Here it is, and it certainly looks promising. Who has one on order? Is this the socket 939 answer?
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...128-254&depa=0
John
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Here it is, and it certainly looks promising. Who has one on order? Is this the socket 939 answer?
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...128-254&depa=0
John
228, jeezus. I thought 939 only required 4 layer PCB mobos that are cheaper to make than 940 mobos?
Pffft, $100 cheaper I might consider :) This is getting ridiculous, cheapest 939 CPU is what $500 ? Ouch.
They aren't making it easy for us cheap folks :(
Looks like a solid board though :D Does anyone know if they will release a Pro version thats cheaper ? GA-K8NS Pro-939 ?
heheh u can just overclock a 3400+ 2 the same or even more;) but there are people who dont overclock and will spend there money on it.
Hopefully the price reflects Newegg premium price for early arrival policy, and once availability gets better, the price will follow...
I agree its certainly not cheap, but another way to look at it is that its only $50.00 more than the A8V and that board has issues, the lock dosent work.
John
The clocks work perfectly on A8V, you just have to have a OJ series mobo with 1005.020-.021 BIOS....Quote:
Originally posted by JohnClark
I agree its certainly not cheap, but another way to look at it is that its only $50.00 more than the A8V and that board has issues, the lock dosent work.
John
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At $228, it is still cheaper than monarch computer which is selling it at $255 but it is out of stock now.
Really tempted to get one. What is the quality of Gigabyte nowadays? Anyone has bad experiences with this brand?
I ordered from Monarch when it was still $229. Dont order from them. I had to :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: at them all day to get them to send it. I think they were going to back order me so they could sell what they had at the higher price. I'm sure the price will drop $20 at least in the next few weeks.
Got it yesterday. Its a beautiful board. There does seem to be some type of bios issue as using whole number multis and bh-5. With the whole numbers I can't do spi at much over 200 fsb. With the .5 multi's I have run it at 228 with some hyperX pc3500(bh-5).
The vcore only goes up to 1.7v and mine it undervolts to 1.66v. Vdimm only has option for .2v over stock. I used a divider on the memory and played a little. Ran spi at 290 fsb. Above that it locked, but it could be a memory issue.
I'll mod it in a few days and see how things go.
pkrew>
bios F3 and CH-5 ddr is your friend ;)
I tried the F3 bios, no change with the bh-5. Don't have any ch-5 atm. I'll try the bh-5 after vdimm mod. If its flaky I'll order some ch-5 or some eb. Thanks for the heads up.
ordered. how will it work with 3700EB?
I need a board that will clock nicely with 1-2GB of ram ie 2x512mb or 4x512mb
anyone have any opinions about that or could they test with this board. The whole BH-5 not agreeing with this board and the abit 939 is making me mad.
Charlie your Asus runs fine with your BH-5 right?
could you try 2x512mb for me in the Asus, I might just go for that board despite wanting the NF3 250 :O
Update. I just noticed that for some reason I was booting of the backup bios. Now with bios f3 running at 231 x 12.5 and finishing spi. That's a gain of 90mhz from just the bios change. Before would only run at 2.8G now at 2.88
DAMMM
what cooling??????
and do you have 2x512mb you could test with PLEASE :)
I'm running a LS modified with 150 cfm fans. I don't have any 512 sticks. I wish I could test them for you.
Ok, last update for now. Turn up the fans on the LS and used a higher multi to see if it was memory that limited me. Was able to run spi at 215 x 13.5 or 2.9G. The vcore is more stable and seems to center around 1.68v
I forgot about that dam dual bios thing. I remember it switches back and forth willy nilly. I hated that. any way to disable the dual bios feature? I guess the only way is to load the new bios on both.Quote:
Originally posted by pkrew
Update. I just noticed that for some reason I was booting of the backup bios. Now with bios f3 running at 231 x 12.5 and finishing spi. That's a gain of 90mhz from just the bios change. Before would only run at 2.8G now at 2.88
so 1.7 tops vcore? :(
what's the tops vdim?
any easy vmods?
vcore is the same controller as the K8n-pro and vdimm is the winbond chip also off the k8n pro :)
and for 3.2v+ vdimm oyu can cap mod the gigabyte easy :)
but the gigbayte has that dual power thing and has 2 controller chips Im not 100% sure if they are run in series so one helps comansate from the other..
wow 2.9 at only 1.68v
would be easy 3.0-3.2 with enough volts into it
vmods should be easy as should be nearly identical to K8Npro mods I would imagine. Only problem is limited to about 3.1-3.2 usable volts on memory though and about 1.9-1.95 on the vcore if I remember right.
No, you can vdimm mod straight to the 3.3v rail and get exactly what your 3.3v rail is set at. The K8Npro had voltage protection at 2.1v. I'm sure this one will be the same
hehe this guy has been running 3.4v+ on his 939 gigbayte with 3.3v from PSU to cap mod for weeks onwQuote:
No, you can vdimm mod straight to the 3.3v rail and get exactly what your 3.3v rail is set at. The K8Npro had voltage protection at 2.1v. I'm sure this one will be the same
not vdimm mod "CAP to 3.3v line mod" ;)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=37417
Hey, thanks for the heads up on the bios. I probably wouldn't have noticed that for a day or two if you wouldn't have said anything. This is one sweet board
pkrew,
so what's your A8V vs. GB opinion??????????
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