ASrock 890GX Extreme3

[Rol-Co]

Rol-co are those tests with the IGP ? or with a seperate vidcard ? I did some tests with the IGP and I'm stuck around 3-3.15 Uncore speed (under LN2 lol) If I go higher it reboots , freezes on me all the time... for daily usage a nice platform ( far better than it's X58 cousin)

Will retest with a seperate vidcard...

Seperate vid m8 , onboard igp always give some o/c probs , i didn't even try.

rolco:its cold watter or even air?!

Cold custom water chiller cooled. but those chips all do 4200+ at 4 cores easy with a performance air cooler. no need to buy a 955 , 965 anymore.

[onTOPtheROCK]

Just got this MB, waiting for it in the mail. decided to go with the 555 combo as well, although looking at the price on the x3 720 i was wondering if i should have just went with that.

[duron]

eiy onTOPtheROCK, nice to see you here & welcome to XS

BTW the ASRock 880G Extreme3 looks just like the 890GX

[n!Cola]

eiy onTOPtheROCK, nice to see you here & welcome to XS

BTW the ASRock 880G Extreme3 looks just like the 890GX

Only the IGP clocks are different, 880G Extreme3 HD 4250 and 890GX have HD 4290.

[Valg]

Only the IGP clocks are different, 880G Extreme3 HD 4250 and 890GX have HD 4290.

Hi n!Cola, You can read the first Croatian review on:
www.bug.hr/forum under MBO subforum.

Im the first owner in Croatia, have the board since last Friday, 9.4.2010.

[onTOPtheROCK]

Only the IGP clocks are different, 880G Extreme3 HD 4250 and 890GX have HD 4290.

yeah and the only differences in the IGP is it is clocked at 560mhz compared to the 890gx 700 mhz. of course i read all this after i bought the 890gx board. I should have waited and saved myself some cash

oh and in the bios of the 880g there is Turbo 50, and in the bios of the 890gx it is turbo 30.

[onTOPtheROCK]

eiy onTOPtheROCK, nice to see you here & welcome to XS

lol yea i was registered almost a month ago but only have been recently able to post.

[Valg]

yeah and the only differences in the IGP is it is clocked at 560mhz compared to the 890gx 700 mhz. of course i read all this after i bought the 890gx board. I should have waited and saved myself some cash

oh and in the bios of the 880g there is Turbo 50, and in the bios of the 890gx it is turbo 30.

Right now im on 1.19A BETA BIOS for 890GX Ex3,
and there is just T30.

Whos need T50 anyway, overclocking should be fun.

[onTOPtheROCK]

Right now im on 1.19A BETA BIOS for 890GX Ex3,
and there is just T30.

Whos need T50 anyway, overclocking should be fun.

yea thats what i was saying was that the 890gx ex3 only had turbo 30 but the 880g ex3 coming out at the end of the month, which is also suppose to be a lower end board and hence cheaper has turbo 50. but anyway moot point. because i agree with your statement. i was just pointing out the differences between the two boards. kind of upset knowing i probably could have saved a couple bucks waiting for the 880g, but then again who likes to wait!

[Valg]

but then again who likes to wait!

Yes, thats true...
I could not wait for the 890FX.. And i realy dont like the look of 890FX Ex3,
the 890GX has beather layout...

The 870GX looks great, but i dont know if there will be 8+2 filtering (2x[4+2]).

But hey, 890GX Ex3 is great buy...

Realy got for my setup.

Here are some pictures:
http://www.bug.hr/forum/topic/proces...abs/52132.aspx

(at the begining, and even more some posts later)

[n!Cola]

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[n!Cola]

Hi n!Cola, You can read the first Croatian review on:
www.bug.hr/forum under MBO subforum.

Im the first owner in Croatia, have the board since last Friday, 9.4.2010.

Thanx for heads up and i hope you are happy with it
Now i don't know if i want fork more for Asus Formula IV , it is looking veryyy sexy

But for budget this new lineup from Asrock is mighty good

Isti nick mi je na bugu i jos jucer sam vidio tvoj review. 870kn je odlicna cijena trenutacno!

[Valg]

Thanx for heads up and i hope you are happy with it
Now i don't know if i want fork more for Asus Formula IV , it is looking veryyy sexy

But for budget this new lineup from Asrock is mighty good

Isti nick mi je na bugu i jos jucer sam vidio tvoj review. 870kn je odlicna cijena trenutacno!

Thanks n!Cola...

The board overvolts allmost nothing.. I set it to 1.400V, and it runs 1.400V.

When i set it to 1.500V, it has runed on 1.505V to 1.509V under full stress.

Im only sad because of my 4x 555BE, with the Batch 1003 GPMW.
They all unlock, but only 3.6-3.7 MAX OC at x4, and only 3.7-3.8 at x2...



EDIT: Looks gr8:
http://hwbot.org/hardware/chipset/890gx

[onTOPtheROCK]

be happy it unlocks, lol. i am sitting here waiting for the UPS delivery truck to drop off the ASrock 890gx motherboard and my amd phenom II x2 555 be. then i will pray as i try to unlock the cores.

[Rol-Co]

They all unlock i think, i'm running with bios 1.20 version of the 890gx extreme 3 and unlocking is much better now , easy booting for that, the board also give no more shutdows after changing settings.
Also be sure you put the rams at the white slots.

[Valg]

They all unlock i think, i'm running with bios 1.20 version of the 890gx extreme 3 and unlocking is much better now , easy booting for that, the board also give no more shutdows after changing settings.
Also be sure you put the rams at the white slots.

Give it to me!

[Rol-Co]

check ure pm

[mikedepetris]

They all unlock i think, i'm running with bios 1.20 version of the 890gx extreme 3 and unlocking is much better now , easy booting for that, the board also give no more shutdows after changing settings.
Also be sure you put the rams at the white slots.

what's BIOS 1.20? I downloaded 1.10 this morning!

[onTOPtheROCK]

alright this is probably a really dumb question but after readin the manual and looking on the board i cant find for the life of me where to plus in my cases front connectors for the power and reset, do i have to use the boards power and reset switches every time i want to turn the computer on. how do i hook the front connector switches up?

[Rol-Co]

what's BIOS 1.20? I downloaded 1.10 this morning!

bios 1.20 , date 12-04-2010

[mikedepetris]

bios 1.20 , date 12-04-2010

does not exist:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.as...reme3&o=Win764

[Rol-Co]

does not exist:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.as...reme3&o=Win764

[Valg]

check ure pm

Thanks BRO!

[mikedepetris]

do you find it funny continuing this way without saying if it's a beta, a mod or whatever else and where to find it?

[Rol-Co]

do you find it funny continuing this way without saying if it's a beta, a mod or whatever else and where to find it?

meeeen , ure no fun you should check youre pm more often.