Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

[lior307]

wyeman !

I don't Belive your CPU reached it's limit .
Check to see that your UNCORE MULTI is X14 , Set Ram timing as they are marked ,
Add Voltage to QPI (1.32-1.36V)
Vcore About: 1.36-1.44v)

Report us again .

BTW:
Does anyone (Except dinos22) succeeded 226-230 BCLK with the Giga EX58Xtreme Mobo ??

[dinos22]

i used UD5 board there in testing

if ppl actually read and understand what i've done i bet most people will be able to achieve the same clocks

i'd love to see someone push past this though .... i'd kill to get 250+ clocks heh

[Infa]

No one has tested the F8B for Ud5? im all in, goin to test now..

[hlonipha]

No one has tested the F8B for Ud5? im all in, goin to test now..

Did not know that it was out!!!! Statio you are slacking my man!!!! lol

Will try it tonight but waiting your results.

Hlonipha

[Infa]

we'll see im not in for that max bclk , but overall usage, and testing voltages etc ..
goin to start to play with RTL also...

but cant seem to reboot to much stuff to do all the time hehe , but soon come.

[Infa]

Ok, now im on f8b, feels better actually, just the feeling, easier at boot, but that was f7d also, all the boot problems are gone atleast..
voltage seems ok, better than f7d? now im in win at 4,2 HT on at 1.42 unloaded, that didnt work so well before...not a crash yet but havent stressed it either.

I do got a problem tough, the past month i got this delay at windows bootup, it just stand there for 2mins or so, then it loads win... dont get it, wasnt like that in the beginning... something has happend.. anyone?

[hifiking]

i used UD5 board there in testing

if ppl actually read and understand what i've done i bet most people will be able to achieve the same clocks

i'd love to see someone push past this though .... i'd kill to get 250+ clocks heh

Thanks dinos22, I just tried what you did, and it worked. But max PCIe is 103.1 without any voltadjustments besides yours. I am now trying different things in the bios, I might strike something. UD5.

[rge]

hifiking what was your bclk limit prior to raising pcie to 103.1.

btw, my pcie limit is 103.1 as well, anything higher and system freezes. When I first started playing with core i7 when first came out, my bclk limit with normal volts was 215, with high volts 217, and that still has not changed even playing with pcie.

I am thinking my wall might be cpu related. I can boot at 217 with high volts. But when I raise pcie to 101, 102, or 103 and hit 218, soon as I hit set FSB it just freezes.

I wonder if those cpus that are hitting wall at 220-222 are mobo related and hence pcie may work, and cpus like mine that have bclk wall below that, 217 for mine, that pcie then will not work as mobo limit is ~220 and mine is then more likely all cpu...but wont know that for sure until couple months when I get another mobo and D0 cpu for "wifes" build....though I may be switching some parts between hers and mine.

[hifiking]

I was stuck at 222.

[rge]

That is what I thought...yours was probably mobo related as your in that range.

[dinos22]

Thanks dinos22, I just tried what you did, and it worked. But max PCIe is 103.1 without any voltadjustments besides yours. I am now trying different things in the bios, I might strike something. UD5.

great man
yeah anyone that hits 220-222 without any PCIe adjustment is probably mobo restricted

i'd be surpsied if most chip cant actually hit these sorts of clocks with the right settings. they all are individual and have different sweet spots

now we need to figure out how to go past 230

[hlonipha]

F8B is a no go for me, system crashed with same settings as F7D. oh well can't complain...

[Astennu]

I'm Still running the F6 official here. Because of the extra voltage needed with the F7. But i think i'm gonna give it a go and test it myself. I will also use a wattage meter to really check if it will use more. I Will try the F7 official and the new F8b Bios.

[PC_User]

Does anyone know if sleep (S3) works with F8b? I'm still on F6e because that's the only one I can get to sleep @ 19x200.

[rge]

S3 works with F8b with extreme...but dont know for sure with UD5.

[ye_3333]

here is what i can get now!
x58-xtreme with 920 d0 3847A
and singel stage cooling (-60c)
http://valid.canardpc.com:80/show_oc.php?id=568992

[RCG_Bex]

Quick q guys, I can get my hands on the UD4P and Extreme for £200 or the UD5 for £210, any advice on which to go for? I've seen an awesome clock with an Extreme and not far off with an UD4P. I'm going to strip it and fully water cool it so I just want OC head room

~Bex

[dinos22]

how about some 4.9GHz NB Freq & RAM at 889MHz 6-6-5-16-1T action on an i7 920 D0 chip fellas

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...32#post3798032

[nickless]

First tests with my new WC rig. I haven't much time for testing, but this is it for now. I think it will be 24/7. Yet will testing for the limits . The board is UD4P, but flashed to Extreme , that is why I post in this thread.

[CodeRush]

Did fast test today on Extreme @ F7:
Max PCI-E is 103.1 Mhz.
Max BCLK is 223.94 on 1.575/1.575 Vcore/Vqpi.
CPU-Z validation: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=570499
I think that high temp is blocking OC now. Waiting for DIce...

[tosunermc]

GIGABYTE X58 UD4P
AKASA NERO AMBIENT TEMP 32 C
vTT:1.43 V
VPCI:1.6 V
REST IS AUTO
BIOS:F5
PCIEX:103.5

MAX BCLK:229
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=570743

10 minutes to take this validation. with other bios's I could not able to reach more than 225+
Next week I will try with LN2

[The Water Dog]

Nice bclk-oc

[tajoh111]

Hey dinos.

I am trying to stabilize my overclock at 4663.

I can run superpi 32m, wprime 32m, however except when I benched in a particularly cold room. I cannot finish 3dmark06 as it always crashes at the cpu test. Spring is starting so I can't get the room cold anymore.

My settings are
1.5375 volts for the core.
1.475 for vtt
I/oh 1.20 volts

qpi pll = 1.360
pll voltage = 1.88

bclk = 222
turbo on
ht on

uncore = 18x
memory multiplier = 8

Going up to 1.55 volts for cpu will make the system not boot.

Bios f7c

[Strages]

I'm wondering if any one else is having this issue or if any has some ideas for solving this annoying issue.

I had been running the Windows 7 Beta for a couple of months using the ICH10R AHCI drivers. Well, a few days ago I moved to the Windows 7 RC. I made sure that I had AHCI set already in the BIOS so that Windows 7 would just go ahead and install AHCI from the get-go. After running the initial install just fine, the installer restarted my system, the AHCI BIOS screen (where it detects all the devices) came up and then just sat there, not doing anything, indefinitely. The only thing that changed was Windows 7 RC vs. Windows 7 beta - I had booted into the Windows 7 RC setup process off of the DVD in AHCI mode and formatted the drive within the installer. So I changed the BIOS settings back to IDE and it worked just fine.

So I go to change Windows 7 RC to AHCI mode from within the OS, restart, change appropriate BIOS settings (I'm just switching the Intel chipset to AHCI while leaving native IDE mode disabled and the onboard controller disabled), and the AHCI BIOS does the same thing. I've yet to try any of the BIOSes with the updated AHCI BIOS because of the voltage problems I've been hearing about. Any ideas if this might fix the problem? Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here?

Any input is appreciated - thanks!

UPDATE: I just thought of something that I did change. I have three hard drives, one of which I want to be the system, boot, and OS drive (partitions). Well, I've run into issues in the past where Windows would for some reason make the system (boot) drive different from the drive that Windows got installed on. To eliminate this issue, I just leave the other drives unplugged during install and then reconnect them once Windows restarts the system. Well, I installed Windows in AHCI mode with my two other drives unplugged, but I can't remember if it screwed up before or after I reconnected the other drives. Any ideas if this could be the root of the problem??

[Sparda]

I've yet to try any of the BIOSes with the updated AHCI BIOS because of the voltage problems I've been hearing about. Any ideas if this might fix the problem? Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here?

No idea. But the new F8b works great. Stable on 216x21 that I cannot do on F6d before. No voltage problem whatsoever.