Quote Originally Posted by 529th View Post
I bought this board MIIF in hopes for a new home for my Q9650. Reading this thread sorta depresses me. I've not pushed my Q9650 beyond 3.6Ghz on this board but I do know its better than my old Asus P5Q3 Del which required 1.345vcore to hit 4ghz; with this it comes across at 3.6Ghz with 1.20v which at the same speed required 1.2500+v on the P5Q3 (running 1901 bios too btw)
Don't be too down beat with your purchase.....i'm running my Q9650 at 4.275Ghz on this 'board, with 1.328v under load, so its not all bad. Higher FSB may be possible on the UD3 series Gigabyte's (and i may yet test drive one) but this is a solid, if not outstanding, offering.