Ok, I promised I would report back after I had put these boards head to head to solve my skepticism of the ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA. My initial thoughts were that the board was buggy, quirky, ran too hot and that the clocks were not as good as the P35 Chipset. Do I still feel that way? Well, let's take a look at results I was able to gather.
I had only two CPU's and Two Boards to test with.
CPU: Q6600 (G0) and my trusty Dual Core e6400.
MOBO: Asus P5K Deluxe and Maximus Formula
Cooling: Apogee GT, Dual 120mm Rad, MCP655b pump
The Maximus and the Quad...
With Crucial Ram (800mhz) I was able to reach a top FSB speed at 9 Multiplier of 460, although it was not stable enough for booting into windows. The Maximum Frequency I was able to Boot and run a test was 446. Keep in mind that the memory was not the deciding factor here, as the timings were still low and the memory operating at below 900MHZ.
The Vcore was 1.6v (as opposed to the 1.200 shown in the CPU Info). The northbridge was at 1.6v as well.
I had only two CPU's and Two Boards to test with.
CPU: Q6600 (G0) and my trusty Dual Core e6400.
MOBO: Asus P5K Deluxe and Maximus Formula
Cooling: Apogee GT, Dual 120mm Rad, MCP655b pump
The Maximus and the Quad...
With Crucial Ram (800mhz) I was able to reach a top FSB speed at 9 Multiplier of 460, although it was not stable enough for booting into windows. The Maximum Frequency I was able to Boot and run a test was 446. Keep in mind that the memory was not the deciding factor here, as the timings were still low and the memory operating at below 900MHZ.
The Vcore was 1.6v (as opposed to the 1.200 shown in the CPU Info). The northbridge was at 1.6v as well.
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