[HITandRUN]

So the new hyped ASUS board is in my hands and I figured its time for a thread where we can share our experiences with it. First of all I have to say that I'm not too impressed with the quality of this board. Reading around the internet I found a few sources which were indicating that the placement of the TIM on the X58 and the southbridge were terrible. Well I took the sink off today and this is what came into the light. I thought the days of using this NOOB gluey gum are over. I guess not. Also one of the screws was not screwed all the way in on the southbridge causing bad contact which you can see in the pics. Another thing is the X58 part of the sink. It looks like there is 3 threaded holes in the sink but only 2 screws were holding it in place. Can someone with this board check on this for me. I replaced the TIM and mounted a WC block. This is it for now. My new ram will be here on Friday so the initial testing follows during the weekend.

Also the more I have been inspecting the including accessories the more I think this is a used board which was sold as new to by me the Egg. Accessory bags taped closed with regular office tape is not exactly stock. WTF Egg?











BIOS settings by JOR-EL

Target CPU Frequency        4410MHz
Target DRAM Frequency        1683MHz

LN2 Mode:            Disabled***
QPI Loadline Calibration:    Enabled***

Sync Mode            [Enabled]
AI Overclock Tuner        [Manual]
OC From CPU level Up        [Auto]
CPU Ratio Setting        [21.0]
CPU Turbo Power Limit        [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting        [21.0]
C1E Support            [Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher        [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher    [Enabled]
Intel(R) Virtualiyation Tech    [Enabled]
CPU TM Function            [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit        [Enabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology        [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores        [All]
A20M                [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech    [Enabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech        [Enabled]
C State package limit setting    [Auto]
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BCLK Frequency            [210]
PCIE Frequency            [100]
DRAM Frequency            [1683]
UCLK Frequency            [3789]
QPI Link Data Rate        [7579]

Memory Configuration Protect    [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency              6    [6]
RAS# to CAS# Delay          7    [7]
RAS# PRE Time              6    [6]
RAS# ACT Time             18    [18]
RAS# to RAS# Delay          4    [4]
REF Cycle Time             72    [72]
WRITE Recovery Time         12    [10]
READ to PRE Time          6    [6]
FOUR ACT WIN Time         24    [Auto]
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay          0    [Auto]

Timing Mode             1N    [1N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA    60    [60]
Round Trip Latency on CHB    62    [62]
Round Trip Latency on CHC    64    [64]

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)          8    [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)          8    [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)         18    [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)          7    [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)          7    [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)          7    [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DD)          7    [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DR)          6    [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(SR)          4    [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)      8    [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)      8    [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)     18    [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude    [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew            [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew            [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode            [T-Balanced]
PWR Volt. Control        [Auto]
Load-Line Calibration        [Full]
CPU Voltege OCP            [Enabled]
CPU PWM Frequency        [1000kHz]

Extreme OV            [Disabled]
Extreme OC            [Auto]

CPU Voltage        1.415    [1.41250]
CPU PLL Voltage     1.812    [Auto]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage    1.310    [1.31250]
DRAM Bus Voltage    1.654    [Auto]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA    [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA    [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB    [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB    [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC    [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC    [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage        1.244    [Auto]
IOH PCIE Voltage    1.508    [Auto]

ICH Voltage        1.111    [Auto]
ICH PCIE Voltage        [Auto]

---------- Spread Spectrum Control -----------
CPU Spread Spectrum        [Disabled]
DRAM Spread Spectrum        [Disabled]

***on-board jumper dependant

* courtesy of donmarkoni @ i4memory.com[/QUOTE]