Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P Thread

[DPGX]

How does this board seem to those using it ? ordering one tomorrow potentially.

[Stuen4y]

I have one request for a pic of the mobo's backplate. Thanks in advance.

[naokaji]

That is the bp on the UD4P as I can't be bothered to take the UD5P out of the case again, but it's identical.

I've run into the NB clock problem as well, anything except stock value = no post with both bios versions, F3 and F4.

[suphiceto]

This is my first post on here and I would like to say hi to everyone. I belive I might get on the AMD wagon with this board. It is one of the best looking board and It has almost every feature that I am after. Although I have not found any extensive reviews on this board, I am hoping to see EP45 series performance in AMD line with this board. To those who has this board, Has anybody tried the AMD overdrive with it? and what are the max stable OCing performance you have achieved with AM3 chips? Thanks

[naokaji]

I got to 3,8hhz within a few hours of first touching a amd system since the s939 days with my 720BE on air, I bet I can push it further once I get used to the (for me) unusual world of Phenom oc'ing, biggest issue with clocking is NB speed, currently on the UD5P all it leads to is crashes / no post.
Also there is not much software to oc in windows, the AMD software doesn't recognize the cpu (no surprise as the software has not been updated in ages) and Gigabytes Easytune lacks a lot of options.
Ram can be a bit tricky to clock, the IMC seems to favor tight timings over high clocks as 1333 6-5-5 was hassle free but anything above 1700 takes a lot of patience to get it working regardless of timings.
I'm sure most of the issues can be fixed though with bios updates though.

[Stuen4y]

That is the bp on the UD4P as I can't be bothered to take the UD5P out of the case again, but it's identical.

Thanks for the pic. Is it solid enough on your opinion? I'm planning to buy and GA-MA790FX-UD5P, the AM2+ version of the mobo and I'm using now my stock back plate for the IFX, cause I don't like IFX-10. So, will it be strong enough to take the IFX with 2-3 fans? I think it looks good but can't gauge the thickness of the plate. The material should be aluminum, am I right?

[naokaji]

My Zerotherm is rather heavy as well and the board doesn't bend or fall apart, so it's strong enough for big coolers.
Just don't ship it with UPS while a big heatsink is installed

Yes, it's alu and certainly thick enough to hold a Thermalright in place.

[Stuen4y]

My Zerotherm is rather heavy as well and the board doesn't bend or fall apart, so it's strong enough for big coolers.
Just don't ship it with UPS while a big heatsink is installed

Yes, it's alu and certainly thick enough to hold a Thermalright in place.

Thanks a lot for the info. Now I only need to find a buyer for my mobo and to wait till the UD5P comes in bg.

[Lightman]

naokaji you can use AMD Overdrive with your setup, just download version 2.1.4

2.1.5 doesn't work on Gigabyte for some reason and AMD is working on fixing this in version 2.1.6

[naokaji]

naokaji you can use AMD Overdrive with your setup, just download version 2.1.4

2.1.5 doesn't work on Gigabyte for some reason and AMD is working on fixing this in version 2.1.6

Cool, thanks

[mngdew]

Which waterblock will work with this mobo?
I have MA790X-UD4 and it's got the same NB heatsink as the UD5P.
I have the DD MPC Universal and I've been using it on ASUS boards fine, but cannot use it anymore on Gigabyte due to different mountin hole locations.

[mngdew]

naokaji you can use AMD Overdrive with your setup, just download version 2.1.4

2.1.5 doesn't work on Gigabyte for some reason and AMD is working on fixing this in version 2.1.6

It's 2.1.5_2385, the latest, not working with Gigabyte, but 0218 works fine.

[keenan]

What's the highest bus speed you guys can get on this board

For some reason 260mhz is my max, nothing seems to help or give it any further increase...

Any suggestions..?

[quake6]

I'll probably have this board through next month... Has anyone tested max nb clock?
Board is still very fresh and I hope that it will come better during the time..

[keenan]

Running my NB @ 2.8Ghz with 1.35V (+0.250)

Dont know if that helps

[quake6]

Did you try anything higher?

[Rammsteiner]

Is this backplate 'glued' to the motherboard like it was with the DQ6 or can you easily remove it?

[msimax]

Is this backplate 'glued' to the motherboard like it was with the DQ6 or can you easily remove it?

its not glued

[Rammsteiner]

its not glued

You know what I mean, let me ask it different

Is it lose like any backplate or not?

[msimax]

yeah falls off when the last screw comes off

[Rammsteiner]

yeah falls off when the last screw comes off

K, thx a lot. Prolly it wouldnt have mattered a lot but I dont know what kind of screws my IFX-14 back plate use. But if the standard back plate doesnt work for the EK supreme it's nice to know that I could replace it with the IFX-14 back plate

[Ross1]

K, thx a lot. Prolly it wouldnt have mattered a lot but I dont know what kind of screws my IFX-14 back plate use. But if the standard back plate doesnt work for the EK supreme it's nice to know that I could replace it with the IFX-14 back plate

http://i40.tinypic.com/2rvy785.jpg

yeah, i can confirm that combination works ;p

its just very fiddly to install, i was pulling my hair out for a while.

and the BIOS still feels pretty flakey to me, although i havent tried tweaking much. only changed the multiplier to 16x on the X3 720, and will probably leave it like that until theres a new BIOS.

[Rammsteiner]

http://i40.tinypic.com/2rvy785.jpg

yeah, i can confirm that combination works ;p

its just very fiddly to install, i was pulling my hair out for a while.

and to me the BIOS still feels pretty flakey to me, although i havent tried tweaking much. only changed the multiplier to 16x on the X3 720, and will probably leave it like that until theres a new BIOS.

I only use the IFX-14 back plate though Not the IFX-10, nor the IFX-14. I use this back plate for my EK Supreme block

[dehx]

Running my NB @ 2.8Ghz with 1.35V (+0.250)

Dont know if that helps

Keenan, could you please give me a screen shot of your bios overclock settings?

Also, what banks are your DIMMs in? I see two blue banks, near the cpu socket and two white banks further away. Which banks did you put your modules in?

The motherboard manual says to put both in either the two white, or the two blue, but my previous experience with GIGABYTE Mobos, the manual had it backwards.

I know I am either using the wrong banks, or I am overvolting the wrong setting, because my NB will not go higher than 2200, using a 720BE with DDR3 1600.

On my M3A78-T (AM2+ / 720BE), I can set the NB to 2800.

[keenan]

Dont have a cam handy, but i'll type you a little note...

This is exactly what I use...

* ACC = Disabled
* Multiplier = 19.5
* Bus Speed = 200
* Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
* Memory Speed and Timings = 2 x 1GB 1333Mhz DDR3 @ 8-8-8-18
* NB Frequency = 2.8Ghz
* HT Frequency = 2.6Ghz

Voltages

* NB voltage control = +0.1V
* SB/HT volatge control = +0.1V
* NB/PCIe/PLL voltage control = +0.1V
* DDR VTT voltage control = Normal
* CPU NB VID control = +0.250V
* CPU VID control = +0.250V

I use the 2 blue banks, when I first used them and saw my memory was running at 64bit I thought, how is this possible, but then I saw the setting for ganged and unganged

I take it you dont need any info on what that means..?