** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

[andressergio]

Yes mates i will post as soon as i get it but i have a kiddo on its way so i dont know what it will arrive first lol

Cheers all
Sergio

[radaja]

congratulations with your new family addition andressergio

[andressergio]

congratulations with your new family addition andressergio

thanks friend Valentino will have lots of toys to play

[Lurid]

I'm looking for a good cheap overclocker from this line. Preferably for pairing with a Q6600 and some Crucial Ballistix D9MGH DDR2 800, I don't need more than one PCI-E slot. The only real must haves are high FSB capabilities and preferably a non-stupid layout, the cheaper the better. So which one of these do you guys think would fit the bill?

GA-EP45T-UD3LR - $99.99

or

GA-EP45-UD3L - $89.99

Unless of course the GA-EP45-UD3R is worth the extra $30 - $40, anyone know what the difference in overclocking potentials are for these? Not sure what this Q6600 is capable of, but I want to have as much headroom as I can on a budget.

[MrDucky]

First andressergio Congratulations with your new kido

Second to Lurid for a Q6600 you won't need anny better then the UD3L i guess. (the EP45T are DDR3 so you cant take that one...)

[andressergio]

First andressergio Congratulations with your new kido

Second to Lurid for a Q6600 you won't need anny better then the UD3L i guess. (the EP45T are DDR3 so you cant take that one...)

Thanks mate

[bluestang]

@ Andre...Congrats! and enjoy!!

[bluestang]

FYI...I just switched my XP machine to SATA AHCI mode! XP was already installed using normal IDE mode. Did it without having to reinstall the OS . Wanted to do this so I can dual boot XP and Win7 and use AHCI in both.

[OC Nub]

Congrats Sergio.

We expect to see little Valentino have his first 4ghz+ OC no later than age 4.

I wish I had started this earlier in life, I was 42 when I got my first 4ghz lol.

[NoGuru]

yeah how are you mate i changed my system to the xeon on my sig and soon will be swapping for the nice EP45T USB3P with DDR3

Cheers and keep clocking

Congrats on the family and board My daughter is 12, and thinks I am speaking another language when I mention overclocking.

so your getting the new one andressergio.nice im sure i dont need to say it
but post some result and findings with your new board.

NoGuru,nice E8700 you got.keep pushin it

Going to push it to it's limits. I posted your reference chart at OCN. Hope you don't mind. I let them know that it was yours.
Good to see you to radaja, also been awhile.

[radaja]

NoGuru
i just posted in your E8700 thread to push it to 5GHz
also dont mind at about posting the chart,thats why
i made it,to help out.good luck on your quest

[MaynardX]

Hello guys

I'm writing because I really need some help.

I was suggested by MrDucky on DFI topic to go with Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard instead of DFI LanParty DK P45-T2RS Plus, for best quad CPU overclocker, as a replacement for present Asus Rampage Formula, which I consider right now as waste of my money. Too much efforts, too much voltage put on every hardware to reach barely stable FSB480... so I'd like to ask you guys which Gigabyte's motherboard performs best with quad CPU and DDR2 RAM? I mean OC of course. I've already seen SystemVipers OC results here- well, my congrats with this one. FSB550 is something I really can't even imagine. Greetings.

[Hoss331]

Either the UD3P or the UD3R if you dont need CF/SLI. Both should be able to get to ~550fsb assuming the chip can do it and you have adequate cooling. So far the highest ive had mine is low 560s and able to bench in the 550s with cool water.

[MaynardX]

Thanks Hoss331 for reply

This screen shot is quite impressive. What cooling solution do you use? And how are your temps?

Because I plan to buy ATI HD5870, Crossfire is a great option, so I consider the UD3P would be more of use to me. I see there are 3 revisions: 1.0, 1.1, 1.6. What are the differences between each other? Should I look for specific revision? I use liquid cooling, quite efficient. It passed its test while using Rampage Formula and those horrible voltages.

[Hoss331]

Cooling is in sig, its winter here so lately ive been keeping my rads mounted in my window seal, usually with most if not all the fans off and covered for normal use. During that run outside temps were about 3C with water temps being about the same, when rads are inside priming at 4.5 with 1.344v and 21C ambients core temps are a little below 60C. All revisions clock good with minor differences but if your buying the board new youll most likely be getting a rev 1.6. The 1.1 and 1.6 have the revised heatsinks for better cpu heatsink clearance, the 1.0 and 1.1 both share the same bios while the 1.6 has its own since it has Smart 6. Other than that the boards are basically the same, if it matters my board is a 1.0.

[MaynardX]

Oh, right now I see your signature, didn't notice it yesterday. Quite clever idea to utilize or mother nature possibilities (didn't know there might be so much cold in Florida during winter). Well, although it's a little thaw here, but you should come to my country one day and see some real temp advantages, like -20 Celsius

For FSB500 you need only 1.34 vcore? I don't think that will be available with my Q9450, even with UD3P; it has 1.23 VID. What is yours like? As far as I use quite efficient cooling, temps wont be any problem. Right now with 1.45 vcore and ambient temp around 23 Celsius, during Prime tests I get 58Celsius for hottest CPU core, for NB (which has 1.75V) around 34Celsius. As you see, these voltages are too high and it's only FSB480. That's why I decide to change motherboard.

[Hoss331]

Im in the northern part of FL so it gets kinda cold in the winter but rarely ever gets below freezing, when it does its only for a few hours at a time at night. My chip is a low vid(1.15) E0 so its not going to need as much voltage as your C1, but it does run on the hotter side because of its vid. Either way you should have no problem getting a better clock out of this board vs your RF.

Yes mates i will post as soon as i get it but i have a kiddo on its way so i dont know what it will arrive first lol

Cheers all
Sergio

Cant believe I missed this, congrats on the new family member.

[andressergio]

@ Andre...Congrats! and enjoy!!

Thanks mate

[andressergio]

Congrats on the family and board My daughter is 12, and thinks I am speaking another language when I mention overclocking.

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thats happen to me at work when i show my PC they stay what the hell you did to that pc

thanks buddy

[andressergio]

Cant believe I missed this, congrats on the new family member.

Thank you very much mate

[andressergio]

Congrats Sergio.

We expect to see little Valentino have his first 4ghz+ OC no later than age 4.

I wish I had started this earlier in life, I was 42 when I got my first 4ghz lol.

shure mate you will see him on the thread by that time even when mom told me "you will not have kiddo playing on the pc" lol, but she has a netbook, imagine will pc he will prefeer

Thanks for your words friend

[MaynardX]

I'd like to congratulate on the descendant too, Andressergio. It's nice to know there are happy people among us

Hoss331, could you precise which NB block do you use and how do you cool mosfets? I personally have Swiftech MCW30, curious if it would fit with motherboard holes? And is it really necessary to remove original heatsink? I read somewhere it doesn't get too hot even for very high FSB. I also read there is no temp measuring for NB, is that true?

[zsamz_]

congrats andressergio
i didnt know you played with anything other than computers

[andressergio]

I'd like to congratulate on the descendant too, Andressergio. It's nice to know there are happy people among us

Thank you mate

congrats andressergio
i didnt know you played with anything other than computers

Jaaaa zsamz zsamz....thanks for your words

Cheers guys
Regards form South America
Sergio

[Hoss331]

Hoss331, could you precise which NB block do you use and how do you cool mosfets? I personally have Swiftech MCW30, curious if it would fit with motherboard holes? And is it really necessary to remove original heatsink? I read somewhere it doesn't get too hot even for very high FSB. I also read there is no temp measuring for NB, is that true?

I use an EK 5 NB block which fits perfectly, link, and stock mosfet heatsinks with the blue cover plate removed. The MCW30 can be made to fit but the holes in the board are wider than the holes in the block so the screws will have to be angled, MCW30. Its not required to change the stock NB heatsink but it does help depending on how much mch voltage you use, alot of guys just remove the cover plate and put a fan on it though. I changed mine because it seemed to run pretty hot with the stock heatsink and with it so close to the ram that first stick would also be noticeably hotter than the second. The only way to check the NB temps on this board is with a program called MCHTemp.