Dumo's MSI 890FX GD70

[chew*]

You guy's really are not having a discussion based on my decision are you? The answer is NO unless you want to send me the funds to cover the board.....I already stated at stock it's extremely warm and that i can't cover cost of board.

While some of you may have gotten a "good" GD70 how many of you had more than 1?

I can raise my hand . Can you? Case closed under my testing they can and will blow and i know exactly how to pop them instantly right at boot 4+1 or 24 phase it doesn't matter. A mosfet that doesn't like heat or spiked load is what it is. Adding more doesn't make a diff or have you guys never seen an x58 blow up with XXXX amount of phases.

Moorhen, turbo disable is working fine.

[TheBlueChanell]

I also remember reading that MSI's 4+1 phase was the same as Giga's 8+2 because 1/2 of the giga's where "ghost" fets or something like that. I don't know if that applies to Asus and the others or if it's even true.

My 790FX-GD70 has treated me extremely well and I'm willing to put some faith into MSI so I will be picking up the 890FX board and hopefully my waterblock fits.

[Polizei]

Chew*,i have read a review on this board over hear in the UK,saying that early bios's dont have the option to disable "turbo core",is this correct,and has this option been dealt with in later bios's,as i am considering giving one a go,as i have 2 790fx gd70's,and never had any problems with MSI boards.Thank's in advance.

I have the mATX GX version of this board (890GXM-G65) and the early BIOSes (1.0 and 1.2) did not have the option to disable it, but the most recent 1.6 does disable it.

[moorhen2]

@Chew*,@Polizei,thanks for the replies,guys,just ordered one,will get it monday.

[m0n4g3]

Hey guys!

I'll be jumping on the gd-70 bandwagon very shortly!

Ordered one yesterday, should be here next week!

Pairing it up with KHX2000C8D3T1K2/4GX and a 1090t x6.

Might posts some results a little later!

Thanks

[ridney]

I will be picking up the 890FX board and hopefully my waterblock fits.

let me know if it doesn't fit, i'll buy it

[TheBlueChanell]

let me know if it doesn't fit, i'll buy it

Here's a sneak peak. Amazing plating job by RRtech. Quality is second to none.

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6419/blocks2a.jpg

[Yancey]

Chanell the water block you are talking about WILL fit on the 890FX chipset.. I know for sure.....

[ridney]

awesome nickel plating on that anfi-tec block TBC! it would surely look good on your mobo, if the shipping cost wouldn't be too expensive i would have gotten it already

[TheBlueChanell]

Chanell the water block you are talking about WILL fit on the 890FX chipset.. I know for sure.....

You're the man, that's great news.

awesome nickel plating on that anfi-tec block TBC! it would surely look good on your mobo, if the shipping cost wouldn't be too expensive i would have gotten it already

It's actually Chrome, Joel stopped doing nickel plating all together. Shipping cost is expensive, but I was lucky enough to pick mine up when I was in Europe of Christmas break.

I had my Supreme HF Cu plated, along with my sb heatsink. So the whole board is gonna be black, blue and chrome.

[chew*]

Finally had time and fixed my 5970. see what drama this board has before i flash the latest.

[chew*]

Looking good dumo, but high ht etc 270 bus for 1800 ram fails to post. Board doing soem odd things with timings as well.

[Dumo]

Awesome chew*

New bios fixed it. Do you plan to run cold?

[chew*]

Awesome chew*

New bios fixed it. Do you plan to run cold?

Yep and it's not a beta this one looks strong in 3d like it's predecessor.

If you want me to test phase I will. Rather not risk your board on ln2 though, there are open box buys popping up already just need to sell my NIB 4890

I will finish bug reporting it on air first though, no reason it should not do 1333 divider with 270 bus. It's preety clear 1800 ram is stable so likely premature bios.

Still a bug with OC knob stuck on keep versus setting to reset. Will check lan disabled bug next and search for whatever else.

[Dumo]

Yep, just freez the board chew*

Its main purpose its for cold benching like the predecessor with early phenom II that you and MSIMAX benched

I'm still struggling with humidity in my benching room
Twice it gave me D5 on post code reader after 15 mins on LN2
Gotta invest in A/C which I hate in the summer

[chew*]

Yep, just freez the board chew*

Its main purpose its for cold benching like the predecessor with early phenom II that you and MSIMAX benched

I'm still struggling with humidity in my benching room
Twice it gave me D5 on post code reader after 15 mins on LN2
Gotta invest in A/C which I hate in the summer

dumo you need to use conformal , bench with water on board. I can conformal this for you but, you will never be able to rma it afterwards

[Dumo]

dumo you need to use conformal , bench with water on board. I can conformal this for you but, you will never be able to rma it afterwards

Yep, just about to prep M4A89TD with it, like yours
Summer benching
You can make that bord moisture proof chew*, no problem.

[moorhen2]

There's a new beta bios available now,seems to have fixed quite a few bugs,1.7B2.Will give it a go on monday when my board gets here.

[chew*]

Yep, just about to prep M4A89TD with it, like yours
Summer benching
You can make that bord moisture proof chew*, no problem.

might not want to run ln2 on that board yet, save some ln2. I tested latest bios this week and reported back to asus.

[chew*]

03 and Heaven



Max my monitor supports res wise.

[chew*]

Now alot of you hear me say msi runs slack perfromance.

Here's a perfect example. This chip maxxes at 4270 on almost all boards in 06 on air.....MSI is doing 4440mhz and performance is still slower.....this should be in 28K range easily and 8K+ cpu score.

On a side note a 1025mhz core stock cooler 5970 isn't something you see everyday Looks like 4 hours of custom bios work did it some wonders.

[kmccann1]

Any updates or new info? Just bought one of these myself and haven't had much of a chance to play around with it yet. One thing I noticed was the first 4 voltage options in the bios are not changeable. Am I missing something here?

[chew*]

Any updates or new info? Just bought one of these myself and haven't had much of a chance to play around with it yet. One thing I noticed was the first 4 voltage options in the bios are not changeable. Am I missing something here?

using the wrong keys to change them?

[BeepBeep2]

chew* I just saw some of these latest scores and they look amazing to say the least.

Nice clocks on the 5970 and great 03 score.

[kmccann1]

using the wrong keys to change them?

Dont believe so. All the other voltage options allow me to just type in a number. The first 4 are stuck on Auto. What keys should i be hitting?