ASrock 890GX Extreme3

[Valg]

Use BIOS older than 1.80, then it works fine...
1.80 and 1.80A are not that good...

1.53 best so far...

[soya_crack]

Which BIOS do you recommend for Thuban?

[Valg]

I dont have any thuban yet... But try 1.53 or 1.51... Best so far..

[Sodapopjones]

New to these forums, however I did just order a FraggleRock 880G Extreme 3, to replace my BIOSTAR TA890GXE, which is being RMA'ed.

I decided after sifting through numerous boards to finally give one a try, hopefully everything works out...

Ill be happy just getting at least 3.6ghz out of my 1055T on air with it

[n!Cola]

@Cele
FX version should be in Croatia in 2 weeks..

[tkte_85]

i also have this awesome board with 1055T, and this is my current max OC-ed results

[Leeghoofd]

New 1.95 beta bios

890GXE195.zip

fixes the sideport problem

[Valg]

Thanks...

Hope it Fix the RAM problems (first slots dont respond and many vendors do not work since 1.80).

[Leeghoofd]

Nope mate first slots are crap (on most boards anyway) stuck there around 1780mhz, white ones do 1820mhz dead easy...

[mäggäri]

Is this mobo worth trying? How does it manage to keep the set VCore under load... aka how much VDROOP under load does this board have?

[Valg]

1.95 -> Fix the RAM problem, now all RAM work in first blue slots...

[Leeghoofd]

Is this mobo worth trying? How does it manage to keep the set VCore under load... aka how much VDROOP under load does this board have?

This mobo is really great mate, for the vcore it depends per CPU... the Thuban slightly overvolts here when loaded, other Phenoms have got about 0.06 droop/drop eg I set 1.35 in the bios it will be around 1.29 under load on my sample board... but the power circuitry is really good as it kept going at 1.9Vcore set for more than 4 hours in a row under LN2...

Ofcourse if you are looking for max ram performance there's only one option : the FX

[Baam]

I am still using bios 1.0 and got nice results with my X2 555. Not sure if i should upgrade the bios and fix what ain't broken.

[Sodapopjones]

I got my 880G in and my wiring finally done for the moment, I need to mess around with it and get oc'ing some when I have time.

Oh and by god is the stock fan that comes with the 1055T annoying as all hell, I need a new cooler asap

[mikedepetris]

I am still using bios 1.0 and got nice results with my X2 555. Not sure if i should upgrade the bios and fix what ain't broken.

have you unlocked it to X4?

[Baam]

have you unlocked it to X4?

Tried it with 4 cores but was to unstable..So i just turned off the 4th core. I am happy with 3 cores at 4Ghz.

[mikedepetris]

Tried it with 4 cores but was to unstable..So i just turned off the 4th core. I am happy with 3 cores at 4Ghz.

you lucky man, I'm not able with ANY BIOS to unlock my 555, even disabling UCC I'm not able to select cores with CPU Active Core Control, even going for CORE0 only.

It boots but can't complete Win7 login, so can't even test stability.

[Valg]

Tried it with 4 cores but was to unstable..So i just turned off the 4th core. I am happy with 3 cores at 4Ghz.

Try BIOS 1.20...

Its based on BIOS 1.00, not on 1.19,
you could have unlock X4 stable.

With BIOS 1.00 non of my 555 and 550 could stable unlock,
first stable unlock was with 1.19 and 1.20.

Bios Database:
http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/index...c,13303.0.html

[mikedepetris]

Try BIOS 1.20...

Its based on BIOS 1.00, not on 1.19,
you could have unlock X4 stable.

With BIOS 1.00 non of my 555 and 550 could stable unlock,
first stable unlock was with 1.19 and 1.20.

Bios Database:
http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/index...c,13303.0.html

wouldn't you suggest using latest BIOS 1.80 or 1.95beta?

[mäggäri]

This mobo is really great mate, for the vcore it depends per CPU... the Thuban slightly overvolts here when loaded, other Phenoms have got about 0.06 droop/drop eg I set 1.35 in the bios it will be around 1.29 under load on my sample board... but the power circuitry is really good as it kept going at 1.9Vcore set for more than 4 hours in a row under LN2...

Ofcourse if you are looking for max ram performance there's only one option : the FX

So if this overvolts with Thuban, that's fking awsum ^^ Just the way I want it.

Now I'm thinking of "Asrock 890FX Deluxe3", it's not expensive either... 132€.

I also have one 555 which goes ~4050MHz 1.4875V when unlocked. So it's interesting to see if it can be pushed further with 890gx/fx, now it's having a party with 785G.

[Baam]

Try BIOS 1.20...

Its based on BIOS 1.00, not on 1.19,
you could have unlock X4 stable.

With BIOS 1.00 non of my 555 and 550 could stable unlock,
first stable unlock was with 1.19 and 1.20.

Bios Database:
http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/index...c,13303.0.html

Is 1.20 better than 1.80? I tried 1.80 and still can only get 3 cores stable,
No matter how high i set the voltages i get a blue screen crash when starting windows screen comes up with the 4th core on.
I think it may just be the 4th core is just bad.

[hpv500]

have tried bios 1.2 but random BSOD although only using firefox, updated to 1.8 got random freeze, end up flashed to 1.53 without any problems...quite stable in my opinion...

[Valg]

have tried bios 1.2 but random BSOD although only using firefox, updated to 1.8 got random freeze, end up flashed to 1.53 without any problems...quite stable in my opinion...

I got the same problems and RAM stability...

Use 1.95, works like a charm...
1.53 too.

1.80 and and 1.80A are bad.

Didnt try 1.71 and 1.73, because i got 1.95 before them...

All ASRock BIOS-es at one place:
http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/index...c,13303.0.html

[Valg]

wouldn't you suggest using latest BIOS 1.80 or 1.95beta?

1.95 or 1.53...

1.80 is bad...

[biohead]

I got the same problems and RAM stability...

Use 1.95, works like a charm...
1.53 too.

1.80 and and 1.80A are bad.

Didnt try 1.71 and 1.73, because i got 1.95 before them...

All ASRock BIOS-es at one place:
http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/index...c,13303.0.html

thank you for that link! apparently the 880G doesn't seem to need so many BIOS spinoffs