gigabyte ax370 k5 vs 5?

Thekwango · 7 Jun 2017 at 09:18

Darren_uk said:
Yep Good to have the Choice , Goes Nice the Shroud with a Case like the Corsair 400c White Edition

Oh defo. If you've a white theme going on it would be perfect. Shame I'm going UV Green/Blue!

Darren_uk · 7 Jun 2017 at 10:59

Well then You can do UV Green/Blue Shroud Art Work , if your interested in doing ART work , i Can point to the A4 Sheets needed ,inkjet printer Required.

Darren_uk · 8 Jun 2017 at 17:24

Got the Gaming 5 installed now , Updated bios to Beta F6g ,Lovely now memory at 2933mhz /3000mhz , micro Gaming 3 was ok ,but Did not look right in the 400c white case & lacked SLI

Thekwango · 8 Jun 2017 at 17:48

Darren_uk said:
Got the Gaming 5 installed now , Updated bios to Beta F6g ,Lovely now memory at 2933mhz /3000mhz , micro Gaming 3 was ok ,but Did not look right in the 400c white case & lacked SLI

Nice one. I've mine updated too but not connected my hdd yet so only going as far as bios. Quickly tried xmp putting memory at 3200 but no joy. I'll get a play with timings etc at the weekend and get my os drive on too.

zom247 · 13 Jun 2017 at 15:05

Got my Gaming 5 with my 1700X up and running now. Not had chance to do much with OC'ing yet but will try it out this week. Out of interest, are any of the utilities that come with this board worth installing? I've installed Ryzen Master but not touched it yet. Also, is it worth using the Killer LAN port over the other one?

Darren_uk · 14 Jun 2017 at 08:00

zom247 said:
Got my Gaming 5 with my 1700X up and running now. Not had chance to do much with OC'ing yet but will try it out this week. Out of interest, are any of the utilities that come with this board worth installing? I've installed Ryzen Master but not touched it yet. Also, is it worth using the Killer LAN port over the other one?

Download the APP Center (AMD AM4 series) Ver B17.0426.1 on the Gigabyte Website & install ,

After that Install SIV System Information Viewer & RGB Fusion to change all the motherboard LEDs Colors , All i use ,
Could also install @BIOS , I install Latest Firmware from the Bios Using QFLASH

AMD Chipset Drivers install also
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows 10 - 64

USB 3.0 Driver should already be installed with windows 10 , may have to install the 3.1 driver

Ah also Killer LAN port , I not using , i'm using the

intel lan port , its the bottom port on back of I.O Shield
Latest driver is here or use the older driver on gigabyte webpage
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-10-?product=82186

The Killer lan port i don't use due to the chucky sofware & on screen traffic watching
to config the speed of the appz you use ,all waste of time for me anyhow, if you use the killer lan port
Download the simple driver only - without the screen monitor software from:
killer website: http://www.killernetworking.com/driver-downloads

zom247 · 23 Jun 2017 at 21:14

Darren_uk said:
Download the APP Center (AMD AM4 series) Ver B17.0426.1 on the Gigabyte Website & install ,

After that Install SIV System Information Viewer & RGB Fusion to change all the motherboard LEDs Colors , All i use ,
Could also install @BIOS , I install Latest Firmware from the Bios Using QFLASH

AMD Chipset Drivers install also
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows 10 - 64

USB 3.0 Driver should already be installed with windows 10 , may have to install the 3.1 driver

Ah also Killer LAN port , I not using , i'm using the

intel lan port , its the bottom port on back of I.O Shield
Latest driver is here or use the older driver on gigabyte webpage
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-10-?product=82186

The Killer lan port i don't use due to the chucky sofware & on screen traffic watching
to config the speed of the appz you use ,all waste of time for me anyhow, if you use the killer lan port
Download the simple driver only - without the screen monitor software from:
killer website: http://www.killernetworking.com/driver-downloads

Do you disable the Killer LAN or just leave it with the driver only installed? I can't see any option in the BIOS to turn it off but can disable it in Device Manager.

Darren_uk · 24 Jun 2017 at 09:38

Just leave it enabled , It look something like mine , drivers get install automatic with windows 10 for both intel & Killer Lan adaptors,

I just updated the Intel lan driver with the link above post PROWinx64 Version: 22.4.0.1 (Latest) Date: 6/16/2017

zom247 · 24 Jun 2017 at 10:08

Darren_uk said:
Just leave it enabled , It look something like mine , drivers get install automatic with windows 10 for both intel & Killer Lan adaptors,

I just updated the Intel lan driver with the link above post PROWinx64 Version: 22.4.0.1 (Latest) Date: 6/16/2017

Thanks, that's similar to what mine looks like now. Just a bit annoyed that there's no option in the BIOS to turn it off.

prjwebb · 24 Jun 2017 at 11:17

zom247 said:
Thanks, that's similar to what mine looks like now. Just a bit annoyed that there's no option in the BIOS to turn it off.

Pretty sure they said adding that to the bios is on the list of things to do, but I doubt it's all that high on the list.

Darren_uk · 25 Jun 2017 at 13:40

Latest Bios F6 Final out for AX370 Gaming 5

Update AGESA 1.0.0.6
Add EZ Overclock Tuner function

http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-5-rev-10#support-dl

stulid · 26 Jun 2017 at 01:03

Ive now fitted a Gaming 5 and 1800X with Corsair 3000MHz RAM, XMP 2933 works fine out of the box, on a beta F6g or something BIOS as it came.

Darren_uk · 26 Jun 2017 at 08:49

stulid said:
Ive now fitted a Gaming 5 and 1800X with Corsair 3000MHz RAM, XMP 2933 works fine out of the box, on a beta F6g or something BIOS as it came.

Ya i had the f6g Beta , now flashed that to Final

zom247 · 26 Jun 2017 at 09:30

Darren_uk said:
Ya i had the f6g Beta , now flashed that to Final

Flashed mine as well and got my RAM running at 2933. Just need to have a play with overclocking it now.

Darren_uk · 26 Jun 2017 at 17:47

Yep 2933mhz when enabled XMP

boots fine right away as it should have in the first place

Morve · 11 Jul 2017 at 22:50

I changed my B350 gaming 3 to a Gaming 5 well impressed , on F6 bios running my Vengeance LPX at 3200 no probs (only managed 2933 on gaming 3) and running my ryzen 1700 at 3.8 on auto settings

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2017 at 09:02

Darren_uk said:
Got the Gaming 5 installed now , Updated bios to Beta F6g ,Lovely now memory at 2933mhz /3000mhz , micro Gaming 3 was ok ,but Did not look right in the 400c white case & lacked SLI

why I went for the K5 with black 460X case and 580 XTR in XFire

no gaps- pure power

ubersonic · 12 Jul 2017 at 09:30

Morve said:
I changed my B350 gaming 3 to a Gaming 5 well impressed , on F6 bios running my Vengeance LPX at 3200 no probs (only managed 2933 on gaming 3) and running my ryzen 1700 at 3.8 on auto settings

What CPU/RAM settings are you using?

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2017 at 14:25

3400mhz ram confirmed to work with K5 & K7 but no mention of 5

https://overclock3d.net/news/memory/patriot_announces_ryzen_memory_compatibility/1
https://s3.amazonaws.com/patriotmem...e-compatibility-list-for-AMD-Ryzen_062217.pdf

chris74 · 19 Jul 2017 at 00:15

Starting to regret purchase of my gaming K5. Bios is slow and clunky and has several of the same entries via different menus.

When I set ram volts to 1.35 within the voltage control its fine. move into memory timings and its stuck at 1.2mhz in the 'Profile DDR voltage'.

I do like the aesthetics of this board. Could do with more fan headers but I am torn between waiting to see if they iron these bugs out or the Gigabyte brand of boards that I used to like has gone down the swanny,