UnOfficial EVGA X58 Classified Owners Thread

[DiscoTech]

That makes sense. I never confirmed with a DMM, but there's not really any other solid explanation for it. This board overshoots on VTT and VDimm, so none of them are perfect. Nevertheless, this board is "easier" to clock and has a much more intuitive bios.

--Matt

Having experience on both Foxconn Bloodrage and Evga 760 boards, which one would you recommend? (for i7 920 on air) (besides the more friendly bios)

Another board I am considering is the Gigabyte UD7.

I know this is a EVGA thread but I would appreciate everyone's honest opinion.

Thanks.

[mattkosem]

Having experience on both Foxconn Bloodrage and Evga 760 boards, which one would you recommend? (for i7 920 on air) (besides the more friendly bios)

Another board I am considering is the Gigabyte UD7.

I know this is a EVGA thread but I would appreciate everyone's honest opinion.

Thanks.

I'm only under water, but I don't really think the cost of the upgrade was worth it on this chip and my current cooling. I can elaborate on the various aspects of OCing on both boards though.

Max OC: The Bloodrage OC'd as well as the Classy does on my 920 max clock for max clock.

Max Stable BCLK: The Classified with 61J or 44 is less stable at higher BCLKs than the Bloodrage with the G25 bios. 225 on the BR is linpak stable without any issues. I can only get 222 linpak stable on the Classified.

Memory Clocks: No difference on either board.

Ease of OCing: The classy easily takes the cake on this, especially on memory timings. Seeing what you're currently running on every single timing in the bios makes things MUCH easier.

Power Management: C1E power states are broken once the voltage is increased on the Classified. The clock drops at idle, but the voltage does not. I find it very irritating, and have filed a bug with EVGA about it.

Slot Layout: Triple SLI/Crossfire. Need I say more?

That said, the Classified obviously has much more refined power circuitry and cooling. I'd imagine this will make a bigger difference with 6-core cpus than it does with quads. With Quantum Force dead and buried, I wouldn't jump on a BR at this point. It's a little lame that the Classified undershoots on the BCLK, but +1 fixes that.

-Matt