MA790X / MA790XT-UD4P 790X bugs fixes etc etc.....

[gOtVoltage]

Whoa, nice clocks on the x4 550
But you have to admit that if the 550 didn't unlock all 4 cores the x3 720 would've been superior. I tried unlocking mine but it wouldn't boot into windows with all cores no matter what, so i dropped the ideea.
For cooling i'm using a Mugen2 which is doing a nice job. Even better when i "upgrade" it with 2 scythe kaze@3000rpm (noise matters not to me, as long as it's cool).

The board i have is the ddr3 version so i'm limited to f4g, but using f4a for now to see how much i can get out of all parts.
I will take your advice and experience into account and settle for 2400 nb clock and try to get best cpu speed and cas7 (maybe cas6 )
Seeing your results, the 550 looks more and more appealing to me

The 550 still would clock higher although the 720 has three cores it be almost dead even. Plus the 550 uses less volts to go highe ranyways.

Beside that both chips perform. I will favor the new kid , as this kid is the Little Big bully of X2's


Note: UD4/ UD4P
There are resons why the UD4P replaces the UD4.. Clocking and stability seem to be one of them. The UD4 is definately a lot harder to tweak because of this.

I have a friend who retired a UD4 for a UD5P...Night and day. His UD4 he keeps for a back up Mobo now. i decided to grab the UD4P... happy i did seeing i saved over $50.buck for the Same clocking the UD5P offers for DDR2. DDr3 is whole differnt ballgame.

Edit .. SMOWMAN.. If you keep having to RMA the UD4 ask for a UD4P replacement since UD4 has had know problems from day one. you never know they just might agree to send you a UD4P insted. Worth a shot for DDR2 rig.