GIGABYTE 9xx AM3+ thread

[Tomasis]

well, I ordered Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3. I look forward to test and compare it to my old 790Fx

feel free to post your mobo results, tests, opinions

[m_jones_]

I'm looking to buy this board once it's up for pre order in the uk.
Could you link me to where you bought it from and do a mini review please?

Thank you.

[andos]

I'm looking to buy this board once it's up for pre order in the uk.
Could you link me to where you bought it from and do a mini review please?

Thank you.

He purchased it from Komplett.se, a Scandinavian hardware shop.

[Tomasis]

He purchased it from Komplett.se, a Scandinavian hardware shop.

hehe almost. I ordered from Webhallen 5 euros cheaper

Komplett.se is good! But I couldnt find much info about international shipping for both shops.

[Tomasis]

I'm looking to buy this board once it's up for pre order in the uk.
Could you link me to where you bought it from and do a mini review please?

Thank you.

Read above. Try use price guide Prisjakt

I will do a mini review, I promise

[andos]

hehe almost. I ordered from Webhallen 5 euros cheaper

Komplett.se is good! But I couldnt find much info about international shipping for both shops.

Ahh shoot!

Well just guessed cause komplett got those ud3 already


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[duron]

I almost grabbed one last night here in HK


but i was like, lol

@ $260 a Box

[PatRaceTin]

UD7 look good

[dinos22]

$260 cheap

[TheBreezyBB]

I'll be getting this for sure UD7 is sexy.

[chew*]

Here's a few shots for your thread for now.



Contact looks good.



Gigabyte opted for a different PWM this time around, possibly to save space?





Previous style for comparison ( don't mind the board it was heavily abused and sent to OC parts heaven )

[NKrader]

^
jesus chew.. that poor mobo.

[chew*]

^
jesus chew.. that poor mobo.

It's not as bad as you think. Thats conformal after being heated with a 2000 watt heatgun, I had to remove alot of parts to fix another board and wanted to get it done quickly.

IIRC that board died running wprime 1024 over 6.3 gig on thuban with 1.95v, basically enough to kill any board or cpu for that matter. Thats what happens when you mod OCP.

[dinos22]

yeah saves 50% space and the new mosfets have higher amperage rating also

[Daveburt714]

I just took a quick look at the board on GBT's site.
Is it a digital PWM section? Looks like it may be, judging from the small chip above the CPU socket...

Any further info on those specs? Or maybe a better closeup of that chip...

EDIT: Really like the looks of that board, and the black/charcol color scheme is really classy!

[chew*]

Really like the looks of that board, and the black/charcol color scheme is really classy!

Yah it looks good, I'd like to see gigabyte drop the heatpipe to the SB though, I could be wrong but I don't think it's necessary.

[dinos22]

it is necessary chew, it helps take the heat away from SB particularly when you're pumping multiGPU

[Daveburt714]

Yeah, if anything it would probably add more heat to the SB.
OTOH, if you put some active cooling over the PWM/NB it may help keep the SB a little cooler....
Not that I've ever had a problem with SB overheating.

[chew*]

it is necessary chew, it helps take the heat away from SB particularly when you're pumping multiGPU

You sir have a steady pouring hand then

[dinos22]

oh maaaaan i'm still recovering from Computex forgive me Sir. We should probably make some thermal pads to warm up the bastard when multiGPU clocking starts and LN2 starts going all over the place

[duron]

@chew*
is it possible to put 4X 4890's that take up 2 slots?
& would an NHD14 + Ripjaws be compatible, spacewise?

[chew*]

@chew*
is it possible to put 4X 4890's that take up 2 slots?
& would an NHD14 + Ripjaws be compatible, spacewise?

Will take a shot with a bunch of dual slot cards installed in the AM.

Got a link to that heatsink? Not familiar with the "shape" "size"

[duron]

thanks chew*, i have 4x 4890's on hand & i wanted to test all 4 in x-fire

BTW here's the NHD14 HSF
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=247472

[Oliverda]

Gigabyte opted for a different PWM this time around, possibly to save space?

This is because of the DrMOS solution.

[chew*]

thanks chew*, i have 4x 4890's on hand & i wanted to test all 4 in x-fire

BTW here's the NHD14 HSF
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=247472

OK so got you covered on the 4 way shots.

I'm assuming that heatsink is popular now? I may just pick one up for clearance/mounting demonstrations on boards.

I got all willy nilly with cards and used a rather diverse variety to show you.







Dimm clearance is a tad tight with card in slot 1.



Dino, this is why I said I'd like to see heatpipe dropped on UD7.

It just looks cleaner and is more appealing visually, least for my taste, everyone has different taste however.