Operation: switching x58 motherboards - now Asus Sabertooth X58

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 25 Mar 2012, 18:50

My previous motherboard P6T-Deluxe V2 had developed a cold boot defect. I could not live with that and decided to replace it with a new board, and chose the Asus Sabertooth x58.

So the rest of the hardware is:

Intel i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz
Zalman CNPS9900 LED
12 GB Corsair Dominator XMS3 CL8-8-8-24, 1.65V (CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 = 6 x 2GB)
2 x Asus Radeon HD5870 (crossfire)
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional PCIe
Optiarc DVD RW AD-5240S
4 x WD Caviar Black 640GB
Corsair HX850W PSU
CoolerMaster Stacker STC-T01
3 x Dell U2410 Eyefinity landscape

( Dell U2410 review @ hardwarecanucks )

Up and running now.
Really seems to be an ultimate quality board. Sofar i'm very happy with it.

The BIOS is almost identical, with a few improvements and some extra items. Oh, and the DRAM Bus Voltage now finally gives true [1.65] option.

My settings:

AI Tweaker
- Configure System Performance Settings
  - Ai Overclock Tuner: [Manual]
  - OC From CPU Level Up: [Auto]
  - CPU Ratio Setting: [21.0]
  - Intel SpeedStep Tech: [Enabled]
  - BLCK Frequency: [182]
  - PCIE Frequency: [100]
  - DRAM Frequency: [DDR3-1459MHz]
  - UCLK Frequency: [2919MHz]
  - QPI Link Data Rate: [6568MT/s]
  - ASUS/3rd Party UI Priority: [ASUS Utility]
  - DRAM Timing Control
    - 1st Information: 8-8-8-20-5-74-11-7-20-0
    - DRAM CAS# Latency: [8 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: [8 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS# PRE Time: [8 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS3 ACT Time: [20 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay: [Auto]
    - DRAM REF Cycle Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE Recovery Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM READ to PRE Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM Back-To-Back CAS# Delay: [Auto]
      2nd information: 2N-54-56-58
    - DRAM Timing Mode: [2N]
    - DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHA: [Auto]
    - DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHB: [Auto]
    - DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHC: [Auto]
      3d information: 6-6-16-9-9-10-7-6-4-7-7-4
    - DRAM WRITE To READ Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To READ Delay (DR): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To READ Delay (SR): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (DR): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (SR): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To READ Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To READ Delay (Dr): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To READ Delay (SR): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay (DR): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay (SR): [Auto]
  - CPU Voltage Control: [Manual]
  - CPU Voltage: [1.25000]
  - CPU PLL Voltage: [1.82]
  - QPI/DRAM Core Voltage: [1.31250]
  - IOH Voltage: [1.10]
  - IOH PCIE Voltage: [Auto]
  - ICH Voltage: [1.10]
  - ICH PCIE Voltage: [Auto]
  - DRAM Bus Voltage: [1.65]
  - 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]
    ***************************************
  - Load-Line Calibration: [Enabled]
  - CPU Differential Amplitude: [800mV]
  - CPU Clock Skew: [Auto]
  - CPU Spread Centrum: [Disabled]
  - IOH Clock Skew: [Auto]
  - PCIE Spread Spectrum: [Disabled]
Advanced
- CPU Configuration
  - CPU Ratio Setting: [21.0]
  - C1E Support: [Enabled]
  - Hardware Prefetcher: [Enabled]
  - Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch: [Enabled]
  - MPS and ACPI MADT ordering [Modern Ordering]
  - Intel Virtualisation Tech: [Disabled]
  - CPU TM Function: [Enabled]
  - Execute Disable Bit: [Enabled]
  - Intel HT Technology [Enabled]
  - Active Processor Cores: [All]
  - A20M: [Disabled]
  - Intel PPM Configuration
    - Intel Speedstep Tech: [Enabled]
    - Intel C-State Tech: [Disabled]
- Chipset
  - North Bridge Configuration
    - Revision: B3
  - Intel VT-d Configuration
    - Intel VT-d: [Disabled]
- Onboard Devices Configuration
  - High Definition Audio: [Disabled]
  - RTL811OSC LAN: [Enabled]
  - LAN Boot ROM: [Disabled]
  - Onboard 1394 Controller: [Enabled]
  - Marvel 91xx Controller: [IDE Mode]
  - JMB 36x ATA Controller: [Disabled]
  - Serial Port1 Address: [Disabled]
- USB Configuration
  - USB Functions: [Enabled]
  - USB 3.0 Controller: [Enabled]
  - USB 2.0 Controller: [Enabled]
  - USB 2.0 Controller Mode: [HiSpeed]
  - BIOS EHCI Hand-Off: [Enabled]
  - Legacy USB Support: [Auto]
- PCIPnP
  - Plug And Play O/S: [No]
Power
- Suspend Mode: [Auto]
- Repost Video on S3 Resume: [No]
- ACPI 2.0 Support: [Enabled]
- ACPI APIC Support: [Enabled]
- APM Configuration
  - Restore on AC Power Loss: [Power Off]
  - Power On By RTC Alarm: [Disabled]
  - Power On By PCI Devices: [Disabled]
  - Power On By PCIE Devices: [Disabled]
  - Power On By PS/2 Keyboard: [Disabled]
- Hardware Monitor (at the moment of typing this)
  - CPU Temperature: [43 C/109 F]
  - MB Temperature: [43 C/109 F]
  - CPU Fan Speed: [2008 RPM]
  - CPU Q-Fan Control: [Disabled]
  - Chassis Fan 1 Speed: [N/A]
  - Chassis Fan 2 Speed: [3835 RPM]
  - Chassis Fan 3 Speed: [N/A]
  - Chassis Q-Fan Control: [Disabled]
  - Power Fan Speed: [N/A]
  - CPU Voltage: [ 1.240V]
  - 3.3V Voltage: [ 3.216V]
  - 5V Voltage: [ 5.094V]
  - 12V Voltage: [12.193V]
- EuP Ready: [Disabled]

This thread's PC consists of this:
Workhorse PC: * Intel i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz * Zalman CNPS9900 LED * Asus Sabertooth x58 * 24 GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 * Asus (reference-) HD5870 crossfire * 3 x Dell U2410 @ Eyefinity 5760 x 1200 / 60Hz * Corsair HX 850W * 7 x WDC WD1002FAEX * Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro * Optiarc AD 5240S * Steelseries 7G * Logitech G9 * Steelseries SX * Coolermaster STC T01 * Klipsch Promedia 2.1 * Windows 7 Ultimate x64 *

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 07 Apr 2012, 21:05

Rocksolid board sofar.

Interesting Asus Sabertooth X58 Review @ bit-tech

This thread's PC consists of this:
Workhorse PC: * Intel i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz * Zalman CNPS9900 LED * Asus Sabertooth x58 * 24 GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 * Asus (reference-) HD5870 crossfire * 3 x Dell U2410 @ Eyefinity 5760 x 1200 / 60Hz * Corsair HX 850W * 7 x WDC WD1002FAEX * Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro * Optiarc AD 5240S * Steelseries 7G * Logitech G9 * Steelseries SX * Coolermaster STC T01 * Klipsch Promedia 2.1 * Windows 7 Ultimate x64 *

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 13 Jun 2012, 03:23

Overclockersclub ASUS Sabertooth X58 Review

A single LAN port does not detract from the allure of this motherboard as most will never use a second LAN port since most LAN-parties these days use routers/switches rather than daisy-chaining towers together. The USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s hardware included is definitely a nice touch for future proofing a system as these technologies are just now emerging into the consumer world. Although, time will tell how well the NEC and Marvell chips handle the throughput as the technologies continue to develop. The E.Z. OC Profile and BIOS updating programs are extremely convenient. If the BIOS is reloaded, your settings aren't necessarily lost for good as they can now be stored on the CMOS or a storage device! The days of using a floppy or rigging a flash drive to update the BIOS are no longer necessary for this motherboard. Thanks to the EZ Flash 2 program, you can now install the updated copy off of various storage mediums.

I've never understood the reason for the second LAN port on motherboards. One is enough for me.

A good looking motherboard with a five-year warranty and high quality, rigorously tested components that is capable of high overclocks and coming in at a fair price, what else could you want?!

Exactly.

This thread's PC consists of this:
Workhorse PC: * Intel i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz * Zalman CNPS9900 LED * Asus Sabertooth x58 * 24 GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 * Asus (reference-) HD5870 crossfire * 3 x Dell U2410 @ Eyefinity 5760 x 1200 / 60Hz * Corsair HX 850W * 7 x WDC WD1002FAEX * Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro * Optiarc AD 5240S * Steelseries 7G * Logitech G9 * Steelseries SX * Coolermaster STC T01 * Klipsch Promedia 2.1 * Windows 7 Ultimate x64 *

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 15 May 2014, 13:38

I noticed that this board supports up to 24GB RAM. Decided to give it that. I still had 2 sets of Corsair Vengeance LP — 4GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 (CML4GX3M1A1600C9) laying collecting dust, and just bought a third kit. Installed them, and they ran instantly without any issue. 24 GB in triple channel. This is my "workhorse" PC. With the RAM now doubled, my Photoshop (x64) is faster than it ever was!

This thread's PC consists of this:
Workhorse PC: * Intel i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz * Zalman CNPS9900 LED * Asus Sabertooth x58 * 24 GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 * Asus (reference-) HD5870 crossfire * 3 x Dell U2410 @ Eyefinity 5760 x 1200 / 60Hz * Corsair HX 850W * 7 x WDC WD1002FAEX * Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro * Optiarc AD 5240S * Steelseries 7G * Logitech G9 * Steelseries SX * Coolermaster STC T01 * Klipsch Promedia 2.1 * Windows 7 Ultimate x64 *

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 15 May 2014, 13:42

BIOS 1402
My settings now are:

AI Tweaker
- Configure System Performance Settings
  - Ai Overclock Tuner: [Manual]
  - OC From CPU Level Up: [Auto]
  - CPU Ratio Setting: [21.0]
  - Intel SpeedStep Tech: [Enabled]
  - BLCK Frequency: [182]
  - PCIE Frequency: [100]
  - DRAM Frequency: [DDR3-1459MHz]
  - UCLK Frequency: [2919MHz]
  - QPI Link Data Rate: [6568MT/s]
  - ASUS/3rd Party UI Priority: [ASUS Utility]
  - DRAM Timing Control
    - 1st Information: 9-9-9-24-5-107-11-7-20-0
    - DRAM CAS# Latency: [9 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: [9 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS# PRE Time: [9 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS3 ACT Time: [24 DRAM Clock]
    - DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay: [Auto]
    - DRAM REF Cycle Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE Recovery Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM READ to PRE Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time: [Auto]
    - DRAM Back-To-Back CAS# Delay: [Auto]
      2nd information: 2N-58-60-62
    - DRAM Timing Mode: [2N]
    - DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHA: [Auto]
    - DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHB: [Auto]
    - DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHC: [Auto]
      3d information: 5-5-16-10-10-11-7-6-4-7-7-4
    - DRAM WRITE To READ Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To READ Delay (DR): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To READ Delay (SR): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (DR): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To WRITE Delay (SR): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To READ Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To READ Delay (Dr): [Auto]
    - DRAM READ To READ Delay (SR): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay (DD): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay (DR): [Auto]
    - DRAM WRITE To WRITE Delay (SR): [Auto]
  - CPU Voltage Control: [Manual]
  - CPU Voltage: [1.25000]
  - CPU PLL Voltage: [1.82]
  - QPI/DRAM Core Voltage: [1.31250]
  - IOH Voltage: [1.10]
  - IOH PCIE Voltage: [Auto]
  - ICH Voltage: [1.10]
  - ICH PCIE Voltage: [Auto]
  - DRAM Bus Voltage: [1.50]
  - 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]
    ***************************************
  - Load-Line Calibration: [Enabled]
  - CPU Differential Amplitude: [800mV]
  - CPU Clock Skew: [Auto]
  - CPU Spread Centrum: [Disabled]
  - IOH Clock Skew: [Auto]
  - PCIE Spread Spectrum: [Disabled]
Advanced
- CPU Configuration
  - CPU Ratio Setting: [21.0]
  - C1E Support: [Enabled]
  - Hardware Prefetcher: [Enabled]
  - Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch: [Enabled]
  - MPS and ACPI MADT ordering [Modern Ordering]
  - Intel Virtualisation Tech: [Disabled]
  - CPU TM Function: [Enabled]
  - Execute Disable Bit: [Enabled]
  - Intel HT Technology [Enabled]
  - Active Processor Cores: [All]
  - A20M: [Disabled]
  - Intel PPM Configuration
    - Intel Speedstep Tech: [Enabled]
    - Intel C-State Tech: [Disabled]
- Chipset
  - North Bridge Configuration
    - Revision: B3
  - Intel VT-d Configuration
    - Intel VT-d: [Disabled]
- Onboard Devices Configuration
  - High Definition Audio: [Disabled]
  - RTL811OSC LAN: [Enabled]
  - LAN Boot ROM: [Disabled]
  - Onboard 1394 Controller: [Enabled]
  - Marvel 91xx Controller: [IDE Mode]
  - JMB 36x ATA Controller: [Disabled]
  - Serial Port1 Address: [Disabled]
- USB Configuration
  - USB Functions: [Enabled]
  - USB 3.0 Controller: [Enabled]
  - USB 2.0 Controller: [Enabled]
  - USB 2.0 Controller Mode: [HiSpeed]
  - BIOS EHCI Hand-Off: [Enabled]
  - Legacy USB Support: [Auto]
- PCIPnP
  - Plug And Play O/S: [No]
Power
- Suspend Mode: [Auto]
- Repost Video on S3 Resume: [No]
- ACPI 2.0 Support: [Enabled]
- ACPI APIC Support: [Enabled]
- APM Configuration
  - Restore on AC Power Loss: [Power Off]
  - Power On By RTC Alarm: [Disabled]
  - Power On By PCI Devices: [Disabled]
  - Power On By PCIE Devices: [Disabled]
  - Power On By PS/2 Keyboard: [Disabled]
- Hardware Monitor (at the moment of typing this)
  - CPU Temperature: [43 C/109 F]
  - MB Temperature: [43 C/109 F]
  - CPU Fan Speed: [2008 RPM]
  - CPU Q-Fan Control: [Disabled]
  - Chassis Fan 1 Speed: [N/A]
  - Chassis Fan 2 Speed: [3835 RPM]
  - Chassis Fan 3 Speed: [N/A]
  - Chassis Q-Fan Control: [Disabled]
  - Power Fan Speed: [N/A]
  - CPU Voltage: [ 1.240V]
  - 3.3V Voltage: [ 3.216V]
  - 5V Voltage: [ 5.094V]
  - 12V Voltage: [12.193V]
- EuP Ready: [Disabled]

This thread's PC consists of this:
Workhorse PC: * Intel i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz * Zalman CNPS9900 LED * Asus Sabertooth x58 * 24 GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 * Asus (reference-) HD5870 crossfire * 3 x Dell U2410 @ Eyefinity 5760 x 1200 / 60Hz * Corsair HX 850W * 7 x WDC WD1002FAEX * Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro * Optiarc AD 5240S * Steelseries 7G * Logitech G9 * Steelseries SX * Coolermaster STC T01 * Klipsch Promedia 2.1 * Windows 7 Ultimate x64 *

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 06 Jun 2014, 14:18

As of May 29, 2014 i have exchanged the HD5870 crossfire set for one HD7970.

XFX R7970 Double Dissipation.
Part name: XFX 3GB D5 HD7970 Dual Fan

One of the HD5870's now replaces my 4870X2 in my PC-3, another improvement.

This thread's PC consists of this:
Workhorse PC: * Intel i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz * Zalman CNPS9900 LED * Asus Sabertooth x58 * 24 GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 * Asus (reference-) HD5870 crossfire * 3 x Dell U2410 @ Eyefinity 5760 x 1200 / 60Hz * Corsair HX 850W * 7 x WDC WD1002FAEX * Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro * Optiarc AD 5240S * Steelseries 7G * Logitech G9 * Steelseries SX * Coolermaster STC T01 * Klipsch Promedia 2.1 * Windows 7 Ultimate x64 *

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 09 Aug 2015, 23:53

That XFX R7970 has been replaced due to failure months ago.
During those months i put back in both the old HD5870's.

Since yesterday the HD5870's are replaced by a Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X (SKU: 11221-20-40G).

Before i took them out, i noticed how extremely hot the HD5870's in tandem get.

Not even by gaming, but just plain simple 2D! I didn't monitor or measure it, but my fingers felt 'a furnace'...
The new 280X is 40 C° (according to CCC) during 2d desktop at the moment.

The Klipsch Promedia 2.1 died, i replaced it with Edifier S530.
At the same time, the SB X-Fi in the PC has been replaced by a Creative Soundblaster Z.

Using a Creative Soundblaster Z, i found out that first thing to do is DISABLE "SBX Pro Studio".
The garbage makes my Edifier S530 sound like cheap boom-bass crap.

It has nothing to do with the SBX Pro Studio settings, it is simply not possible to get normal, clean audio from it. Disabling SBX Pro Studio completely, instantly solves the problem.

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 10 May 2018, 20:27

This Asus Sabertooth x58 is still my daily routine PC - motherboard. Six years running 24/7 and not a single problem or hiccup, ever. Hereby to Asus: excellent product thank you.

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 06 Jul 2018, 16:17

This PC is now running a Dell 43 Ultra HD 4K Multi-Client Monitor P4317Q (review).

Blín D'ñero · Post by **Blín D'ñero** » 19 Apr 2020, 19:41

More than 8 years running flawlessly. (this compliment is aimed at the motherboard, the hardware product with its components)

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