Conker Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Asus MarsII QuadSLI Build by ConkersGrillforce1337 Asus MarsII Initial Build In late October 2011 I and some of my friends built the system for the first time. It was the first time I ever built a desktop system. Components: Asus R.O.G. Maximus IV Extreme-Z Intel Core i7 2600K G.Skill RipjawsX 4x2Gb, 1866Mhz, CL9 ASUS MARS II Quad Sli SH100S3Kingston HyperX SSD 240GB + WD VelociRaptor, 10'000rpm, 600GB Enermax MaxRevo 1500W + Corsair AX850 Corsair H100 + Kingston HyperX Cooling Fan Black Plextor PX-LB950SA Aerocool Strike-X Panel Logitech G19 3x Dell UltraSharp U2412M The build process was associated with some unforeseen problems. Especially the assembly of the upper psu and the Corsair H100 CPU cooler with lack of space. After some hours and several tries the system started to work. Xigmatek Elysium vs CoolerMaster HafX: Xigmatek Elysium + Radeon HD 6990: Full resolution pics: Click here Asus MarsII Repaste Svl7 has done a repaste on both cards to dissipate heat more efficiently. Full resolution pics: Click here LGA2011 Update The configuration above had one big, the lower MarsII was completely over the usb, audio,...connectors. The result was that the lower MarsII had not a permanent 100% connection to the PCIe interface. I knew Asus recommended the Asus Rampage 3 Extreme to MarsII QuadSli users, fortunately at the same time the successors of the LGA1366 were released. I decided to buy a Asus R4E and Intels new flagship Core i7-3960X. I ordered a new rear fan with red leds and a second ram cooler too. I also replaced the four ram cooler fans with blue leds by red illuminated fans. Full resolution pics: Click here RMA Rebuild I had to RMA my Rampage 4 Extreme due to BIOS flash problems. After a month I got my motherboard back and I reconstructed my system. This time I put more emphasis on putting the cables together in order to improve the air flow. Due to thermal issues with GPUs 2 and 4 I had to be a little creative. The professional solution would be water cooling system, probably some time in the future... Full resolution pics: Click here Benchmarks 3DMark11 E24118 P17035 X6930 3DMark Vantage E94797 P53745 X35753 Full resolution pics: Click here Asus GTX 670 DirectCU II Top The constant heat problems when working with two Asus MarsII graphicscards have forced me to buy an Asus GTX 670 DC2T card. Now I have time to create my own watercooled solution or probably I'm able to get the watercooler design from l3p.nl. Back on topic, I'm pretty impressed what a single GTX 670 is capable of. I'm running the card on all three displays with a resolution of 6040x1200 (bc) and every game is playable on maxedout settings there are only three exceptions so far: Battlefield 3, Metro2033 and Crysis2. I ran some benchmarks, results in the images below. Some further testing will be necessary to get the card to its limit, thanks to Svl7 for analyzing the vbios. Full resolution pics: Click here Watercooling Project Taking the Asus MarsII to the next Level, discussion continues here Edited April 16, 2012 by Conker added Benchmarks 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted November 22, 2011 Founder Share Posted November 22, 2011 wow dude... are you planning to find the cure for cancer by yourself? All this power concentrated into such a small area is dangerous needless to say you have a freaking awesome rig. Waiting for some numbers here... +rep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted November 22, 2011 Founder Share Posted November 22, 2011 Very nice setup! Can't wait to see what kind of benchmark numbers that thing puts out. Welcome to T|I conkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Hehehe, overkill Insane rig... the case is huuuge. I tell you guys, these cards are monsters... next to them even the 6990m looks small (which is one of the biggest cards available). Here's a photo I've taken during the build process, it shows the two Asus Mars II next to a 6990m and a tiny MXM 3.0 Type B card (GTX 260m): Now it's time for benching... Jimbo needs competition and the T|I hwbot team needs points! Edit: Lol, I've just realized that this pic is already in the main post, sry! Edited November 22, 2011 by svl7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted November 22, 2011 Founder Share Posted November 22, 2011 lol @ 260M hahaha it's like a calculator next to them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Build update above Different Gpu Voltages: I and Svl7 will do a mod in the next time to disable that. On the backside we will add some switches to disable and enable free voltagesetting: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Wohooo, doing some modding on two monster GPUs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Michael Posted November 22, 2011 Founder Share Posted November 22, 2011 wow, what an impressive hardware you got there! may i ask what's the damage ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 may i ask what's the damage ? I think you mean the dead Asus Mars II. Windows 7 gave me the error code 43, which stands for stopping a device, because it reports problems. I don't know what the exact damage was, because I could replace the card instantly, like I mentioned above. But I think it was a dying GPU or Vram, that would explain the rainbowcolors before death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Also how much was the damage in other words how much was total cost estimate on the rig. Welcome to TI Conker. That's one uber beast can't wait to see those numbers. 3960X FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) Well total cost was about 6550.- Swiss Francs (about 7200$ USD) only for the towerparts and with all peripherals, it's about 7600.- SFr. (about 8300$ USD). I know these numbers are crazy :S but I could reclaim the 8% VAT from the above price. Had some problems with benchmarking last night, 3dMark crashed allways on one of the gputests. Will try to find the cause today and hopefully get some numbers tonight. Edited November 24, 2011 by Conker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unreal25 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Jeez... look at the size of that thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Finally some competition! Even stock numbers would be great, it's not often you get to see a quad GTX 580 build benched... BTW, I'm in love with your hardware. Just so you know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Benchmarks: Wprime: i7-3960X@5Ghz 3dMark Vantage: P58198 MarsII@800/1600/2004 core/shader/mem GPU: 64499 [email protected] CPU: 45008 3dMark11: P19913 MarsII@800/1600/2004 core/shader/mem GPU: 23996 [email protected] CPU: 14496 Benchmarks were running with 285.62Whql Driver, I will do some runs with 290.36Beta and other versions after svl7 and I did the mod as it's mentionend in post#6. 290.36Beta enabled NvidiaSurround on X79 so I returned to 6040x1200 resolution Metro2033 Benchmark: Settings: AA: AAA; DoF disbled; Tesselation enabled; other settings maxed out, 1st run with PhysX, 2nd without PhysX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Nice Conkers You have superb choice in hardware. Amazing setup! Those scores are great. Those gpus creamed those benches and that cpu is multi headed beast. http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2022547 http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2023237 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1823875?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dm11%2F1823875%3Fkey%3DeUQTu7eubcRC0NB7dZRTXyHvWFXhq9 http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3453194?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dmv%2F3453194%3Fkey%3DVqZ7PSdSxT6uAtMjWpK03AvPEZxsFD for some mobile cpu reference of how much your chip is over mobile (well on air). Jimbo's gives you a little competition... but you quad cards cream everything in sight. Edited December 6, 2011 by mw86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 for some mobile cpu reference of how much your chip is over mobile (well on air). Jimbo's gives you a little competition... but you quad cards cream everything in sight.This is crazy... both, your benches and conkers results... hahaha, I feel slow with my 6 seconds wprime 32M.It's gonna take a bit to beat Jimbos dual card bench... (when using "only" one Mars II), he got some very impressive scores. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 What it came that way I swear SVL7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Had some disassembling fun... Mars II repasting!! Look at the factory paste... hmmm, I'd expect a slightly better quality paste for such an exclusive product. I'm curious to hear about the new temps... Should hear from Conker as soon as he got the cards back in his system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Man I sure do want one of those. How'd you get your hands on one let alone two! They only made like 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Nice job Marco much better than stock smear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 System Out Of Service Have to RMA my motherboard. Customer service told me it can go up to 6 weeks until I get it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) I feel your pain, my rig was down for a month or so recently.I would get on their case as it's a top of the line board, you have two of their mars IIs etc, just demand a replacement instead of a 6 week wait. Worth a try.EDIT: What is the HX850 powering? Decided a 1500w just wasn't enough? Edited January 21, 2012 by Jimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 What is the HX850 powering? Decided a 1500w just wasn't enough? The Corsair AX850 powers one MarsII Overkill I decided so, because if I push my MarsII to its limits in the future (higher voltage, higher clockspeed,...), it easily will reach ~900W powerconsumption. So my calculation is 300-400W for CPU, and double 900W for graphics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 That's just epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 The Corsair AX850 powers one MarsII Overkill I decided so, because if I push my MarsII to its limits in the future (higher voltage, higher clockspeed,...), it easily will reach ~900W powerconsumption. So my calculation is 300-400W for CPU, and double 900W for graphics. Haha that's amazing. I would probably have gone 500-800W for CPU and the rest. Then a dedicated 1500W for both GPUs but maybe that wouldn't be enough? I dunno. Desktop noob here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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