Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P Thread

[shaolin95]

I will probably use an Athlon 1.4 or old P4 to fine tune my skills first...or maybe my C64. LOL

[chew*]

I will probably use an Athlon 1.4 or old P4 to fine tune my skills first. lol

It's really easy man its just a simple priciple, air gaps = condensation, make an air tight seal and no condensation. You will be fine

[shaolin95]

Thanks chew.
I will create a log with my project/disaster as soon as I start it.

Regards

[scottath]

Was on OCN and had this comment posted towards me:

also i noticed in your sig your running an am2 board i heard its not good to pump to much voltage on your ram with am2 AMD...because you could ruin the mem controller on the cpu or something to effect

There any truth to this - what should be the max vDimm i set if so (for either 24/7 or benching)
This is for the non-T (DDR2) board i'm asking specifically about

[gOtVoltage]

Was on OCN and had this comment posted towards me:



There any truth to this - what should be the max vDimm i set if so (for either 24/7 or benching)
This is for the non-T (DDR2) board i'm asking specifically about

2.2 - 2.3v is fine for DDR2 mobos and B3's and 720's or better.

using ram that can use lower volts is helpfull..

I have yet to destroy a CPU from Too much Vdimm... I even push the NB past what any normal person would on water and that has been 1.6v 24/7 for one year on a 9950 B3...@ 3.5ghz/2600mhz NB with 2.4v vdimm.


The new memory controllers are even better.....If its something your concerned with just run Dimms that clock good @ 2.2volts or less like the new LV Blades by OCZ.

Ive been pushing the Volts to insane levels with air and water from PhI and even to the 550 im running . matter of fact my 550 uses 2.2v @ 4100mhz 24/7 with 1.4volts on the NB.

If anything is going to ruin your CPU ,,
Having (CPU/NBvolts) too High while going for Uber NBclocks will do it.

your welcome,,Have a great day

gOtVolTage

[chew*]

Was on OCN and had this comment posted towards me:



There any truth to this - what should be the max vDimm i set if so (for either 24/7 or benching)
This is for the non-T (DDR2) board i'm asking specifically about

We have pumped some serious juice to the ram....upwards of 2.4v on ddr 3......

I would be more worried about the ram degrading at those volts long before the IMC in the CPU.

[scottath]

Ok - good

My crucial ram uses ~2.4v for ~1300mhz......so it wont be an issue - thats good thanks

[suphiceto]

Guys, I have recieved my new mushkins other day and I have been testing them out for the last few days. They seem to be very good overclocker, I have had them all the way to 1800mhz at rated timings. On the other hand the performance doesnt seem to be very impressive. I am getting simillar SuperPi results as compare to my old 9 9 9 24 patriots. I was hoping to gain performance with tighter timings but I havent. I tried different sticks in different slots and different clock settings and nothing seems to increase the performance. I have total 4 sticks and currently runing three of them due to clearance problem with cpus HS. Currently runing at these settings below which is 6 hour prime95 blend stable, the best I can get of them. I cant figure out if I am doing something wrong here or If I shouldnt expect better benchmarks, I would appriciate if you guys can guide me. Thanks.

[chew*]

Suphiceto your NB speed is your bottleneck, try and get that up to 2600 and it should net you better performance.

[suphiceto]

Hey thanks Chew for the quick reply!
I cant gain stability with higher NBspeeds, I can hit 2600+ with +.250v cpuNB VId but I dont see that much of performance gain and it also fails the prime95.

[chew*]

Hey thanks Chew for the quick reply!
I cant gain stability with higher NBspeeds, I can hit 2600+ with +.250v cpuNB VId but I dont see that much of performance gain and it also fails the prime95.

Have you tried a tad higher? some chips need .275 for 2600 even .300. Might be safe if the temps are within reason.

[suphiceto]

Have you tried a tad higher? some chips need .275 for 2600 even .300. Might be safe if the temps are within reason.

usually the max I go is around +.250v but I will give a try again with higher voltage. Do I watch the NB temps or the CPU ?

[gOtVoltage]

If your temps are good the 720 can handle 1.4v -1.45v on the NB no problem.

Matter of fact i needed +.250 for 2600mhz on mine on water.

On Air you may need .025v maybe more ..


CHEW is right on when it comes to what chips like.

[BulldogPO]

How do you enable fourth core on 720BE with this board?
Funny how it did boot srtaight to windows at same 18.5 x 200MHz settings and 2600MHz NB freq that I did use for 955

[scottath]

My NB on my board is idling @ 54c.....
Should i take off the heatsink and redo thermal paste - casue that is about 20c hotter than it should be isnt it?
Unless im reading the wrong value....
(In Overdrive - Board status tab - everest also says mb temp = 54c)
TMPIN1 = 54c
TMPIN2 = 24c
TMPIN3 = 29c

Can someone identify these for me please

[suphiceto]

That is your mb temp, your NB is 29C . Which PCI slot are you using ? if you are using the bottom one, then that could be why, because the board temperature sensor is in that area and it would show the temps more than itself. You might wanna put a fan in that are which would circulate the air, I had the same problem when I put my 4870x2 at the bottom slot.

[egeek]

Is default NB vid on the GA-MA790FXT-UD5P 1.2v? AMD overdrive can give me flakey readings on CPU vid and NB vid. Thanks. Never mind. Installed Everest which seems to accurately report my NB vid@1.2v+0.250.

[mav2000]

Hi just wanted to check if the bios in the 790 xt and the 790 x is the same, in terms of options. I dont need the onboard IGP and was thinking whether the 790x would be more suitable. Also is it as good as this board in terms of stability?

[scottath]

That is your mb temp, your NB is 29C . Which PCI slot are you using ? if you are using the bottom one, then that could be why, because the board temperature sensor is in that area and it would show the temps more than itself. You might wanna put a fan in that are which would circulate the air, I had the same problem when I put my 4870x2 at the bottom slot.

Thanks for that....

I'm running a pair of HD4870s and a Gigabyte i-RAM in the bottom PCI slot.

So the ~50c reading is just heat accumulating under the i-ram card?

[PaganII]

My MB temp and NB temp are the same and about 4*C more than CPU. Using a 250mm side fan at the bottom rear corner of the case. 2 x 4870s.
OC@3 x 3.5Ghz/ 1,39v, Xigmatek 1283, 2000 NB

[bro20000]

Any news of a newer bios! Its been over a month just wondering!

[shazza]

Hi guys. I've had this board for a while, but my build has been slowwwww. Wanted to say thanks for all the helpful info I've gathered here, and share a few pics. I've got it running at 3.6GHz (955 BE + Gigabyte 4870 GPU)), crunching 24/7. Having some problems going higher, but that may be my memory and my noob OC'ing skills. But, for now, a few pics of this wonderful board in action:

[scottath]

Looks very blue mate - nice work....

[Truffeltje]

Hello

Wow, that looks amazing.
But doesn't get dusty inside ?

I do have a question:
Does anyone has experience with those white sata slots ?

[msimax]

shazza your case looks awesome