Gigabyte EX58-Extreme meets Intel 975

I had a couple of run-ins with motherboard from Gigabyte over the years - and I used to HATE them. Their boards were always too full of gimmicks and nothing ever appeared to be in harmony for the overclocker in me. But things have changed tremendously. In the past couple of weeks I was able to spend some quality time with the EX58 and benching has been a blast with their latest top of the line product.
Here's some SS of some benchmarks:



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One of the key things of obtaining these CPU clocks were lowering CPU PLLs, I will try to go thru my different HDDs to find the settings and more screeny of the bench fest.

Nice Mike!
I have that board but no way in hell I'll get that high!:rofl:

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Originally Posted by Movieman

Nice Mike!
I have that board but no way in hell I'll get that high!:rofl:

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Nobody can bench that board as high as Fugger ;) - but I tell you it's worth pushing it a little bit - very rewarding - espcially on air!

Pushing this board on the limit is a different story - placement of caps etc. is very close to the cpu socket - condensation. abuse etc. can easily leave you with a dead chip. So caution is advised benching at "high voltage"...

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

Nobody can bench that board as high as Fugger ;) - but I tell you it's worth pushing it a little bit - very rewarding - espcially on air!

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I'm like walter mitty.
I live vicariously thru you guys exploits and just enjoy the show!:up:

nice results. Congrats :)

1.552V in CPUZ... so you should be using 1.57V in BIOS? Nice result :P

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Originally Posted by emo

1.552V in CPUZ... so you should be using 1.57V in BIOS? Nice result :P

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that is one of the problems with the board on extreme cooling - 1.59xV=1.561v; 1.6V = 1.563xV. 1.6075=1.63V

Very nice results Mike!
I love the board on air as well, I have not tested it cold though, what kind of cold bugs were you seeing?

what ? 3Dmark05 WR ? 49665 points :eek:Awsome

Awesome PCMark05 there man !! :P I assume you were using one acard?

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Originally Posted by PytonOrm

what ? 3Dmark05 WR ? 49665 points :eek:Awsome

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Mike already owns the record but its 50k+

Great scores Congrats:up: I think Giga is faster than EVGA for 3D Performance:up:

can you list your setting please ?

Great numbers :D

The EX58 Extreme is definitely one of the smoothest clocking boards out there.

Impressive overclocking with that board. I've got one inbound, really looking forward to benching with it. Will keep in mind the condensation warning :up:

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Originally Posted by TheKarmakazi

Awesome PCMark05 there man !! :P I assume you were using one acard?

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900+mb/s virus scan exceeds bandwidth available from 1 ACARD. So, 2 ACARDs?

Nice work Mike :up:

Mike what the highest BCLK clock you have on this board? This seem like a better board for maybe 965 and 975 because of the unlocked multiplier. Other processors seem to hit the bclk wall of 222 often, even on cold like ln2.

Thats great cpu efficiency so far those, with 5500mhz+ I think you should break 38000

mad clocks nice work:up:

great overclocking Mike ;) , congratz

Nice, would be great if the i7's didn't have the cold bug and it would have been great to see if it couild overclock over 6Ghz like the Phenom II's.

Coldbug doesn't really matter on i7 as most chips can max out at temps way below coldbug-temps.

Nice Scores man,

Trust in GIGABYTE :ROTF:

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Originally Posted by miahallen

Very nice results Mike!
I love the board on air as well, I have not tested it cold though, what kind of cold bugs were you seeing?

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boot coldbug is around -70C with my CPU, on the evag it's about -40C - so this makes life a bit easier, but on the other hand I coldbug with HT enabled around -80C. Initially I thought there were some bugs - but I managed to get the system quiet stable at my clocks. FI you play with certain voltages - boot coldbug gets a lot worse - forgot at this point what they were...:confused:

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Originally Posted by PytonOrm

what ? 3Dmark05 WR ? 49665 points :eek:Awsome

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thanks - yeah got a couple of more scores at 05 that are a bit better but benched @ LN2 - - there scores were done at -72C

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Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Impressive overclocking with that board. I've got one inbound, really looking forward to benching with it. Will keep in mind the condensation warning :up:

900+mb/s virus scan exceeds bandwidth available from 1 ACARD. So, 2 ACARDs?

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You'll love that board - it very nice at PCMarking and awesome in efficiency

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Originally Posted by TheKarmakazi

Awesome PCMark05 there man !! :P I assume you were using one acard?


Mike already owns the record but its 50k+

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thanks mate - looking forward for some runs from you!

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Originally Posted by jabski

can you list your setting please ?

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The problem is my settings change from bench to bench but I'll post some images with gigabyte tool open soon

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Originally Posted by Brandybuck

Great scores Congrats:up: I think Giga is faster than EVGA for 3D Performance:up:

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thanks mate - I see you pushing the 975 very hard as well! Awesome! Yes on air the gigabyte appears much faster then the evga, but at top speeds I have a feeling that the gap narrows. I will give the evga another go and see how close they are

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Originally Posted by tajoh111

Mike what the highest BCLK clock you have on this board? This seem like a better board for maybe 965 and 975 because of the unlocked multiplier. Other processors seem to hit the bclk wall of 222 often, even on cold like ln2.

Thats great cpu efficiency so far those, with 5500mhz+ I think you should break 38000

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the highest bclock was 222 for me - no chance to go any higher. But from what I heard there should be a bios out soon that addresses the bclocks. No chance whatsoever to go much above 5.3ghz on this CPU unfortunately - I have been trying for days to somehow find a miracle setting that will take me above 5.3...

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Originally Posted by Gautam

Great numbers :D

The EX58 Extreme is definitely one of the smoothest clocking boards out there.

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thanks mate - smooth it is. Only complaint is that after about 30-45 minutes of very hard subzero benching you loose about 20mhz..

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Originally Posted by TheGoat Eater

Nice work Mike :up:

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thanks a bunch!

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Originally Posted by boblemagnifique

great overclocking Mike ;) , congratz

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thanks - been fun benching the board - but I have to tell I have a chip now with precisely the same mark on one pin as you 940XE :(

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Originally Posted by scooter.jay

mad clocks nice work:up:

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thanks - working one some more clocks as we speak

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Nice Scores man,

Trust in GIGABYTE :ROTF:

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thanks! lots of fun!

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Originally Posted by Chrono Detector

Nice, would be great if the i7's didn't have the cold bug and it would have been great to see if it couild overclock over 6Ghz like the Phenom II's.

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I actually can pull the cpu temp down to minus -160C without it crashing - but only when idle..

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Originally Posted by massman

Coldbug doesn't really matter on i7 as most chips can max out at temps way below coldbug-temps.

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I second that statement!

Here's a 32M - clocks are actually ~ 5560mhz forgot to take screenshot before I clocked down for saving ...Only tweak was maxmem at 600 - I am too lazy to figure out all the tweaks for SuperPi - never been one of my favorites for some reason...def. not gonna bother with copywaaza and whatnot...

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6539/6284.jpg

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Originally Posted by jabski

can you list your setting please ?

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in this image you can see some voltages for my settings, but I promise I take the time soon to write evverything down. DRAM termintation values are all wrong - I am always at 50% of dram voltage
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At 3DMark03 I was running :
Bios settings:
vocre: 1.64v
cpu PLL: 1.6V
VTT: 1.65
IOH: 1.28V
PCI-E: 1.54
CPU skew - 200ps
everything else pretty much auto

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1898/170k.jpg

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

Here's a 32M - clocks are actually ~ 5560mhz forgot to take screenshot before I clocked down for saving ...Only tweak was maxmem at 600 - I am too lazy to figure out all the tweaks for SuperPi - never been one of my favorites for some reason...def. not gonna bother with copywaaza and whatnot...

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6539/6284.jpg

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great overclocking :shocked:

:clap::clap::clap:

hahaha Mike

nice work

funny how some people will now eat their words :D

excellent efficiency :up:

Killer clocks for that 32M run. I want your chip :D

Sick clocks Mike :yepp:

Brutal clocks there Mike :clap:
Now show us some backups , J/K :rofl:

Congrats on the new WR :up:

You rocks Mike!! Very well done! :D

That 32M is awesome. Congratulation Mike, never stop updating us :p:

awesome result ! keep pushing it!

Congrats

good job :clap:

Great overclocking, nice CPU and skills :)

Fine overclock here :up:

Just recieved this mobo today, me wonna maximize it :D

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

Here's a 32M - clocks are actually ~ 5560mhz forgot to take screenshot before I clocked down for saving ...Only tweak was maxmem at 600 - I am too lazy to figure out all the tweaks for SuperPi - never been one of my favorites for some reason...def. not gonna bother with copywaaza and whatnot...

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6539/6284.jpg

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checksum is correct if anyone is wondering :) (doubt they need to)

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awesome 32M Mike!!!:up::clap::up:

Quick question,

How did you get your available memory to sit at 540mb?

Can't wait to see more action from your killer chip:slobber:

Excellent efficiency with only maxmem Mike...great job!

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Originally Posted by Brian y.

Quick question,

How did you get your available memory to sit at 540mb?

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His available memory is actually at approximately 515MB. But still, using 600MB of Maxmem and acquiring that available memory value (515MB) without any CopyWaza, is damn' impressive ! :up: I don't even want to imagine what the result would be, if properly tweaked OS and CopyWaza were used ! :shocked:

Congrats mikeguava, awesome cpu ! :yepp:

amazing result

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Originally Posted by marcolecorse

great overclocking :shocked:

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thank you!

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Originally Posted by dinos22

hahaha Mike

nice work

funny how some people will now eat their words :D

excellent efficiency :up:

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:D

what you mean eat their words?

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Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Killer clocks for that 32M run. I want your chip :D

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thanks mate - she's been treating me well, and doesn't want to move out yet :up:

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Originally Posted by loc.o

Sick clocks Mike :yepp:

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TY - it's all in the silicon...

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Originally Posted by The-Fox

Brutal clocks there Mike :clap:
Now show us some backups , J/K :rofl:

Congrats on the new WR :up:

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TY - but I know a guy who has even more brutal clocks and times

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Originally Posted by before

You rocks Mike!! Very well done! :D

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thanks my friend - I know that you PI gurus will smash it soon!

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Originally Posted by Bullet92

That 32M is awesome. Congratulation Mike, never stop updating us :p:

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TY - Update prolly next week - too busy at work atm

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Originally Posted by Benny Lodewijk

awesome result ! keep pushing it!

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ty - will do for sure!

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Originally Posted by nikolas61

Congrats

good job :clap:

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TY!!!

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Originally Posted by Gamer

Great overclocking, nice CPU and skills :)

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most of the credit goes to the CPU - it's been handling my abuse nicely!

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Originally Posted by DeDaL

Fine overclock here :up:

Just recieved this mobo today, me wonna maximize it :D

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You'll hopefully enjoy it as much as I do - make sure to play a bit with CPU PLL when going cold

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Originally Posted by Brian y.

awesome 32M Mike!!!:up::clap::up:

Quick question,

How did you get your available memory to sit at 540mb?

Can't wait to see more action from your killer chip:slobber:

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TY - all my bench OSs are stripped to the bone - I never have any unnessesary services etc running whatsoever. Not that I think it helps in times - but I always hope it helps stabilty a bit

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Originally Posted by miahallen

Excellent efficiency with only maxmem Mike...great job!

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Thanks a lot Mia - I honestly think that running on an SSD helps offset not using copy waaza - my thoughts were always that copy waaza helped mostly to flush out the cache of the HDD and just helps the writes - but I am truly completely clueless what SuperPI waaza etc does. I tried it a couple of times for 3Ds - but never took the time to study SuperPi. Couldn't even tell you what goid efficiency is or not. I am even surprised that Brian was able to tell how stripped my OS is....lol

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Originally Posted by George_o/c

His available memory is actually at approximately 515MB. But still, using 600MB of Maxmem and acquiring that available memory value (515MB) without any CopyWaza, is damn' impressive ! :up: I don't even want to imagine what the result would be, if properly tweaked OS and CopyWaza were used ! :shocked:

Congrats mikeguava, awesome cpu ! :yepp:

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Thanks again - another SuperPi guru - I think you were correct. Afaik my OS uses 48mb after finshing loading

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Originally Posted by PatRaceTin

amazing result

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thank you very much

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

what you mean eat their words?

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someone saying GBT cant take records

oh oh
guess it can hey :D

i can only imagine that run tweaked in 32M

little kittens will die all over the world :rofl:

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Originally Posted by dinos22

someone saying GBT cant take records

oh oh
guess it can hey :D

i can only imagine that run tweaked in 32M

little kittens will die all over the world :rofl:

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Yes, it cannot.:D

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Originally Posted by AndreYang

Yes, it cannot.:D

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Are you happy with your Aquamark score? I think it's kinda low - don't you :p:

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Originally Posted by AndreYang

Yes, it cannot.:D

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did you eat your words yet :rofl:

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Originally Posted by dinos22

did you eat your words yet :rofl:

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I guess I have omitted one little detail - I haven't been on LN2 on any of the above runs - been running on dry ice temps the entire time on GBT - CPU was always at a hot -62C according to GBT temp probe and -70 measured on IHS...CPU can def. go colder without HT

But getting 03 and 06 will be very very hard due to a missing PCI-E slot - yet not impossible at all ;)

show off :D

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

Are you happy with your Aquamark score? I think it's kinda low - don't you :p:

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ok....show me your magic.:D

admittedly i know Andre's backup score in AM3 and it ain't pretty Mike

You gonna really have to smash it to pass him :D

shouldnt be too hard though hahahahah :p:

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Originally Posted by dinos22

did you eat your words yet :rofl:

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Don't say too early. I promise you will eat your words soon.

oh so 407 won't be enough??? Argh why didn't you tell me earlier - I just broke apart the rig tonight

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

oh so 407 won't be enough??? Argh why didn't you tell me earlier - I just broke apart the rig tonight

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for your level, it's too low.:D

too low dude
keep going
Andre is a machine :rofl:

Wow excellent :shocked::shocked:


3D06 37k score :eek::eek::eek: :clap:

Lots of people eating their words around here, I think I am a little confused over "who got who" :confused: :D

So far it seems like anyone that thinks that the gigabyte can't take wr's has to eat their words, but also, anyone that thinks that andre's aquamark can be beaten by the gigabyte also has to eat their words :shrug:

i.e. you have to eat your words if

a) You think Mike can beat Andre's Aquamark (on the Gigabyte)
b) You think no one can beat Andre's Aquamark (Gigabyte included)

http://hpmuseum.net/upload_htmlFile/...erworld-27.jpg

Excuse me but exactly how unbelievably awesome is Andre's AM3 run ? Give me just the first number :D

First to break the 400K barrier, I believe ;)

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Originally Posted by miahallen

First to break the 400K barrier, I believe ;)

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andre's already done it lol

400K is EASY hey andre? :p: hahaha

That's what I was saying Dino, that Andre was the first;)

Really impressive 3d06 you got there congrats,

Up to de 38 k :)

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Originally Posted by Gautam

So far it seems like anyone that thinks that the gigabyte can't take wr's has to eat their words, but also, anyone that thinks that andre's aquamark can be beaten by the gigabyte also has to eat their words :shrug:

i.e. you have to eat your words if

a) You think Mike can beat Andre's Aquamark (on the Gigabyte)
b) You think no one can beat Andre's Aquamark (Gigabyte included)

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Are you prepared to eat these words if these predictions turn out incorrect?

And yes, I will be printing this post using bold and size=72. You can choose your own font.

I've eaten math tests before, a little bit of ink does the body good. :p:

You reply scaringly fast ... :eek:

Aha so ... 407k is what we're talking about ? Just a wild guess :D

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Originally Posted by George_o/c

Aha so ... 407k is what we're talking about ? Just a wild guess :D

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not sure, but from the way understand it sounds like Andre easily can beat 407k, maybe with AM3? Not sure - but to me it sounds like "game on!"

What is it andre - AM3 or I7 you wanna play?

looks like Andre must have been talking out of his ass about a 410K backup

hipro's 401K has been sitting there for a day without answer

common Mr. i have 550K AM3 backup >> where is it :D

Your logic is solid, pretty sure he has vince too...for the moment anyway. Where is your 400K AQ3 dinos? :D

Nice work with the GBT board Mike :up:

:rofl: when i get a result i put it up

no thrash talking

:D