better?) audio codec. The Deluxe has a back-panel 1394 as well as mid-board; the pro has two mid-board, no back panel. The deluxe has NEC USB3.0, the pro ASMedia. The deluxe has 2 more rear USB2.0 + some other stuff. The Deluxe has a front-panel USB 3.0 box, the pro a rear panel USB3.0 bracket. The pro has two CPU fan headers, the deluxe one. You can do a feature comparison at the ASUS website.

    That too...

    I probably should have refreshed myself a little on the differences between the two before claiming 'they're the same' :)



    *

    Gone back to 4.6ghz now.

    I was BSODing a bit at idle as the powerstate transitions were occurring and was being tripped up by lack of vcore under low load/spikes. I'm not really in the mood for fine tuning and my curiosity is satisfied. For now


    Britton30 said:

    First thing I noticed was he gives some specific reasons for the 0x124 bug check code. From what I've found that is kind of a generic hardware fault code which may be hardware related...or not.
    x124's are generic h/w faults, but when overclocking it's a pretty safe assumption that it's usually vcore causing the shenanigans.
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  6. Posts : 1,653
    Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
       #1256

    smarteyeball said:
    GeneO said:

    According to the specs at ASUS:

    The V Pro has integrated graphics the Deluxe doesn't. The deluxe has two eSATA, one is powered, the pro has one unpowered eSATA. The Deluxe has two Gbit NICs. The Deluxe has a different (and I believe better?) audio codec. The Deluxe has a back-panel 1394 as well as mid-board; the pro has two mid-board, no back panel. The deluxe has NEC USB3.0, the pro ASMedia. The deluxe has 2 more rear USB2.0 + some other stuff. The Deluxe has a front-panel USB 3.0 box, the pro a rear panel USB3.0 bracket. The pro has two CPU fan headers, the deluxe one. You can do a feature comparison at the ASUS website.

    That too...

    I probably should have refreshed myself a little on the differences between the two before claiming 'they're the same' :)



    *

    Gone back to 4.6ghz now.

    I was BSODing a bit at idle as the powerstate transitions were occurring and was being tripped up by lack of vcore under low load/spikes. I'm not really in the mood for fine tuning and my curiosity is satisfied. For now


    Britton30 said:

    First thing I noticed was he gives some specific reasons for the 0x124 bug check code. From what I've found that is kind of a generic hardware fault code which may be hardware related...or not.
    x124's are generic h/w faults, but when overclocking it's a pretty safe assumption that it's usually vcore causing the shenanigans.
    Well in the important areas they are the same, it is just some differences in supported peripherals that might make a difference to some people. Even though the Deluxe doesn't have on board graphics output, I guess virtu sill works so you can use the iGPU Quick Sync capabilities for transcoding. I will set my PRO up to use the discrete graphics port with a switch to igpu for transcoding apps if I ever use that

    For the previous generation, I think x124 was most often Vtt out of range. Now with these I have read (just this afternoon actually) that a common cause is the enabling of the C report states at idle:

    Solving / Fixing BSOD 124 on sandybridge. READ OP FIRST!!

    I think I may set mine up along the lines of my current overclock: speedstep off, all c states disabled except for C1e.

    How to you have your power savings/management set uo?

    Cheers
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  7. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #1257

    GeneO said:
    I think I may set mine up along the lines of my current overclock: speedstep off, all c states disabled except for C1e.

    How to you have your power savings/management set uo?

    Cheers
    I've left Speedstep/EIST On and all the C-States on default to keep the power savings intact. Essentially using the opposite of previous gen's settings.

    Up to a point, SB is very accommodating with leaving all the powersaving features enabled. Depending on the clock speed you're going for, I'd start with them enabled. It scales quite well with it enabled. I haven't noticed any adverse affect on my SSD performance either.

    At 4.6ghz I have all power saving on and the LLC set to regular (0% - basically off, full intel spec)





    At 4.8ghz I had to set the LLC to 75%, which may be part of the idle state BSOD's. LLC and offset really do start to mess with each other at higher clocks.
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  8. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #1258

    I disabled C3 and C6 like the link said. My Vcore went way up. I had to work on it a while to get it back right, but it seems to run good at a slightly lower Vcore. I'm just going to try it for a while, but may go back--- Once I feel like fiddling with the Vcore settings again. But, I did leave EIST on. from what I remember reading somewhere on the overclockers forum, you have to turn off turbo too to keep Speedstep from working.
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  9. Posts : 409
    win7 Ult 64
       #1259

    A Guy said:
    I think Kip liked it:

    ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe MB Review

    A Guy

    Excellent board, never really got a chance to play with it that long. The X79 boards started arriving so I needed the bench for the new stuff.
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  10. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #1260

    Kipper said:
    A Guy said:
    I think Kip liked it:

    ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe MB Review

    A Guy

    Excellent board, never really got a chance to play with it that long. The X79 boards started arriving so I needed the bench for the new stuff.

    I read your article. That's when I started my scheme to try and buy one. I'm having trouble convincing my Wife I really need one. But, that's never stopped me before. She'll get over it.
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