GIGABYTE EX58 UD5 VS UD7

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Hey All,

As you can see in my previous threads I am in the process of building a new machine.. I have already ordered all my parts:

Antec P183 Case

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz

Corsair H50-1

Corsair XMS3 6GB PC3-12800C9 DDR3

Sapphire 5770 1GB New Edition

Corsair 1000W Power Supply

4 x 1.5 TB seagate 7200 RPM 32mb cache for storage

1 x Curcial M225 SSD (64gb for installing Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit)


The only question I have really is I am not sure if I should get the EX58 UD7 motherboard instead.. what would be the advantages other than having the 2 x USB 3 ports and triple SLI and X Fire? Do I really need the UD7 over the UD5? would like to hear some comments who have one or both mother boards that can compare.. also which will be a better match.. I know the UD7 has triple SLI and Cross Fire which I am not really interested at this stage but is the UD7 a better option and a more stable board as my pevious UD5 had a cold boot problem where the pc tried booting repeateadly 3 times and then resets to normal un overclocked settings.. This also used to happen on stock load settings without the overclocked settings thats why I had to send the whole bundle I purchased from here back.. and decided to buy the components individually and have a crack at it myself but now looking at other threads this seems to be a very well known common problem with the UD5 so I was wondering will the UD7 be a better option? Thank you..

Thanks for all your help and advice....
 
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You probably won't need any of the extra functions on the UD7, I wouldn't spend the extra moneys, but if you don't want the cold boot issues then the UD7 would probably be better
 
hmmmm I guess every motherboard has their own little problems.. :) I will stick with my current order and if the UD5 gives me the cold boot problem then I can RMA the board and get the UD7 or another board.. I was just looking at overclockers and they reduced the Rampage 2 Extreme packaged to £699.00 .. hmm tempting.. who would suggest this to be a much better set up over mine? or would you reccomend to just sticking to what I have.. ? thanks..
 
Wasnt the cold boot problem sorted by later bios updates, i remember that being an issue a while ago, but i think since around July i havent had one problem with my F7 bios, the F9 beta bios i didnt get on with but the UD5 is still regarded as one of the most consistant clockers out there
 
can someone please assist me in guiding how to overclock my system when it arrives? I mean I have looked around and found these settings is this a good option or does someone have a better settings? please consider all my equipment as stated above.. Here are the settings which I think may be good for 4 GHZ overclocking..

How does 4GHz sound? Daunting? Well it needn't be, and here's how to get there. It couldn't be easier really. One thing to keep in mind is that as you go higher, the temps are going to increase and depending on what type of cooling you have, this could be where you have to call it a day. On the other hand, if you have really good cooling, you could still have a way to go. As a personal preference, I'd rather not see the temps hitting much over 75c, in the screen shot below, you can see that my temps were nudging 78c in paces and this was just about OK as it wasn't a steady 78c, just the occasional peak.

Ai Overclock Tuner - Manual
CPU Ratio Setting - Auto
Intel (R) SpeedStep (TM) Tech - Enabled
Intel (R) Turbo Mode Tech - Enabled
BCLK Frequency - 190
PCIE Fequency - 100
DRAM Frequency - DDR3 - 1523MHz - If you use memory that is slower than 1600MHz, you can use the next lowest setting here, however, if you use faster memory, such as 1866MHz or even 2000MHz, please stick with this setting for now.

DRAM CAS# Latency - 8 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay - 8 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# PRE Time - 8 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# ACT Time - 24 DRAM Clock

CPU Voltage 1.25000v - This is our maximum Vcore
CPU PLL Voltage - Auto
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage - 1.3v - We need to up this to 1.3v to maintain stability, or at least I did on my CPU, your mileage may vary and you may need slightly more or slightly less.
IOH Voltage - Auto
IOH PCIE Voltage - Auto
ICH Voltage - Auto
ICH Voltage - Auto

DRAM Bus Voltage - 1.66v
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA - Auto
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA - Auto
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB - Auto
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB - Auto
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC - Auto
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC - Auto

Load-Line Calibration - Enabled
CPU Differential Amplitude - Auto
CPU Clock Skew - Auto
CPU Spread Spectrum - Auto
IOH Clock Skew - Auto
PCIE Spread Spectrum - Auto
 
The UD5 is a great board, I personally wouldn't spend the extra money for the UD7..

Regarding the cold booting issue on the UD5, if you use the latest F9e or F9m BIOS from Gigabyte, and your o/c is stable then you won't be bothered with any double booting or failed o/c messages..

I used to get it quite regulary with F6 and F7 BIOS'es, but since I started using F9e it's completely stopped.
 
keep the ud5 - its a feature rich board and great for the money

the ud7 is not worth the extra money unless you need the extra features
 
thanks guys I will definitely stick with the UD5 and hope this will be a good one with no faults :) just need help in overclocking settings now :( shall I not use the overclockers profile which is used for this combination?
 
Yeah UD7 isn't recieving rave reviews. The features aren't very stable on some reviews I read. It's definitely not worth paying the extras.
 
PakJai said:
Yeah UD7 isn't recieving rave reviews. The features aren't very stable on some reviews I read. It's definitely not worth paying the extras.
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Could you please post links to these reviews, I'm looking at getting the UD7 but I can't find any reviews, thanks! :).
 
PakJai said:
Yeah UD7 isn't recieving rave reviews. The features aren't very stable on some reviews I read. It's definitely not worth paying the extras.
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I would not agree with this comment as I have this board and it is very stable so far and easy to use - I think it will only improve given time and more mature bios. A lot depends on what you are doing/expecting from your system, and probably to an extent the other hardware and cooling setup along with it.

VortX said:
Could you please post links to these reviews, I'm looking at getting the UD7 but I can't find any reviews, thanks! :).
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Cannot post links here but try googling for forum info on this board and get the low down from actual users of the board - this will probably be as reliable info if not more so than reviews as reviews can always be biased depending on criteria of which the reader is not always aware of.

I am enjoying mine very much.

Mark
 
You can post links for reviews tipes, it's just links from competitors sites that you aren't allowed to post..

However, it doesn't look like there are any reviews for this board as yet, I just had a look, and nothing came up.
 
DavyBoy said:
The UD5 is a great board, I personally wouldn't spend the extra money for the UD7..

Regarding the cold booting issue on the UD5, if you use the latest F9e or F9m BIOS from Gigabyte, and your o/c is stable then you won't be bothered with any double booting or failed o/c messages..

I used to get it quite regulary with F6 and F7 BIOS'es, but since I started using F9e it's completely stopped.
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Same here also.

Updated my bios and I haven't looked back since.
 
Just keep your UD5 order at least you have a chance of sorting out the problems on that board with bios update and not end up with a board with even more problems.
 
DavyBoy said:
You can post links for reviews tipes, it's just links from competitors sites that you aren't allowed to post..

However, it doesn't look like there are any reviews for this board as yet, I just had a look, and nothing came up.
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Hi,

I was actually referring to the extremesystems.org forums - there is one on there covering users who have this board and are getting good results with it. I see more people very happy with it than not, but you pays your money......

Mark
 
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