**Gigabyte Gaming Z97 board discussion thread**

Cheers for the info guys. I have just discovered WinReducer8.1 and am currently setting up an iso that will hopefully allow me to incorporate the Killer LAN drivers. :p
 
stulid said:
It's good for an average overclock that most 4770/4790K get, nothing to extreme.
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thanks stulid,i now have this motherboard along with haswell cpu but i haven't overclocked the cpu yet because at stock it seems to be as good as my i5 2500k at 4.2. i'm impressed with the sound quality on this motherboard (better than my xonar dg card) & the fact that i now have app centre which gives me a lot of control options specially the ability to take control of the 5 system fans & cpu fans so no longer the need for speed controllers & their messy wires = tidier micro atx pc. :)

idle cpu temp is 24c - 27c depends on room temp & with AIDA64 system stress test max was 48c. isn't haswell supposed to run really hot ?
 
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as905 said:
thanks stulid,i now have this motherboard along with haswell cpu but i haven't overclocked the cpu yet because at stock it seems to be as good as my i5 2500k at 4.2. i'm impressed with the sound quality on this motherboard (better than my xonar dg card) & the fact that i now have app centre which gives me a lot of control options specially the ability to take control of the 5 system fans & cpu fans so no longer the need for speed controllers & their messy wires = tidier micro atx pc. :)

idle cpu temp is 24c - 27c & with AIDA64 system stress test max was 48c. isn't haswell supposed to run really hot ?
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What gaming board do you have?
 
Hopefully someone knows why... I have the black edition here. I'm using the boards own optical out to my Steelseries H Wireless Headset, but I can'y select 5.1...

Any ideas why people??

Thanks
 
Lord Lucifer said:
Hopefully someone knows why... I have the black edition here. I'm using the boards own optical out to my Steelseries H Wireless Headset, but I can'y select 5.1...

Any ideas why people??

Thanks
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Hi if it's connected via optical you won't get the option of 5.1 or 7.1 under the steelseries properties select virtual surround and activate dolby on the black box
 
Lord Lucifer said:
Ah I see, connecting it via USB give me surround then???
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hi this is what I got from Steelseries connected via USB


(SteelSeries Support )

Jun 23 09:21 PM

Hello Derek,

To setup 7.1, please enable Dolby via the transmitter box.

Then navigate to your sound device properties by right clicking sound options in your taskbar, playback devices, right click your device, and go to the enhancements tab. There will be an option to select 'Virtual surround.'

Best regards,
SteelSeries Support
 
Which settings do i need to enable in the bios so that the cpu down clocks when idle? Im running the F6 bios on my Gaming 7 with a 4970k cpu. Currently at 4.7ghz with vcore set at 1.25v in bios and all is stable but it seems to be running at 4.7ghz constantly.
EIST and C states been to be set correctly to allow it to down clock...

Edit:- Just doing a bit of reading on my break it appears I have to set the cpu voltage via offset to allow EIST to change it. Cant try for myself cos im at work but is that correct?
My first system build in a few years and there a lot more voltages and setting to play with than when I overclocked the system in my sig
 
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SpudMaster said:
Which settings do i need to enable in the bios so that the cpu down clocks when idle? Im running the F6 bios on my Gaming 7 with a 4970k cpu. Currently at 4.7ghz with vcore set at 1.25v in bios and all is stable but it seems to be running at 4.7ghz constantly.
EIST and C states been to be set correctly to allow it to down clock...

Edit:- Just doing a bit of reading on my break it appears I have to set the cpu voltage via offset to allow EIST to change it. Cant try for myself cos im at work but is that correct?
My first system build in a few years and there a lot more voltages and setting to play with than when I overclocked the system in my sig
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set cpu voltage to normal,it then unlocks dvid (cpu offset for adjustment)

each loadline calibration setting will have a bearing on total load cpu voltages so be carefull not to overvolt

always keep first two dvid digits as 0 so +0.0xx amount,+ offset is to add voltage - offset is to undervolt the cpu from stock
 
wazza300 said:
set cpu voltage to normal,it then unlocks dvid (cpu offset for adjustment)

each loadline calibration setting will have a bearing on total load cpu voltages so be carefull not to overvolt

always keep first two dvid digits as 0 so +0.0xx amount,+ offset is to add voltage - offset is to undervolt the cpu from stock
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I don't really understand how this works. If I set a -offset from the stock volts (say 1.1v), it obviously won't boot at a high overclock as the stock volts are too low. The volts have to be set to normal in order to unlock the option to change the offset.

How/where do I raise the stock volts so it drops at idle (so instead of 1.1v it's 1.25v for example)? It does it on auto but as soon as I change any settings it stops doing it and remains at the voltage I've manually set. Is 1.1v (the normal stock voltage) the lowest it will go if I raise the volts higher (with +offset)?

This might not make sense... So er, say, on a Gaming 7, if I want it to run at 1.25v and then undervolt to 0.9v or similar at idle, what do I set exactly?

There are a lot more options in these new motherboards than I'm used to. :p
 
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C3 option will drop the voltage when no load, EIST option will drop the multiplier.

Leave them on enabled if you want that.
 
every cpu will have a stock default voltage,it varies

ontop of this loadline calibration adds some voltage to counter vdroop,again this varies with each llc level you use

and ontop of that whatever amount you set in dvid gets added to overall cpu voltage

so default+llc+offset=total load cpu voltage (in windows while stressing cpu)

id try low or medium llc and small amounts of dvid maybe +0.010v then see how much cpu voltage is in cpu-z while your stressing the cpu

adjust offset/llc if too high/low

if your staying at stock clocks you can use a negative offset which undervolts the default cpu voltage which = less temps ect

EDIT: with haswell aslong as you enable all the power saving/speedstep/eist/c6/c7 ect then the cpu should downclock with a fixed cpu voltage
 
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