Alright, so in doing some general PC cleaning and maintenance software-wise I found out I'm 3 BIOS revisions behind the curve. The board I'm using is a Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 with a 2500k.
Now, I was on BIOS revision F10, while the possible updates were F11, F12, and the new UEFI BIOS. So I though, why the hell not! Though it took a bit more effort that just booting into QFlash (had to create a bootable DOS USB key to run the update utility from), it worked fine and I got the UEFI installed fine.
Now, I do certainly like the design and interface here. It's not that 3D bios from the Z77 boards, but it does look nice, and can be navigated by mouse or keyboard with a bit more efficiency over the old AWARD BIOS.
The issue comes in for overclocking though. It seems that in the new UEFI, the ability to use multi-steps load-line calibration has been removed. Instead though there's now the option of using DVID (offset voltage) for overclocking. Now, on my previous overclocking exploits in this machine I greatly valued the msLLC as it would greatly help in stabilizing out the voltage to keep my chip stable at high clocks.
My main question is... should I just accept the lack of LLC and try out some offset voltage OCing this time around, or should I revert back to the F12 Award BIOS and do things like I was doing before?
Now, I was on BIOS revision F10, while the possible updates were F11, F12, and the new UEFI BIOS. So I though, why the hell not! Though it took a bit more effort that just booting into QFlash (had to create a bootable DOS USB key to run the update utility from), it worked fine and I got the UEFI installed fine.
Now, I do certainly like the design and interface here. It's not that 3D bios from the Z77 boards, but it does look nice, and can be navigated by mouse or keyboard with a bit more efficiency over the old AWARD BIOS.
The issue comes in for overclocking though. It seems that in the new UEFI, the ability to use multi-steps load-line calibration has been removed. Instead though there's now the option of using DVID (offset voltage) for overclocking. Now, on my previous overclocking exploits in this machine I greatly valued the msLLC as it would greatly help in stabilizing out the voltage to keep my chip stable at high clocks.
My main question is... should I just accept the lack of LLC and try out some offset voltage OCing this time around, or should I revert back to the F12 Award BIOS and do things like I was doing before?
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