Official Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 OC thread!

[Kayin]

Featuring Gigabyte's new Ultra Durable technology, the new X58 series has such features as 2 oz of copper lper layer for increased thermal dissipation and enhanced stability at high FSB.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/tech_080924_ud3_ultracool-01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/tech_080924_ud3_ultracool-04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/tech_080924_ud3_ultracool-10.jpg

http://http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-cool.htm (http://http//www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-cool.htm) More info

Also featured are all solid japanese capacitors, with a MTBF of 50,000 hours:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-d-01.jpg

More info http://http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-durable.htm (http://http//www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-durable.htm)

Also on the board are lower RDS on MOSFETS, for leaner power and less electrical noise:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/2b75ed66b3ad8f8c1af9fbbbaa471480.png

More info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-cool.htm#uc-2 (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-cool.htm#uc-2)

Finally, all ferrite core chokes also significantly reduce EMI:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/fb2395350c22cd67f556b72644aae1c1.png

More info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-durable.htm#ud-2 (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_080924_ud3/data/tech_080924_ud3_ultra-durable.htm#ud-2)

The board:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/KayinStorm/DSC02279.jpg

Current owners: zlojack

[zlojack]

That's my pic :D

I'll post my results once I'm up and running.

[bigslappy]

Dam this looks like one GREAT MoBo.......:crazed: this is a i7 right
I got a EP45-UD3P :coolup:

think this MOBO will rock like my UD3 will ???

think this might JUST push ME:hehe: into i7's :woot:

[zlojack]

this is an i7 right
X58 bro ;)

[Baleful]

That board looks like a real winner to me. Looking forward to some updates. Also, any of you guys out there with an i7 system willing to write a "How to" on overclocking these babies? Alot of us have never seen these systems and don't know what it takes to overclock them.

[bigslappy]

That board looks like a real winner to me. Looking forward to some updates. Also, any of you guys out there with an i7 system willing to write a "How to" on overclocking these babies? Alot of us have never seen these systems and don't know what it takes to overclock them.

Agreed I want to hear about that also !!

[bigslappy]

here's a great Article on this MoBo >>>

http://www.ocaholic.ch/xoops/html/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=224&sel_lang=english

[zlojack]

Alright, here's my first stab. All I did was up the bclk to 160 and set the volts manually to 1.2v on the CPU.

I also set all the memory speeds to the rated speed for my RAM. I have a lot of learning to do with this bios as first of all, it's Gigbyte and I'm used to Asus and second of all, it's i7 and I'm used to Core2.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/Second.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/i7Mushkin160bclk32GHz.png

[bigslappy]

wow good work

now don't get pissed ... u did read the i7 o/c guide that was posted days ago ? Just check that u know about some of the pitfalls of the i7's .. just don't want u to burn anything up ...

[zlojack]

I've read as much as I can about it, but I'll go back and read it again now that I've actually got the chip running.

Which one is it?

[bigslappy]

I've read as much as I can about it, but I'll go back and read it again now that I've actually got the chip running.

Which one is it?

i'll have to lok in the tech news section is where I /robot posted it ...

[bigslappy]

it's the vid u posted i guess I was talking about .. i'm tired agin long day ...................

[zlojack]

it's the vid u posted i guess I was talking about .. i'm tired agin long day ...................
LOL.

Yeah, I've watched that one a few times and I've read a lot about how this goes.

I'm taking it slow. It's still going strong small FFTs coming up on 8 hours.

I woke up early because my daughter's sick.:(

[zlojack]

8 Hours done small FFTs. All the settings at Auto except vcore at 1.2v in bios (1.12v under load)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/Prime958Hoursi7336GHzSmallFFT.jpg

[zlojack]

Alright, I flashed to the new F4l bios and now my previous settings don't work. It won't even boot!

I'm going to look for the F3 bios and see what happens.

[bigslappy]

let the other's play with the new bios gigabyte bios are funny as what work before never work agin

[zlojack]

Yeah...the F4l was crap.

I'm on the F3 now, so I'll try and see what I can get out of it. Some guys over at "that forum" were getting some good bclk with F4k, but I haven't found that file.

[zlojack]

Alright, I'm back up on F3 and running ok.

I'm going to give 200 bclk another run.

I'm also going to try the F4 bios again as I think I was messing with RAM sub-timings which might have screwed things up.

There's a lot to learn on these new boards!!!

[bigslappy]

anyone know hicookie ? he's the hot gigabyte O/C'er

[zlojack]

Well, I just installed Windows again.

The last bios flash lost me one of my RAID drives :D

A little Sunday afternoon fun!

Back at it. I'm going to try to drop all multis down low and just work on bclk

[zlojack]

Ok...now testing bclk 170 and things are moving along.

Passed a short Prime95 run, so I'll be bumping to 180.

Basically, all I did was lower the multis on everything and up the bclk.

Still not sure on voltages. I've been leaving mostly auto (which scares me)

[zlojack]

I left 200 bclk priming this morning. We'll see how it is when I get home.

[zlojack]

Ok 12 hours SmallFFT with 200 bclk DONE!
It gets very hot! I need to get my water up and running!

Now I can try to dial my RAM in to it's spec and then hopefully when I get on water I'll make a run at 4GHz!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/12HoursPrimeStable200bclk.jpg

[Septim]

dam high temps at 80C...

feels like our water cooling it ain't gonna be enough...

[zlojack]

Yep. 80*C on the stock cooler, so we need to remember that.

I'll have it on an EK Supreme with a 120.2, so hopefully that will make a difference.

But no question these chips are HOT!

[Sniper]

Stupid mem controller!

[zlojack]

Alright, I've got 200 bclk stable 8 hours Prime95 blend with the following settings.

Bclk - 200
CPU - 16 (3.2GHz No turbo)
RAM - 8 (1600 MHz)
Uncore - 16
QPI - 18 (36 in bios)

Volts
CPU - 1.26 bios 1.2 idle 1.18v load
RAM - 1.64v bios
QPI/PLL - 1.355v bios
CPU Pll - 1.84v bios

All other settings are currently at Auto.

I'm going to start playing with the RAM timings to get them to their rated spec.

[zlojack]

Argh!

Still having issues with stability.

I'm going to try another bios revision. I need to start isolating where the instabilities are :(

[zlojack]

Alright, looks like I've got a mildly stable OC at 3.36GHz on stock volts now. Not bad :D

Maybe I'll keep this motherboard after all.

[Chicken Patty]

Alright, looks like I've got a mildly stable OC at 3.36GHz on stock volts now. Not bad :D

Maybe I'll keep this motherboard after all.

this motherboard is great accoridng to what i've heard, I've heard nothing but good things about it. You are still on the factory cooler?