Holy Moly GIGABYTE miniITX H55N-USB3 rocking d i5 655K@4.9GHz 3DMARK06 on air cooling

[Leeghoofd]

Is there an air cooler QVL list or something, are 9 cm coolers the way to go for air Tower size coolers ? Tried 4 120mm coolers yesterday (glacialtech, Scythe and Thermalright), either I block the rams or the GPU slot ... maybe once the H70 is in the house I'll mount that for the review...

Looking forward to some ram action on this mini nifty board...

[dinos22]

cookie just posted some mods

here we go, those mod might help you to get better overclocking score.

Cold bug mod for clarkdale


Vcore offset mod


HiCookie

[Kristoferr]

Damn, i wish it had 2x PCI-e.
Ordered M(icroATX) version of the board. Hopefully its same good.

[dinos22]

yeah those micro ones are really popular on HWBOT...some crazy OCs with them

[CryptiK]

6.6GHz and 245 BCLK, and things are just getting started. This board is insane.

[Lsdmeasap]

Is there an air cooler QVL list or something, are 9 cm coolers the way to go for air Tower size coolers ? Tried 4 120mm coolers yesterday (glacialtech, Scythe and Thermalright), either I block the rams or the GPU slot ... maybe once the H70 is in the house I'll mount that for the review...

Looking forward to some ram action on this mini nifty board...

This one fits, but I did have to put electrical tape on the GFX card side of the heatsink itself, as it was too close for my comfort
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185097

Let me know if you would like an image.

I needed something quick and cheap for initial testing, wish I would have known which "Tower" type coolers fit though, just wasn't sure which easily could fit with a GFX card installed.

They should make a QVL, one for with GFX, and one without.

[wwwww]

Ok got my 24/7 speeds and settings:

CPU
4.5GHz (45*100)
1.375V
Idle: 35-38C
Load: 63-65C
Skew: 900mV

QPI/VTT
1.2GHz
1.29V

DDR3
600MHz 7-7-7-20
1.5V

[dinos22]

for anyone competing in the HWBOT challenge and cant work out what PLL to use for this board here is a screen from Dedal posted at HWBOT

looks like RTM885N-914 works ok

[De5tr0yer]

You actually made me buy one of this sweet little thingies!

Holy Moly paired with i5 760 ES (VID: 1.1V) and 4GB of corsair xms3, hopefully I will score some 3.8 with low voltage. Let's say I've made myself a psychological barrier of 1.3V and 3.8GHz.

Still, I am somewhat concered about longevity of this board if clocked that high. I know you can't tell me exactly what is the safest clock for 24/7, but still I am looking for some ca. advice if possible

BTW, mad results with this board, just astonishing!

Big thank you to dinos!

[dinos22]

what i would do is find your 24/7 clocks with about 1.2vcore and 1.3vtt that's it
if you are watercooling make sure you have a fan over the pwm area ...

[De5tr0yer]

what i would do is find your 24/7 clocks with about 1.2vcore and 1.3vtt that's it
if you are watercooling make sure you have a fan over the pwm area ...

Thanks. I have corsair H50 and it will be mounted so that it draws air from outside and blows it over the mobo

I had the mobo without a fan over it running stock and it got pretty damn hot, then I just put one fan@5V and temperature drop was quite significant.

EDIT: vcore 1.2V when it droops or in bios?

Bios set to 1.2 under load gives 1.136V and boots 3.5GHz fine. VTT 1.29V
1.25V bios -> 1.184V cpuz 3.8GHz, VTT 1.31V

[alpha0ne]

You actually made me buy one of this sweet little thingies!

Its real easy to make a person want to buy this amazing little PR*


*pocket rocket

[De5tr0yer]

Its real easy to make a person want to buy this amazing little PR*


*pocket rocket

I am really amazed what it can do. Dinos "Safe voltage" bumped me up to 3,8GHz stable. I still cannot believe it. More than enough, I hoped to reach 3.5 and hit the wall with those voltages.

Pocket rocket holy moly is my favourite piece of hardware for sure!

[gondezz]

Really nice board indeed.
Goodwork Gigabyte

This is our result:
http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...hd_22933_marks

and this is max clock i3 530 on air:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1354110

[De5tr0yer]

I am getting BSOD when resuming from S3 standby.

Updating BIOS did not help.

I am getting In Page Kernel error. Any solution on that, or I need to reinstall windows?

[dinos22]

I am getting BSOD when resuming from S3 standby.

Updating BIOS did not help.

I am getting In Page Kernel error. Any solution on that, or I need to reinstall windows?

can you reinstall your OS and use the latest bios

this should work ok.

are you on stock settings or OCd?

[De5tr0yer]

I could reinstall OS, but for now I don't want to, I've just installed it

Stock settings.

I'll reinstall them when I buy new GPU if the problem won't be gone.

[geoffsthaboss]

just got mine and was sooo looking forward to having some 655k clocking madness.......... and the board was doa, so now all i get is some rma madness..

[miahallen]

I've recently recieved two of these boards from Gigabyte, and I'm working on a article for 2 SFX builds, on HTPC with an i3 540, and one gaming rig with either my i5 670, or a new i5 655K I picked up. I'll be sure to post a link when it's done, should be another week or two

Oops, sorry....this has been up for a little while, I forgot I was going to post it here as well.....so in case any of you missed it:

http://www.overclockers.com/gaming-t...paces-miniitx/

[SteveRo]

amazing - computer with no mobo, what will they think of next.

edit - i have one on the way from the egg with a 655k - too cute, couldn't resist!

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

amazing - computer with no mobo, what will they think of next.

edit - i have one on the way from the egg with a 655k - too cute, couldn't resist!

curious to see what batch you get, my 655k is meh

but I have only tested it on water so who knows, however I have a nice 650 that resides in it now.

[stasio]

Latest beta BIOS GA-H55N-USB3 - F6a

[SteveRo]

curious to see what batch you get, my 655k is meh

but I have only tested it on water so who knows, however I have a nice 650 that resides in it now.

I plan to verify no DOA then go straight to cascade prep - conformal coat, dielectric grease and eraser.

[miahallen]

curious to see what batch you get, my 655k is meh

but I have only tested it on water so who knows, however I have a nice 650 that resides in it now.

+1....my 655K was horrible....I tested on water & LN2
It just barely broke 6GHz on LN2 (validation only), and seemed like it would've been tough to stabilize above 4GHz on water I already sold it.

[SUBOBO]

For my first time with miniITX. It is quite Good!!! compare with it's price. But a big Performance!!!

Hardware setup:

• Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mini-ITX (F4 bios)
• Intel Core i3 550 locked CPU
• Watercooling
• RAM ADATA 2000G V2
• VGA POWERCOLOR 5850
• ANTEC 1200 PSU
• Windows 7 64bit

STABILITY TEST 4.6



STABILITY TEST 4.7
NEARLY 20 LOOPS


FINISHED TEST@ 4.7


The Last @ 4.8 Ghz.

Hyper PI 1&32 M @ one head


Hyper PI 32 M all head