The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

Velvet Wafer · May 26, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
I haven't looked into any GB 890FX boards, but they are really solid X58 boards. I say X58 because it's the only platform I have experience overclocking a GB board with. I know it can vary a lot, but the reputation and quality is known all around in every platform. Like full said, just can't go wrong with either or.

errm... GB 890FX boards are solid X58 boards? have i missed something?

johnnyfiive · May 26, 2010

Anyone have experience with MSI's 890fx?

fullinfusion · May 26, 2010

johnnyfiive said:
Anyone have experience with MSI's 890fx?

MSI is , has gone under! why you beating around the bush? Get a GB or Asus 890 board bro...

You strapped for cash or what? :confused:

eidairaman1 · May 27, 2010

Where is Abit when you need them, they kicked ass with NF2 and Core 2 Based boards.

erocker · May 27, 2010

Nuff said. Abit ruled, though they went a little downhill at the end. But still, German engineering was the shiznit, they are missed.

eidairaman1 · May 27, 2010

MSI=Abit... I think not now! o_o'

I swear with the color scheme that MSI started using I swore several Abit designers switched to them; thats why I thought MSI had some overclocking promise with the 790FX and now the 890FX. After seeing the numbers and a review where the MSI 790FX-GD70 board went up in smoke due to an OC that pushed a IC chip, they replaced the board and re-reviewed it and got less of an OC compared to GA 790FXT/ FXTA-UD5. This just makes me wonder what niche MSI is aimed at- Performance/OC users or Mainstream/Average Joe users?

Chicken Patty · May 27, 2010

Velvet Wafer said:
errm... GB 890FX boards are solid X58 boards? have i missed something?

it's supposed to read they are very solid in x58. Not that 890fx is x58 :slap:

johnnyfiive · May 27, 2010

fullinfusion said:
MSI is , has gone under! why you beating around the bush? Get a GB or Asus 890 board bro...

You strapped for cash or what?

Nope, I'm gauging review samples.

BTW, 1090T is being bought right..... now.

I'M BACK IN THE CLUB FELLAS! Wheres the welcoming committee!?

exodusprime1337 · May 27, 2010

man i can't believe asus released a beta like a month ago for the m4a79t deluxe and 6 cores.. then yesterday puts that same beta up as a certified good bios... and the bios is just as broken as beta it replaces.. in fact they are the same effin file size date and all... what a shame.. i wish someone had the magic good bios for this board....

eidairaman1 · May 27, 2010

Since your saying that, it now makes me question Asus Integrity and reliability with boards they release, I think ill go with an Gigabyte 890FX UD5/7 now.

Deleted member 74752 · May 27, 2010

Just a quick report on motherboards I am testing atm:

Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P - A rock solid board for the Thuban and any other AMD chip I have thrown at it. Bios updates working well and no issues to be found while overclocking. 5540MHz so far with the Thuban and LN2 session in the works for it this w-end.

Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 - At this point in time, not Thuban friendly. Bios update ineffective and in general has a gimpy feel to it. I was surprised at it's lack of bios capabilities...not on par with all the other Gigabyte boards I have used.

Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H - Tho not AMD, I must tout this mb as one of the best for Intel i3/15 overclocking. The frosting on the cake is it is about the cheapest route you can take for mb's as well. For monster clocks on these chips you need look no further.

Chicken Patty · May 27, 2010

Interesting info Rick, thank you :toast:

johnnyfiive · May 27, 2010

If any of you guys know anyone looking for some 1156 goodies, check out my thread
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=113690

The faster this stuff sales, the faster I'll be clocking up the 1090t.

erocker · May 27, 2010

Come early June one of these blocks will be mine!!

mastrdrver · May 27, 2010

Just from having my Gigabyte 790fxt-ud5p, I don't want another of their amd boards and I'm not surprised that one 890fx of theirs is lacking. I hate the 790xt-ud4p too that I have. The bios on their boards feel really restricted especially in memory timings.

If I get a 8 series, I'd get an Asus.

JrRacinFan said:
Latest beta F8H. Seems to run REALLY REALLY good.

You have a Thuban? I just realized the other day that F3l supported C3s. Swapped to it and don't like it. Coming from F7, F3l is slower speed for speed. Lots slower. Especially memory performance. They really tightened up unseen timings between the two bios. I really didn't care for F8h since I didn't see any difference between it and F7. Plus, F7 reboots after you goof a setting which they really need to put as a standard thing in their bios.

JrRacinFan · May 27, 2010

mastrdrver said:
You have a Thuban? I just realized the other day that F3l supported C3s. Swapped to it and don't like it. Coming from F7, F3l is slower speed for speed. Lots slower. Especially memory performance. They really tightened up unseen timings between the two bios. I really didn't care for F8h since I didn't see any difference between it and F7. Plus, F7 reboots after you goof a setting which they really need to put as a standard thing in their bios.

Out of all the bios' available for download, I like F6 and F8H. I'm on a 720BE. Soon will be on water guys so I can truly see what this 720 can do. The Hyper TX3 doesn't like vcore pushed past 1.36v.

EDIT:

Also noticed that as well for ram, maybe they are just picky.

mastrdrver · May 28, 2010

How does F7 compare to F6?

Maybe I need to take F8h for another spin.

I think the F7 bios likes high voltage ddr3 too. I didn't try CL6, but took my CL8 blue Ripjaws and shoved 1.85v in to them in bios and was able to make them run 7-7-7-15 1T 90ns 20tRC with only 1.35v cpu-nb at 2800 using just the multiplier. Btw, those blue Ripjaws spec at 1.5v.

Needless to say, Vista felt a lot fast. :laugh:

I did run them for a little while running some benches. Really didn't feel hot to the touch either. Little warm but nothing burning so idk.

JrRacinFan · May 28, 2010

F6 isn't as picky with ram timings as F8H, but I like F8H with it's core control (yes I do use it on occasion) and F8H in theory is the same thing as F7. Both don't mind NB clock being pushed, whereas F4 & F5 limits NB clock. Oh also, I will admit I have never used the bF3 betas.

mastrdrver · May 28, 2010

I didn't know F3l was a beta. Are all of Gigabyte's bios with a letter at the end betas?

I switch to it as it's always herald as the greatest thing to happen to this board over on XS. After I flashed and set rated ram timings, upped cpu-nb to 2600, kept core at 3200 and then ran maxx mem test just to see I lost 2GBs of bandwidth I thought I did something wrong. Maybe its the ram but the memory performance is in the gutter. The 264 bench from Tech Arp shows it too. I had hoped to get more cpu-nb or ram out this bios but I got neither. Still takes about 1.475v to do 4ghz 20x200 and I get a nice 5C jump in idle cpu temperature when I upped cpu-nb voltage to 1.4v to get 2800 stable with tight 1333 timings........never saw that on F6 and thought I killed the chip partly or something.

I do know that maximum read latency is 10t higher in F3l compared to F7 given exact same timings and speeds. All other timings CPU Tweaker shows being the exact same. Though, if CPU Tweaker is right, the Trfc that you set in bios is set 1 notch higher than you select. I'm not sure if its a bug or not though.

edit: Let me go take some ss and I'll be right back.

Wile E · May 28, 2010

erocker said:
Come early June one of these blocks will be mine!!

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/asuscrosshairivwaterblo.jpg

You know what confuses me a little with those blocks? With barb placement the way it is, how does the southbridge and mosfets get any meaningful cooling?

erocker · May 28, 2010

I assume it makes a loop around. I'd have to see the innards first. Putting the barb on top of the southbridge would be fail for me anyways.

Deleted member 74752 · May 28, 2010

Are you guys really pushing your hardware enough to warrant using it?

erocker · May 28, 2010

Yes. Well, my NB runs hot, I have the means, done it before, why not?

TheMailMan78 · May 28, 2010

johnnyfiive said:
Anyone have experience with MSI's 890fx?

I've had good MSI boards and bad ones. Personally I would stick to Asus. But if you don't take any other advice but this please listen. BUY A TOP TIER BOARD! I bought a mid range board (790gx) with crappy power distribution and the damn thing OC like crap. I need 1.47v just to hit 3.9.

(FIH) The Don · May 28, 2010

just got a M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3 with a PII 965c3 and 4gigs 1333

already running 4050mhz at 1.4~

i think that board is awesome

only thing is that fugly dummy pci-e thing that has to be inserted in the top pci-e slot :laugh:

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(FIH) The Don

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