Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[godsfist]

So what exactly holds back an i7 from running higher BLCK's? Is it the QPI speed from the CPU that limits how high of BLCK you get?

Anandtech addresses those concerns here

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=3502

[beast200]

hi
now on f5g bios no change from f5a
still at 21 x 200

[JWMc]

Anandtech addresses those concerns here

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=3502

Thanks for this link. I think it will be interesting to see what trends start to show up with IMC quality. They may simply go hand in hand but I wonder if some chips might end up with bad IMCs that hold back their high quality cores.

[chefnr1]

have a major problem, 17 965 ex , X58-UD5 F4 Bios ,3* Corsair Dominator 3GB kit , Corsair HX1000W psu.
My problem ate that i cant have all 3 mem in get no boot and error cod 85, tested all mem in each slot so they are all working in single.
I can have all mem in but 2 in blue slots an one in white slots.
Any suggestion how to solve this..

[hlonipha]

which QPI LINK SPEED I should choose for a 3.8 overclock on a 920

[ante_ante]

which QPI LINK SPEED I should choose for a 3.8 overclock on a 920

x36

[SteveRo]

have a major problem, 17 965 ex , X58-UD5 F4 Bios ,3* Corsair Dominator 3GB kit , Corsair HX1000W psu.
My problem ate that i cant have all 3 mem in get no boot and error cod 85, tested all mem in each slot so they are all working in single.
I can have all mem in but 2 in blue slots an one in white slots.
Any suggestion how to solve this..

if you have 3 mem sticks - they need to go one each into the white slots

[SteveRo]

which QPI LINK SPEED I should choose for a 3.8 overclock on a 920

36 is correct, also when you select your memory multi make sure you select your uncore multi to be one click above twice the memory. example - if you set memory to x6, make sure you set uncore to x13.

[hlonipha]

36 is correct, also when you select your memory multi make sure you select your uncore multi to be one click above twice the memory. example - if you set memory to x6, make sure you set uncore to x13

Ok thanks had no luck with bios f4 no matter what I did. flashed to F5G and at least already at 3.880 with turbo on. the isochronous support should be enable or disable?
also could you help with the voltage on the below settings
QPI/VTT
IOH voltage
qpi pll voltage
ICH I/O
ICH CORE

hlonipha

[icecold316]

Is it possible for a RAM to run at CL4 at 800MHz ? Yesterday, my Dominator Ram was running at CL4 (4-8-8-24 @ 800 Mhz) - as per CPU-Z and Everest both. I got worried as I didn't have memory cooler so I rebooted to check in BIOS if I accidentally set it to 4, but it was shown as 8. When I came back in Windows its was back to 8.

Can it be just a bug or was my RAM actually running at CL4.

[SteveRo]

Is it possible for a RAM to run at CL4 at 800MHz ? Yesterday, my Dominator Ram was running at CL4 (4-8-8-24 @ 800 Mhz) - as per CPU-Z and Everest both. I got worried as I didn't have memory cooler so I rebooted to check in BIOS if I accidentally set it to 4, but it was shown as 8. When I came back in Windows its was back to 8.

Can it be just a bug or was my RAM actually running at CL4.

I have never seen an x58 run mem at cas4 (not yet anyway).

[SteveRo]

Ok thanks had no luck with bios f4 no matter what I did. flashed to F5G and at least already at 3.880 with turbo on. the isochronous support should be enable or disable?
also could you help with the voltage on the below settings
QPI/VTT
IOH voltage
qpi pll voltage
ICH I/O
ICH CORE

hlonipha

sync xfer has always been enabled for me, never tried with it off.
see screen shot below for some bios settings - careful of your temps - these settings are with WC.

[hlonipha]

I can not boot without turbo mode on. ummm priming at 3948mhz with turbo mode on at 1.31v

[SteveRo]

I can not boot without turbo mode on. ummm priming at 3948mhz with turbo mode on at 1.31v

no way could I prime (for any length of time anyway) at 4g @ 1.31v.
is this 1.31v in bios or cpuz under load?

[SteveRo]

the lowest vcore that I could get 4ghz (ht on) prime stable was 1.4v - set in bios - see below - (note - all this was on air - noctua 12 with 2x ultra kaze in push pull)

[hlonipha]

it failed AT 1.31 BIOS setting but im using HT OFF.
What were your other settings for your 21x196 settings. I did not get the TRUE today in the mail so still working with the stock cooler.what was your
QPI/VTT Voltage
IOH
CPU PLL
QPI PLL

[hlonipha]

well done for the night settle for 3800. on this stock cooling the temps were going really high while anything above it. hopefully tomorrow I et the new true. and can start testing again

[YukonTrooper]

I've settled for 3.8 as well due to stock cooling. I'm waiting for my Crossbow retention kit to get here, so I can use it with my Vendetta 2.

[hlonipha]

I've settled for 3.8 as well due to stock cooling. I'm waiting for my Crossbow retention kit to get here, so I can use it with my Vendetta 2.

could you share your bios settings?

[gatmaitan20]

Hello Guys,

So many bios updates and I'm confuse which one to used, for EX58 Extreme what is the most stable and have fewer bugs bios update you used?

[kpablo]

Most of people using F4j or F4m

I am using F5E... with no problems and suposedly fix the sleep mode thing

[Hondacity]

using everest and prime95 my motherboard temps idle at 31C and loads to about 42C

anybody for comparison?

[SteveRo]

using everest and prime95 my motherboard temps idle at 31C and loads to about 42C

anybody for comparison?

is that at stock speed and v?
what is your cpu temp at stock speed and v?

[SteveRo]

Hello Guys,

So many bios updates and I'm confuse which one to used, for EX58 Extreme what is the most stable and have fewer bugs bios update you used?

I have used both f4j and m with good success.
I think rge said he was using f5e and it was working well for him.

[chefnr1]

if you have 3 mem sticks - they need to go one each into the white slots

have tested all memory one by one and they all work , and i when have them in white slots i only get error 85 and 8F.
3 memsticks works when i have 2 in white an one in blue slot it's strange this.