Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[Fafeifa]

fafeifa i really think you should use another Oc under 4ghz so you could lower the vcore and the temps along with it as they're pretty high!

I know i was just trying to see if i could hit the 4.0ghz barrier, but now trying to stablize to bring down the temps of this beast, i only need 1.34v for 3.8Ghz so i dont know what settings to change. I'm using the latest F6C bios for the UD5
My cooler is Noctua NH-U12p. I may have to lap the cpu and hsf

[Markmb]

Hello all of you..

Tomorrow im going to set the gigabyte x58 extreme up. So was wondering what bios version is the best atm? My specs are:

12 GB Corsair Dominator 8-8-8-24 1T
1 4870x2
1 samsung 750 spinpoint
965 core i 7 extreme
noctua cpu cooler
cosmos S case
TT 1.5 kW power

[Fafeifa]

Hello all of you..

Tomorrow im going to set the gigabyte x58 extreme up. So was wondering what bios version is the best atm? My specs are:

12 GB Corsair Dominator 8-8-8-24 1T
1 4870x2
1 samsung 750 spinpoint
965 core i 7 extreme
noctua cpu cooler
cosmos S case
TT 1.5 kW power

Wow nice specs there, But i don't think you'll achieve high clocks with all 6 sticks of ram in use. The fan of the cooler will block the closest ram bay so running 6 may be tricky. The i7s oc is limited by the cooling, a simple 920 can reach 4.2ghz with some tweaking but since you have a 965 it'll be a good idea to get a WC kit. The F6 bios has been working pretty good for me. Good luck.

[Markmb]

Wow nice specs there, But i don't think you'll achieve high clocks with all 6 sticks of ram in use. The fan of the cooler will block the closest ram bay so running 6 may be tricky. The i7s oc is limited by the cooling, a simple 920 can reach 4.2ghz with some tweaking but since you have a 965 it'll be a good idea to get a WC kit. The F6 bios has been working pretty good for me. Good luck.

Yeah, WC is the next step but always been afraid to start on something like that in my evga x58 i got all six sticks in, so with some good handywork it should be possible on this board

[SteveRo]

Markmb

Wow nice specs there, But i don't think you'll achieve high clocks with all 6 sticks of ram in use. The fan of the cooler will block the closest ram bay so running 6 may be tricky. The i7s oc is limited by the cooling, a simple 920 can reach 4.2ghz with some tweaking but since you have a 965 it'll be a good idea to get a WC kit. The F6 bios has been working pretty good for me. Good luck.

With a 965 - you should be able to use 6x2gb much easier than those with 920 and 940 because you can keep the mem speeds and qpi speeds down.
I have used 30x134 for 4.02 with 6x1gb no problem.
Also 35x123 for 4.3 ht on with the same 6 sticks of mem - and they are not even matching memory - 3 are 1066 the other 3 are 2000.
The 965 gives you a lot more wiggle room for ocing the proc.
Now ocing the memory is a whole different ball game - there you may have some challenges

[Hornet331]

Markmb



With a 965 - you should be able to use 6x2gb much easier than those with 920 and 940 because you can keep the mem speeds and qpi speeds down.
I have used 30x134 for 4.02 with 6x1gb no problem.
Also 35x123 for 4.3 ht on with the same 6 sticks of mem - and they are not even matching memory - 3 are 1066 the other 3 are 2000.
The 965 gives you a lot more wiggle room for ocing the proc.
Now ocing the memory is a whole different ball game - there you may have some challenges

Mem speeds can even be down with a 920 (my 12gb run only with 1200 cl7 cause with tripple channle they have more then enough bandwidth ).

The only advantage of a extreme this time is the qpi limit, thought on air (and even on water) theres next to no difference from a 920 to a 965.