Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[dinos22]

so if you bought these for example at 2x US$194 for 12GB you are saying those other sticks are half price

high performance dominators are $70 more per kit

[jcool]

so if you bought these for example at 2x US$194 for 12GB you are saying those other sticks are half price

high performance dominators are $70 more per kit

Yeah I was refering to the 1600Mhz Dominators, as the CSX are also 1600Mhz sticks. The Dominators cost close to 300€ around here, so yeah it's about 80% of what I paid.

[Hornet331]

damit dinos... why you have to mention prices... no i have looked up again prices for tripple kits and those suckers just droped 40€.

Hell now there are OCZ DDR3-1600 CL7 available for less then i paid for my CL8.... god damit, sometimes i hate the tech market.

[dinos22]

Yeah I was refering to the 1600Mhz Dominators, as the CSX are also 1600Mhz sticks. The Dominators cost close to 300€ around here, so yeah it's about 80% of what I paid.

looks like you guys get ripped off on corsairs like we do here in Australia
greedy distributor here lol

maybe you should buy from US (since you are running a business)
400 Euros for 12GB dominators plus shipping
not sure how your customs work but for us we dont pay duty on that amount

[dinos22]

damit dinos... why you have to mention prices... no i have looked up again prices for tripple kits and those suckers just droped 40€.

Hell now there are OCZ DDR3-1600 CL7 available for less then i paid for my CL8.... god damit, sometimes i hate the tech market.

yeah once you spend money dont look back hahah

[systemviper]

yeah once you spend money dont look back hahah

ain't that the truth

[annaconda]

How can i get my 920 multiplier to 21, i have F4K BIOS, but i cannot change multiplier to 21

[dinos22]

How can i get my 920 multiplier to 21, i have F4K BIOS, but i cannot change multiplier to 21

enable turbo mode

[annaconda]

After enabling Turbo Mode do i have to save and exit and come back in BIOS to see 21?

[Lukee]

With the advent of tabbed browsing... pictures of course. Many many pictures.


On a more serious note, does anyone know what the max safe QPI voltage is? I can't just put a 32x multiplier on a 125blck and let it run, I blue screen even with 1.38v on the cpu.

I'm running 1.795 for 211 Bclk

[dinos22]

After enabling Turbo Mode do i have to save and exit and come back in BIOS to see 21?

nah man
it shows in windows
you cannot physically select 21 with 920 CPU

[Lukee]

As far as 12GB of mem working, this seems similar to the whole 4GB vs 8 GB issues with the 775 boards.

The memory ratings are for the triple channel set. They will run at 1600 MHz at those timings. If you want to run 12 GB, you have to run them at like 1333 or so and loosen the timings a bit as well.

I received that tidbit from a Kingston rep and it seems to hold true at least for the 775 boards.

I have 12 GB of OCZ gold 8-8-8-24 ram, but can only install 6GB atm because the True is taking a slot up. I'll be putting her under water this weekend, so I'll be able to use the full 12 GB. I'll let you guys know if someone else doesn't by then.

[dinos22]

I'm running 1.795 for 211 Bclk

for QPI/VTT
wow ROFL
u crazy dude

[Zmir]

Hey guys, was planning to buy the x58 Extreme..
Any problems/ selling points i should be aware of?
Ive read the ASUS R2E having problem OC'ing their boards but u guys are doing fine!

p.s- not sure if this is the right place to ask but this is the x58Extreme discussion board right :o, delete if necessary

[GAR]

Great board overall, this and P6T are the best Core i7 boards right now. Maybe the eVGA as well.

[dinos22]

Great board overall, this and P6T are the best Core i7 boards right now. Maybe the eVGA as well.

3oh6 sounded unimpresses with initial bios files from evga
i hope they've addressed all his concerns

[CodeRush]

I got EX85-Extreme and Core i7 920 about 2 weeks ago.
Problems:
1. MoBo sets tRFC timing automaticaly, dispite of manual setup. Solved in F4j BIOS.
2. Strange starting sequence with 4 soft-offs before starting actualy. One soft-off every time when powered up. Sometimes MoBo falls to endless soft-off loop after failed overclocking. Clear CMOS and BIOS profiles are solutions.
Goods:
1. Over 220 BCLK stable on CPU and NB water cooling. SuperPi 32M result
2. Tri-SLI support.
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dinos22, very good SPi 32M result.
What is your maximum unstable BCLK? I have ~222 on cold water. CPU-Z validation
Is there CPU or MoBo QPI-Wall, what do you think?

[dinos22]

i am benching on absolute MAX bus
nothing over that is good even for screen

all boards are hitting this 222 limit basically

[CodeRush]

all boards are hitting this 222 limit basically

That's good, more freedom in MoBo selection.
Can't check it, because i'm alone in Siberia who have LGA 1366 platform, as I know.

I tried to leap over 222 wall last monday, and recieved very strage result
CPU multiplier was floating around from 21x to 36x. System goes to BSOD on launching SuperPi.

[dinos22]

That's good, more freedom in MoBo selection.
Can't check it, because i'm alone in Siberia who have LGA 1366 platform, as I know.

I tried to leap over 222 wall last monday, and recieved very strage result
CPU multiplier was floating around from 21x to 36x. System goes to BSOD on launching SuperPi.

that bios is just bugged

[pmcguire]

Can anyone help me with this board? I'm totally in the right now.

Ok I installed the board and had everything running fine, my drives were in RAID / AHCI mode. then I stupidly upgraded the BIOS to F3 and all the machine hung at the disk detection phase. Reading around that F4K solves some issues but reintroduces others. Tried it and it was a bit poor and I wish to revert back to F2.

Can't find F2 for download anywhere so I thought that the Gigabyte much vaunted Dual Bios could come into play. I corrupted the bios on purpose so it would have to fall back the backup F2, unfortunately it isn't interested in anything at all, just sits there fans @ 100% and a black screen.

Any ideas?

[Zmir]

@GAR
Even better than the ASUS Rampage II Extreme?

@CodeRush
Ah thanks for the list, seems this board really has not much problems.
May be choosing this over the R2E!

[CodeRush]

Zmir
R2E is much better in fan control and voltage monitoring. There is only +5V additional voltage monitor on EX58-Extreme rev 1.0. No more 12V and 3.3V.
If monitoring and/or fan control is significant for you, topic MoBos are not very good.
I use cheap multimeter to monitor voltages and my fans are always at 100%, so that R2E features is useless for me.
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I choose EX58-Extreme, because it is cheaper then R2E for about 1/3 in Russia, has tri-SLI support and chipset waterblock. And it was right choise, as I see.

[dinos22]

Can anyone help me with this board? I'm totally in the right now.

Ok I installed the board and had everything running fine, my drives were in RAID / AHCI mode. then I stupidly upgraded the BIOS to F3 and all the machine hung at the disk detection phase. Reading around that F4K solves some issues but reintroduces others. Tried it and it was a bit poor and I wish to revert back to F2.

Can't find F2 for download anywhere so I thought that the Gigabyte much vaunted Dual Bios could come into play. I corrupted the bios on purpose so it would have to fall back the backup F2, unfortunately it isn't interested in anything at all, just sits there fans @ 100% and a black screen.

Any ideas?

ask stasio or hicookie for F2 bios

[Zmir]

@CodeRush
Ah i see, im not much of an extreme overclocker so those features wont matter for me :P Yeah ill be putting my fans to max all the time too, performance > sound!
Awesome then, will be getting the x58 Extreme in a few days, hope it wont dissapoint

BTW, does the x58 extreme has blue/white RAM slots? From Clunk's pic of the mobo, i see its green/pink. But the pics in Gigabytes website shows a white/blue. It says Rev1.0, so didnt think there was a revision before this