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xguntherc · 07-02-09

I'm about to start trying to see what this new UD3L and a L737 1.21 VID Q6600 can do, along with 2x2GB OCZ Blade series PC2-8500 and a Lapped TRUE.

What do you guys think I can get out of it. Since it's the UD3L. (It's the build I finished for my parents, so i went the cheaper board) I'm only going to OC just to see what she can do.

What can I expect, and since I've NEVER OC'd on a Gigabyte, and the bios settings are a little weird from what I'm used to. Does anyone have any pointers, or wanna post there settings from bios, instead of just a Easy Tune shot.

(also the Easy Tune, do you guys just put that on the screen to show what ur settings are at for the Screenshot?

Thanks!

grishkathefool · 07-02-09

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Originally Posted by mardon

Yeah i'm used to having south bridge and north bridge voltages to adjust. Not sure where these are.

THIS VV

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Originally Posted by morph

MCH (Memory Controller Hub) is the Northbridge while ICH (I/O Controller Hub) is the Southbridge.

and the FSB is CPU Termination.

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Originally Posted by Djghost454

Well... My 3.69 run failed after 4hours of prime95 large fft, settings @ top of page, any suggestions?

Try lowering your MCH Core a touch. With 4GB of RAM you shouldn't need that much till you get north of 4.25GHz or so. And what is up with your CPU Ref? .67v seems really low for a 1.38 vTerm. What happens when this is set at .76 or .735? Did you make this adjustment the proper way?

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Originally Posted by xguntherc

I'm about to start trying to see what this new UD3L and a L737 1.21 VID Q6600 can do, along with 2x2GB OCZ Blade series PC2-8500 and a Lapped TRUE.

What do you guys think I can get out of it. Since it's the UD3L. (It's the build I finished for my parents, so i went the cheaper board) I'm only going to OC just to see what she can do.

What can I expect, and since I've NEVER OC'd on a Gigabyte, and the bios settings are a little weird from what I'm used to. Does anyone have any pointers, or wanna post there settings from bios, instead of just a Easy Tune shot.

(also the Easy Tune, do you guys just put that on the screen to show what ur settings are at for the Screenshot?

Thanks!

Yes, Easy Tune is used for two things. 1) To show what your voltages are in the BIOS (vs. VID) on your desktop; and 2) to make changes to the voltage from the desktop. Warning, when making changes don't try to change anything but voltages; make small changes and click 'Set' do not click 'Save', 'Load', or 'Default'- these crash. Same with Memset, you can use it to make timing changes on the fly, but click 'Apply' not 'Save'.

Enjoy it..

xguntherc · 07-02-09

I wouldn't ever make changes while in windows.. usually only in BIOS.. I'm just confused with the gigabyte way, but I'll learn it soon enough, I'm about to shut er down now and see what it will do on default voltage, then start playing around..

I'm ok without changing voltage in windows. I'll shut down for that.

again, all the questions I'll be asking in THIS thread will not be regarding the sig rig, but another. with a L737 1.21 Q6600 G0, UD3L, TRUE, with OCZ Blade 1066 and my old 8800GT.. lol. I'll be back in a little, I'll start small with something like 3.2 even tho I'll have to be careful, as a Q6600 is NO Q9650

xguntherc · 07-02-09

OK, so I'm a little confused on how the motherboard settings work.. Can't I just choose whatever RAM speed I'd like. Whats all this 2.66, 3.50 A, B, and C stuff.. on my 750i I can just type whatever number I want, and then choose my divider..

I'm sure I just need to spend the type of time I spent on my 750i's BIOS on this one to figure it out. But I keep setting it, and booting, and the ram timings aren't right.. this board may overclock great, but the overclock setting changing isn't very user friendly IMO..

Can someone with a Q6600 show me what there settings are.. what should be on auto, and what shouldn't. as I just wanna set my own ram speed and timings. lol

Other than that, 3.0 Ghz with 1.18 v load seemed stable. but that was only 16 minutes of OCCT lol

Djghost454 · 07-02-09

@Grishka My cpu ref always shows that, really bugs me, setting in bios is @ .771 i believe, standard is .76, options near are .756 or .771 I believe, next time I reboot I'll check. Lowered MCH to 1.3 and testing again, i'll change the ref to .76 in ET6 and see what it does.

Here goes.

xguntherc · 07-02-09

Like it's set to 5-5-5-15 in Bios, but boot it's 5-7-7-something, and I can't change the ram voltage.. is that just something set to auto.. this bios is confusing. lol

Djghost454 · 07-02-09

Ram voltage is DRAM voltage, it should be easily changed, as I changed mine without issue, as far as the A B C D thing, that is, from what I can tell, different multipliers for different FSB's, there is a chart on the side, I think A is 0-266 B is 267-333 C is 333-400 and D is 401+ Something like that as I am working out of memory atm, it will be on the right side when you have that selected.

As far as the timings, my ram does what it states it will do, never had an issue with that.

If/when(when being more likely) my CPU decides to crash during this stress test I'll write down all my settings and share. I had 3.6 totally stable @ 400x9 with just slightly lower Vcore a few days ago, and I can probably lower my voltage, possibly a good chuck. I'm just going high and working it down once I figure out how to get this bad boy stable @ these speeds.

Eventually going to try for 4.0 on my q6600, don't know if it's attainable with my chip, but I do know I need to upgrade to @ the least a better radiator first as my temps are already high now. Single 120 rad and the older apogee is probably the lowest end WC setup you could have short of a TT, lol.

xguntherc · 07-02-09

well, I'm figuring this out. Just completely different from what I'm used to. I changed the DRAM voltage just fine. When you higher it above 1.8 it goes like purplish color, and when your hitting down on D-pad going past all the MCH stuff when you move onto the Ram voltage, you can't tell your on it as it doesn't highlight yellow like the rest. so I wasn't sure why i wasn't able to move to it, but I just hit enter on it.. (I'm stupid and didn't realise it) does that make sense. when your going through your choices you can tell what line your on by the yellow indicator, but it goes away when i move onto the RAM for some reason, but I still could change it.

So far I'm impressed. Doing 3.33 Ghz with ram at 1112 Mhz with 1.21v to CPU, and 2.15 on RAM. not bad for second try.

edit* should I enable LLC, as it drops a bit on load, I have pencil mod on my 750i.

Dryadsoul · 07-02-09

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Originally Posted by slickwilly

I found a reveiw of this board that had excelent images of the BIOS, If I can find it again I will post a link to it

You mean this ONE from HardwareCanucks?

Djghost454 · 07-02-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by xguntherc

well, I'm figuring this out. Just completely different from what I'm used to. I changed the DRAM voltage just fine. When you higher it above 1.8 it goes like purplish color, and when your hitting down on D-pad going past all the MCH stuff when you move onto the Ram voltage, you can't tell your on it as it doesn't highlight yellow like the rest. so I wasn't sure why i wasn't able to move to it, but I just hit enter on it.. (I'm stupid and didn't realise it) does that make sense. when your going through your choices you can tell what line your on by the yellow indicator, but it goes away when i move onto the RAM for some reason, but I still could change it.

So far I'm impressed. Doing 3.33 Ghz with ram at 1112 Mhz with 1.21v to CPU, and 2.15 on RAM. not bad for second try.

edit* should I enable LLC, as it drops a bit on load, I have pencil mod on my 750i.

For the 65nm chips yes, but it can kill the 45s. 65nm chips can take a beating though, very very very tough.

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