X58A-OC Final Board Unboxing!!!!!!

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I figured a lot of you want to see what the final, retail version of the X58A-OC board look like. Well today the fedex man from heaven dropped by while I was at work. I got a call my significant other, and she was saying i had a new package. I asked her to open the pamphlet and read the description, and out comes the words "X58A-OC" as if she just read a serial number. While I sat there at work, my heart dropped, and what I said next will stay between her and I. Needless to say I was debating really hard to try and leave work early, this board I had been waiting months for had just arrived unannounced. I was so excited, today has to be one of the most exciting days of built up anticipation finally expressed!!!!!!!!!!

This board, is a piece of art. From the man behind board, Hicookie, come a creation that makes every overclocker drool on their keyboards. Needless to say this board lives up to all the hype, it really is a board to get excited about. A board made just for one purpose, and one purpose only, OVERCLOCKING! honestly, they did a terrific job at GIGABYTE, and times like these makes me want to try and get a job at a company so smart!

For now I leave you guys with pics of the final box, its accessories (you get 7 (seven) voltage reading DMM attachments!!), and some close ups of the board, and WITHOUT a heatsink. Enjoy!

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HERE WE GO!!!

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WITHOUT Protection!

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I cannot wait to analyze these!!!!!!

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I love DIP switches that actually do something!!!! bring me more!!!

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So tomorrow the 13th or Thursday the 14(most likely, because 13 is unlucky) you guys will have a full throughout review and analysis of the VRM, switching frequency, inductors, and how this 12 phase VRM keeps up with its 24 phase brother!!! Yes guys thats 9400uF of bulk output capacitance(100% tantalum POSCAPs on this board)!!!

So the performance review will be followed by Overclocking reports, the first will be Dry Ice this weekend and that will come with a performance review.

Then the next weekend I am going to go all out with LN2.

I am finally getting back in subzero cooling i once knew and loved, and this board is the reason why, and I have to thank GIGABYTE for this!

I am like a young kid on Christmas day!

Very cute story =]
Hideous looking motherboard.

wow. i am very impressed. gj gigabyte, bring us more of this and keep that 24 phase crap to yourselves.

What was the pricing on this board supposed to be?

Now can I get a few in the mail too? :D

I have systems to build!!! :cool:

Where can you order this in the US? I didn't think that it was out yet!

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What was the pricing on this board supposed to be?

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I asked, but wasn't told yet. Initially it was supposed to be the price of the UD5, i have no clue what it is now. D479 it isn't out just yet.

I jizzed in my paints see this board!

One problem I have with this board - no PCI 1x slot in betwen the middle two Orange slots :down:

This is a very important slot position for people running two graphics cards plus a soundcard, it gives you 3 slot spacing for two GFX cards in 16x slots 1 + 3 (the third slot massively improves heat dissipation and reduces GPU temps), and a slot for a soundcard in the middle.

For a board this expensive, the slots should at least be done right, as the layout on the R3E is.

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Originally Posted by bhavv

One problem I have with this board - no PCI 1x slot in betwen the middle two Orange slots :down:

This is a very important slot position for people running two graphics cards plus a soundcard, it gives you 3 slot spacing for two GFX cards in 16x slots 1 + 3 (the third slot massively improves heat dissipation and reduces GPU temps), and a slot for a soundcard in the middle.

For a board this expensive, the slots should at least be done right, as the layout on the R3E is.

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The thing is, it won't be that expensive. This will be atleast 100 dollars cheaper than the r3e. Compared to r3e and the classified, this is much cheaper.

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The thing is, it won't be that expensive. This will be atleast 100 dollars cheaper than the r3e. Compared to r3e and the classified, this is much cheaper.

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really?

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One problem I have with this board - no PCI 1x slot in betwen the middle two Orange slots :down:

This is a very important slot position for people running two graphics cards plus a soundcard, it gives you 3 slot spacing for two GFX cards in 16x slots 1 + 3 (the third slot massively improves heat dissipation and reduces GPU temps), and a slot for a soundcard in the middle.

For a board this expensive, the slots should at least be done right, as the layout on the R3E is.

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This is not a "regular consumer" mobo. It's basically build for serious benching. :up:

That's why it's simply called X58a-OC and not GB XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX58 I'll screw your mom FTW Head Shot Edition.

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One problem I have with this board - no PCI 1x slot in betwen the middle two Orange slots :down:

This is a very important slot position for people running two graphics cards plus a soundcard, it gives you 3 slot spacing for two GFX cards in 16x slots 1 + 3 (the third slot massively improves heat dissipation and reduces GPU temps), and a slot for a soundcard in the middle.

For a board this expensive, the slots should at least be done right, as the layout on the R3E is.

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Good thing I use an external DAC via USB. :D

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I asked, but wasn't told yet. Initially it was supposed to be the price of the UD5, i have no clue what it is now. D479 it isn't out just yet.

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Then how did you get one? :eek:

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The thing is, it won't be that expensive. This will be atleast 100 dollars cheaper than the r3e. Compared to r3e and the classified, this is much cheaper.

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o rly? AFAIK it is on par with the RIIIE Black for pricing :down:

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Originally Posted by bhavv

One problem I have with this board - no PCI 1x slot in betwen the middle two Orange slots :down:

This is a very important slot position for people running two graphics cards plus a soundcard, it gives you 3 slot spacing for two GFX cards in 16x slots 1 + 3 (the third slot massively improves heat dissipation and reduces GPU temps), and a slot for a soundcard in the middle.

For a board this expensive, the slots should at least be done right, as the layout on the R3E is.

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Yeah, its massively important to my PI or 3DMark runs to have a soundcard.
Suggest you familiarise yourself with the needs of an overclocker and then reassess your judgment.

@Sin, you seem a little too excited by a motherboard.

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Originally Posted by bhavv

One problem I have with this board - no PCI 1x slot in betwen the middle two Orange slots :down:

This is a very important slot position for people running two graphics cards plus a soundcard, it gives you 3 slot spacing for two GFX cards in 16x slots 1 + 3 (the third slot massively improves heat dissipation and reduces GPU temps), and a slot for a soundcard in the middle.

For a board this expensive, the slots should at least be done right, as the layout on the R3E is.

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Haven't you heard? This is the first ever board for overclockers and overclockers don't need no extra crap...at least that's what I heard :up:

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@Sin, you seem a little too excited by a motherboard.

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xtrmegigabuttpimp lol

I need 5.1 audio for my aquamark runs, bad mobo :P.

This board will rock.

*sigh* How long must I wait to get this board?
(and this board will be my first x58 board which I buy with my own money LOL :rotf: :rotf:)

But I just wonder, did OC Board need soundcard? Suppose they can cut some more $ by cutting down the SC.
*as for my daily use, I use USB SC which comes from my Plantronics GC-777 headset, works like a charm*

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But I just wonder, did OC Board need soundcard? Suppose they can cut some more $ by cutting down the SC.
*as for my daily use, I use USB SC which comes from my Plantronics GC-777 headset, works like a charm*

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Need to make compromise with sales team. If the sales say that they can't sell a board without audio, management will not approve production.

Well I have spotted it on a Norwegian site which states it will get a couple in on the 29th of this month.

However i do remember that when Komplett operated in the UK as well they were often "ambitious" with their in stock date estimates....

I wish some people would read up on stuff before commenting on how it's missing this or that.
I feel like I will be explain to a ton of people how this is not a gaming board.

Giga is deviating from standards to make sure we can have fun and push the envelope.

Sin you lucky b4st4rd, GIVE ME THAT!!!!

Regarding the price, hopefully it has not changed? I'm excited as long as it hits below 350 Euro on European market, 299 would be "1337"

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Need to make compromise with sales team. If the sales say that they can't sell a board without audio, management will not approve production.

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*And the soundcard is in the X58-chipset package, so, would not make sense to save it, basicly it is just traces and the plug, done job, VERY cheap..

ON THE OTHER HAND;
USB3 and SATA3 are uncalled for expenses that are demandend by some.
For PCMark, a raid controller is used, USB3 without being in the chipset does not allow us installing OS faster through USB3 dongle, not that I have tried :p:

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Then how did you get one? :eek:

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See below... :rofl:

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xtrmegigabuttpimp lol

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Looking forward to your review Sin... Mine is on the way. Cant wait to see what she can do!

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Originally Posted by bhavv

One problem I have with this board - no PCI 1x slot in betwen the middle two Orange slots :down:

This is a very important slot position for people running two graphics cards plus a soundcard, it gives you 3 slot spacing for two GFX cards in 16x slots 1 + 3 (the third slot massively improves heat dissipation and reduces GPU temps), and a slot for a soundcard in the middle.

For a board this expensive, the slots should at least be done right, as the layout on the R3E is.

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That may be just fine for your "gaming" motherboard, but how many overclockers have you seen running Liquid nitrogen and banging out the tunes?

:ROTF:

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That may be just fine for your "gaming" motherboard, but how many overclockers have you seen running Liquid nitrogen and banging out the tunes?

:ROTF:

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Everyone?
Come on, dont tell me that you dont bench while radio or laptop is playing music...

But using same rig as benching on would be kinda fail... First off; it takes ressources, second, you will hear less then 70% of the music, because other time is crash, bios, reboot.

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That may be just fine for your "gaming" motherboard, but how many overclockers have you seen running Liquid nitrogen and banging out the tunes?

:ROTF:

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When I bench, I hook up my 7.1 audio system to the bench rig and set volume to MAX. When the rig spits out yet-another set of errors, my family members share the pain.

ha, you know I would be excited about this board no matter what company it comes from. If this was an asus product, or evga product, around the same price point with teh same faetures, I would buy it cashmoney just so that they bring out another board for another chipset in the future.

I think alot of people feel the same way.

You don't need to be a GB fan to buy this board or love it, its deviation from standards that just don't benefit us all teh way, inital benches and overclocks are very promising, and we have somthing to get very excited about. I don't think any of us were this excited for teh G1 series or R3EBlack, and that is becuase while those boards are excellent motherboards, they don't fit out needs all the way. Good thing for the mobo companies is that we don't want all those add-on ICs for connectivity, we just want better power delivery and excellent overclockability with tuned latencies and BIOS. that is it.

Yea i am excited, a bit too much, but i am proud to be. If i see this board on a shelve at my local MC i will buy it just becuase i want to see future boards just like this.

massman i read your article, both at hwbot back a month ago and in the magazine, i agree with you 90%! haha i like your word choice.

One more thing, This ISN'T a review by ANY MEANS. I saw that MANY people post unboxings of new boards in the NEWs section, and no one gets moved, but i guess they felt they need to move mine?

nice mobo

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When I bench, I hook up my 7.1 audio system to the bench rig and set volume to MAX. When the rig spits out yet-another set of errors, my family members share the pain.

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:eek: :rofl:

This reminds me of people that bought the Foxconn Black Ops for a gaming rig lol and then complained about the color of the damn included fan! It is primarily (as in it's primary purpose for existing) a benching board. As with many things in life just because you can does not mean you should :rofl:

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Everyone?
Come on, dont tell me that you dont bench while radio or laptop is playing music...

But using same rig as benching on would be kinda fail... First off; it takes ressources, second, you will hear less then 70% of the music, because other time is crash, bios, reboot.

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Dude this is how all the pros do it. You are doing it wrong.

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When I bench, I hook up my 7.1 audio system to the bench rig and set volume to MAX. When the rig spits out yet-another set of errors, my family members share the pain.

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You only crank it to the max? You are clearly doing it wrong. You should crank it to..


11

This worth 200Mhz easy :up:

If Dino can get good results on this mobo it has to be dead easy to work with !

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If Dino can get good results on this mobo it has to be dead easy to work with !

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Ouch!

lol :p:

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You only crank it to the max? You are clearly doing it wrong. You should crank it to..

11

This worth 200Mhz easy :up:

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11?

I can tune volume in 48 phases. 11. Don't make me laugh. No wonder you always have bad 980X's. Only 11 phases in your volume ... :shakes:

I usually do 11
Because its 1 more then 10 and louder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY

Only bulldozer goes to 11 http://blogs.amd.com/work/2011/01/31...er-goes-to-11/

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If Dino can get good results on this mobo it has to be dead easy to work with !

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finally someone is catching on :rofl:

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finally someone is catching on :rofl:

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I don't know man. You seem to get good efficiency with the nude Aussie tweak. :p:

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ha, you know I would be excited about this board no matter what company it comes from. If this was an asus product, or evga product, around the same price point with teh same faetures, I would buy it cashmoney just so that they bring out another board for another chipset in the future.

I think alot of people feel the same way.

You don't need to be a GB fan to buy this board or love it, its deviation from standards that just don't benefit us all teh way, inital benches and overclocks are very promising, and we have somthing to get very excited about. I don't think any of us were this excited for teh G1 series or R3EBlack, and that is becuase while those boards are excellent motherboards, they don't fit out needs all the way. Good thing for the mobo companies is that we don't want all those add-on ICs for connectivity, we just want better power delivery and excellent overclockability with tuned latencies and BIOS. that is it.

Yea i am excited, a bit too much, but i am proud to be. If i see this board on a shelve at my local MC i will buy it just becuase i want to see future boards just like this.

massman i read your article, both at hwbot back a month ago and in the magazine, i agree with you 90%! haha i like your word choice.

One more thing, This ISN'T a review by ANY MEANS. I saw that MANY people post unboxings of new boards in the NEWs section, and no one gets moved, but i guess they felt they need to move mine?

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Did you pay cashmoney for this board?
To be honest i think most of your excitement is down to it being a sponsored product (i'm guessing).
Dont get me wrong, many of us have/are in the same boat with sponsorships but your excitement level is a little bit too much volume 11.
Anyhow, enjoy the board man and we look forward to yet further results while none of us can buy it yet

I'm pretty much that excited for the board and I'm not getting it for free. In fact, I'm a bit pissed with all the delays as I sold my UD9 so now I'm stuck borrowing a UD4P from a friend until this thing finally releases...

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Did you pay cashmoney for this board?
To be honest i think most of your excitement is down to it being a sponsored product (i'm guessing).
Dont get me wrong, many of us have/are in the same boat with sponsorships but your excitement level is a little bit too much volume 11.
Anyhow, enjoy the board man and we look forward to yet further results while none of us can buy it yet

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Doesn't matter, I am going to buy one when it comes out, my excited has to do with the fact I have been waiting for this board for so many month. I really like the tech, doesn't matter if its sponsored or not. This isn't teh first product i have been given to review, I also haven't been this excited. What a thing to say.

T_M, I just wanted to say something because your comment sat with me there for a few days.
I have seen your results, and you have been playing(or seen or got to play) with this board before me right? lol you were at the OCAU event, so maybe your excitement isn't as much as mine. i saw your modding work on the HSF, i only wish i could have seen that board in action in person. I actually thought you did some nice mods man.

Honestly mate i have been reviewing hardware for years before this. Techpowerup.com go into the archives, search for Steven B back in 2005. Back then i had all kinds of sponsors, from mushkin to even crazyPC lol If you look on the Reviews page here I use that name sometimes when i want to sign my articles. Sponsorship or for that matter, a review product, isn't the issue here. I am not sponsored per say as much as i am given a product and expected to review it. As far as I know sponsorship means you get teh board to OC and just show OC results and take rankings with the board, or you get nice parts to put in your build and show off, like if you are a case modder. My part in all this is to give people a look deep inside the board, to see how it ticks and tocks. BUT this time around I am going to take a shot at benching, maybe trying to see what I can do.

Good luck to you sin0822. I think it's great that you can get excited still, better than being all boring.:D

I like the board a lot and can understand your enthusiasm.

I get excited about every piece of hardware I buy. It's one of my hobbies and enjoy new tech.

Don't try and bench like those Aussie's, can get a little drafty.;)

I'm considering trying to trade an MSI Big Bang Xpower for one of these... not sure if that's possible considering how new this one is.

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I get excited about every piece of hardware I buy. It's one of my hobbies and enjoy new tech.

Don't try and bench like those Aussie's, can get a little drafty.;)

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Right! I fully agree with your enthusiasm, but no need to get down and dirty (Naked) with it this time around- although I know you will...

Just freeze it, and we all know that isn't a good time to be without under-garments :ROTF: :rofl:

I look forward to your results man, a lot actually, you're the best reviewer we've had around in long time I think! :up:

ha thanks for sharing my enthusiasm

anyways 5.2ghz easily on air: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1771801

probably going to grab some DICE tonight and see what i can do

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This board is made for extreme ocing.
Show us LN2 results or show us nothing haha :p: :D j/k
Nice start :up:

lol yea, just came in recently, so that will be next weekend, but yea will do. Of course i gotta show something for all types of ocers too.

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lol yea, just came in recently, so that will be next weekend, but yea will do. Of course i gotta show something for all types of ocers too.

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Great show us what retail cpu's can do then, many of us are retail ocers ;)

We all know 990x ES are better OCers than retail ;)

Hey Brian I like your CPU man LOL :)

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Great show us what retail cpu's can do then, many of us are retail ocers ;)

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:yepp:

show us something not so extra spicy:up:

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Great show us what retail cpu's can do then, many of us are retail ocers ;)

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i got a i7930, will that do?lol i can't see it mattering, its just showing the board can OC, yea different CPu will hit different speeds, nothing new. ES chip none ES chip, max OC is max OC, i am not doing a CPU review were an ES chip's OC might matter.

BUT yes ES990x seems to OC higher.

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yah man anything that doesn't have ES tacked onto from specific chips where everyone knows there is a big diff.

Example 990X ES, retails are not matching.

920ES though retails blast away so not a big deal.

Here's a nice example of what the board can do with a retail chip.

Top 5 for Core I7 920 32m pi.

http://www.hwbot.org/community/submi...in_48sec_813ms

not bad , my 930 isn't that great wants a lot of voltage on air for nothing lol, like 4.2ghz was best stable i could get underwater. ill see what i can do with DICE, but i don't see why chips matter. It snot like the fact is ES is hidden. I am not showing things other than teh board can OC.

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not bad , my 930 isn't that great wants a lot of voltage on air for nothing lol, like 4.2ghz was best stable i could get underwater. ill see what i can do with DICE, but i don't see why chips matter. It snot like the fact is ES is hidden. I am not showing things other than teh board can OC.

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When people use say 990X ES on a board to show its abilitities some users take it to much to heart that if they get that board there retail 990X will clock well to ;)

They go get a retail 990X and this board and the chip sucks and No board no matter what its designed for can polish a turd.

Guess who goes up against the firing squad? The guy that showed them how great it was ;)

Not really, i don't go up against any firing squad, i state that no two chips will OC the same.

Plus Ocers know better than to expect the same results. If my 930 can do lets say 4.5ghz on air, then someone buy s a930 and doesn't get it, its not my problem.

I don't promise anyone any OCs.

The problem is not about different CPU = different OC, but I bet this board is same in overclocking capabilities as any other high-end mobo.

I mean same clocks will be reached on this OC "first eva oc board", on R3E, E760 and others high-end X58 boards, with difference few BCLK mhz.

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The problem is not about different CPU = different OC, but I bet this board is same in overclocking capabilities as any other high-end mobo.

I mean same clocks will be reached on this OC "first eva oc board", on R3E, E760 and others high-end X58 boards, with difference few BCLK mhz.

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really the truth, the variance in bclk is going to be minimal on all the top end boards.

But but but it says OC!
Heheh

time will tell if the board will be able to squeeze a bit more out of any given chip. I know what my 970- can do in my G1.Assassin. When i finally get this board up and running i will be able to compare directly. I am not an extreme overclocker though, so the real benefits of this board may only present themselves to those going sub zero. I will try some chilled water, but that is as extreme as i get these days....
Looking forward to your full review Sin, you are definitely one of the best reviewers here right now.

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But but but it says OC!
Heheh

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But but but it says OC!
Heheh

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:up: Right on !!

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But but but it says OC!
Heheh

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:rofl:good stuff

well a few blck make records, and a few more points do too, so if this boards is tuned for a certain type fo benchmark then it will do well. The issue though is price. If this is cheaper than the rest, then it'll be a winner.

BTW the OC buttons on the board, idk last time i used something like them was on a uGuru from ABIT if anyone remembers. It is very smooth and very cool, SO EASY to get a nice cpu-z shot with it.

I'm still waiting to see if this MBoard is the 'Dream' everyone's talking about :up:

Chew!!!! my 930 benching is going to take a day or so, i hope to see if i can get close to your 920 results, but i doubt i can. BUT look at this retail 980x, this is what you want to see, correct?
http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/20...a-ud9-and.html

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Chew!!!! my 930 benching is going to take a day or so, i hope to see if i can get close to your 920 results, but i doubt i can. BUT look at this retail 980x, this is what you want to see, correct?
http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/20...a-ud9-and.html

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As posted in facebook; I hope Nacho will try X58A-OC vs. X58A-UD9 wprime 1024 with that chip.
It should prove the X58A-OC.

not everyone check GB Daily
yea UD9=3D OC=2d? that is my guess

Alot more then checks the blog though ;)

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I'm still waiting to see if this MBoard is the 'Dream' everyone's talking about :up:

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well no WR's so far :down:

board looks good, cant wait for it to hit retail so I can pick one up! Haven't benched X58 in quite a while now...

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Originally Posted by ChanceCoats123

That may be just fine for your "gaming" motherboard, but how many overclockers have you seen running Liquid nitrogen and banging out the tunes?

:ROTF:

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Meh, all that orange sure made it look like a gaming motherboard to me :D

My point was that there are a lot of people that this board would still appeal to for a normal overclocked rig (either on air on water), and simply having an extra 1x slot in the middle would have been nice for people wanting to use this board with 2 GPUs plus a soundcard on a 24/7 OCED rig. I would really prefer to have this board over an Asus if that was the case :)

why not just use one of the PCIe slots it has, you can plug in a PCIe 1x to a larger slot :shrug:

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why not just use one of the PCIe slots it has, you can plug in a PCIe 1x to a larger slot :shrug:

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You cant use two triple slot cards with a soundcard on this board, and even with 2 slot cards, having a third slot free after them greatly helps to reduce GPU temps.

3 slot spacing per graphics card plus a soundcard which doesnt reduce that spacing is the ideal layout that I want.

The very middle slot area, between the two middle orange slots is the most ideal place for a soundcard on such a slot layout with two graphics cards, as you can see with the R3E black edition which shows the included soundcard installed on that slot.

I wish they would release the damn thing already - at least in the US. :up:

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Originally Posted by D749

I wish they would release the damn thing already - at least in the US. :up:

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it will officialy release next week in japan...

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

it will officialy release next week in japan...

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What does that mean for US? Same date? I might force myself to wait considering Sin just hit 276 BCLK on his...

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

What does that mean for US? Same date? I might force myself to wait considering Sin just hit 276 BCLK on his...

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where did he post that he did 276?

japan is usually ahead. 1wk to many months. intel chips gets released there early.

still i'll be f5'in newegg this weekend lol

276 is just a bclock glitch not a real OC lol

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

it will officialy release next week in japan...

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same as Australia, should be same for most regions

Oh boo. I've hit over 600 before with the glitch. 11GHz!

Here's Sin's valid:

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1791855

EDIT: Yep, he confirmed it was a glitch. He was just messing around and my hopefulness for this board made me believe it! Back to buying the RIIIE.

yea man its a joke, that is hwy i didn't post it here! LOL

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:ROTF:

600, wow!

I think I've got a 350 Bclk image somewhere with Everest bench results :D

RIIIE purchased. I really wanted this board but got sick of waiting and the BCLK's I've seen have been far from impressive. Plus I miss ROG Connect...