Asus R3E at newegg

[lakeside2189]

The new board is at Newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642

[FACE]

under $400? Nice!

[MaadDaawg]

Had it been there a week ago I'd have given it some serious thought.. but bought a 762 instead already, so no go for me.

I can't imagine what ASUS was thinking when they designed and shipped this product without the external LCD Poster ??? I mean come on, every ROG board to date had an LCD Poster!!! How you supposed to follow your boot, or debug when something don't go exactly right? No hexidecimal display? No LCD Poster?? Jeeez...

:D

[Patch]

In before the out of stock.

[Kal-EL]

good lookin out LS :thumbsup:

[HITandRUN]

On the way to me! Let see what all the hype is all about. :shock:

[Kal-EL]

On the way to me! Let see what all the hype is all about. :shock:
:clapping:

[DrNip]

Looks great, price looks great but can't stand Asus's un-user friendly BIOS. :thumbdown:

[HITandRUN]

Looks great, price looks great but can't stand Asus's un-user friendly BIOS. :thumbdown:

Yes believe me I know what you talking about and I pretty much dislike ASUS as well and would not touch it with a 6' long stick but after talking to Slavinius I thought I would check it out. BTW: its out f stock already!

[DrNip]

I have the Asus Premium and only because of the Sata 3 on it. Went to put a mild overclock on this 960 and the BIOS was just poorly put together. As I remember correctly my P5B Deluxe was just the same. Can't beat EVGA's BIOS. Best in the business.

[Witchdoctor]

I used ASUS boards for years and have always had good luck with them.

Whent to Gigabyte for i7 and eventually a 760 .....

Best of luck H&R ... let us know the verdict ?

[ReverendMaynard]

looks killer and great price as well. Splave spoke highly of it, so take that for what it's worth....a shit ton.

I'm bypassing this offering for the SR-2. Got the chips, and the RE3 would be a lateral move on a 920 from the 760.

[Splave]

On the way to me! Let see what all the hype is all about. :shock:

excellent choice, rule that weird issue out :cool3:

[DrNip]

Will be waiting on results. Really interested on what this can do with a 920.

[FACE]

Will be waiting on results. Really interested on what this can do with a 920.

Same here. 250+ bclk will pretty much sell me. lol, 6ghz uncore wouldn't hurt. :ohcrap:

[DrNip]

I'm looking for 275+ BCLK! :broomstick:

When you get it H&R could you snap some pics of the BIOS for us and post them?

[FACE]

I'm looking for 275+ BCLK! :broomstick:

:blink:

[Neuromancer]

Had it been there a week ago I'd have given it some serious thought.. but bought a 762 instead already, so no go for me.

I can't imagine what ASUS was thinking when they designed and shipped this product without the external LCD Poster ??? I mean come on, every ROG board to date had an LCD Poster!!! How you supposed to follow your boot, or debug when something don't go exactly right? No hexidecimal display? No LCD Poster?? Jeeez...

:D

They dont need the LCD poster they have ROG connect. maybe?

[Splave]

word, no more boot codes they tell you whats happening ftw.

ROG connect was epic for cpu-z, just have cpu-z and spam the valid key will upping with rog connect which doesnt tax the system

[Patch]

Yes believe me I know what you talking about and I pretty much dislike ASUS as well and would not touch it with a 6' long stick but after talking to Slavinius I thought I would check it out. BTW: its out f stock already!

Got mixed feelings with ASUS mobos. Commandos have been good to me, but a crappy RE and POS P6T7 soured me for a while.

Knew it would sell out fast so I bought mine early. :clapping:

With the R3E, GTX 480 and a TPQ 1200 OC all on their way, I'm getting kind of giddy.

Now just have to figure out how to grease the wheels with the wife for a 160L dewar rental.....$150 + $45 rental + $25 delivery = a much better deal than lugging my dewars back and forth and getting overcharged for the hassle. Hope they can get it up the driveway. Problem is that I'll have a hard time ever sending it back........

[Splave]

do they do rent to buy?

[Neuromancer]

LOL LEase to own option FTW!!

I love ASUS products and hate them

Love them because they are such durable products

Hate them cause their RMA process SUCKS ass and has no where near the QC their manufacturing process does.

[HITandRUN]

excellent choice, rule that weird issue out :cool3:

On it boss!

I'm looking for 275+ BCLK! :broomstick:

When you get it H&R could you snap some pics of the BIOS for us and post them?

Will do mate!

Hope they can get it up the driveway.

Install a winch in your garage and pull it up your drive way. I didn't do this yet but my driveway is pretty steep and 160L is a monster. There is no way you push it up a driveway so I thought this would be a nice idea in case I ever rent one. ;)

[Patch]

Install a winch in your garage and pull it up your drive way. ;)

:blink:

That would most definitely NOT help grease the wheels with the wife.

"No, really, hon, this is gonna save us sooo much money. I'll get if for less than 1/2 the price I'm paying now. What am I paying now, you say? Errmm.....not that much..... Well, it's too heavy to move around so we need this winch, see.... Oh yeah, we need one anyay....It would help with that tree you keep wanting me to remove from the front yard.... And we wouldn't be able to get the tank up the driveway otherwise, I mean, Splave lives across country....You'll love having the tank here because I'll be home more often not having to keep going to the welding supply....and you'll get used to the periodic gunshot sounds as the tank pops off now and then...."

[Splave]

Steps for success
1. Kick out the wife
2. Get massive ln2 supply
3. Splave moves in
4. Profit

[Patch]

:rofl

[HITandRUN]

Steps for success
1. Kick out the wife
2. Get massive ln2 supply
3. Splave moves in
4. Profit

You forgot the step where you tell your GF that you leaving her for Patch and his sweet "winch". EPIC! :smackbum:

[Splave]

haha no time for women in this hobby

[HITandRUN]

haha no time for women in this hobby

Nice! I'll try to let my wife of 10 years know and ask her what she thinks. Something tells me that there will me more of this --> :deadhorse: and that :smackbum: going on! :D

[MaadDaawg]

Looks great, price looks great but can't stand Asus's un-user friendly BIOS. :thumbdown:

+1 on the BIOS :thumbdown:

[MaadDaawg]

Steps for success
1. Kick out the wife
2. Get massive ln2 supply
3. Splave moves in
4. Profit

Yeah.. but can you cook and clean house :P

[Splave]

I cook like a pro! cleaning meh I sweep everything under the refrigerator lol

[ocgmj]

^^ rofl. good one splig

[MaadDaawg]

:rofl:

[2chesapeakes]

I cook like a pro! cleaning meh I sweep everything under the refrigerator lol

Splave lifting the fridge while patch is bitching while cleaning under it.

[Jor-El]

Buuuuuuuuuuuu Newegg!

Tracking number 1ZXxxxxxxx2732877 Ship date 04/22/2010 23:38:50 Estimated delivery 04/26/2010 Destination FLAG, AZ, US Service type 2ND DAY AIR Weight 8.00 LBS Status In Transit

[Splave]

no fun for the weekend, sorry MR.Jor
I hear things about a 760 anyways for some 980 loving?

[HITandRUN]

My will be here on Tuesday! :D:clapping:

[Splave]

big red mofo ftw :)

[Patch]

R3E in the house.

Maybe freeze tomorrow depending on how much tweaking I get to on SS tonight.

.....filled up the dewars today just in case.

[Kal-EL]

:D Happy Days :D

[HITandRUN]

R3E in the house.

Maybe freeze tomorrow depending on how much tweaking I get to on SS tonight.

.....filled up the dewars today just in case.

Yeah my will be here tomorrow! See if this thing will run better than the Classy under cold. :D

[Kal-EL]

Yeah my will be here tomorrow! See if this thing will rin better than the Classy under cold. :D

A direct comparison is in order between E762 and Ax3

[FACE]

I'm interested in max bclk comparisons..... in for the results :Hi:

[Splave]

good luck guys you will really love the board. I only got to use it for a while but I could probably answer some question

[Patch]

Didn't get much done last night except for insulating and booting into windows. I actually got sidetracked reading the manual. :blink: Trying to get familiar with all the LED's - there's a lot of them and they seem to replace post codes when not using the laptop thingy. And a bunch of "clear CMOS" buttons on the board that aren't "clear CMOS".....

Be a few days before freezing. Gonna try out the laptop thingy and maximize fermi setup before the cold. Besides, I sold my HX1000 and am stuck with a single CPU plug 750 Silencer until my TPQ 1200 OC arrives tomorrow.....

Very nice board design. LED's, buttons, voltage readouts, LN2 jumper, easy PCIE slot disabling,.....this thing takes a lot of Classified 762 stuff and makes it more accessible while benching and more user friendly.

[Splave]

very well put :) find the q-flash button top left of the board?
Im glad they used switches not jumpers for the slots disabling.

do you know what bios it shipped with?

[HITandRUN]

very well put :) find the q-flash button top left of the board?
Im glad they used switches not jumpers for the slots disabling.

do you know what bios it shipped with?

I saw some 3d records made with the 0402 (03/31) but dont know if this is the BIOS it comes with. What version have you used at the ASUS OC event?

[Patch]

Didn't check the number, but the BIOS date mine shipped with was 3/31.

Only gripe I have so far is the limited real estate compared to the 762 (a nod to case users, I guess....). NB sink is too close to the first PCIE slot - gonna be super tight with thumbscrews and insulation on the backside of the card - and completely eliminate its use with some cards modded with supplemental caps.

[Kal-EL]

very well put :) find the q-flash button top left of the board?
Im glad they used switches not jumpers for the slots disabling.

do you know what bios it shipped with?

Splave, you have any of the documentation or presentation material from the event we can use?

[FACE]

If there is a way to use the ROG connect feature to get a bios dump from the competition board that would be nice too
:D

[Splave]

Splave, you have any of the documentation or presentation material from the event we can use?

no not really, just what can be found on the ASUS site. 402 was the bios we were on at the compo. It was good but not perfect IE set some random voltages think one of the ich or ioh voltages decided to go to 2v or something on its own.


The different cooling mode options, the bios engineer didnt even know what they did so I wouldnt worry about them. hmm what else, I know you can flash the bios with just a PSU connected to the board which is kinda cool.

Also pure didnt even use VRM sinks on their board the power circuitry is epic. :cool3:

[HITandRUN]

Board in the house but the testing will have to wait until the weekend! :this: Just no time during the week here on my end. Also my new ram should be here on Friday so perfect timing I would say. :thumbsup:

[Splave]

^ nice ram pun, perfect timing har har

[Kal-EL]

Board is present and accounted for including 3003 of the Alpha Quandrant. I'm seriously thinking of bailing out on the new work "forum developement committee" and taking vacation for the rest of the month. They'd prolly pitch a huge fit seeing as I'm the only knucklehead with a clue how to operate it.

[Chuchnit]

Board is present and accounted for including 3003 of the Alpha Quandrant. I'm seriously thinking of bailing out on the new work "forum developement committee" and taking vacation for the rest of the month. They'd prolly pitch a huge fit seeing as I'm the only knucklehead with a clue how to operate it.

Better send that back and tell them to kindly replace it with a B batch.

[Kal-EL]

Better send that back and tell them to kindly replace it with a B batch.

Nah, I'll give it a run since the batches are all over the friggin place these days. I'll rma it when it doesn't post anymore.

[Chuchnit]

Nah, I'll give it a run since the batches are all over the friggin place these days. I'll rma it when it doesn't post anymore.

That's the spirit. If it don't clock good, make it clock good with 2v+. Then send the busted junk back to intel. I like where you're going with this. :cool3: IMHO, everygbody should do this just to tell intel to piss off with their high prices and all over the place batches on 32nm. :Dizzy:

[HITandRUN]

That's the spirit. If it don't clock good, make it clock good with 2v+. Then send the busted junk back to intel. I like where you're going with this. :cool3: IMHO, everygbody should do this just to tell intel to piss off with their high prices and all over the place batches on 32nm. :Dizzy:

Agreed! They have more cash than god itself and can take a little hit. They posted a large gain for the last quarter so they can take it.

[Chuchnit]

Agreed! They have more cash than god itself and can take a little hit. They posted a large gain for the last quarter so they can take it.

Well I would like to say that Thuban or AMD's next arch will drive intel's prices down. I mean you can so far get i7 920 clock for clock performance for the same CPU price, but the top end board is way way less than 1366. $230 for Crosshair IV and what, $400+ for 1366 board.

In reality though, if anything intel will lower their prices oh so slightly, and AMD will creep theirs up to expand margins. No company wants to sell a hexacore for $300.

[HITandRUN]

Here is my thread I made about the RE3. (http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=37705#post37705)

[lakeside2189]

There back

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642

Just wondering if anyone that got these is experiencing any HIGH IOH temps??

I can't really RMA this and when I first fired it up it went to 100 and shut down..Then I re-seated the stock one and it went to 80..Then i put the one they give you with a fan and it went to 66c..I think that is still high and i could have a warped NB plate on the MB...Besides that this thing is Great...LOL

[Hondacity]

IOH = input/output HOT hub

[lakeside2189]

IOH = input/output HOT hub
What does that mean as far as I might have to RMA????

[HITandRUN]

There back

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642

Just wondering if anyone that got these is experiencing any HIGH IOH temps??

I can't really RMA this and when I first fired it up it went to 100 and shut down..Then I re-seated the stock one and it went to 80..Then i put the one they give you with a fan and it went to 66c..I think that is still high and i could have a warped NB plate on the MB...Besides that this thing is Great...LOL

Did you clean all the NOOB TIM they put on and replaced it with something else?

[lakeside2189]

Did you clean all the NOOB TIM they put on and replaced it with something else?
Yes, I put mx-3 on with the stock one and then mx-3 with the one they send with the fan...66 at 3.612 is too hot isn't it HR????

The stock one runs 80 at idle

[HITandRUN]

Yes, I put mx-3 on with the stock one and then mx-3 with the one they send with the fan...66 at 3.612 is too hot isn't it HR????

The stock one runs 80 at idle

What is the voltage you pump through this thing? I don't know since I didn't fire up mine yet. I getting my new ram today and will do some testing on it probably during the weekend.

[lakeside2189]

What is the voltage you pump through this thing? I don't know since I didn't fire up mine yet. I getting my new ram today and will do some testing on it probably during the weekend.
It is on auto now but i think around 1.11 is auto and the lowest...I have looked on XS and most of them seem to be around 55 with the stock one that comes on it...

When I first fired it up I was just sitting in the bios and it has a 100c shut down and it did....I know i live in Florida but damn the house has a/c.....

it is at 66 now with the nice heat sink they give you but that is too hot...

Screw it.....I am making a call....This thing is just too nice to deal with a warped nb plate

[Patch]

Mine runs in the 30's.

I replaced the small removable sink on mine right off the bat with the meatier one and removed their laughable little token fan - I use high CFM ultrakazes and tornadoes in that area, depending on what will fit.

I bet yours has crappy TIM job on the NB itself. Sounds like you just took off the small NB sink. I'd suggest removing the whole heatsink complex that includes the SB and the mosfets and checking the TIM. I saw one picture of a guy with his new R3E that only had TIM contact on half his NB and SB to the heatsink apparatus.

[HITandRUN]

It is on auto now but i think around 1.11 is auto and the lowest...I have looked on XS and most of them seem to be around 55 with the stock one that comes on it...

When I first fired it up I was just sitting in the bios and it has a 100c shut down and it did....I know i live in Florida but damn the house has a/c.....

it is at 66 now with the nice heat sink they give you but that is too hot...

Screw it.....I am making a call....This thing is just too nice to deal with a warped nb plate

Yeah if you are willing to part with it for a RMA. My board I got is clearly used and so are accessories and was sold as new to me by the EGG. I'll run the shit out of it and if its not running like I want it RMA and get a new board.

[lakeside2189]

Thats crap..I would call them now..Tell them it is used and even though it is replacement only they will do refund and you can order another and play with this one until Monday..You have 14 days to get it back..They will also give you the return label...I have done this many times...

Just put that NY charm on them....LOL

I on the other hand just called the guy who gave me this and said i will need another...LOL

Patch
I saw on XS where they are running 55 with the stock heat sink...Don't you think i could be dealing with a warped NB plate if I am at 66 with mx-3 on???

[Patch]

My temps are much less than 50.

Sure it could be warped.

Your temps sure sound like poor contact with the NB itself. Make sure you've taken off the whole heatsink apparatus to check.

Check out HR's pic of his poor NB contact:
http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=37705&postcount=1

[HITandRUN]

My temps are much less than 50.

Sure it could be warped.

Your temps sure sound like poor contact with the NB itself. Make sure you've taken off the whole heatsink apparatus to check.

Check out HR's pic of his poor NB contact:
http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=37705&postcount=1

So could anybody tell me now if you have 3 bolts holding the X58 part of the heatsink in place or only two. Like shown in my thread I only had 2 bolts in there even though the are 3 threaded holes in there. :blush:

[Kal-EL]

Shoot, I forgot to look buddy, I'll get on it when I sneak home from work later ;)

[lakeside2189]

So could anybody tell me now if you have 3 bolts holding the X58 part of the heatsink in place or only two. Like shown in my thread I only had 2 bolts in there even though the are 3 threaded holes in there. :blush:
Mine had 2 also There is a place for the 3rd..Not sure why it wouldn't be there......I had a little better seating with those squares..They were set correct...
Then again, I am the one with the IOH heat problem..The plate does not seem to be warped so I can only assume the NB or IOH is defective...Either way I dropped it off today and should have another on Monday...
I didn't bother to clock this MB with a hot NB...
90-105 with stock heat sink

62-80 with the extra fancy heat sink....
The stock should be around 50c....
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/lakeside2189/PC031.jpg

[lakeside2189]

sorry about the second post..i am on the lappy and can't seem to get into the bottom using edit...

As you can see this had the squares which were correct....Didn't have tim like yours did..I am wondering if the person who had your MB first changed this???
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/lakeside2189/PC033.jpg

[HITandRUN]

Ohh no I had the squares as well. I scraped this shit off and put some TIM on. Also regarding to the bolts so you had 2 as well even though there is 3 threaded holes? Interesting. :thumbsup:

[lakeside2189]

Ohh no I had the squares as well. I scraped this shit off and put some TIM on. Also regarding to the bolts so you had 2 as well even though there is 3 threaded holes? Interesting. :thumbsup:
This is a bit new to me but let me ask like a noob would....Yes there is 3 threaded holes with 2 screws...There is no tim on the sinks after I pulled the top piece off...They don't use the squares and tim do they???

The heat sinks were clean....No Tim at all..I just figured that was what the squares were for..I would have cleaned it off but once i saw no warp I knew it was going back....should run 50ish with the crap squares...not 100...

This pic sucks, it makes the sinks look like something is on them but they are clean..
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/lakeside2189/PC032.jpg

wow, look at the CPU..I wiped that as soon as I took off the block with 95% alcohol...it looks shiny..look what the camare reveils...

[FACE]

You can't hide chip-abuse...

[HITandRUN]

The squares are actual TIM when they apply it and this shit hardens so when you take off you heatsink you need to scrape it and redo it. Cant just slap this hardened stuff back on the mobo. :ohcrap:

[GFDuke]

Ordered one of these today. I am sure it will rock my socks.

[Patch]

Looking promising so far. I had a -110-115 coldbug on the 762. Just did some brief 3D testing at -130 and not a single freeze up.

Praying it goes even colder.......

LOVE ROG CONNECT.

[Splave]

hells yes :)

[Kal-EL]

The third hole behind the nb is without a screw HitnRun.