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MeanBruceROG
Level 11
ask Viz...
Maximus Obsidious “Max”
Chassis : CaseLabs M8
PSU : Corsair Platinum AX860 (Seasonic) w/Corsair Gen2 AX Cables
CPU : Intel 3770k 4.2GHz Vcore 1.282 Delta T=2.5C at idle
RAM : Corsair Dominator GT 2133Mhz 2X4GB kit
Mobo : Asus Maximus V Extreme (you and me baby)
GPU : Asus 6870 DirectCU (Asus GTX780 5GB Coming Soon) 😛
Cooling : H100i Sanyo-Denki San Ace 120(x6)
Internal SSDs : Intel 520 120GB(x2) RAID0
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Sylar76
Level 7
Hi, I don't know if anyone else has already posted it, but since I've updated Intel MEI Firmware to the latest version I've fixed the CMOS corruption error and the other bug regarding lost cmos savings after reboot.

I hope this could help other users having M5E 1604 bios version. 😉

TenBlade
Level 11
Hi Sylar. Thanks for info. Could you make a separate thread on it, here in Max. section? It would reach a broader crowd than just he ones following this thread. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the ROGs.

MeanBruceROG
Level 11
Thank you Mr. Bashi, you could not be arriving at a more necessary moment:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewB7xHHIvE
Maximus Obsidious “Max”
Chassis : CaseLabs M8
PSU : Corsair Platinum AX860 (Seasonic) w/Corsair Gen2 AX Cables
CPU : Intel 3770k 4.2GHz Vcore 1.282 Delta T=2.5C at idle
RAM : Corsair Dominator GT 2133Mhz 2X4GB kit
Mobo : Asus Maximus V Extreme (you and me baby)
GPU : Asus 6870 DirectCU (Asus GTX780 5GB Coming Soon) 😛
Cooling : H100i Sanyo-Denki San Ace 120(x6)
Internal SSDs : Intel 520 120GB(x2) RAID0

gokcegoktan
Level 7
Hi guys,

I have a problem that I could not find any solution. Maybe someone may help.

I crossfired Asus Matrix 7970s on mobo MVE on my new setup. I have a Creative SB ZX SBX soundcard. Because the gpus are 3 slot, I can only mount the sound card to last PCIe slot or PCIe 2B slot. If I mount the sound card to the last slot, crossfire and the sound card do not work. If I mount the sound card to the PCIe 2B slot and one 7970 to the PCIe 3 slot, sound card do not work but I can crossfire.

Is there a way to crossfire and use the sound card together or should I forget the sound card ?
Mobo : Asus Maximus V Extreme bios 1408
CPU : i7-3770k
Rams : Kingston HyperX Beast 4x8 GB 2400 Mhz
LCS : Corsair h100i
GPU : Asus ROG Matrix Radeon HD 7970 Platinum CrossFire
PSU : Thermaltake Toughpower XT 1275W
Chassis : CoolerMaster Cosmos 2
OS : WIN7 x64

gokcegoktan wrote:
Hi guys,

I have a problem that I could not find any solution. Maybe someone may help.

I crossfired Asus Matrix 7970s on mobo MVE on my new setup. I have a Creative SB ZX SBX soundcard. Because the gpus are 3 slot, I can only mount the sound card to last PCIe slot or PCIe 2B slot. If I mount the sound card to the last slot, crossfire and the sound card do not work. If I mount the sound card to the PCIe 2B slot and one 7970 to the PCIe 3 slot, sound card do not work but I can crossfire.

Is there a way to crossfire and use the sound card together or should I forget the sound card ?

Nobody knows any solution I guess 😞
Mobo : Asus Maximus V Extreme bios 1408
CPU : i7-3770k
Rams : Kingston HyperX Beast 4x8 GB 2400 Mhz
LCS : Corsair h100i
GPU : Asus ROG Matrix Radeon HD 7970 Platinum CrossFire
PSU : Thermaltake Toughpower XT 1275W
Chassis : CoolerMaster Cosmos 2
OS : WIN7 x64

gokcegoktan wrote:
Nobody knows any solution I guess 😞


Sorry man, gosh I wish I had an answer for you, but as a proud owner of only a single very average video card, I just don't know. But I'm sure the guys over in the Asus video card forums can find a solution for you, again sorry about that. After you find an answer come on back and say hello. 🙂



The latest prototype photos of the newest CaseLabs chassis arriving soon. Yep, as the photos reveal this is a small little case. Titled the CaseLabs Mercury after the smallest planet in our system. Anyone that hasn’t already heard, over the next two years, three new CaseLabs Series will become available, after Mercury, will be Gemini, the dual compartment successor to the Magnum Series, and later the Apollo Series, oh my.








As cute as little Mercury is, the Magnum/Merlin/Gemini series are more ROG adaptable, full size to fit an E-ATX board, yet still appealing to the cozy restrictions of a working desktop surface. The CaseLabs M8 is right at home and perfectly silent as a high-performance office pc. Geometrically it’s not really a cube, it’s just cuboidal with 2 supporting compartments side by side. What every scientist drools over. 🙂







Did I say two supporting compartments? 😮 Thank you again CaseLabs.
Maximus Obsidious “Max”
Chassis : CaseLabs M8
PSU : Corsair Platinum AX860 (Seasonic) w/Corsair Gen2 AX Cables
CPU : Intel 3770k 4.2GHz Vcore 1.282 Delta T=2.5C at idle
RAM : Corsair Dominator GT 2133Mhz 2X4GB kit
Mobo : Asus Maximus V Extreme (you and me baby)
GPU : Asus 6870 DirectCU (Asus GTX780 5GB Coming Soon) 😛
Cooling : H100i Sanyo-Denki San Ace 120(x6)
Internal SSDs : Intel 520 120GB(x2) RAID0

kkn
Level 14
read in the manual about the pcie setup, i guess there should be some info about that, mabye the config about a 3 way setup if that works?
can you put the screencard in slot 2A or do you have to use the 2b becouse of the space?
try 1 2a and 3 ( or 4 ) and see if that works?
look in the book under page 1.26

kkn wrote:
read in the manual about the pcie setup, i guess there should be some info about that, mabye the config about a 3 way setup if that works?
can you put the screencard in slot 2A or do you have to use the 2b becouse of the space?
try 1 2a and 3 ( or 4 ) and see if that works?
look in the book under page 1.26

When I mount the first 7970 to the first slot I can mount the second 7970 to 2b, 3 or 4. I can not mount the second 7970 to 2a. These cards are 3 slot cards. I already read the manual, but could not find a way to run the sound card while crossfire the 7970s.
Mobo : Asus Maximus V Extreme bios 1408
CPU : i7-3770k
Rams : Kingston HyperX Beast 4x8 GB 2400 Mhz
LCS : Corsair h100i
GPU : Asus ROG Matrix Radeon HD 7970 Platinum CrossFire
PSU : Thermaltake Toughpower XT 1275W
Chassis : CoolerMaster Cosmos 2
OS : WIN7 x64

MeanBruceROG
Level 11


This is the CEO of Swiftech’s written response to Tom’s review. Thought it might be an important read for anyone trying to decide which cooler might best suit their needs. Posting Tom’s review once more and Mr. Rouchon’s rebuttal/response. Always good to hear both points of view before deciding. The H220 will begin selling this week, so there should be many personal reviews arriving from customers.

Tom did increase his review award to Gold for the H220.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfLKkyIJOI&list=UU_SN80_V2GymyCWM2oTYTeg&index=2

“Dear Forum members, in response to Mr Tom Logan’s review of this product, I have the following comments which I would like to share with you here.

I. On the subject of poor performance of the H220 relative to Corsair H100i on the 2011 platform at approximately equal fan speed.

Our observations are as follows:

Possible factor #1 – operating fan speed : Swiftech was tested at fixed 12v (1800 rpm) and Corsair H100i was tested in Balanced mode.

According to Corsair, I cite:

“The "Low Noise", "Balanced", and "High Performance" settings are not strict fan RPMs, but performance curves that let the fans spin up based on internal coolant temp. Their settings are as follows:

Low Noise - 900 RPM to 1300 RPM
Balanced - 1300 RPM to 2000 RPM
High Perf - 1600 RPM to 2600 RPM”

Therefore, because of the high heat load generated by this particular processor (150W +++) it is possible/likely that the Corsair fans operated at their maximum of 2000 RPM in such balanced mode (versus the H220 1800 RPM), which certainly could account for a 2C loss for the Swiftech unit against the Corsair.

Possible factor #2 –Thermal compound - Assuming that all units were tested with the same thermal compound

In our own lab testing, and at high temperature loads, we have measured more than 2C difference between our TIM-Mate 2 and Corsair’s pre-applied compound. So by testing the units with a better compound than the original pre-applied stuff, this could artificially boost performance of the Corsair by up to 2C, which is not representative of the product performance “as shipped”.

For further clarifications, Swiftech’s position on the subject matter of doing comparative testing/reviews of AIO units is that they should be tested in two stages, and the relevant data reported to readers as follows:
1. “as received”, based on the rationale that the vast majority of these products is sold to first time users who do not generally replace the thermal compound, particularly when it is pre-applied, and
2. with the same thermal compound so as to establish the thermal characteristics of the product using the same baseline, which provides additional information to the more advanced users.


For the record, all comparative test data published by Swiftech is based on item 1 in accordance with the above stated belief.

Conclusions:

Both of the above factors combined yield up to 4C or more in favor of the Corsair. When readjusted downwards as such, the data would be consistent with our own testing at +/- 1C. In effect, we observed in our lab that the Corsair H100i unit performed substantially better than the earlier H100 version on the Socket LGA 2011 platform compared to 1155 and 1366, and came close (by 1.7C) to the performance of our H220 at equal fan speed on this particular platform.

II. On the subject of Expandability and other matters

• We noticed a factual error in Mr Logan’s presentation, and would like to correct it; he says erroneously and I cite: “it is technically a DDC”. As explained at length in our video presentations the pump is entirely Swiftech developed and Swiftech manufactured. It is not “Technically” a Laing Made DDC.
• We cannot respond in details to Mr Logan’s comments on the subject of our kit’s expandability, such as adding a VGA in particular, because the opinions expressed by Mr Logan are not backed by factual data. We can only state that we DEMONSTRATED the product to be fully expandable to a full panel of media specialists during CES.

III. On the subject of tubing length

We could not but notice Mr Logans’ extreme frustration regarding the above subject matter. What we can respond with is this:
o as far as the primary target user is concerned (first time user), we intentionally supply longer tubing than other AIO kits with the H220 because we genuinely believe that it will provide more choices to users in terms of installation of the product in their case, such as frontal installation, or installation at the bottom of the case.
o As far as the DIY enthusiast user is concerned, our decision was based on the rationale that the H220 tubing can be replaced at will by such users.

We want to thank overclock3D.net for granting a Gold Award to the H220 CPU cooler, and hope that the above commentaries will further assist users in deciding which kit is right for them.

Gabriel Rouchon
CEO
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Gabriel Rouchon
CEO Swiftech


Also, LInus Tech Tips reviews the H220:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVNuN0UcYUQ&list=UUXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw&index=4
Maximus Obsidious “Max”
Chassis : CaseLabs M8
PSU : Corsair Platinum AX860 (Seasonic) w/Corsair Gen2 AX Cables
CPU : Intel 3770k 4.2GHz Vcore 1.282 Delta T=2.5C at idle
RAM : Corsair Dominator GT 2133Mhz 2X4GB kit
Mobo : Asus Maximus V Extreme (you and me baby)
GPU : Asus 6870 DirectCU (Asus GTX780 5GB Coming Soon) 😛
Cooling : H100i Sanyo-Denki San Ace 120(x6)
Internal SSDs : Intel 520 120GB(x2) RAID0

Code187
Level 8
I am thinking if going liq cooled myself, but have absolutely no knowledge were to start in regards to which cooler to pick. At some point id like to add 2 Titan cards to the mix, so the system would have to be oversized to start with. Working with a Cooler Master V8 as of now with a 3770k@ 4.4ghz. Around 100*@idle 176* under load. Lil to warm?.
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