** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

[stasio]

Leeghoofd,
BIOS F3 for EP45T-UD3P uploaded
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/giga...st-bios-28441/

[Leeghoofd]

Thx man will give it a go tonite, no more energy left need some beers... Corrupted already 3 win installs. Highest bootable is 390FSB , for windows 350FSB, lol amasing

I hope this bios will at least allow me to post the mobo at 400FSB...

thx again will keep you posted...

[nugzo]

Hi guys I'm organizing a Group Purchase for the complete MIPS waterblock kits for these boards (all the series).

People who are interested please post here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...d.php?t=210836

Thinking hard. I wish i knew what the actual NB temps are under stock cooling.

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Stole me a UD3P yesterday (it was that cheap) played 2~3 hours with it & my Q9650 and the best fsb I could manage was 549mhz. The board makes fsb super easy & is very very stable indeed. I'm loving the way the board will always boot when you've messed a setting up & allow you to try something else without a full CMOS/BIOS clear.

I've been playing about for a couple hours tonight & although I don't think I have a Prime blend stable 500 x 9 Q9560 I'm doing alright. On the shipped F4 BIOS I have my Q9650 running 500 x 8.5 on 1.35v, 1.40v NB & my OCZ 8500 SLI's @ DDR1000 1.80v so I'm quite happy.

See you all around

CN

All the other board manufactures are not liking gigabyte right now. Way to go gigabyte!! I will surely consider the X58 version soon.

I've only had a few hours on this board so don't have any settings I would feel comfortable passing on as rock stable as I simply haven't had long enough to test them.

Having said that all I had to do to get 500 x 8.5 running prime was as follows, up the CPU termination voltage to 1.3v, the vcore to 1.35625v, NB to 1.4 & all the rest is as the board set it. The NB needs more than 1.4 but less than 1.5 to run a couple hours of large custom fft's, I'll find the sweet spot later today. I also have the CPU & PCI drive strengths up at 1000mv as this helped with high fsb so I just left it there when I came down to only 500 lol.

I am also just 1:1 atm on the 333 strap. I have manually set my timings to a safe (I know they can do it) value although the board sets them very very loose as std anyway.

Hope this helps.

I was at 500x9 with crazy voltages. 1.7 on MCH, PLL and VTT. I dropped to 8.5 with your voltages and gonna see whats up.

[technut36]

good luck with the blocks man, thanks for your effort.

[Nelly]

Excelleram 4GB PC12800 C9 (1.75 volts) and 2GB Mushkin PC12800 C9 kit (1.7volt)

Tried pretty every important setting (timings, straps, PL,...) even tried to run 400FSB with ram underclocked... system refuses to post

Thx man will give it a go tonite, no more energy left need some beers... Corrupted already 3 win installs. Highest bootable is 390FSB , for windows 350FSB, lol amasing

I hope this bios will at least allow me to post the mobo at 400FSB...

thx again will keep you posted...

Not really heared of Excelleram, googled it said it's also made by Mushkin?

Was going to try the EP45T-UD3P as well but will wait till I see something more positive about the board in question.

Maybe have a dabble with OCZ or Corsair DDR3 or something?

[fasttruck860]

So, what's the general consensus on this board? I see a lot of problems but it looks like theres a lot of happy users. Is it generally stable? I'm just looking for a solid board for a q9550.

[nugzo]

So, what's the general consensus on this board? I see a lot of problems but it looks like theres a lot of happy users. Is it generally stable? I'm just looking for a solid board for a q9550.

Where do you see a lot of problems?


This board is extremely stable, extremely forgiving, extremely inexspensive.

[radaja]

what nugzo said.

[APC]

Hello

Excuse me for my english

I must choose between Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R vs. Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.

I´m not interested in Crossfire but I´m looking for the more stable board and P is more expensive than R (for me 50€ more) but I can pay for stability.

Is the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P more stable than Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R?

In stability what is the best? Or can we say that they are the same?

And talking about board degrees the two board are different or they have the same degrees? I have read that they are cold.


Thanks

[EliTE22]

So, what's the general consensus on this board? I see a lot of problems but it looks like theres a lot of happy users. Is it generally stable? I'm just looking for a solid board for a q9550.

at 4.4GHz 100% stable and climbing with my Q9550 EO 1.39vore
i didnt update the bios or nothing and this mobo is rock solid the only thing holding me back right now is my ram, No problems with this mobo for me
edit: at 4.5GHz i love this mobo has load of voltage setting too

[fatguy1992]

Where do you see a lot of problems?


This board is extremely stable, extremely forgiving, extremely inexspensive.

I fully agree, its a awesome board. The only thing holding me back is dam summer .

[SPQQKY]

Hello

Excuse me for my english

I must choose between Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R vs. Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.

I´m not interested in Crossfire but I´m looking for the more stable board and P is more expensive than R (for me 50€ more) but I can pay for stability.

Is the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P more stable than Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R?

In stability what is the best? Or can we say that they are the same?

And talking about board degrees the two board are different or they have the same degrees? I have read that they are cold.


Thanks

If you don't need crossfire and you want to save a few bucks, there is no reason not to choose the UD3R. I have both boards and neither is more stable when it comes to overclocking than the other. I would have simply picked up another UD3R as I do not need crossfire or the HD audio, but the UD3P was actually cheaper at the time due to a sale + promo rebate.

[nugzo]

Hello

Excuse me for my english

I must choose between Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R vs. Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.

I´m not interested in Crossfire but I´m looking for the more stable board and P is more expensive than R (for me 50€ more) but I can pay for stability.

Is the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P more stable than Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R?

In stability what is the best? Or can we say that they are the same?

And talking about board degrees the two board are different or they have the same degrees? I have read that they are cold.


Thanks

The UD3P is the most popular of the 2. That being said it is getting bios updates a little quicker. The extra 50 will be worth it in my opinion. While you may not need Xfire, you may need that extra PCIe for somethin else someday. Go for the P.

[APC]

If you don't need crossfire and you want to save a few bucks, there is no reason not to choose the UD3R. I have both boards and neither is more stable when it comes to overclocking than the other. I would have simply picked up another UD3R as I do not need crossfire or the HD audio, but the UD3P was actually cheaper at the time due to a sale + promo rebate.

Thank you

And the board temp are the same for P & R model?

Thanks

[Jor3lBR]

Thinking hard. I wish i knew what the actual NB temps are under stock cooling.

Nugzo,

If you have Watercooling already I think it's the way to go. I'm certain that cooler is always better, why do you think ppl LN2 NB's and PWM's?

I got two ppl on the Group Purchase List this far, as soon as a group of 5 closes I will order as we can divide the shipping between 5 !

[nugzo]

at 4.4GHz 100% stable and climbing with my Q9550 EO 1.39vore
i didnt update the bios or nothing and this mobo is rock solid the only thing holding me back right now is my ram, No problems with this mobo for me
edit: at 4.5GHz i love this mobo has load of voltage setting too

Nice work. Would you mind posting your template for the 4.4 and/or 4.5 clocks? 518fsb 100% stable would be a nice quad template to play with. Not to mention the 530fsb for the 4.5. thanks in advance. Here is a blank template you can use.

******Gigabyte EP45 UD3 Template*******



Robust Graphics Booster []
CPU Clock Ratio []
Fine CPU Clock Ratio []

**********Clock Chip Control***************

CPU Host Clock Control []
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) []
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) []
C.I.A 2 []

*********Advanced Clock Control**********

CPU Clock Drive []
PCI Express Clock Drive []
CPU Clock Skew []
MCH Clock Skew []

*******DRAM Performance Control********

Performance Enhance []
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) []
(G) MCH Frequency Latch []
System Memory Multipler []
Memory Frequency []
DRAM Timing Selectable []

CAS Latency Time []
tRCD []
tRP []
tRAS []

*******Advanced Timing Control***********

tRRD []
tWTR []
tWR []
tRFC []
tRTP []
Command Rate (cmd) []


***********Motherboard Voltage Control*******

Load-Line Calibration []
CPU Vcore [] 
CPU Termination []
CPU PLL []
CPU Reference []

MCH Core [] 
MCH Reference []
MCH/DRAM Refernce []
ICH I/O []
ICH Core []

DRAM Voltage []
DRAM Termination []
Channel A Ref []
Channel B Ref []

Channel Timing Settings    

Static tRead Value []
tRD Phase0 Adjustment []
tRD Phase1 Adjustment []
tRD Phase2 Adjustment []
tRD Phase3 Adjustment []

tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank) []
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank) []
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank) []
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) []

Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control []
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control []
DDR Write Training []

Channel Driving Settings

Drive Strength Profile []
Data Driving Pull Up Level []
cmd Driving Pull Up Level []
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level []
clk Driving Pull Up Level []

Data Driving Pull Down Level []
cmd Driving Pull Down Level []
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level []
clk Driving Pull Down Level []

*****************Advanced BIOS Features*********

CPU Multithreading []
Limit CPUID Max to 3 []
No-Execute memory Protect []
CPU Enhance Halt (CIE) []
C2/C2E State Support []
C4/C4E State Support []
CPU Thermal Monitor []
CPU EIST Function []
Virtualization Technology [] 

[nugzo]

Nugzo,

If you have Watercooling already I think it's the way to go. I'm certain that cooler is always better, why do you think ppl LN2 NB's and PWM's?

I got two ppl on the Group Purchase List this far, as soon as a group of 5 closes I will order as we can divide the shipping between 5 !

I dont have water installed atm. A customer i sold my old rig to wanted me to remove the water cooling loop from it. So i have pa120.3 and all accesories to play with. I'm debating on installing it. I just cant get the stability i hoped for at 4.5 with air. I'm sooo close. I'm sure the water could get me 4500+. How much is that block kit again?

[Jor3lBR]

I dont have water installed atm. A customer i sold my old rig to wanted me to remove the water cooling loop from it. So i have pa120.3 and all accesories to play with. I'm debating on installing it. I just cant get the stability i hoped for at 4.5 with air. I'm sooo close. I'm sure the water could get me 4500+. How much is that block kit again?

134 EUR for the entire kit (4 blocks), with the dollar going up on Europe that's around 179 USD today.

The problem with ordering from http://www.mips-computer.de/ was always the shipping that would add a lot to the final price because they only ship thru express mail.

So with 5 or more ppl to share the shipping will be cheap.

[stn0091]

Does anyone know what aftermarket heatsink will work to replace the mosfet heatsink along the left side of the board? I want to strap my Thermalright HR-05 on the northbridge, but the stock heatsinks are connected by the heatpipe.

[fatguy1992]

Does anyone know what aftermarket heatsink will work to replace the mosfet heatsink along the left side of the board? I want to strap my Thermalright HR-05 on the northbridge, but the stock heatsinks are connected by the heatpipe.

The Thermalright HR-09 U Type 2 work on the I/O pannel side.

[stn0091]

The Thermalright HR-09 U Type 2 work on the I/O pannel side.

This one right?

[fatguy1992]

Yeah thats its. Also make sure ur CPU cooler won't be in the way.

[stn0091]

I think it'll fit. There's plenty of space between the current heatsink and my Xigmatek S1283. I'll just have to move the 12V cable that's dragged across my mobo a little bit.

[fatguy1992]

I think it'll fit. There's plenty of space between the current heatsink and my Xigmatek S1283. I'll just have to move the 12V cable that's dragged across my mobo a little bit.

Good, if u do it let me know how it goes cause i'm thinking about doing to it.

[stn0091]

Petra's is just a few hours away from where I am so check back on Tuesday. It should be here by then unless UPS screws up shipping.