ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X CODE

[AT0MAC]

I looked at my gaming rig the other day to see what can be improved to make it an even better machine.

The biggest letdown at the moment is my i5 6500 CPU and my Asrock Z170M Extreme4 motherboard, as its setup now I can run it somewhat 99% stable at 4GHz, but that 1% of the time were it blue screens is a bit annoying and there is no chance of improving. Even so, if I should buy a 7700K to improve, the motherboard would still hold me back, as its not the worlds best overclocker.

 

So I took a decision, I have just ordered the brand sparkling new ROG MAXIMUS X CODE motherboard from Asus.

This is clearly the most expensive motherboard I have ever owned and will surely not hold me back in any way!

 

As im not made of gold and have a purely normal day job, I ended up ordering a i5 8600K CPU, but not the usual version, a cherry picked der8auer guaranteed to hold 5GHz OC version.

 

 

SO here come the questions, if I was to actually benefit from this boards over the top amount of features:

 

What kind of LED strips would you use with it? it seems to be supporting all mayor standards (I don't have any LED in my machine at the moment, so I really don't have a clue)

 

What type of temperature probe should I look out for to be able to use the fancy pants on board header to read water temps?

 

Also, there is a place to connect digital flow meters for water flow read out, they seem to be a bit hard to find, so which one would you recommend if I wanted to use that?

 

 

This is going to be a really long term evolving building ground, but its off to a great start, I would just like to understand the unknown so I can prepare ahead.

[QuantumBit]

You cant overclock a 6500??

[AT0MAC]

3 hours ago, QuantumBit said:

You cant overclock a 6500??

Yes I can, and its 99% stable on water @4GHz, also had it @4.4GHz 99% stable on very noisy air. Its just those few times the OC goes down and bluescreens thats getting too annoying, not that its very often but I much rather be without

 

its not a K version CPU, so its BCLK OC

[Jumper118]

a 5ghz 8600k is average  

 

also what is the bluescreen for? cpu voltage memory? 

[AT0MAC]

2 hours ago, Jumper118 said:

a 5ghz 8600k is average  

 

also what is the bluescreen for? cpu voltage memory? 

something about a watchdog clock timer? as far as I can see it has something to do about the CPU clock that's getting askew, which is kind of intended when doing BCLK OC.

anyway, it will be fixed when I have the new parts. thats not what this thread is about, I would like to know the new extra features my new setup offers.

 

yes 5GHz is not anything world class, but its 24/7 guaranteed and I would really appreciate it, compared to maybe trying to get to 5.2 or 5.4 under the same 99% stability as now, that's pretty annoying.

[AT0MAC]

No one have yet to answer the questions I asked, so lets try again:

 

• Can you point me in the direction of some LED strips that will work perfectly in sync with this motherboard?

I don't understand LED but could be interesting to try out.

 

• The board have a header to read water cooling temps, but what type of thermal probe is compatible with it?

Asus don't recommend any in the FAQ of paperwork for the board.

 

• It also supports digital flowmeters, to read the speed of the water flowing, but what type of reader can you guys recommend me to get?

A digital flowmeter looks a little exotic to find, as far as I see I can only find them via eBay and not really sure I would trust such, is there no mayor brand making it?

 

I would really appreciate if anyone can help me understand the new features that are available.

My board is in the mail somewhere, so will hopefully arrive next week.

 

[AT0MAC]

Well, I took a look in the manual and tried to figure some things out.

It looks like the temp probe is a 2 pin, so something like this one should work just fine.

https://www.alphacool.com/shop/new-products/21455/alphacool-eiszapfen-temperature-sensor-g1/4-ig/ig-mit-ag-adapter-deep-black

 

The flow sensors on the other hand is still a bit of a mystery to me, is it something like this I could use as water in and water out to calculate the flow rate with?

http://koolance.com/coolant-flow-meter-ins-fm14

 

Its shown in the manual as three separate plugs, to me it looks like either use W_IN + W_OUT or use W_FLOW, not sure what the difference of those two combinations would be, other than the W_FLOW sensors seems really hard to find.

 

 

 

...and as I wrote before, I dont understand LEDs, what brand makes 12v LED compatible with this board?