Overclocking the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 + Core i7-980X with LN2

jmke · 11th July 2010, 13:16

2010 is shaping up to be a fun year for me. Some of the hardware that is available is staggering. Rich in features, easy to use and quality components; which brings us to the motherboard that we will be looking at today, GIGABYTEs new top of the line GA-X58A-UD9.

I almost feel sorry for the CPU knowing how I am going to torture it with this weapon, and torture it I will. As you know, I’m not one for air testing so I will leave most of that to others. What I want to know is how it rocks when we crank the volts over 1.9vcore and freeze it to below -150degrees Celsius.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/33...nzo/index.html

thorgal · 12th July 2010, 08:50

This is getting a bit ridiculous. It cost him 3 (three!) dead 980x cpu's just do do these tests. Oh sorry: one + two seriously degrade one's which will likely be sold in as new condition

. Anyway in my humble opinion this cannot be the purpose of over clocking, nor the result.

Massman · 12th July 2010, 10:07

It must be said, though, that Gulftown is a lot more sensitive to voltage and overclocking then Bloomfield was. Even the early Bloomfields were incredibly difficult to kill even at the very edge of stability whereas Gulftowns seem to even go at moderate voltages and frequencies.

12th July 2010, 10:12

Dead hardware due to overclocking is nothing special, it's a shame he wasted his money on three 980x's, but as longs as I'm not paying, I don't care

.
It's just stupid that he killed 3 cpu's for a quick test of the motherboard and that he even didn't break any record or something.

11th July 2010, 13:16	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Overclocking the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 + Core i7-980X with LN2 2010 is shaping up to be a fun year for me. Some of the hardware that is available is staggering. Rich in features, easy to use and quality components; which brings us to the motherboard that we will be looking at today, GIGABYTEs new top of the line GA-X58A-UD9. I almost feel sorry for the CPU knowing how I am going to torture it with this weapon, and torture it I will. As you know, I’m not one for air testing so I will leave most of that to others. What I want to know is how it rocks when we crank the volts over 1.9vcore and freeze it to below -150degrees Celsius. http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/33...nzo/index.html __________________

12th July 2010, 08:50	#2
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,887	This is getting a bit ridiculous. It cost him 3 (three!) dead 980x cpu's just do do these tests. Oh sorry: one + two seriously degrade one's which will likely be sold in as new condition . Anyway in my humble opinion this cannot be the purpose of over clocking, nor the result. __________________

12th July 2010, 10:07	#3
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	It must be said, though, that Gulftown is a lot more sensitive to voltage and overclocking then Bloomfield was. Even the early Bloomfields were incredibly difficult to kill even at the very edge of stability whereas Gulftowns seem to even go at moderate voltages and frequencies. __________________

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12th July 2010, 10:12	#4
wutske Posts: n/a	Dead hardware due to overclocking is nothing special, it's a shame he wasted his money on three 980x's, but as longs as I'm not paying, I don't care . It's just stupid that he killed 3 cpu's for a quick test of the motherboard and that he even didn't break any record or something.