GIGABYTE 9xx AM3+ thread

[kiyu]

HI Guys!!

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Arrive yesterday... I will be installing the system today..

micro 1090T AM3 Black
mother 990FXA-UD5 which bios do you recommend F6 or F7 beta?
Memory Corsairs 16GB 1600 CL9
x2 500GB SAta 3 Raid 0 (probably I will use Marvell instead of SB950)
Coooler is a original TRUE 120 with a BIGG Cooler..
I should reach 4000/4100 with 1090t right??

Any tip or recommendation will be appreciated.
Regards

[Viking1962]

BIOS F7 and F8j really sux for my UD7 motherboard. Windows dont even start after upgrade. I have to go back to F6. Last time i buy a Gigabyte motherboard

[blossa]

HI Guys!!

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Arrive yesterday... I will be installing the system today..

micro 1090T AM3 Black
mother 990FXA-UD5 which bios do you recommend F6 or F7 beta?
Memory Corsairs 16GB 1600 CL9
x2 500GB SAta 3 Raid 0 (probably I will use Marvell instead of SB950)
Coooler is a original TRUE 120 with a BIGG Cooler..
I should reach 4000/4100 with 1090t right??

Any tip or recommendation will be appreciated.
Regards

Hi!

I guess it is rev1.1 you got? I have that one and it feels really nice. Atm I don't know what BIOS i'm using, but I will check it as soon as I can. I feel it is F7 though...
I have less RAM than you have so I cannot say how t will work for you. Please post later on and tell how it is going.

I agree about that +4GHz should be possible for you. About RAID I have heard that some people have problems using port #0 and #1, so #2 and #3 might be a good choice. I have not had the chance to test that myself.

[I.nfraR.ed]

Got Gigabyte 970A-UD3 and it seems very efficient board, but had one problem.
The board is unable to boot with memory set higher than 1700MHz.
When in Windows, I can run 940+ with Deneb, but booting is impossible. Board says my overclock failed.
Tried all bioses and it's still the same. Anyone experiencing similar thing?

[stasio]

Got Gigabyte 970A-UD3 and it seems very efficient board, but had one problem.
The board is unable to boot with memory set higher than 1700MHz.
When in Windows, I can run 940+ with Deneb, but booting is impossible. Board says my overclock failed.
Tried all bioses and it's still the same. Anyone experiencing similar thing?

Try this GA-970A-UD3 - F5g ,released 3 days ago.

-Support Quick Boost function on AM3+ CPU
-Modify memory compatibility
-13.Mar.12

[I.nfraR.ed]

Hmm, thanks. I'll try it and let you know if it's better.
Just one question before that. Is it possible to revert back to any older bios or it will only let me upgrade?
The board came with the initial bios and I haven't tried to downgrade.

[stasio]

No problem to reverse back any time.
I sugest also to upgrade Backup BIOS (will flash existing Main BIOS) with ALT+F12 before boot.

[trueblue]

Hi,

Does anyone know if the 970a-ud3 or 970-d3 boards will support unregistered /unbuffered ECC ram in the bios? I know some of the higher end boards (990fx) will support it, but I am not sure if Gigabyte included that capability in the 970 series.

Thanks in advance

[Daveburt714]

Hi Folks,

I picked up a 990FXA-UD3 (rev 1.1) for $60 when I puchased an 8120...

It came with the F5 bios installed, is this the best option for FX chips?

Also, just from about 1hr settup/testing, EasyTune is NOT impressing me at all...
Guess I'll try AOD. Any tips for tuning this board would be appreciated!

Thanks... Dave

[BeepBeep2]

Hi Folks,

I picked up a 990FXA-UD3 (rev 1.1) for $60 when I puchased an 8120...

It came with the F5 bios installed, is this the best option for FX chips?

Also, just from about 1hr settup/testing, EasyTune is NOT impressing me at all...
Guess I'll try AOD. Any tips for tuning this board would be appreciated!

Thanks... Dave

Everybody loved EasyTune in the past for on-demand profiles... would run one CPU frequency for 3D tests in '06 and drop for the CPU test. XD

[Daveburt714]

Everybody loved EasyTune in the past for on-demand profiles... would run one CPU frequency for 3D tests in '06 and drop for the CPU test. XD

I'm probably just used to "Turbo Evo" on the Asus boards, but honestly, EasyTune looks (and acts) about the same as it did on my 1st GBT board (790FX)...
I really haven't had time to mess with the board too much yet.
I'm sure I'll have to get used to it, just seems a little wonky compared to the C5F or the Sabertooth (no offense GBT fans ).

Once again, is F5 the best bios for FX chips?

Thanks... Dave

[kiyu]

HI guys!

So far 3997 but memory are a mess... I should correct it manaually right?
here is cPU-Z validator link
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2305671

any tip will be appreciated thanks volt has been set to 1.500.

test it like 45 min with prime95 and so far so good.. but well 45 min is not much..

51C temp max which is really nice right?

[aRkangeL]

Someone have problems with Sandforce SSD on the UD7, like SSD got half speed that they really can?!

[wez]

Someone have problems with Sandforce SSD on the UD7, like SSD got half speed that they really can?!

No experience with the ud7, but make sure you got the right cables and are using the correct sata ports, got ahci enabled etc.

[wez]

HI guys!

So far 3997 but memory are a mess... I should correct it manaually right?
here is cPU-Z validator link
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2305671

any tip will be appreciated thanks volt has been set to 1.500.

test it like 45 min with prime95 and so far so good.. but well 45 min is not much..

51C temp max which is really nice right?

Looking good, 51C is closing in on the max you'll be able to run with stability at ++4ghz. And yes, lowering the RAM timings sound like a good plan

[aRkangeL]

No experience with the ud7, but make sure you got the right cables and are using the correct sata ports, got ahci enabled etc.

Yes the boards isn't on my house is on store, and the guys say to me that gigabyte sent to them a Rev 1.0 and it doesnt have vdrop... how is that possible? they teste it with FX-6100 and they test the sata ports with all right settings and they make arround 280Mb/s they tried everything!

How is that possible?!

[Barr3l Rid3r]

No experience with the ud7, but make sure you got the right cables and are using the correct sata ports, got ahci enabled etc.

Or most probably, using the wrong software (parameters) to measure...

Yes the boards isn't on my house is on store, and the guys say to me that gigabyte sent to them a Rev 1.0 and it doesnt have vdrop... how is that possible? they teste it with FX-6100 and they test the sata ports with all right settings and they make arround 280Mb/s they tried everything!

How is that possible?!

Vdrop increases when you need more voltage and overclock more... put 4.3Ghz at 1.45V, run a prime95 blend and see if there is no difference between idle and load voltages.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Has anyone else had issues with core unlocking on the 990FX UD3?

I am a noob when it comes to the AMD side of things and figured core unlocking would be a simple affair but no luck. One thing I did notice is this board has massive vdroop, even with LLC enabled (High, Ultra or Extreme) on bios F6K.

Maybe try a different stable bios?

[Barr3l Rid3r]

Do they stop making new bios at all?

[stasio]

Do they stop making new bios at all?

GA-990FXA series final BIOS available for download on GB web page in 1 hour time.

[Kristoferr]

Just got UD3. Amazing looking board. Just giving first impessions.

pros
- nice look
- quality parts
- seems stable
- 8+2 phase with 110€. Theres no competition around with that price.
- 300X10 NB took fairly little effort to achieve with PII 1045T.

cons

- no good software to OC in windows
- oldschool bios. Doesnt allow to save profiles
- Overclocking the NB is pain since if board cant handle the rate, it just freezes and only thing you can do is clear cmos.
- vCPU jumps way up on load and theres nothing i can do about it. Bios has no option to adjust load voltage. Theres only vCPU. (rev1)

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I chose between 160€ FX8120 and 110€ PII 1045T. Chose the last one.
Not too bad chip but not brilliant either. Now im stable 300x13= 3900 with NB=1.16v; vCPU=1.45v; vNB-CPU= 1.4v. Other voltages left to normal.
Since its a 24/7 on PC, i wanted AMD C1 and Q&Q left on and achieved it with those settings . DDR3 is 1.6v 8-8-8-24-1T 1600mhz. Samsung 30nm chips.


BTW. Theres no guide in internet, how to adjust voltages in bios for phenom II OC. All guides are very primitive. Hopefully my voltages help someone to get their stable OC done.

[Barr3l Rid3r]

It does have OC profiles...

[BeepBeep2]

Just got UD3. Amazing looking board. Just giving first impessions.

pros
- nice look
- quality parts
- seems stable
- 8+2 phase with 110€. Theres no competition around with that price.
- 300X10 NB took fairly little effort to achieve with PII 1045T.

cons

- no good software to OC in windows
- oldschool bios. Doesnt allow to save profiles
- Overclocking the NB is pain since if board cant handle the rate, it just freezes and only thing you can do is clear cmos.
- vCPU jumps way up on load and theres nothing i can do about it. Bios has no option to adjust load voltage. Theres only vCPU. (rev1)

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I chose between 160€ FX8120 and 110€ PII 1045T. Chose the last one.
Not too bad chip but not brilliant either. Now im stable 300x13= 3900 with NB=1.16v; vCPU=1.45v; vNB-CPU= 1.4v. Other voltages left to normal.
Since its a 24/7 on PC, i wanted AMD C1 and Q&Q left on and achieved it with those settings . DDR3 is 1.6v 8-8-8-24-1T 1600mhz. Samsung 30nm chips.


BTW. Theres no guide in internet, how to adjust voltages in bios for phenom II OC. All guides are very primitive. Hopefully my voltages help someone to get their stable OC done.

...Nice pros, though last comment has more to do with CPU than board.

Cons-
EasyTune doesn't exist anymore? Nor does AMD Overdrive work for Gigabytes boards?
...I'm pretty sure you CAN save profiles
...what do you mean "board can't handle the rate"?
You are right about vcore, I think someone else here had the same problem before.

...

You would have been better off with the 8120. Otherwise, I don't know why you would pick a board like this (990FX) for a Phenom II CPU. That is asking for trouble
Your chip is good for a low bin 1045T. 3.9 GHz and 3 GHz CPU_NB is good. However your CPU_NB voltage is rather high, and I'm willing to bet the board overvolts a little on top of that.

As far as guides on the internet about adjusting voltages in bios...what do you mean primitive? Most of the time that is overlooked because it is in your motherboard manual! O_O

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

@ Beep

the vdrop on the UD3/960T I built for a friend is horrendous, I am hoping it is just a flaky beta bios (F6K) and I am going to try the official F6 that came out the other day, but yeah other than that it is a pretty decent board, especially for $60.

[Barr3l Rid3r]

@ Beep

the vdrop on the UD3/960T I built for a friend is horrendous, I am hoping it is just a flaky beta bios (F6K) and I am going to try the official F6 that came out the other day, but yeah other than that it is a pretty decent board, especially for $60.

that's not vdrop that's v offset