ASrock 890GX Extreme3

[Kmax]

Looks very nice, I never saw a motherboard like this from Asrock.

[duron]

ASrock 890GX IGP default + 555 @ 4.3G X2 only

L4D vid, when running Fraps the Frame rate drops >.<
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzSf3qSXdCk

settings, will try to OC the IGP latter


i ran out of theraml grease, these HSF+CPU combi are guzzlers lol

[LowRun]

ASrock 890GX IGP default + 555 @ 4.3G X2 only

L4D vid, when running Fraps the Frame rate drops >.<
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzSf3qSXdCk

settings, will try to OC the IGP latter

i ran out of theraml grease, these HSF+CPU combi are guzzlers lol

You used WAY TOO MUCH thermal paste dude, it's probably doing more arm than good.

[duron]

@LowRun

actually I realized that when i saw this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffK7L0Qj13Q

[crazydiamond]

duron, with my s1283 cpu cooler i always used a line of paste on the ihs. like if when your looking at the cpu in the mobo, if the heatpipes go across the ihs from left to right, i put a line of paste on ihs from top to bottom. an even line, about half the length of ihs, and right in middle of ihs. here i made a ty picture to try to show you how i did it. now you might have to just try a few ways & see what works for you, but this worked for me.

if the heatpipes run from left to right across cpu, i would put paste on like this little picture i made.. (also, i see some people have good luck w/ 2 shorter lines, 1 on each of the metal peices between the heatpipes on the base of the cooler - ahh this would work w/ s1283 since 3 heatpipes, you might be able to try something similar)

[duron]

@crazydiamond
thanks for this Tip. i'll give it a try. No wonder i always run out of grease
i was thinking that the more you spread the more the contact for good heat dissipation

...& for those who are curios about the 890GX OC Tweaker BIOS



UCC similar to AMD's ACC in the former chipsets which is now gone in the 890XX chipset


3 user defined settings

[perkam]

First Run is Massive Ownage there. Too bad about not unlocking to a quad, but very nice numbers on air nonetheless.

Perkam

[duron]

...& here's how the new WD640g SATA3 Black performs on the 890GX new SATA 3

[duron]

WTFUN!

after updating the BIOS on my ASrock 890GX to 1.10 my 1007APMW, that we all thought was unlockable, is now an X4 woot-woot!!!



validation
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1102873

pic of Core Temp


I bet this Board will sell like hot cake

...& here's a run of Batman AADemo
IGP = AMD 4290 @ 750mhz
CPU = 555 @ 4.250G
Game setting = 1280x768 Medium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm4oqyS9LTo

[xdan]

Nice, can you try some max FSB...? i bet it will do 330-350.

[duron]

@xdan
no can do, i maxed out at 260mhz even when all other setting are at the lowest, except the volatge. started at 300 then going down. i get in windows at 265 but the OS is acting funny now i'm running it @ 260mhz
any suggestions so that i can reach 300mhz?


validation
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1103740

[duron]

how is this score?


after a little OC on the GPU

[imamage]

...& here's how the new WD640g SATA3 Black performs on the 890GX new SATA 3

Cool ! you got WD 640GB SATA3 drive too?
I got a pair of them but one of them just died after 10 days usage for unknown reason and I have to RMA it
I found that these new drive run quite hot , so better get a case fan to cool them

[duron]

hey imamage sorry to hear about that other WD that died on you, good thing the warranty on these are 5yrs right?
BTW where is your location in HK?

here's how the BIOS looks like when all core are open, this is the 555 1007 APMW

[imamage]

hey imamage sorry to hear about that other WD that died on you, good thing the warranty on these are 5yrs right?
BTW where is your location in HK?

here's how the BIOS looks like when all core are open, this is the 555 1007 APMW

I live in North Point

[Cele303]

@xdan
no can do, i maxed out at 260mhz even when all other setting are at the lowest, except the volatge. started at 300 then going down. i get in windows at 265 but the OS is acting funny now i'm running it @ 260mhz
any suggestions so that i can reach 300mhz?


validation
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1103740

That is very wierd, I could pass 300 with every older Asrock...

The best comes from M3A770DE, from bios to desktop 352

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7865/asrock2.jpg

32M - 316
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4051/32masrock.jpg

1M - 321
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1778/asrock6201m.jpg

[duron]

@imamage
i stay in Tsuen Wan when i'm in HK

@Cele303
yeah, i think 260 is a bit low for this board - I am doing something wrong?
any pointers on getting a high FSB?

BTW this mobo keeps on surprising me!
the 1008 BPMW that was only 3 core in Bios 1.0 is now 4 core @ 4.2G! woot-woot!


validation
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1106578

[Milans]

here is gallery:
http://forum.pccentre.pl/index.php?a...lbum&album=497

and max HTT
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1101655

Max bootable HTT is 359 MHz

Review will be published soon

[superpyton]

any pointers on getting a high FSB?

Try this:
Internal Graphics Mode -> UMA
NB Frequency Multiplier -> 5x
CPU Frequency Multiplier -> 8 - 10x
CPU Voltage -> 1,35 V
NB Voltage -> 1,35 V
Memory Clock -> 400 MHz
Memory Timings: 7-7-7-20 1T tRFC 160 ns

[duron]

thanks guys, I'll give it a try latter on
nice pics there @ Milans & very high FSB

[n!Cola]

here is gallery:
http://forum.pccentre.pl/index.php?a...lbum&album=497

and max HTT
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1101655

Max bootable HTT is 359 MHz

Review will be published soon

ETA for review ?

[Cele303]

@Cele303
yeah, i think 260 is a bit low for this board - I am doing something wrong?
any pointers on getting a high FSB?

BTW this mobo keeps on surprising me!
the 1008 BPMW that was only 3 core in Bios 1.0 is now 4 core @ 4.2G! woot-woot!


validation
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1106578

Sorry man, I haven't seen this before, I think the best pointer is to meet Mad222 and join his OC team You live in the same city, that's what I would do in your place

But seriosly, you need higher nb voltage I think, that's what helps in older Asrock motherboards, and mostly all have just 3 voltage adjustments, cpu, nb and memory voltage, so it's not hard to try all combinations, anyway I hope soon to try it myself, and congratulations for your X4 chip

here is gallery:
http://forum.pccentre.pl/index.php?a...lbum&album=497

and max HTT
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1101655

Max bootable HTT is 359 MHz

Review will be published soon

Subscribed!

[i found nemo]

@xdan
no can do, i maxed out at 260mhz even when all other setting are at the lowest, except the volatge. started at 300 then going down. i get in windows at 265 but the OS is acting funny now i'm running it @ 260mhz
any suggestions so that i can reach 300mhz?


validation
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1103740

what is ur ht voltage? bump it up a bit ..

[Milans]

So here is a new CPU-Z score, made yesterday.


http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1118833

As you can see motherboard has a good OC potencial. CPU Vcore was 0.045-0.049V higher than value set in BIOS Setup. However the VRM isn't as good as in highend ASUS's motherboards. Voltage is stable, but with long load at high voltage the VRM can burn. In my opinion max safe CPU vcore at LN2 is ~1.7V.

[wolf2009]

first run



validation
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1089120

isn't that voltage too high for air?

I thought 1.55 was the max safe for these PH II CPUs ?