My 1st Virgin Intel Seven with X58A-OC & Retail 990X @ 7030MHz

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05-27-2011, 05:30 PM
Mad222

My 1st Virgin Intel Seven with X58A-OC & Retail 990X @ 7030MHz

Thanks to Gigabyte for making my Intel dream came true:up:

First touch with the board, I found the design was very attractive & impressed with the high quality of its’ components.
I absolutely enjoyed the Multiplier/ Bclk buttons which makes overclocking much fun & easier than ever. Playing with those buttons gives me a feeling like driving a sports car & trying to accelerate by shifting up the gear & stepping on the gas pedal
Stability is also found in all aspects in terms of 2D/3D benching on this 1.0 version
This X58-OC version is surely designed & born for overclocking SPEED…:up::up::up:

Frankly, I like this board more than Hicookie ! ooooops….:rofl:

Rig:-
Gigabyte X58A-OC
Intel Gulftown 990X
NV 470
Corsair 1600 C6 2gx2
Silverstone 1500w
GC2 Compound
Eric's Gulftown Killer

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Platform1.jpg

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Platform2.jpg

Without having to do any hard mod and stuff, just put grease on the board, get set & go!
Here we are…6.94G 6C12T
Crazy old Mad didn’t realize HT was enabled til CPUz validation:shakes:

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a...6949g6C12T.jpg

With HT disabled @ the right volt. & Temp., 7G was a pc of cake
How far this chip can go ?! Hmm….:rolleyes:

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a...X703gValid.jpg

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a...5/cpu-7030.jpg

wPrime 32m/1024m seems the best 2D benchmarks that 990x can do atm
But PI/Pifast is absolutely benchable from 6.5g to 6.6g for this chip.
PI bug wasn’t so serious than I thought when I get to know the board better
PI1m @ 6.5g single channel with auto uncore was around 6.4s, so did not bother to do any screen shot

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a...024m78609s.jpg

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a...me32m2484s.jpg

Once I’ve found the mounting for the LN2 pot (dunno where they are in my OC room), will do further testings & some heavy duty 3D !;)
05-27-2011, 05:34 PM
Buckeye

Nice work Mad !
That pot looks massive :up:
05-27-2011, 05:43 PM
sin0822

wow yea nice jobX!
05-27-2011, 05:53 PM
Thrmionicshaman

Excellent overclock on first touch Mad!! Great work:up:
Keep on having fun evermore.
05-27-2011, 07:36 PM
namegt

:shocked:Nice 7GHz
Great work Bro:up:
05-27-2011, 08:24 PM
ChanceCoats123

:up: Pot wasn't even 'mounted' LOL. Nice runs there! Were the Pi results slower because you were in single channel, or was it a board/cpu issue?
05-27-2011, 08:33 PM
[XC] gomeler

Aww, don't burn out that chip on stupid wPrime. AQ3/3D03/3D05/3D06! I can achieve better wPrime scores on a 2-way setup :D Looks like a nice setup, now just get yourself a GTX 580 :up:
05-27-2011, 09:34 PM
rbuass

Phenomad now braking the scores with Intel....
Amazing results friend...main Wprime.
Can you share your batch CPU???....will look for one LOL
05-27-2011, 11:31 PM
aslanwas

Nice one :D! First time you use 1366, yes ? Get a 5870/580 Lightning and show us some 3D damage ;)
05-27-2011, 11:37 PM
slamms

7 GHz is your numbers!!! First was many AMD cpu`s, now Intel!!! Nice work!!!
05-28-2011, 12:48 AM
Olivon

Impressive 7GHz Mad222 :shocked:

Great job, as usual :up:
05-28-2011, 07:00 AM
Mehdi_FXX

Amazing job :up
7 GHZ on retail chip!!! Sick!!!

can you tell us whats the batch of this Crazy chip?
05-28-2011, 08:47 AM
Mad222

Thx, guys !:)

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Originally Posted by Buckeye

Nice work Mad !
That pot looks massive :up:

Quote:

Originally Posted by sin0822

wow yea nice jobX!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrmionicshaman

Excellent overclock on first touch Mad!! Great work:up:
Keep on having fun evermore.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olivon

Impressive 7GHz Mad222 :shocked:
Great job, as usual :up:

Okay...your turn to make another 7g, Bro! :D

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Originally Posted by namegt

:shocked:Nice 7GHz
Great work Bro:up:

Yup...
CB related !;)

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Originally Posted by ChanceCoats123

:up: Pot wasn't even 'mounted' LOL. Nice runs there! Were the Pi results slower because you were in single channel, or was it a board/cpu issue?

Haha...
Mod for 580 SOC is almost done ;)
Hmm...interested in AQ. It's fun playing @ home :up:
For 01/03/05/06 those 3D, need "Dino the bruce" to do it, but he really needs some luck though :rofl:

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Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Aww, don't burn out that chip on stupid wPrime. AQ3/3D03/3D05/3D06! I can achieve better wPrime scores on a 2-way setup :D Looks like a nice setup, now just get yourself a GTX 580 :up:

Phenomad will be back to AMD soon, Bro!
Compete with you again !:up:

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Originally Posted by rbuass

Phenomad now braking the scores with Intel....
Amazing results friend...main Wprime.
Can you share your batch CPU???....will look for one LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mehdi_FXX

Amazing job :up
7 GHZ on retail chip!!! Sick!!!
can you tell us whats the batch of this Crazy chip?

There you go!
Costa Rica....:rofl:
http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a.../990xbatch.jpg

Alright, will try !:)

Quote:

Originally Posted by aslanwas

Nice one :D! First time you use 1366, yes ? Get a 5870/580 Lightning and show us some 3D damage ;)

Yes, I bought a lotto with 7,17,27,37,47 + 22 couple weeks ago...trying to win a prize of over a billion HKD, but no can't do !:D
Maybe next time will win
Thx, Slamms !:)

Quote:

Originally Posted by slamms

7 GHz is your numbers!!! First was many AMD cpu`s, now Intel!!! Nice work!!!
05-28-2011, 02:42 PM
fl0w3n

Not bad for a first timer ;)
05-28-2011, 02:54 PM
zalbard

Great clocks, nice job! :up:
Waiting for 3D scores. :yepp:
05-29-2011, 12:45 AM
FlanK3r

omg, crazy MAD again :-D. Did u try Cinebench R10 and R11.5 under this monstrum?:) How good it was under AIR? Impressive work! Whats 6GHZ with Intel chips for you? Nothing :-D. Mad bored only for 7 GHz+ ,-)
05-29-2011, 02:32 AM
CryptiK

Awesome clocks!

Funny all the guys who said 990X was no good and same as 980X.....................how many 980X do 7GHz + ? ;)
05-29-2011, 04:40 AM
tom1

Amazing man congratulation
05-29-2011, 09:10 AM
MythSquare

Yeah, that is what I call hard stuff. No mounting No engineering sample and duh pure pwnage.
05-29-2011, 09:16 AM
l0ud_sil3nc3

Quote:

Originally Posted by CryptiK

Awesome clocks!

Funny all the guys who said 990X was no good and same as 980X.....................how many 980X do 7GHz + ? ;)

very very few of them, and out of that bunch most of them are ES, so it is nice to see a retail clocking as nice or better than the early A0 cpu's.
05-29-2011, 04:49 PM
kokomiscool

wow 7ghz...:eek:
awesome procs:up::up:
05-30-2011, 11:52 AM
MaJ0r

wow bro, you always shows very impressive results :shocked:. Congrats :clap:
05-31-2011, 06:11 AM
Johonm333

Very nice mad! :clap:
05-31-2011, 06:42 PM
Magnus_GR

1366 still kicks ass!! nice work
05-31-2011, 08:19 PM
Linuxfan

Quote:

Originally Posted by CryptiK

Awesome clocks!

Funny all the guys who said 990X was no good and same as 980X.....................how many 980X do 7GHz + ? ;)

How many 980x chips were tested for CPU-Z max with this OC board? Also how many chips did he test?
Seems like the OC board is the best for getting high CPU-Z valids.

No mount, risking frying the CPU. :shakes:
05-31-2011, 11:15 PM
sin0822

I think its the combo of the buttons that helps the most for the CPU-Z validations. With all these high CPU-Z clocks i think the OC board should get its own special CPU-Z skin, anyone else agree? I think that'd be cool, asus has one that is pretty sick, I think GB should try and licence one. Maybe even go as far as to have a special "brink OC" feature like the classified boards for CPU-Z? or just press F7, but still, thats be cool to have that tech in there too loll.
06-01-2011, 05:05 AM
Mad222

Thx, guys ! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by fl0w3n

Not bad for a first timer ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by zalbard

Great clocks, nice job! :up:
Waiting for 3D scores. :yepp:

Quote:

Originally Posted by CryptiK

Awesome clocks!

Funny all the guys who said 990X was no good and same as 980X.....................how many 980X do 7GHz + ? ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tom1

Amazing man congratulation

Quote:

Originally Posted by MythSquare

Yeah, that is what I call hard stuff. No mounting No engineering sample and duh pure pwnage.

Quote:

Originally Posted by l0ud_sil3nc3

very very few of them, and out of that bunch most of them are ES, so it is nice to see a retail clocking as nice or better than the early A0 cpu's.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kokomiscool

wow 7ghz...:eek:
awesome procs:up::up:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johonm333

Very nice mad! :clap:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magnus_GR

1366 still kicks ass!! nice work

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linuxfan

How many 980x chips were tested for CPU-Z max with this OC board? Also how many chips did he test?
Seems like the OC board is the best for getting high CPU-Z valids.

No mount, risking frying the CPU. :shakes:

x2:up:

Quote:

Originally Posted by sin0822

I think its the combo of the buttons that helps the most for the CPU-Z validations. With all these high CPU-Z clocks i think the OC board should get its own special CPU-Z skin, anyone else agree? I think that'd be cool, asus has one that is pretty sick, I think GB should try and licence one. Maybe even go as far as to have a special "brink OC" feature like the classified boards for CPU-Z? or just press F7, but still, thats be cool to have that tech in there too loll.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlanK3r

omg, crazy MAD again :-D. Did u try Cinebench R10 and R11.5 under this monstrum?:) How good it was under AIR? Impressive work! Whats 6GHZ with Intel chips for you? Nothing :-D. Mad bored only for 7 GHz+ ,-)

Here's what you want to know, Flank;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkC7nrT7Bo
06-01-2011, 05:44 AM
PatRaceTin

wow 3rd rank 990X on hwbot!!!! great!!!
06-03-2011, 07:54 AM
x-powerx800pro

差d就破纪录了。继续努力破埋个纪录啦。支持
06-05-2011, 09:52 PM
Wumpus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linuxfan

How many 980x chips were tested for CPU-Z max with this OC board? Also how many chips did he test?
Seems like the OC board is the best for getting high CPU-Z valids.

No mount, risking frying the CPU. :shakes:

what? I have run my KP venom pot on 775/1156/1366 no mounts for over a year with zero issues...always used the cpu retention bracket though.

awesome job man, now where is the 3D testing? :D
06-05-2011, 10:02 PM
dinos22

go go go :D

nice to finally meet you at Computex man :)
06-07-2011, 07:29 PM
Mad222

Thx ! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatRaceTin

wow 3rd rank 990X on hwbot!!!! great!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by x-powerx800pro

差d就破纪录了。继续努力破埋个纪录啦。支持

Here's AQ3 done early in the initial test
Will try other 3Ds when I have time...
http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a...Mark442095.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wumpus

what? I have run my KP venom pot on 775/1156/1366 no mounts for over a year with zero issues...always used the cpu retention bracket though.
awesome job man, now where is the 3D testing? :D

You too, man
Can't wait to bench with you !;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinos22

go go go :D
nice to finally meet you at Computex man :)
06-08-2011, 11:18 PM
youngpro

hey dude slow down,

your making the rest of us look bad ;)
06-08-2011, 11:19 PM
youngpro

hey dude slow down,

your making the rest of us look bad ;)