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So I had an Intel core i7-6700k CPU, which is an lga2011v3 socket. I was excited when I found an Asus Rampage V Extreme motherboard at a good price on Craigslist and couldn't wait to start my new build. However, the 6700K CPU does not fit that board. I was confused because all of the literature online says that the RVE is a 2011v3 board. I called Asus customer support and they, too, said it was a version 3 board. I was merely trying to make sure I didn't damage the board or the CPU trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. To further confuse the issue if you look at the board it very clearly is stamped "Lga 2011", NOT ""Lga 2011v3". I pointed this out to the customer service agent and he kept repeating what he was reading from the online product documentation. It was kind of crazy. I kept repeating to him that I understood what he was saying and that I had read the same product specs straight off from the Asus website but that I was looking at an actual real live motherboard and it was contradicting the official product info. We went round and round, back and forth and he would say he understood what I was saying but kept sending me a link to the Asus webpage for downloads for a board that I didn't have. I wasn't mad or anything, just perplexed as to what in the hell was going on. To be clear, I was a little miffed that I was going to have to buy another motherboard OR another CPU, finish the build and then sell the components that I didn't need, OR buy both a 2011 compatible CPU AND a 2011v3 compatible motherboard, and case and RAM and GPU etc .. So of course I go all in. I mean, who wouldn't?? So...long story...I thought that I was done with all of that until a friend was telling me I should've gotten a Xeon E5 2960 V2, which is supposed to be an lga 2011 socket type. But I just saw on Wikipedia it's an lga 2011v3 ??? I mean, WTF!!! These are simple questions. Is this CPU a 2011 or a V3? Same with the board. If they have different architectures and the CPU doesn't fit the socket then it's one and not the other. End of story. Why is this so hard for Asus and Intel two get this straight and why do I seem to be the first and only person to have encountered this problem?!? C'mon, people!!! Let's get it together!!! I swear to God, if I buy that Xeon CPU and it doesn't fit I'm going to be pissed off the entire time I'm building yet another computer that I don't need I mean this is getting ridiculous. I've already got four effing setups. I DO NOT want or need another computer!!!

Title pretty much says it all, super confused. I just purchased a 960 Evo 500GB and installed it into the M.2 slot on my Rampage V Extreme. I performed the Data Migration from my 1TB 850 Pro successfully and Windows can see the 2 drives, but when in the BIOS, it only sees the 850 Pro and the 960 Evo is no where to be seen. Is anyone familiar with why this is happening or able to help me solve it?

Hello everyone! Hopefully, I used to correct forum for this if not please tell me which the correct one is. I am working on a hobby project where I want to have multiple VM that each get their own dedicated GPU. The parts used: 8x NVIDIA GTX 1070 Founder Editions 1x Intel Xeon E5-2695 V3 ЕS 2.3GHz 14 Core 28 Threads LGA2011-3 1x Asus Ramgage V Extreme / U3.1 Motherboard OS: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter with HyperV. (As far as I know Linus and his team used Red Hat KVM for their projects but I have no access to that OS) I am following this explaination: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/passing-through-devices-to-hyper-v-vms-by-using-discrete-device-assignment/ Unfortunately this part stopped me: Dismount-VmHostAssignableDevice -LocationPath $locationPath -Force –Verbose I am getting this error message: "The current configuration does not allow for os control of the pci express bus. please check your bios or uefi" I belive that my Motherboard doesn't support this kind of action but I am not sure. Does anybody know how to enable this? If it is not possible with my motherboard: Does anybody know a motherboard which allowes me to do this? There is no reason why I want to do this... I just thought about it the other day and since then I am trying to get this to work. I am looking forward to your Ideas! (If you need pictures or more information I will happily provide it!)

My PC won’t turn on. When I bought it home from university I plugged the GPU back in (which worked fine as it was in anti static wrap and worked flawlessly until the PC turned off). The PC was working fine and then out of nowhere the power cut off and didn’t turn on again. I can tell my PSU is fine as the internal lights of my mobo and all my peripherals light up fine, as well as the OC Panel on the front of my case. I’ve had the rig for 4 years now and had mobo problems in the past which were mostly remedied by replacing the PSU. ‘When I press power, the light turns on then off, there is a click and then the OC panel turns on and stays on. Says fans are zero RPM and no other readings work. what’s wrong? My specs are in the description thanks for for your help

Update: Changed the poll to reflect current things Hey all! I have some questions on how to configure fans/airflow in my PC. Maybe also what fans to get! So I'm in the process of upgrading my CM Storm Trooper-cased PC. Basically I set it together many years ago without knowing anything about building computers other than what I learned from working at an IT team for a short time. I'm an enthusiast, but with limited funds - I only upgrade when there's a reason to, and I always futureproof as much as I can with minimum maintenance needs. Right now, my case is very improperly configured. What I need to do is upgrade my cooling and fan configuration. For reference, here's my current build: Case: CM Storm Trooper (Full Tower) Motherboard: ASUS Rampage V Extreme CPU: Intel i7 5820K (Cooler: Corsair H100 with 2x 120mm radiator, default fans) GPU: 2x GTX 690 EVGA Signature in Quad SLI PSU: OCZ ZX 1250W 80+ Gold PSU Soon arriving: http://www.demcifilter.com/p0131/CM-Storm-Trooper-Dust-Filter-Kit.aspx Pictures I took when it was built: http://imgur.com/a/dvBpl Basically, I've not made much modification to the case's default layout. I've removed the big case-top fan and put the H100 radiator there. I plan to exchange my GPUs with a 980 Ti Waterforce once I can, maybe Feb-March. My silly current fan setup: It's configured so that the radiator is up against the case ceiling, and the fans are below it, pulling air downwards *into* the case. The fan in the back? Exhausts out of the case. The two HDD fans? Exhausts out of the case. In other words, I discovered that my setup is keeping the warm air in and trying to lead it out through the bottom. *facepalm* I sleep in the same room as my PC, so basically.. A noisy PC is a bad PC. The current problems I face are: Something in there (GPU fans maybe?) is loud at all times, never changes no matter what my PC is up to. No high pitch, just "VVVVV" sound, kinda loud. high temperature readings at all times Hurt pride I'd like to make my PC more silent. And powerful, which is why I'm thinking of buying a 980 Ti Waterforce for all my streaming, editing and gaming needs, putting the radiator in the back as exhaust? After watching a few videos by Linus and a few others on this subject, here's what I'm thinking of doing. Current Plan: Changing some fans into the best of the best (Silent + powerful) fans. Installing the Demciflex magnetic fan filters on all air intake/exhausts for maximum dust protection (Already ordered on ebay) Buying the 980 Ti Waterforce in a few months and using that to replace the back exhaust (Or elsewhere, if you guys recommend that) Making the H100 radiator fans exhaust up-top. Placing the radiator *below* the fans, meaning the fans are "pull" upwards? - so that it's easier to clean the radiator according to Linus' video (in the sources below), using CO2 spraybox upwards Letting the rear fan remain an exhaust, so that warm air always escapes up top, because warm air rises anyway. No need to stall it for less performance? Mount a fan in the bottom of the case for intake, preferrably as big/powerful as I can fit. Buy all the fans as PWM so I can turn down the noise when I sleep, and let them regulate naturally when I'm actually using the PC (SpeedFan?) Maybe rotate the 2x HDD fans to be front-intake. But isn't the airflow 90% restricted due to the closed-off bays? Is this inefficient? Can I 'open' them up somehow? Last resort: If not enough already, install 2 additional fans on the inside of the side-door itself. I hope I can avoid this if the alternative above is decent enough, I don't wanna tug/rip wires when opening the case. I'm hoping that letting warm air escape in the top parts (as warm air rises) should put less demand on the fan RPM to do that job, meaning quieter while remaining efficient. I'm thinking a positive air pressure might be optimal, if I can manage to draw in enough cold air from the bottom and front/side of the case. This would mean efficient cooling and less dust? And my questions are thus: Since the warm air rises, does this put less demand on pressure-optimized fans to do the Pull on top? Should I use F12, P12 or S12A? Or something else? What fans are gonna be loud, and should be replaced with Noctua (or some other brand) fans? What fans should I actually buy for these different parts? Do dust filters reduce performance/increase noise? Are static pressure better for this? etc. And lastly.. Are LinusTechTips-themed Noctua fans of the kind I need, still available for Norway? I'm hoping they don't break my bank if they are <.< I read that NF-F12 is best for static pressure, S12A is best for free airflow and P12 is basically the middle man. But here's where I get confused. I keep hearing that F12, while good for static pressure in Push configurations, may actually be less powerful for Pull configurations than the P12, or other fans that are designed for Pull on radiator. Is this accurate? I also heard that while P12 is supposed to be in the middle noise-levels, F12 seems to actually be more silent if you don't crank it up to max, despite what the specs say. People say there are "sweet spots" for every fan, and that some fans can get noisy at for example 700 RPM, but if you crank them to 900 RPM, the noise lessens. Any experiences here? I've also heard other fans are good, like Corsair SP120 and Silverstone's fans, but I have no idea. Whatever's good without costing needlessly much, is fine. I hate the colors on Noctua, but if the alternative is being broke or a louder PC, I'll take the bad colors any day - performance and function is more important than eyegasms, but if I can get both for a similar price, that's great. I'm also worried that placing a fan against the grille may induce extra noise, like Silverstone's video demonstrates. I'd like to avoid that horrible noise (Video in the sources below) at all cost. When it comes to price, I'm willing to pay "that little extra" for fans that are less noisy, if that means I have an easier time sleeping in the same room. But since PWM is a thing, I'm not sure how much it'll matter. I have very little experience with this, and since my PC is currently a constant noise generator, I don't really know how it's like to have silent fans. I'd love to sleep in a silent room. My case has a built-in fan adjustment button on the front, it adjusts the two side-fans in the chassis. Perhaps combining this with all the other fans is possible? That'd be cool. UPDATE: I've now ordered 2x Silverstone AP123 120mm PWM fans for top radiator, planning eloop B14-BS (PWM) for the back. I unfortunately realized Ap123 are not PWM after ordering, but I think there are ways to compensate for this. If my motherboard supports control for 3-pin, maybe SpeedFan can control it too? Reason I bought the AP123 is that it's going near a grille and radiator, and online it seems the others may get problems with turbulence. The german one I thought of because it's the only similar 140mm alternative, the AP141 is not engineered as well and this one has the notches on the blades + other optimizations. I just also ordered 3x Silverstone 140mm dust filter (magnetic, airflow/turbulence optimized) to put on the bottom and back of my case, might replace the case filters or even put them on in addition if this won't block airflow to much, to minimize dust. Might need them elsewhere too. Sources: Really useful Linus' video on radiators and fans (Fan cleaning) Silverstone does something others don't, reducing grille noise? (Air Penetrator video) JayzTwoCents Airflow Talk CM Storm Trooper Review (14 min 4 sec: Door fans) Pressure Discussion Read just a sentence from here: "Ideally, you will want a NF-F12 PWM on your heatsink or radiator, a NF-P12 PWM as a front intake fan in front of your hard drive cage, and a NF-S12B as a rear or top exhaust fan."

Guys & Gals I am in the process of selecting new hardware, to replace my old rig, i am carrying over my graphics card my 980 gtx (rog matrix) and 1000 watt cooler master psu. but retiring my rog Rampage IV extreme and e-baying it , and 3930K cpu will go in one of my other rigs, i am also retiring my Haf X case as it is just too big. The new cpu, ram and motherboard has been ordered (cpu is actually here the ram and motherboard in transit) but i would like confirmation from anyone that has the 400C case that it does indeed support EATX , there website says it does but some E-tailers doe not list it as EATX compatible. What i dont want is to order it all to find it wont fit, or if it did fit i couldn't use the h110i cooler in a push pull setup. anyone out there with any experience with this case or a manual (the downloadable pdf does not cover it either) the image of it installed has a similar config and looks like it has room for one but i am just not sure...

Hey guys, Been very frustrated with my current rig (3930k + ASUS RIVE) decided to pull the trigger and pick up a 5960X. New Rig for editing (from my previous build…) GPU: Titan X OS Drive: 2x 240GB Samsung 840 EVO in Raid 0 Edit Media: 1x 1.2TB Intel 750 nVme Adobe Cache: 1x240GB Samsung 830 Power: Seasonic 750W Case: Coolermaster Cosmos II Buying now... CPU: 5960X Cooler: (Need your advice) RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V 4x16 F4-2800C14Q-64GVK Motherboard: Rampage V Extreme? (Need your Advice) Just wanted to know if the Rampage V Extreme is overkill for an editing rig, not gonna go crazy with overclocking – maybe 10% at best. The Cooler – A good air cooling solution or a closed loop cooler (currently using a H120) Suggestions would be greatly appreciated Ash

Hi, my name is Marcos Mansilla Kerst and I'm from Argentina. Sorry to bother you, but I'm that desperate. I was "lucky" enough to get my hands on a sm951 nvme drive, which I bought from USA, through Ebay. Once it finally arrived (I had to wait almost a month), I put it in my Rampage V extreme motherboard, but it doesn't show up. Neither in Windows Explorer, Device Manager nor in the bios. I updated the motherboard bios to the latest version, 1701, but it still doesn't show up. I also changed the configuration in the bios, so that the M.2 would have the 4 lanes exclusively and I have the i7 5960x cpu, so it shouldn't be a problem with the lanes. Just in case, I made all the tests taking out my sound card and second video card, but it made no difference. What I want to achieve, after getting it to work, is installing windows 10 on it and use it as my boot device. To that end I loaded the windows 10 installer on a UEFI 3.0USB pendrive, using Rufus to make it GPT. Is there any advice you can give me to solve my problem? Any help in getting it to work would be greatly appreciated! Here is a imgur album with some "screenshots" of what I tried out. http://imgur.com/a/YAbg0#0 Thanks in advanced!

Hello, I was wondering what the best method of screen capturing 4K@60FPS would be. Here are some specs of the system I'm going to be building: CPU - Intel® Core™ i7-5930K GPU - GeForce GTX 980 Ti MB - RAMPAGE V EXTREME VDU - ASUS PB287Q HD (C:) - SM951 256GB M.2 SSD, MZHPV256HDGL OEM RAM - 16GB-Kit Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4, 1.20V, 2666MHz

Hi, I have a few problems with the OC panel. 1. When i turn off my computer it stays on and it still displays the temp and cpu ratio and zero cpu fan speed but sometimes it turns off (I haven't found what makes it turn off on some shutdowns). Is there any way to make it turn off every time i shutdown? 2. Do fan profiles on the OC panel change the settings for the fans connected to the motherboard? 3. How do i set OC profiles (on the panel i have normal, oc1 and oc2). I tried to set a profile in BIOS but i does not work. 4. In Devices and Printers I have an unspecified device named ASUS OSD - is this part of the OC panel? Sorry for my English Specs CPUIntel Core i7 5820K MotherboardAsus Rampage V Extreme RAMHyperX Predator 16GB DDR4 2400 MHz CL12 GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti CaseZalman MS800 Plus StorageKingstone 240GB HyperX 3K SDD + 8TB Mix HDD PSUCorsair AX860 Display(s)LG M2794DP CoolingCorsair H100i + 2Noctua NF-F12 PWM KeyboardMicrosoft SideWinder X6 MouseGigabyte Aivia MS8600 SoundLogitech Z906 Operating SystemWindows 8.1 x64

Hello, I'm building a 4k gaming rig and through out the years I've looked around here and there about components temperatures, but those are kinda all over the place. So hopefully you guys can provide a more solid indication as to what to expect on the average, what's safe and what's not/max. Please post the temperature in Celsius, I'm aware that the case is way too small but here's hoping the air flow will counter and/or be sufficient. So now on to the rig itself: NZXT H440 [mid-tower, silent, isolated] NZXT Kraken x61 AIO (replacing fans with http://www.aerocool.us/accessory/shark_r14.html, for the led/test it out) Titan X 2-Way SLI (EVGA SClocked) Intel 5930k CPU Super Flower 1200w platinum PSU 2x 7200rpm HGST 4TB HDD's Intel 750 series PCIe SSD G.Skill 32GB DDR4 X-Fi Titanium HD soundcard Asus Rampage V Extreme/U3.1 mobo Fan setup: Front / intake: 3x 120mm CM xtraflo http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/xtraflo-120-red/ Top, blowing out of the case: 2x 140mm Aerocool on the radiator http://www.aerocool.us/accessory/shark_r14.html Rear: blowing out of the case: 1x 140mm " Arctic MX-4 cooling paste and last but not least the mainboard, Rampage V Extreme/U3.1 Ok so now that the main components are known (if not all, the important ones at least), I'd like to know what the average temperatures one is to expect. It would be particularly handy if H440 owners give input, but a general idea would be most welcome as well. Basically I'll be gaming at 4k / comp will be under full load for most of the time, let's just say that. So for the CPU, GPU and RAM what would be normal temperatures and what would be the maximum in a general sense without frying the parts? I do plan on OCing the above three mentioned components so I'd like to know what's safe and what not temp not to cross. As for OC-ing I'm hoping for 4.5GHz on the CPU and some decent gain on the GPU's. For the RAM itself I'm aiming for 300-400MHz gain (from the 3000MHz default), all in all not super crazy OC's by today's standards. So yeah...min and max temp in Celsius please.

I'm building my first pc and I'm going all in with a $11,000 system setup. Just wondering what people would think and if my selections will work. I do know that the h440 case is not extended atx but on youtube techsource shows a simple fix(Vid at bottom). Below is my part list that i have chosen a response would be greatly appreciated http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BnBLBm http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BnBLBm http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BnBLBm PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BnBLBm Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BnBLBm/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($999.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon) Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($449.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($1469.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($529.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($529.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($529.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($529.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Intel 750 Series 1.2TB PCI-E Solid State Drive ($1179.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($999.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($999.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($999.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($399.99 @ Amazon) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($778.25 @ Amazon) Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($778.25 @ Amazon) Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($778.25 @ Amazon) Other: NZXT Technologies H440 Mid Tower Chassis Cases ($109.99) Total: $12154.64 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-14 21:07 EDT-0400

Hey guys ! I recently finished building my watercooled RIG and I got a few questions, which I please you to answer ! Okay, here's the config: i7 5960x on a Rampage V Extreme, SLI 980ti's watercooled on the following: 2 triple 140mm radiators from ek (those thick ones) with a push pull config and an d5 pump... Questions: 1) Should I worry about my coolant temperatures ? I saw on EKWB's website that it states that the max pump functioning temp should be 60* Celcius. In intense gaming at 1080 all settings maxed out (in games like gta v, metro last light) the cpu stays at a decent 40-45 degrees and the gpus at 30-35 each. I overlocked only the GPUs, let's say about 10 %. So, should I be worried about the coolant temperatures or they will be in the limit ? 2) What is the normal temperatures for the CPU and GPUs at IDLE in my config ? 3) What are the normal temperatures for gaming and stress testing for the CPU and GPUs in my config? Thanks alot for your help guys !

I have enormous respect to Linus and his group of wonderful tech and video editors I need some help configuring my new pc to overclock... I don't know where to starttt, I have seen videos on the net but non of them really explains...multiplier and such My rig is Rampage V Extreme i7 5960x G.Skill 8x8gb, 2800mhz Asus titan X Zalman 1000HP PSU I will be buying Corsair H110i soon for optimal cooling on cpu I would love you guys to help me understand how to overclock it to 4000+... help?? thanks!

I have been wondering this for a while (and is probably a stupid question), but why do motherboards have twice the amount of ram slots, then the amount that is supposedly accepted? For example, for an upcoming build that I was planning, I am going to use the Rampage V Extreme motherboard, and it has 8 slots, but it is supposedly only quad channel! Why is this? What would happen if I used 8 sticks of ram inside of it, would it just not work, or would it register them? Again, this is probably a really stupid question but I would like to know. Thanks!

This is not a Brand war, I reapeat this is not a brand war! So I hear a lot that asus is superior to all other mobo companies and I also hear how asrock is kinda like the runt of the pack. But what I'm wondering is which one is better when it comes to features and reliability!

A user @ Chiphell was able to obtain the Asus R5E, and he posted his unboxing photos on Chiphell http://www.chiphell.com/thread-1115976-1-1.html (in Chinese)