Gigabyte X58A-UD3R/Extreme Discussion Thread

[cowpuppy]

Thanks for the feedback.

I think I'm definitely going to remove the heatsink and check the contact on it as it sounds like it's definitely running hot as I am only at 191BCLK and stock IOH volts at the moment.

Take some pictures of how the contact was and upload them for us. If you have poor contact I'm sure a bunch of us will do a tear down soon.

[Red Maw]

At a 195 BCKL my NB is at 43C after 45min. of WCG in a rather cool room (~50F). With more reasonable ambient temperature it usually pushes 50C but afaik has never gotten above 48C. This is all with stock TIM and cooling in a case btw.

[wolvers69]

Interestingly enough I just took the fan off and put the Gigabyte plate back on . The IOH temp went up to 47c . With the plate and fan 42c . With the fan and no plate back down to 36c !
As wolvers69 noted the temp difference between idle and load doesn't change much . For mine 1 to 3c maybe . Seems to depend on ambient temp .

@lsd
j

Thanks for confirming that. It makes sense that the plate would restrict the flow over the fins so I'll try that too.

Take some pictures of how the contact was and upload them for us. If you have poor contact I'm sure a bunch of us will do a tear down soon.

OK, will do.

[pa9797]

I am only trying to help. An unstable processor can eventually lead to fail. I am just giving a suggestion. I am not trying to be the stable 5.0. Really 1 hr is far from stable on OCCT in the eyes of overclockers around the world. Undervolting or overvolting a CPU in the long run may not be best. The only way to tell is make a much longer run. It is not tough to do. Run it overnight. Most use OCCT min 8 hours and some longer up to 24 hours. I have crashed LinX 100 passes at around 90(thats a 5 hour run and much harder stress than OCCT). That pretty much means not stable. If you pass an 8 hour run, most likely it is stable so why not see? Don't get so upset, I am not calling a 3-4 hr run unstable just 1 hr is not nearly enough...... and I am not suggesting a 1 year run. Again, just trying to help. I have been doing this for many years.

I have been running stable on X58 boards since doing 1 hour test my test rigs and my clients and it had never BSOD in my daily usage. Use to do your style of testing in the past and now I change the approach. Thanks for your suggestion and I know what you mean.

[davelakecity]

been lurking for many years.. just want to say thank you to all the contributors on this site.. you have helped me IMMENSELY... 90% of what I've learned about OCing has come from YOU

After reading this thread and some reviews I decided to remove both the "gigabyte" blue plates from the NB cooling apparatus. I also added 4 x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Case Fans to the side panel of my HAF.

Using Everest 5.5 for NB and Mobo monitoring (20c ambient):
Case open, Gigabyte plates ON - OC testing: the NB temps approached 80C.
Even at stock speeds the NB approached 70C.
MOBO was consistently around 50-55C. OC or stock.

With plates off, case panel on and 4 fans my NB temp dropped by 30-35c and Mobo dropped by 15-20c.
Current temps are around NB 45, MOBO 35.

Removing those plates and putting some air on those heatsinks makes a big difference. - for those using this board- worth the effort and very easy to do IMHO
I believe the NB is rated for some pretty high temps, but that 80C and the mobo temps were making me nervous. I plan on running this rig 24/7. I'm more confident now about attempting some higher clocks this weekend.

[radaja]

davelakecity,welcome to XS.i agree about this place is the place
to learn.when i first got into OCing 2 1/2 years ago,seemed like everyone
here was more than happy to teach and help out.XS's rocks

yea i removed blue NB plates on my EP45-UD3P/R's too.all four boards
im going to do the same with my X58A-UD3R as well.even though my
temps are ok,but it will give me piece of mind.i just got my WCing setup
installed and will begin the Ocing adventure very soon.

[wolvers69]

That's incredible davelakecity. Thanks for the info and welcome to the forum.

Actually, I haven't had a chance to look into it yet, do they just pop off or something those blue plates?

[Musho]

That's incredible davelakecity. Thanks for the info and welcome to the forum.

Actually, I haven't had a chance to look into it yet, do they just pop off or something those blue plates?

Wondering the same thing. Recently got my X58A-UD5. Would be a nice and easy way to improve cooling. Now let's hope the processor and RAM show up soon.

[radaja]

That's incredible davelakecity. Thanks for the info and welcome to the forum.

Actually, I haven't had a chance to look into it yet, do they just pop off or something those blue plates?

they arent too herd to get off.once you have the assembly off,i used a hairdryer to heat it up and the gently pry it off off the actual heatsink.

[jetroho]

The Gigabyte plates are held on with double sided tape . Both feel well secured . But when I pried mine off as soon as they start to move they just come off easily .
I used a small screw driver .
Welcome davelakecity !! Great people here !!
j

[radaja]

heres my first attempted OC with this board and new cpu
using my new WCing setup.going to try and lower the vcore
and see how low i can get it for 4.2Ghz.also need to work
on lowering the vtt.then i'll work on the memory timings

21x200@4200 DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 1t
Prime95 Blend 1hr 20m running


Prime95 Blend 1hr 20m stopped

[cesariuth]

somebody test this mobo in high BCLK?

[radaja]

i will be trying for higher bclk very soon.so i will let you know how i do.
i just need to nail down a 24/7 stable OC for the big May 1st crunch-a-thon.
once i have that done i'll see how high i can go on the bclk.

[cesariuth]

i will be trying for higher bclk very soon.so i will let you know how i do.
i just need to nail down a 24/7 stable OC for the big May 1st crunch-a-thon.
once i have that done i'll see how high i can go on the bclk.

thanks man, i waiting for higher BCLK before to buy this mobo

[Red Maw]

Think I saw a 230 BCLK earlier in the thread.

[sRHunt3r]

Nice results and temps radaja, I just bought this board for my new cruncher/media server and have been running at 100% load for a few days now at 4.2. It needed 1.275 vcore but only 1.28vtt the temps are a bit higher, the mid 60's with a Thermalright Venomous-X.

[radaja]

sRHunt3r,thanks.yea these make great crunchers.your getting great temps for air.

[In-Fluence]

Definitely nice temps! I'm looking at replacing my Black ICE 240 for and RX240 rad, I see you have the 360 model, any idea what the flow resistance is like?

[davelakecity]

Hey radaja - could you post your other voltages IOH/ICH when you feel you have a stable OC with your memory optimized ?

[sRHunt3r]

I really have no idea what my flow is, my RX360 is on my UD7 rig and I have no flow meter I have been looking into one ..... I'll try to pick 1 up later this week.

[BlackUp]

Could someone please give me some feedback on the temps from my NB? I've aimed a fan at it and it's now running at 50-55C

I wouldn't worry about it much. Mine sits around 47 degrees @ 4.2ghz (see post # 8 for specifics). I don't have any extra fans, but the HAF is pretty breezy

Yeah maybe you could still RMA the board after modification, but is it worth it? Let us know how it goes if you do though, and pics plz!

[radaja]

Hey radaja - could you post your other voltages IOH/ICH when you feel you have a stable OC with your memory optimized ?

well i installed vista x64 and worked on lowering the timings and got this.
looks like 1.21v is as low as i can go for 4.2,at least with using vista x64.
i'll use this OC for the big crunch-a-thon the first week in May.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1151750

21x200@4200 DDR3-1600 6-9-6-21 1t
Prime95 Blend 4hrs running


Prime95 Blend 4 hrs stopped


Bios Template for 4.2Ghz DDR3-1600 6-9-6-21 1t

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [All]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [Disabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x16]
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[Auto]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ................................[200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [101]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [800mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [101]

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disabled] 
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8.0]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [expert]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[6]
tRCD ..................................[9]
tRP ...................................[6]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[1]



Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [Level 1]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.250v] 
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.320v]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.80v] 
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.50v]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.14v]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.12v]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.50v]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.10v]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.66v] 
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [Normal]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[Normal]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ........[Normal]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ........[Normal]

NOW ON TO HIGHER BCLK AND 4.5Ghz AND BEYOND

[cowpuppy]

Man some of you guys really got some nice cpu's I'm jealous and wish I had one of the nice OCers with low volts

[pr@$r1g]

^ yeah ...,but now i want a x58a-ud3r & its not available here

[Red Maw]

Man some of you guys really got some nice cpu's I'm jealous and wish I had one of the nice OCers with low volts

Yeah me too.

Nice OC radaja; with those voltage settings I can't even get past 3.4Ghz