Gigabyte's GA-X58A-UD9 Brings Dual 8-pin power, Seven PCI-E x16, USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0..

[venganza]

Originally Posted by dinos22

i wonder why 930s would be worse OCers than 920
its rare for intel to go backwards

Actually most reviews I have seen tend to find the 930 easier to clock, but remember the guys are speaking of Xeon's, and that is another step-up altogether.

I can't wait to check out the UD9, from a bit of looking about, the BIOS crap looks like you need a degree just to understand, tons of crap in there.

[rbdirty]

Originally Posted by 3Tone

venganza, I would steer clear of the 930s. See if you can hunt down a Xeon W3520 or W3530. About 90% of the 930s I have seen are shit clockers.

Was at Dukkie's house yesty, got himself a nice batch 920 D0 does 4GHz (200blck) on about 1.28V Prime 95 stable. My POS needs about 1.35V

I think I'm gonna ditch this 930 soon.

Put it on a Gigabyte board and it'll do 4.5ghz on 1.2v prime 95 stable.

venganza - exactly right, you only live once and its just money, you can always make more of that.

[dinos22]

lol i dont think any board will make a CPU magically faster by a massive degree hehehe

veng GIGA bios is pretty straight forward but sure it will take a bit of getting used to like everything else. It is usually one of the easier bioses to get your head around and get the OC you need but there is nothing more rewarding knowing what all different options do and how you can take advantage of them.

If you are feeling overwhelmed there are some straight forward guides to start off with if you like i could link you to and then just build on them

[venganza]

Originally Posted by dinos22

lol i dont think any board will make a CPU magically faster by a massive degree hehehe

veng GIGA bios is pretty straight forward but sure it will take a bit of getting used to like everything else. It is usually one of the easier bioses to get your head around and get the OC you need but there is nothing more rewarding knowing what all different options do and how you can take advantage of them.

If you are feeling overwhelmed there are some straight forward guides to start off with if you like i could link you to and then just build on them

Oh I don't know, they busted world records on the board already, and it wasn't even final yet. I suppose the added power stability help. Still binning is binning, and no damn way around the old luck of the draw eh? (which is why the guys in the know speak of Xeon's I guess).

I have used a lot of GA boards in the past (P35-DS4 currently believe it or not), so I am looking forward to my 1st i7 chip.

Been a long time since I had something approaching state-of-the-art so to speak, so I can't wait.

I reckon half a day to build both machines and I am set.

[dinos22]

yeah mate i was the one benching/testing during most of the early world records alongside a few more guys including youngpro from australia

the board is definitely a great board i am just hoping people will not have unreasonable expectations heheh that's all

[venganza]

Originally Posted by dinos22

i am just hoping people will not have unreasonable expectations heheh that's all

Well I didn't by the thing to achieve any massive OC, I wanted a board to take a hex later, be able to run SLI anything without fuss etc.

I could have got the UD7 (most sensible people would have done just that), but in the same way we reach for impulse items in a supermarket, I figured bugger it and plunged in.

I don't give a toss if anyone thinks it is over-priced or excessive, the same things were said about the classo.

I am just happy to have a board coming that does anything I could ask of it, and a lot more.

Overkill is my middle name anyway, shit I have been running an Enermax 1250w on a Q8200 machine for yonks (bought in anticipation of tri-sli later which I will get around to).

I am so looking forward to building this bitch, I doubt anyone could rain on my parade.

The UD9 is certainly over-the-top, and few cases will take the thing, but I have to say I am going to enjoy playing with it

[3Tone]

You mean even multi Yuleh.

[dinos22]

sorry yes mate even multi is buggy on bloomfields

you could still get decent OCs but it is a bit harder hehehe

good on ya venganza looking forward to seeing what you come up with mate

[Copie]

That being said my 930 clocks resonably well, it actually likes an even multi (22x180) and wont pass linx on 21x190 heh. Havent really had time to push it though.

[3Tone]

If you're not clocking at least 200bclk you might as well not bother.

[venganza]

Just got my new UD9

Pics on Whirlpool:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...m?t=1450885#r1

Can't wait to put this baby together.

(Love the VIP card, stickers and crap too).

[Ice009]

Originally Posted by venganza

Just got my new UD9

Pics on Whirlpool:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...m?t=1450885#r1

Can't wait to put this baby together.

(Love the VIP card, stickers and crap too).

What Case are you going to be using for the board?

[aokman]

well comon wheres some results you've had it for 2hrs already haha nice work cant wait to see what you get out of it, maybe i should upgrade my UD5 and see if i can get my 920 past the BCLK wall finally

[venganza]

Originally Posted by Ice009

What Case are you going to be using for the board?

I have two Xaser 4000's

So when I sort out the stuff, it should all look something like this: (forgive the whirlcode formatting, I am mainly a WP animal)



['Main Machine']

['CPU'] Intel core i7 930
['HSF'] Thermalright Venomous X CPU Heatsink + 2x 1850rpm Gentle Typhoons.
['Motherboard'] Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 Motherboard
['GPU'] ASUS ENGTX280 OC factory overclocked
['Cooler'] Arctic Accerlo Xtreme GTX280 Cooler
['RAM'] 6gb (3x 2gb) OCZ PC3-12800 Platinum 3x2GB OCZ3P1600LV6GK
['Case'] Thermaltake Xaser 4000 VI
['SSD'] G-Skill Falcon II 64gb
['HDD 1'] Samsung Spinpoint F1 (HD250HJ) 250gb
['HDD 2'] Samsung Spinpoint F3 (HD103SJ) 1tb
['HDD 3'] Samsung Spinpoint F3 (HD103SJ) 1tb
['HDD 4'] Seagate 7200.11 (ST3500320AS) 500gb
['HDD 5'] Western Digital Caviar Black (WD1001FALS-0) 1tb
['Optical'] Asus DVD-RW
['Optical'] LG DVD-RW
['PSU'] Enermax Revolution85+ 1250w
['Fan'] 2x 140mm TT turbo cool fans
['Fan'] 1x Enermax Apolish 120mm
['Fan'] 1x Scythe S-FLEX 1900rpm 120mm
['Fan'] 2x Scythe S-FLEX 1200rpm 120mm
['Fan'] 1x Scythe Slipstream 1200rpm 120mm
['Monitor1'] LG L246WHX 24" 16:10
['Monitor2'] BenQ G2411HD 24" 16:9
['Keyboard'] Saitek Eclipse II
['Speakers'] Logitech X-540 Speakers
['Fan Controller'] Scythe Kaze Master Ace 5.25" Fan Controller
['Fan Controller'] Lamptron 6 channel Fan Controller
['Bling'] Bitspower 2x 30cm Blue cold cathodes.
['Bay Device'] Silverstone 3 into 4 Bay Converter with 120mm fan
['Bay Device'] Sycthe Bay Rafter Combo
['Mouse'] Razer Lachesis mouse
['Mousepad'] Razer ExactMat pad
['Webcam'] Logitech Sphere AF Webcam
['Modem/Router']Belkin-f5d5630au4 modem/router

['Linux box']

['CPU'] Intel Q8200 oc @2.8GHz quadcore
['Motherboard'] Gigabyte S-series P35-DS4 Rev 2.1 Motherboard
['GPU'] Nvidia 8600GT
['Water Cooling']TT Bigwater Liquid Cooling crap
['RAM'] 8gb Corsair XMS2 1066mhz DDR2 RAM (4x2gb)
['Case'] Thermaltake Xaser 4000 VI
['HDD 1'] Seagate 320gb
['HDD 2'] WD 320gb
['Sata Card'] Sunix 4 port PCI sata card
['Optical'] Lite-on DVD-RW
['PSU'] Huntkey Jumper 550w
['Fan'] 2x 140mm TT turbo cool fans
['Fan'] 1x Enermax Apolish 120mm
['Fan'] 1x Scythe S-FLEX 1900rpm 120mm
['Fan'] 2x Scythe S-FLEX 1200rpm 120mm
['Fan'] 1x Scythe Slipstream 1200rpm 120mm
['Monitor1'] LG L246WHX 24" 16:10
['Keyboard'] Logitech something
['Speakers'] Logitech X-240 Speakers
['Soundcard'] Sound Blaster Audigy 4 (onboard=dead)

http://www.awesomepc.com.au/WP/front.html

[aokman]

i hope your planning on throwing some new videocards at the UD9, would be a big waste of potential otherwise