Thanks all, went to gigabyte site and had to download manual to know for sure it was award. In a past post on my new biostar 790gx 128m i was having a really, really hard time trying to get it past 3.150 with a vcore of 1.479 and know matter what settings i used it would crash!!!....O and that was with a AMI bios which i am not compatibale wit. Thats why i ask what bios this was...GTG on my way to shop at the egg

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