Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[Lightman]

lightman how are temps with that 2.8 northbridge?

I haven't took any SS but temps reported by AOD were pretty normal. 44C-48C full load depending on Core speed. Looks like between 2.2GHz NB and 2.8GHz there is only 1C-3C difference.

Really can you share with us(me) what are bios settings for the actual NB/volt? I'm using right now -0.0375V.

Of course
BIOS set to:
HTT 218MHz
NB multi 11x
NB vCore (memory controller in GBT BIOS) Auto
RAM 4x (DDR 800 to allow hitting high HTT)

That's about it.
Next in Windows I needed to open AOD and crank HTT step by step (usually by 10-20MHz). At around 250MHz HTT I needed to lower HT multi from 9x to 7x for stability.

Everything else is on that SS

I'm sending e-mail to GBT with strong request to add BIOS NB vCore options at least +0.250V, ideally 0.5V!

BTW when lowering NB vCore by -0.0375 power consumption is almost same as on nominal, so I can't see a point in doing that. I've played with this option and on my KillAWatt meter I've seen 1W difference by going +0.125V @2.4GHzNB