Need help with x58 motherboard

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF · 3 Apr 2010 at 16:02

Need a motherboard which will allow me to fit 2x5770s and a asus essence stx

thanks

Rew-UK · 3 Apr 2010 at 16:20

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF said:
Need a motherboard which will allow me to fit 2x5770s and a asus essence stx

thanks

I have just upgraded to an x58 platform & the motherboard I purchased was the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-GI

I have the asus D2X soundcard & it fits into the second pcie slot leaving ample room for a crossfire setup below.
This motherboard works very well with my Kingston HyperX 6GB 2000MHz CL8 memory & i7 930 cpu.
4.4ghz stable (under water)

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF · 3 Apr 2010 at 16:24

does the sound card definitely not bump into the northbridge heatsink is it a tight squeeze.
By the way what volts are you on for that overclock

Rew-UK · 3 Apr 2010 at 16:51

As you can see it fits just below the nb & its close to the graphics card but hey ho it does the job!

My cpu tops out at 4.5 & boots into windows but not very stable 4.4 is stable just shy of 1.4 v, futuremark vantage stable that is, I have not ran any torture tests yet just hours of gaming with no crashes or heat problems

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF · 3 Apr 2010 at 16:56

Nice Rig is that this exact board just to confirm going to order in the next few days

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-GI

Also do you know whats the importance of fast ram does the speed matter that much when overclocking, new to the i7 scene

thanks for taking your time to showing me the pic

Rew-UK · 3 Apr 2010 at 17:59

I can confirm thats the board & I am also new to socket 1366 & gigabyte boards, I have always been an asus mobo user in the past so tbh I was a little bit sceptical about buying a gigabyte motherboard especially after a friends disaster x38 gigabyte effort, but I do have to say I do feel confident with this motherboard & after a nervous installation I have found this board to be a little belter.
For the money you simply cant go wrong!

As far as memory goes I guess faster memory will give you greater flexibility & headroom for overclocking, I opted for faster memory because of overclocking issues in the past being held back by limited memory banwidth & quality, I certainly do like this memory I have had it running over 1800 mhz cl7 cr1 & it will do 2000 mhz with this board