**Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 OC-Tips-Bios-Discussion Thread**

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Originally Posted by nyeah

^^ is it worth changing board cooling?
temp aren't as good compared to graphic/cpu block

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I think It's not worth changing. Only for better look.

ud7 and Tj07 CLUB :up:
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5815/421000cl8.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3851/tj07e.jpg

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Originally Posted by jacek

I think It's not worth changing. Only for better look.

ud7 and Tj07 CLUB :up:

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what's your temp? i saw you use the original block

Thanks for all the comments guys. I'll post temps and results when it's all up and running and tested :)

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Originally Posted by MikeMK

Thanks for all the comments guys. I'll post temps and results when it's all up and running and tested :)

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Good work - will look forward to it.

Mark

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Originally Posted by jacek

I think It's not worth changing. Only for better look.

ud7 and Tj07 CLUB :up:

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I like your loop, very short, and it looks clean! :up:

Does anyone happen to know what the "safe" max voltage for IOH core? I was reading a guide that suggested to find your max bclk set IOH to 1.3v, is this the same voltage? On this Gigabyte UD7 it has an IOH core.

Im having another go at this 960, thought it was worth one last try.

BIOS F6a: http://hotfile.com/dl/29948480/27187a6/x58aud7.f6a.html

how to make stable mem @ 2000mhz on this motherboard, anyone could give me the bios setting

this is mine
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21 ]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [enable]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [All]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[enable]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [dis]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [dis]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [dis]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [dis]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [dis]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [dis]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[3200]
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[enable]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... []
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ................................[200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [100]
C.I.A.2........................................... .. []

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... []
CPU Clock Skew ............................. []
IOH Clock Skew ............................. []

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [standart]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [disable]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[7]
tRCD ..................................[7]
tRP ...................................[7]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[1]
B2B.....................................[]


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [level 2]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.25]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.26]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.64]
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]

thats my setting , i would like to run 2000 9 9 9 24 on my memory, can anyone help me for the bios setting

You'll need to increase the QPI/VTT a bit more.

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Originally Posted by SteveRo

Just wanted to tell everyone that may not read much of the other forums - the UD7 is a great board.
Picked up this board from the egg 9 days ago - then set the PCMark Vantage World Record just 7 days later -

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=245571

http://service.futuremark.com/search...ingsystem=-100

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congrats mate :up::up:
Good to hear you like the UD7 :)

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Originally Posted by barong

how to make stable mem @ 2000mhz on this motherboard, anyone could give me the bios setting

this is mine

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Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[3200] <-- This must be at least 4000MHz
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[enable]

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Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [level 2]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.25]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.26] <--This must be much higher, I needed 1.59v to get RAM stable at 2000MHz

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thats my setting , i would like to run 2000 9 9 9 24 on my memory, can anyone help me for the bios setting

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Change the above 2 settings to start with. You may need to up the vcore a bit also.

Da hell! I've never needed to go as high as 1.59V on the QPI/VTT man. I'm very certain that he doesn't need that much, I've done it with 1.4550V stable.

1.45v VTT for 4000MHz uncore? I dont think I could even get into windows at that voltage, let alone pass LinX. My 920 is a pretty crap batch though, I need 1.45v vCore for 4.3 LinX stable.

1.59V QPI/VTT is really high bro, I'm not even sure it's safe.

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Originally Posted by Intratech

1.59V QPI/VTT is really high bro, I'm not even sure it's safe.

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I agree.
I need vtt=1.54V for 2000 cl9 but i prefer 1900 7-9-8 with vtt=1.42V :)

anyone noticed a noise (whine, squeal, high pitched buzzing) from this board while loading windows or at load?

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Originally Posted by Ender17

anyone noticed a noise (whine, squeal, high pitched buzzing) from this board while loading windows or at load?

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I was getting quite a loud high pitched squeal before I replaced my PSU. Also, some people have been able to stop the noise by enabling C3/C6/C7 support in BIOS.

Here are my results

LinX Stable

1.392V idle - 1.376-1.360 Load

Xeon W3520 - 4472Mhz

Gigabyte X58A-UD7

Looks like a pretty nice 24/7 Clock

http://www.overclockers.com.au/pix/i...cdkdr&f=1&#39;
Click to view full size!


3DMark Stable Quick Run

31241 - W3520 @ 4620 | Gigabyte X58A-UD7 | HD5850+HD5870CFX | W7 64Bit

http://www.overclockers.com.au/pix/i...bfgui&f=1&#39;
Click to view full size!

nice pics

How well does the X58A-UD5 overclock compared to this board? I'm in search of a new board, but the price difference is pretty big (30+ euros) and as far as I know, the only 2 differences are the NB-heatsink and the amount of CPU-phases on the board, correct? How will this influence daily 24/7 air (and maybe in the future water) overclocking capability? If these extra phases won't bring any improvements without going subzero, I'd rather keep those 30 euros in my wallet. Thanks! :up:

@ Hooti3: I suggest using 20-25 runs of LinX to make sure it is really stable.

@ Musho: Unless you are playing with LN2 and pushing board to it's limits i don't think there is much difference... I know i'm happy with my X58A-UD5, took me seconds to OC to 4.0, haven't really tried pushing it further, but i recon it has headroom to go.

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Originally Posted by zalbard

@ Hooti3: I suggest using 20-25 runs of LinX to make sure it is really stable.

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This suggestion could make sense to really make sure, but a v nice o clock anyway.

anyone tried bios F5 and F6a, any improvements over F4?

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Originally Posted by phsinc1

anyone tried bios F5 and F6a, any improvements over F4?

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I need less Vcore with F5. Not tried F6a yet.