Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[ReverendMaynard]

throwin down some benches today. Window open, ambient is around 17C....this board/cpu still amazes me after almost 3 months.

[technut36]

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awsome cooling SteveRo, now im finding technut36 TRUE too good to be true after seen your Boreas

TRUE idle temp 38-42 load temp 55-60 with higher clock - voltage
Boreas idle temp 21-26 load temp 53-56
almost the same cooling power?

so google a bit to know a little more about TRUE+i7 didnt find anything near this, definitely the most extreme TRUE ive see.

6-Way Intel Core i7 CPU Cooler Roundup
Noctua vs TRUE 1366 Review

so whats the magic?

impressive! your idle to load temp are as good as SteveRo GTZ Feser 480 with 4x ultra kaze if not better.

nice work!! yeah, at load the liquid in the heat pipes evaporates more vigorously thus increasing the evap and condensation effect and cooling a lot more efficiently. The TRUE is one kick ass air cooler.. I kind of wish I had held out to pick one up but they were so out of stock when I built my machine, so I got the CM V8 instead.. which has turned out to be a very good cooler also, but you can't do the push-pull fan trick with it.. well, unless you want to use a lot of zip ties.

i understand he have HT off, but just take a look at your screen shot you running at lower qpi, clock, much lower vcore and lower idle temp HT off yet you hit 70º at full load "not saying thats bad at all" but thats 10~15ºc higher than technut, not even couting idle difference.

you find hes temp normal?

4.2Ghz
vcore 1.40
qpi/vtt 1.38
HT off
All energy saver functions off
idle temp 38-42 load temp 55-60

what kind of fan you using technut? what kind of application you running to get load temp?

technut was running ht off - and using one of the best air coolers you can find anywhere.

So there has been a lot of talk bout the temps, i need to make one thing clear i did a lot of trial and error with different thermal pastes (AS5, Tuniq, TR, OCZ freeze, zalman) it was very time consuming but after about 14 hours or so i finally figured out for my self on how different these pastes are, only as regards to the temps, also i tried different ways of putting on the paste. also tried different fans on TRUE, even tried it fanless for 15 mins to see what happens. Also tried making an air duct to pull in fresh air.

In the 14 hours I tested a lot of things for fun, i didn't take extensive logs of everything, since i was interested in only what worked best. It is way too much to post all the details, i have to get back to studying, so i am going to post my final choices.


TRUE (TR 1400 rpm fan pushing, Xigma Tech XLF-F1253 pulling)

OCZ Freeze (best way to put on put a tiny droplet, half the size of a grain of sticky sushi rice or a quarter grain size of a indian pakistani long grain basmati rice)


Procedure:

put the paste

align the TRUE perfectly and dont u dare move it even a tad bit.

put two screws cross from each other, tighten all the way so u dont risk moving the HS while getting the other two in. once the first two are tight move on to the next two, tighten all the way.

now try to spin the HS just a little clockwise the anti-clock ending up in the same position. toss on the fans.

i added two additional fans a 230mm on the door, it fit perfectly, same fan as the HF932. Another fan was added along with a 5.25-3.5 cage in the front, so it make a nice air tunnel straight across front to back.

sorry if i was unclear, i am stressing about my studies, i need to get back, i will check u guys in a bit.



For temp i am using real temp, didn't bother installing ET6

Its day time now and my idle temp has risen to 40-42, guess not fully idle because i am in window.

In bios i am getting 24-26 for cpu.

[technut36]

throwin down some benches today. Window open, ambient is around 17C....this board/cpu still amazes me after almost 3 months.

thats some bad ass man.

[ReverendMaynard]

thats some bad ass man.

thanks lol. I might be able to squeeze 4.5ghz out of it next weekend. 30 runs at least today, not a single crash, freeze or sneeze. This thing is a tank.

[technut36]

thanks lol. I might be able to squeeze 4.5ghz out of it next weekend. 30 runs at least today, not a single crash, freeze or sneeze. This thing is a tank.

i am pretty happy on air with good temps but u are making me wanna jump in the pool, punn intended.

[ReverendMaynard]

i am pretty happy on air with good temps but u are making me wanna jump in the pool, punn intended.

I had just strapped 2 120mm 2000rpm Ultra Kaze's to the rad before hitting those clocks lol, so if you plan on jumping in the pond...don't cheap out on the rad

[technut36]

I had just strapped 2 120mm 2000rpm Ultra Kaze's to the rad before hitting those clocks lol, so if you plan on jumping in the pond...don't cheap out on the rad

aight, i will keep that in mind, just like everyone here the liquid cooling folks on XS are fantastic in helping set up a noob like me.

[ReverendMaynard]

aight, i will keep that in mind, just like everyone here the liquid cooling folks on XS are fantastic in helping set up a noob like me.

don't sell yourself short nut, everyone with an i7 920 is on even ground. Get them cool, and there will be rewards

[technut36]

how is the sli with different cards working, i was thinking bout adding a 4870 to my 4850

[ReverendMaynard]

how is the sli with different cards working, i was thinking bout adding a 4870 to my 4850

technically, that would be Crossfire, not Sli but I get your gist Should scale identically to the X48's performance, if not better.

[technut36]

sure i know i will be on xfire but u r on sli
any u recommend it, right?

[ReverendMaynard]

sure i know i will be on xfire but u r on sli
any u recommend it, right?

no I'm not and I'd only recommend a multi card setup if you're into super high resolution gaming, or you're a bencher.

[DMH]

no I'm not and I'd only recommend a multi card setup if you're into super high resolution gaming, or you're a bencher.

or if you're into folding

[Envy]

nice job with TRUE technut

[technut36]

well i am not really into pc gaming right now, because i cannot really run high resolution. i can play left4dead, css and a lot of other games on max but i dont really play old games i like to get play the new games.

i am currently playing mostly xbox 360 exclusively.

if i would be able to run crysis and some other graphic intensive games then yeah i would be interested in adding another card like 4870 or even the 4870x2.

[technut36]

nice job with TRUE technut

thanx man, i have used probably 10-15 high end heat sinks in the last 3 years, and this is really the best, due to the 6 heat pipes. i wish i had the copper TRUE. this raped the corsair wc setup i had 4 years ago.

From my experience tuniq, noctua, even zalman 9700 can give a similar temp when idle but under load the TRUE destroys them. at 1.4185 set in bios my cpu under 99% load for 2 hours wont go over 64-69.

[technut36]

another newer HS which performs on par according to hardocp is the http://www.prolimatech.com/products/megahalems.html

this thing is cheaper and the design looks wicked.

[Envy]

Cooler master have another monster v10 i think it costs twice as much as a TRUE. i have v8 cooling my Q6600 its very good. i wonder how good is TRUE CU with coollaboratory liquid pro 2xultra kaze

[Envy]

almost below 9

[Clob]

.001 Does not count! :P

Fantastic clocks guys. My board is out for delivery right now! I cant wait to see what I can get out of is.


I still have the same question if any one can shed some light on this. The Orange/ Peach colored PCI-E slots. Anyone know why they have that specific color?

[rge]

trying to hit 5ghz...again...but running into ?cpuz 1.5 bug unless weird TDP limit issue. Booted 23x216 (4968) 3x and 3 different cpuz dumps...but cpuz says 4958 every time. I got 23x217 to boot but cpuz crashed before dumping but it to was off in calculation as well. 23x214 and below calculates correctly. 10mhz is too big for spread spectrum differences...have never seen multi kick down at idle like that from TDP limits and cpuz is reading different than everest/realtemp, also dont understand the exact same error 3x This is with computer outside, water temps is 1-2C (have antifreeze in loop).

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=512681

[Splave]

damn rev, trying to keep up with you is proving difficult how are the pi's working out

[Envy]

awesome clock rge so close to 5GHz, i finally got bclk to 21x220 http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=514611

[technut36]

envy i envy your setup.

[Beef]

Hi

First off thanks for everyone who posted here - my first overclock and I got to 21x190 on bios F5g

I flashed BIOS to F6a tonight and whilst it has cured the double post issue I can no longer get to 21x190. 21x187 seems to be the best I can get, has anyone else seen a similar effect going to F6a?
I upped Vcore to 1.425 and QPi/Vtt to 1.385 (1.40 and 1.335 on F5g) but that hasn't helped.