Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[Splave]

Various threads, read about 3-4 cases

[Godmyster]

still didnt understand why the UD5 is better then the P6T...

[pjkenned]

Grab the UD5, the silent pipe is just really bling. Might drop temps 2 or 3c and so I hear most of the wb leak lol

Been running this thing almost non-stop since Nov and no WB leak thus far.

[Envy]

Phew! i thought it was a common issue, i personaly find Gigabyte x58 extreme waterblock pretty decent, would even be enough to handle P35/45/X38/48 NB heatload.

[Envy]

still didnt understand why the UD5 is better then the P6T...

i think the same i7 CPU clocks about the same on various boards, a good way to judge how good/bad EX58-UD5/Extreme is, is check out what users are saying in this thread. there is alot folks to draw help from.

[silverfox71]

There is nothing wrong with this water block at all. Just make sure that you check the screws before hooking up the water! The silent pipes quite honestly do more for the north bridge than that water block is able to handle. At first I just had the water block hooked up and you could feel the water lines getting hot. Then I hooked up the silent pipes and now I can't even tell a difference in the water temp in and out. I do have a small fan blowing across the silent pipes just to help with the cooling not that I think I really need it.

[silverfox71]

I should also mention that I did have the DS4 Board first but was not happy with the temps of the northbridge at all. the Ds4 has the same heatsink as the UD5 and that is what drew me to the extreme!

[C3D76]

Same here, I've been using the Extreme with the NB waterblock since last November with no problems.
I also tried out the Hybrid Heatsink, but it made no difference as far as I could tell...

[Splave]

There is nothing wrong with this water block at all. Just make sure that you check the screws before hooking up the water! The silent pipes quite honestly do more for the north bridge than that water block is able to handle. At first I just had the water block hooked up and you could feel the water lines getting hot. Then I hooked up the silent pipes and now I can't even tell a difference in the water temp in and out. I do have a small fan blowing across the silent pipes just to help with the cooling not that I think I really need it.

Interesting, I find that doesnt really require the silent pipe or water cooling. Just doesnt draw much heat.

[silverfox71]

Hey C3D76, are you still using the f3 bios for that overclock that you are posting? have you tried any of the other bioses?

[silverfox71]

Interesting, I find that doesnt really require the silent pipe or water cooling. Just doesnt draw much heat.

One thing is for sure this thing is as cool as ice compared to the DS4 that I was talking about. It could have been the board itself though.

[C3D76]

Hey C3D76, are you still using the f3 bios for that overclock that you are posting? have you tried any of the other bioses?

Hey Silverfox,

Yes, I'm on F3 with settings in sig.
I keep going back to it for 24/7 usage because S3 works OC'd, and it requires less voltage thanks to the TDP limit still being on.

Otherwise I've tried almost every BIOS till F6e, and the ones that work best for me seem to be: F4j, F4m, and F5g.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

So what are your settings that keeps you stable at that speed. Really 200Mhz is my goal. Unfortunately I cannot get anything over 180Mhz bclk and I need 1.4 volts minimum to keep it stable. Currently I am deciding to get a new MB and sell this one. I am only 5 days out of my Newegg warranty. The board works fine just doesn't OC as well as I like.

So far I have tried 185-210Mhz and failed. I tried different multipliers, and have tried every QPI/VTT voltage from 1.28-1.42. My CPU is stable at 3.8, and I have tried it without Turbo and HT. I tried LLC on and off, vcore up to 1.4v, PLL up to 1.84v, I make sure that the uncore is 2x+1 higher than my RAM. I really have tried everything short of adjusting REF voltage, and clock scews.

So far I have,

200x20
Turbo off
HT on
All other CPU features (speedstep etc) off besides Bidirectional whatever it's called.
Ram 7-7-7-20-1T
V.Core 1.35
QPI/VTT 1.355
IOH 1.32
DRAM 1.84
QPI PLL 1.32

[Aberration]

Villainstone, I would suspect the processor before the MoBo.

[SteveRo]

Interesting, I find that doesnt really require the silent pipe or water cooling. Just doesnt draw much heat.

Same here - I have the ggbt extreme and I have been running without the big fin thingy for about a month.
The block underneath does get hot but still oc's fine.
Running both 4.3 ht on and 4.48 ht off prime stable w/o the fins.
See the left side of the pic below.

[Hornet331]

The S3 (E1) Bug occurs in the OC as in a setting as follows ...
BLCK160 / SMM10.0 / 8-8-8-20-1T (9-9-9-24-1T OK)
BLCK180 / SMM8.0 / 8-8-8-20-1T (9-9-9-24-1T OK)

Q-Flash should be updated to ver.2.09

back to F6a... F6e is instable with my perviouse stable setting, i get oc failure with it.

im running:

bclck 200/ MM6 /7-7-7-20
and with:
F4j -> S3 works
F5x -> dont works
F6x -> dont works

imho thats a huge let down by gigabyte, 2 bios revions and they still can't get S3 to work again....

[Infa]

Ok, now I can't get EasyTune 6 to work here, Vista x32, been google it and looking here for some help, but the "little" i got doesnt help, dont get it? why make a program that dont work, tried F4 and currently F5 Final bios.. just crashing with GUI error.
Would really appreciate some help this tool is reeeal handy if it works, ofc i can use SETfsb, but no voltage control there

Cheerio!

[Godmyster]

Anyone here try the Asus P6T wanted to know what board to buy and why...

Thanks

[Infa]

No, Haven't tried that board, but I was were you are now before i got this board.

And I took this one, Look at this feedback here? 2300 Posts in one thread about two boards, just that is one reason, will you run into problem, someone will help you, and not just some crappy taiwain support that will give you an answer within 1 week. I got me a giga board before, P35 DDR3 board, and it worked flawlessly, OC good, even though it was their first? ddr3 board, and crapped out at 1950mhz ddr, it worked WELL, and no hassle. This board are slight cheaper(compared to P6T Del v2) has all the functions, looks good atlast, and for me are now working great!! All SATA ports are angled etc. and good people working on bios every other day... so why not? Gigabyte has gone up alot in my eyes the past 1-2 years. before i allmost only got asus boards, but seriously they have been giving me problems now and then, and are sometimes little hassle to do with in the bios, and the Striker board acually got me a little scared, couse it burned out on me

Only thing that annoys me are the Easytune 6 program, would really like that to work, but hey? thats not the board problem right?
cheers.

[SteveRo]

Anyone here try the Asus P6T wanted to know what board to buy and why...

Thanks

I 2nd what Infa said - ggbt has made a good pair of x58 boards in these.
I have the extreme but the UD5 is just as good for less $.
If I had it to do all over - I would get the UD5 not the extreme - save the $.

[Siobhan]

Ok, now I can't get EasyTune 6 to work here, Vista x32, been google it and looking here for some help, but the "little" i got doesnt help, dont get it? why make a program that dont work, tried F4 and currently F5 Final bios.. just crashing with GUI error.

F6A is also on the gigabyte website

1. Beta BIOS
2. Fix abnormal messages from EasyTune 6 and DES in Vista

Every F6x has worked for me with Vista, like GAR's announcement said.

[Infa]

Ok, will try, Im putting in the F6C and will check..thanks.

[Infa]

Thanks for the tip, must have missed what GAR wrote, now its working, and its stable with the exact same settings as in F5, so looking really good so far
the F6B did NOT work with same settings as F5g so this is good.

Only sad thing is that when using the Easytune to "set" the settings, it brings down the x21 multiple to 20, and stays there nomather what setting is made, voltage,clock or something.

cheers.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Anyone here try the Asus P6T wanted to know what board to buy and why...

Thanks

Since the release of the i7 late last year because of work I've have had access to the P6T deluxe, Rampage II and the evga x58. Working with and OC'ing systems with those boards in it, I had little things I didn't like about each one so I decided I was def. gonna go with something else.

Ended up with a gigabyte x58 and I've been very happy with it. P6T is a good board but I recommend ud4 or higher board over it easy. From minor things like pci-e slot placement, floppy etc imo gigabyte did it all better.

[ReverendMaynard]

Since the release of the i7 late last year because of work I've have had access to the P6T deluxe, Rampage II and the evga x58. Working with and OC'ing systems with those boards in it, I had little things I didn't like about each one so I decided I was def. gonna go with something else.

Ended up with a gigabyte x58 and I've been very happy with it. P6T is a good board but I recommend ud4 or higher board over it easy. From minor things like pci-e slot placement, floppy etc imo gigabyte did it all better.

be glad you didn't have to work with the Foxconn Renaissance...omfg piece of crap.

Gigabyte did well with the X58's, never had a doubt since the day I got mine way back around launch. Still getting allot of fun out of it, these i7 920 can take a serious beating