Gigabyte X58 3 LEVEL LLC EXAMINED!!!

[sin0822]

it defiantly does easier than soldering

[Lucretius]

The Rampage 3 Extreme has similar functionality.
The settings aren't explained at all in the motherboard manual but the settings are:
Auto
0% (disabled)
50% (no idea)
100% (enabled)

I've tested Disabled and Auto using the ROG Connect RC TweakIt program.

System specs:
980x @ 4.2GHz (200x21) on R3E with 12GB of G.Skill DDR3 at 2005 MHz (8-9-8-24 2N)

0% LLC transitioning out of a LinX pass into an idle state.
Amp draw drops from ~60a to ~52a and then finally to idle around ~10a
Voltage increases from 1.296v to 1.363v


Auto LLC transitioning out of a LinX pass into an idle state.
Amperage trend is the same as 0% LLC except it settles a little lower and doesn't bounce around as much.
Voltage remains a relative constant @ 1.296v at Idle and at Load.


There is also a thread similar to this going on right now at Overclock.net that I was reading. Here

Its weird, I can't get LinX stable with 0% LLC until I up my voltage to 1.38125v. During load this droops and hovers between 1.296v and 1.316v.

With Auto LLC I manually set it to 1.29v and there are never any huge transitions between Load and Idle. I haven't really figured out if its safer to keep the higher voltages at stock and keep LLC off to avoid the spikes, or keep it on and see a smoother vCore curve.