X79 UD5 Gigabyte testing and 3930K

[CARLOS*A1]

Hello friends.

Hi, I'm testing this platform, I see a UD5 X79 Official Thera, preferred not to create the English management because it is difficult for me.

For here I present some impressions of this platform. I'm just the setting.













http://www.pctunerup.com/up/results/...formaX79-1.jpg


in testing.

[PiLsY]

Been waiting to see what the UD5 can do - looking forward to this .

[CARLOS*A1]

Continuing, I tried to go to 4.6 Ghz and has not been possible.

I disabled all power saving, I sect in the BIOS Multiplier 37 x 125 = 4629 Mhz blck.

The cpu-z tells me 4 Ghz, I tried 45 x 100 = 4.5 Ghz 4 Ghz but neither appears in the cpu-z. I have a ceiling of 4 Ghz do not understand is due.

I changed the memory, Quad Channel to Dual Channel and I have not made ​​progress.

Greetings.

[PiLsY]

Power plane throttling? Can you increase the power plane settings in bios?

Check it with Tmonitor or Throttlestop (assuming they work with x79)...

[muziqaz]

sorry for not helping out with your problem, but that motherboard testing stand, where can i get it, or is it not meant for us normal mortals?

[jacek]

I have X79-uD5 and 3930k.
I had clocked my 3930k at 4.5GHz and after several mins of prime or linx it goes back to 3.2GHz.
C1E/EIST and other options - disabled.
What is the reason?

[veblen]

From my research (I'm about to pull the trigger on X79), it seems that the EasyTune software is messing things up. Try uninstalling it and see if it fixes the multiplier problem.

[jacek]

ET uninstalled - unfortunately the problem still occurs.

[sin0822]

put a fan over the VRM heatsink, see if it helps at all.

[jacek]

yes, it helps. This heatsink is very, very hot. It is not easy to keep it below the temperature limit.

[OC Nub]

sorry for not helping out with your problem, but that motherboard testing stand, where can i get it, or is it not meant for us normal mortals?

Thats what I was thinking also. I like that bench station.

On another note. Im glad I tried something different this build. Dont think I will be trying a Giga X79.

[cadaveca]

I have left C1E enabled, and increased both switching frequency and current limits to get decent stability. Power consumption is a fair bit high on this board. Any other suggestions, Sin?

[PatRaceTin]

interesting

[sin0822]

lower the switching frequency, it actually will OC the same with it lower, like 800 or 900 set, I tried it made no difference other than it lowered VRm temps and helped the OC. Increase over temp protection, that should help with OCing. Heat is an issue with SBe, all around. But yea SBe consumes 300W at 4.8ghz after VRm efficiency conversion which is like 85% i am told for the UD7.

See i haven't used the UD5, but update to the latest, latest beta on HWBot that was released publicly yesterday, supposedly a lot of improvements. The UD7 gained better LLC, higher CPu clock, and working BLCk adjustments.

[cadaveca]

lower the switching frequency, it actually will OC the same with it lower, like 800 or 900 set, I tried it made no difference other than it lowered VRm temps and helped the OC. Increase over temp protection, that should help with OCing. Heat is an issue with SBe, all around. But yea SBe consumes 300W at 4.8ghz after VRm efficiency conversion which is like 85% i am told for the UD7.

See i haven't used the UD5, but update to the latest, latest beta on HWBot that was released publicly yesterday, supposedly a lot of improvements. The UD7 gained better LLC, higher CPu clock, and working BLCk adjustments.

Hrm. Doesn't help me much. I tried every setting available just to get 4.4 GHz stable on UD5, while on P9X79 Deluxe, 4.6 GHz is no problem. Nothing works but 1000 kHz. Maybe the board doesn't like my ram, maybe jsut BIOS, I'll give that a try. Thanks!

[sin0822]

yea try updating the BIOS, the BIOses seem to improve a lot.

[jacek]

4.5GHz is not a problem for me


updated bios to f5d and:
What happened to the tab "Miscellaneous Settings"? it's empty

[Amurtigress]

Hey people,

I am currently still using my X58A-UD7 Rev 1 and I am planning to change over to a SBe system as soon as the i7-3820 is released.

I came across this test on THG:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...e9,3086-9.html

Did you folks encounter this overclocking problem? Is the problem what you referred to as not working BCLK settings? I guess I shall lean back for a while and see how it develops.

I am glad to have changed over from ASUS to the X58A-UD7. I would rather stick with Gigabyte, and get a board with 8 RAM slots, hence me peeking closely at the UD5.

How does the SBe platform react to mixing single- and dual ranked 2GB modules in one bank?

Thanks in advance. ^.^

[jacek]

Does someone has managed to stabilize the strap 125? My system is unstable. It freezes in windows after a couple of seconds.
post your bios settings pls.

[jacek]

I'm trying to overclock my cpu with the use of offset mode - DVID. I would like to have enabled all options for energy-saving.
So far without success. Anything other than default is unstable. Does it work at all?
Without offset mode vcore remains fixed and everything is perfectly stable.
BIOS - F5.

[jacek]

This board is a nightmare to overclock. I'm thinking about buying a new motherboard but from ASUS.
4.5GHz is not reachable for me.
bios: f8d

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

This board is a nightmare to overclock. I'm thinking about buying a new motherboard but from ASUS.
4.5GHz is not reachable for me.
bios: f8d

first of all try using a manual voltage setting and not an offset and see if that helps.

[sin0822]

Can you please flash back to F7

Try following my guide: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...s-and-Support)

[jacek]

Nope...doesn't help at all. I tried both at a fixed Vcore and with an offset Vcore.
The BIOS version doesn't matter: tried F7 an F8c/d.
Some LLC levels were removed. Now only the range 65%-100% is available. This gives a high voltage drop under load.
Just sticking with 4.0-4.2GHz until a better bios is out.

[sin0822]

65% shouldn't give much voltage drop under load, maybe 0.005-8v or something from what you set.

Did you increase OCP and OTP?
Increase both values for their vcore. Also what are your IMC and QPIVTT voltages?