***Official***Z68X/P67A-UD7 Club/Discussion/Info**

[sin0822]

Official P67A/Z68X-UD7 Owner's Club + Discussion



From The MOST in Depth Preview/Review P67A-UD7

Some highlights include the VRM/PMW design (power delivery), and I go very in depth about the advantages and disadvantages of Analogue VS Digital VRM design. BIOS section including brand new BIOS settings including wattage and amperage to the implementation of EFI BIOS in the future. The USB 3.0 sub-system on this board is phenomenal tree type system along with SATA6G connectivity this board can power all of your devices to their fullest extent, and when you have all the SATA and USB ports filled you can enable USB 3.0 Turbo Mode to add speed and bandwidth. I take apart of the cooling on this board and put it to the test to find out how well it transfers and dissipates heat in the motherboard cooling section. I then take a look at both PCI-E busses in the NF200 and PCH P67 section, and analyze the benefits.

Motherboard With Cooling:

Motherboard Without Cooling:


BIOS(BETAs are three letters/numbers, final versions are in FX format):
Beta BIOS F5g
Beta BIOS f5h
BIOS F3 Originial BIOS
BIOS F4
BIOS F5M
BIOS F5N
BIOS F5
BIOS F6A
BIOS F6X CPU PLL OVERVOLTAGE
BIOS F6C
BIOS F6E
BIOS F6
BIOS F7A CPU PLL OVERVOLTAGE
BIOS F7B
BIOS F7
Features:
24 phase power for over 1300 watts output
32MBit BIOS for future EFI BIOS
NF200 directly to CPU PCI-E lanes for SLI
Separate PCI-E bus for peripherals so no bottleneck SLI
Sleek Black NO Brown through Matte PCB
Extensive USB3.0 system with USB 3.0 Turbo(bypass DMI by CPU PCI-E lanes)

[stasio]

Hi bro,here is newest BIOS:
(received from respected XS member)

GA-P67A-UD7 - F5m

-13.Dec 10

Manual GA-P67A-UD7

BIOS Logo Screen

Virtual BIOS GA-P67A-UD7

[sin0822]

Awesome thank you! and thank you respective XS member! lol.

[OC Nub]

When will this board be available? Im tired of the wait for sb.

[leo27]

I'm surprised this is getting EFI is this confirmed??

[stasio]

Awesome thank you! and thank you respective XS member! lol.

Nope bro,

[some_one]

new BIOS settings including wattage and amperage

On the P55 you could set the power (wattage) and current (amperage) limits through software but for the UD6 at least this wasn't really necessary as Gig set the current reported to the CPU through hardware mod to somewhere around a fixed ~24A IIRC. This meant even if your OC'd board was pulling over 100A the CPU would still think it was only using 24A and under the TDC therefore not throttle. Also because the current measurement is part of the power measurement the TDP limit would not be tripped either.

So I guess now with the newer boards you now will have to set these limits to take advantage of TDP and TDC limiting, especially on the unlocked k series CPUs which use turbo bins as the unlocked multiplier.

TDP = Thermal Design Power
TDC = Thermal Design Current

[C-N]

Subscribed.... board looks awesome.

Do you know the expected official release date for the new Giga lineup?

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[stasio]

Subscribed.... board looks awesome.

Do you know the expected official release date for the new Giga lineup?

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Already selling.

[bluewhale1]

When will this board be available? Im tired of the wait for sb.

I made a post earlier. This place seems to have some in stock and it says available

http://www.provantage.com/scripts/se...x=0&Submit.y=0

I'm still waiting to see what Evga brings to the table.

[C-N]

Already selling.

I made a post earlier. This place seems to have some in stock and it says available

http://www.provantage.com/scripts/se...x=0&Submit.y=0

I'm still waiting to see what Evga brings to the table.

I'm in the UK & things always take a couple weeks longer to get here so was wondering if there was an official launch date (with UK stock) or somewhere in Europe that already has them I could order it from.

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[stasio]

I'm in the UK & things always take a couple weeks longer to get here so was wondering if there was an official launch date (with UK stock) or somewhere in Europe that already has them I could order it from.

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Try here:
http://geizhals.at/eu/?cat=mbp4_1155...f=544_Gigabyte
or google.

[C-N]

Try here:
http://geizhals.at/eu/?cat=mbp4_1155...f=544_Gigabyte
or google.

Thanks Stasio I've ordered it just got to find a CPU now!

BTW I did google it & try all the dealers on the Giga site but none had them listed.

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[sin0822]

On the P55 you could set the power (wattage) and current (amperage) limits through software but for the UD6 at least this wasn't really necessary as Gig set the current reported to the CPU through hardware mod to somewhere around a fixed ~24A IIRC. This meant even if your OC'd board was pulling over 100A the CPU would still think it was only using 24A and under the TDC therefore not throttle. Also because the current measurement is part of the power measurement the TDP limit would not be tripped either.

So I guess now with the newer boards you now will have to set these limits to take advantage of TDP and TDC limiting, especially on the unlocked k series CPUs which use turbo bins as the unlocked multiplier.

TDP = Thermal Design Power
TDC = Thermal Design Current

yea sorry I mean limited after you set Turbo Amperage Limit and Turbo Wattage Limit.

[OC Nub]

I made a post earlier. This place seems to have some in stock and it says available

http://www.provantage.com/scripts/se...x=0&Submit.y=0

I'm still waiting to see what Evga brings to the table.

Thanks.

[sin0822]

I was looking over the manual today and it did have that error, i was thinking, DIMM 1+2???? and then it says DIMM 1+3 for dual channel. Well it is pre release so that is good at least.

[sin0822]

On the P55 you could set the power (wattage) and current (amperage) limits through software but for the UD6 at least this wasn't really necessary as Gig set the current reported to the CPU through hardware mod to somewhere around a fixed ~24A IIRC. This meant even if your OC'd board was pulling over 100A the CPU would still think it was only using 24A and under the TDC therefore not throttle. Also because the current measurement is part of the power measurement the TDP limit would not be tripped either.

So I guess now with the newer boards you now will have to set these limits to take advantage of TDP and TDC limiting, especially on the unlocked k series CPUs which use turbo bins as the unlocked multiplier.

TDP = Thermal Design Power
TDC = Thermal Design Current

I am sorry again, what are you talking about? you cannot set wattage or amperage you can only read them off HWmon or DES for P55 boards, what software lets you set those limits???

I get the second part it these systems are so that you can extend TDP and TDC. Sandybridge has the ability to go above its rated TDP for a small window of time(like 30 seconds), and motherboard manufacturers must have extended this window so that you are able to set upper limits so you can OC further, I wonder what the limits are.

[Johnny87au]

I can buy the board but cant buy the 2600k? hmm

[sin0822]

Well january 6th is intel;s official release date for CPU and NDA on the boards is still going, I am very surprised you can buy the board.

[stasio]

Well january 6th is intel;s official release date for CPU and NDA on the boards is still going, I am very surprised you can buy the board.

Yeah,this week all shops start to sell here in Malaysia.Next week probably CPU.
Xmas time......
UD7~390USD
i7-2600~300USD

[chuchnit]

Yeah,this week all shops start to sell here in Malaysia.Next week probably CPU.
Xmas time......
UD7~390USD
i7-2600~300USD

Provantage had the UD7 listed for ~$339 which is meh. $390 is way way way too much and will be a major fail like UD9. I really want UD7 though and may still get it.


Stasio please give us some info on the new gamer series gigabyte is gonna be launching.

[unclewebb]

I am sorry again, what are you talking about? you cannot set wattage or amperage you can only read them off HWmon or DES for P55 boards, what software lets you set those limits???

RealTemp 3.60 and ThrottleStop let you adjust the turbo TDP/TDC limits on the Intel processors that are unlocked like the Extreme and K series. Both programs are available here on XS.

This feature has made a huge difference to the performance of the 920XM and 940XM mobile CPUs. Increasing these limits results in more turbo boost when fully loaded with less turbo throttling. Intel has made some changes to Sandy Bridge but being able to adjust turbo TDP/TDC might become a very useful feature on the new Sandy Bridge K series CPUs.

[sin0822]

Yea ok I didn't know that I knew realtemp could change multi and has some other programs with the download package, i really like your program, thanks for the great piece of software and for the info.

[C-N]

Well january 6th is intel;s official release date for CPU and NDA on the boards is still going, I am very surprised you can buy the board.

I got dispatch confirmation from Germany this morning for the board & have just ordered an i5 2500k from a reputable UK online retailer I have used in the past!!

Might just get it running before xmas....

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[Quad-Damage]

I plan to upgrade my Rig to a SB 2600k just need to know what board to get
I checked with swifittech for my GTZ the i7 adapter plate will work for the SB, I already ordered it from ebay
Swiftech GTZ-UHD-1156-BP Socket LGA1156 Upgrade kit will work with the SB.

I plan to watercool and see how far I can go with the 2600k on water. Whats a good board? think I can hit 4.5ghz? 24/7?