UD3 stands for Ultra Durable 3 and is the association of 4 different items :
2 oz copper PCB :
Gigabyte has increase the amount of copper in the layers of the PCB (1 oz > 2 oz), the result is a better spreading of the heat around the critical areas of the mother board (50°C cooler mesured by Gigabyte).
Gigabyte choose to use Ferrite choke against Iron choke because of the lower EMI interference produced and the better resistance compare ti Iron choke.
What do you guys make of this with LLC enabled on the UD3P. No upward spikes and long periods of stable volts. Look at the downward spikes, including one below 0.8v: How didn't the machine crash? It would seem impossible to me that it could run and finish the bench yet it did.
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E8400 @ 4.2 Ghz (525x8)
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2 8500 2.1V
PowerColor 4870x2
150GB Western Digital Raptor
500GB Western Digital 5000AAKS
Westinghouse LVM-37w3 1080p Monitor
Vista64
Cooling: CPU-OCZ Vendetta2+Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm, Silverstone TJ09 case with 4 120mm yate loons.
I am happy that you started this thread because I just got this board and an E8400.
My first experiences with OC have resulted in a 3.8 OC thus far.
I know it is capable of going higher, but I am kind of new to overclocking and especially this BIOS.
If anyone out there has began using this board and have been overclocking, I would sure appreciate some pointers on BIOS settings in order to go higher than 3.8.
The area of the BIOS that is used for OC has some things I am not familiar with and I am sure there are combos/settings that will allow me to go higher.
I can't wait to see some more info start showing up on this thread, this is an AWESOME board.
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Gigabyte MA790X-UD4
Phenom II 940 @ 3.5ghz
4gb Mushkin 1066
MSI HD 4870 1mb
1 WD Velociraptor
1 Seagate 7200.10 320gb
1 Seagate 7200.10 250gb
Asus DVD Burner
8 120mm Case Fans
It's interesting Gigabyte chose to produce these boards.
Marketing or are the original p45's flawed? I was going to buy the GA-EP45-DS3 and now a board with exactly the same features almost gets released but has UD on the end of it. (GA-EP45-UD3) - The layouts are different.
Confused .... regarding the base model anyway.
Well, I am running 3.8 stable ATM, but haven't put together documentation. I will try and get that up today, but I am still trying to figure out what some of these new BIOS settings are.
E8400 @ 3.8 (423x9)
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Phenom II 940 @ 3.5ghz
4gb Mushkin 1066
MSI HD 4870 1mb
1 WD Velociraptor
1 Seagate 7200.10 320gb
1 Seagate 7200.10 250gb
Asus DVD Burner
8 120mm Case Fans
The only thing ran was 3D06 , but the board hasn't crashed yet.
I just popped in my QX6850 an a few tweaks and i was over 500fsb, i have to say that was easy, i can't wait to put my
Q9650 on it, and maybe even get a E8600 to play with. I also have a great Q6600 i might try to pus on this board,
I just starting o learn this bios,to see what really can be done.
I'm trying to decide between the UD3P and UD3R. I'm not a fan of multiple video cards so I'm looking at the other features. Can anyone explain what 'Ultra TPM' is?
(it was posted in the pre-testing thread a few days ago)
Something you guys should know. If you have bios profiles saved they will all be deleted when you flash to the new bios. The good news is that there is an option in the new bios (didn't notice it in the original) to save your profiles to a floppy or USB stick. So I guess write down your important settings before you flash to the new beta
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E8400 @ 4.2 Ghz (525x8)
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2 8500 2.1V
PowerColor 4870x2
150GB Western Digital Raptor
500GB Western Digital 5000AAKS
Westinghouse LVM-37w3 1080p Monitor
Vista64
Cooling: CPU-OCZ Vendetta2+Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm, Silverstone TJ09 case with 4 120mm yate loons.
(it was posted in the pre-testing thread a few days ago)
Something you guys should know. If you have bios profiles saved they will all be deleted when you flash to the new bios. The good news is that there is an option in the new bios (didn't notice it in the original) to save your profiles to a floppy or USB stick. So I guess write down your important settings before you flash to the new beta
The only reason is the Ultra Durable 3 with 2oz copper layer in the PCB, you really want to choose these over the normal DS3x boards.
Thanks for reply RPG' .. thing is the base model has such minimal heatsink it seems pointless anyway?
Do any of you guys know if these Boards work with G.Skill memory, also do they have that CrazyCool thing on the back?
Thanks, Danny.
I'm trying to decide between the UD3P and UD3R. I'm not a fan of multiple video cards so I'm looking at the other features. Can anyone explain what 'Ultra TPM' is?
Gigabyte Mainboard Ultra TPM (Trusted Platform Module) B8.0516.1 Windows 2000/XP(x32/x64)/Vista(x32/x64).
With a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip built-in, the GIGABYTE Ultra Secure motherboards provide TPM hardware-based encryption and decryption with digital signature keys to ensure a maximum level of data protection with 2048 bit encryption.
GIGABTE's Ultra TPM provides an added layer of security by allowing users to store their digital signature key on a USB thumb drive, so that when they step away from their system, they can take the key with them, locking up their data and preventing unauthorized access while they are away. If keys become lost or misplaced, GIGABTE's Ultra TPM gives users the option to pre-save a backup of the key on their BIOS, helping them to quickly access their data and provide effortless data protection.
With my UD3P and ReaperX 8000 you can not boot into Windows at it's rated speed of 1000. This has also been confirmed by another guy at OCZ's forums with the same board and ram, just a heads up.
I've also used the stock bios and f5a which didn't resolve the issue. Patriot Vipers solved the problem.
What do you guys make of this with LLC enabled on the UD3P. No upward spikes and long periods of stable volts. Look at the downward spikes, including one below 0.8v: How didn't the machine crash? It would seem impossible to me that it could run and finish the bench yet it did.
clearly that is not possible >> 4GHz at 0.8v hehehe
must be the application going a bit crazy heheheh
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