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

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Originally Posted by Beany

Has anyone seen the new SF-2000 based SSD's like the Vertex Pro 3?

The speeds are crazy. Not out for a while yet though.

But what i want to know is, how can these drives be put in RAID on this board with 6Gb/s? i know it has two 6Gb/s SATA connectors but if i remember there was something about them that impacted performance? So i ended up using the intel controller for RAID with my current SSD's.

What other ways are there to RAID at 6Gb/s on this board? a PCE-E RAID controller?

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Well id use the ich10 controller anyways as its the fastest atm, unless yes you have a RAID card.. IIRC only 6gb ssd out is the current c300 atm.. When the c400's / g3 hit then i believe we'll be seeing more of sata III ;)

The sandforce based SSD's look to be even faster than the C400 and G3. So i really dont want to use an SATA 3GB/s controller, it would seriously cripple it. And being as Intel are not releasing a high end 6/8 core Sandy Bridge CPU for ages yet i'll be sticking with this board and my 980X for some time... this is why i'm looking for a way to get 6Gb/s for a pair of RAID sandforce SSD's when they come out :confused:

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Originally Posted by Beany

The sandforce based SSD's look to be even faster than the C400 and G3. So i really dont want to use an SATA 3GB/s controller, it would seriously cripple it. And being as Intel are not releasing a high end 6/8 core Sandy Bridge CPU for ages yet i'll be sticking with this board and my 980X for some time... this is why i'm looking for a way to get 6Gb/s for a pair of RAID sandforce SSD's when they come out :confused:

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Well for current hardware the ICH10 is the best performer atm, When more 6gbs ssd's hit the market im sure we will see some great performers coming from SF-2000.. Im planning on hitting up 2x OCZ vertex 3 pro ssds... 500 read/write in r0 would be sweeeeeettt

Not sure if this been posted but new bios rev 1.0 F8g Beta

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Originally Posted by Johnny87au

Not sure if this been posted but new bios rev 1.0 F8g Beta

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On this one, i can't run my Mushkin Redlines 998691 with Default Setting 6-7-6-18. Not on 1.66v and not on 1.68v. On every Boot says the BIOS. "Recovery lost ram..."

With BIOS F7 i can run the Mushkin with this Default-Settings.

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Originally Posted by Shiranui Gen-An

Those look like some 38mm-thick fans you have there in push-pull. I recently acquired a non-UD3R/non-UD5/non-UD7 X58A board (:D) and in trying to mount my Venomous X with Scythe Ultra Kaze fans in push-pull, east/west orientation, the fan blocked the A1 memory slot. I wonder if the Megahalems is thinner...?

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I think not! It covers the first memory slot. But I put the airflow anyway ^^

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Originally Posted by Cumulonimbus

On this one, i can't run my Mushkin Redlines 998691 with Default Setting 6-7-6-18. Not on 1.66v and not on 1.68v. On every Boot says the BIOS. "Recovery lost ram..."

With BIOS F7 i can run the Mushkin with this Default-Settings.

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whats with the 7900GTX? time for an upgrade i think :)

Read so many pages of this thread and couldn't find my answer, is v2 better for overclocking or is v1 ? :shrug:

EDIT: Is it normal while posting that it doesn't show the CPU info only the memory frequency ??

EDIT 2: Thought I would share my Northbridge 1/2" mod :)

http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...rbid/jinya.jpg

Im not sure what your saying, but rev 1.0 of the ud7 overclocks better..

Vs rev2?

I don't think so mate!

so the Rev 2 beats the Ud9 ?

ud9 is a complete different motherboard , twice as much as has twice as many PCIE slots.. I wouldnt call it better in terms of overclocking.. As for the rev 1 has 24 phase power, rev 2 has 16, i dont know if the 16 is more powerful, but it does seem to be a diffrent design, and that is why they thought the rev 2.0 should only have 16. The ud5 rev 2.0 has the same 16, and aside from the heatsink not being a water block they are the same boards, both rev 2.0s.

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Originally Posted by dinos22

Vs rev2?

I don't think so mate!

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So rev 2 is the better board ?

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Originally Posted by Nam-uk

so the Rev 2 beats the Ud9 ?

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umm I thought this thread was about the UD7 ??

rev2 is same as rev1 for std cooling but on LN2 it is a bit better than rev1 and about the same as UD9 :up:. The PWM is a bit better for very high loads with a 980X and high volts. Yes the new 16phase is a bit more powerful for LN2 benching than old 24phase as each mosfet is rated higher and they are more efficient in delivering power

Thanks dinos22 .:up:. might sell my rev 1 and use the newer rev 2 I picked up yesterday, even I wont be using LN2 it sounds a better board ..

For xtreme clocking, "subzero"

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Originally Posted by Johnny87au

For xtreme clocking, "subzero"

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and .... :confused:

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Originally Posted by mazmorbid

umm I thought this thread was about the UD7 ??

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near enough same Board to the Ud7 so the Ud9 stays Ummm :rofl:

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Originally Posted by mazmorbid

and .... :confused:

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Why would you change boards, the difference is barley noticeable and most likely you would only notice when using L2N?

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Originally Posted by NoGuru

Why would you change boards, the difference is barley noticeable and most likely you would only notice when using L2N?

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I was having some issues so purchased a new motherboard. I do understand it would most probably only be beneficial with LN2.

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Originally Posted by mazmorbid

Thanks dinos22 .:up:. might sell my rev 1 and use the newer rev 2 I picked up yesterday, even I wont be using LN2 it sounds a better board ..

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On Air/water both boards would give you the same performance, I wouldnt bother..

Yo guys,:)
does anybody have a link to download the latest EasyTune6 ?

Here ya go mate..
http://download.gigabyte.ru/utility/..._et6_intel.exe

Hi there...
I need to put a question to UD7 users. I have a X58A-UD5 rev 1 ... do you think upgrading to UD7 rev 1 is a worth upgrade overclock wise ... or ... it won't have huge gains with the 24 phases... ?

i think it woudl be worth the upgrade if somthing is limiting your chip, if you aren't going for 4.8ghz+ then don't bother.