Official Gigabyte DS3 Owners Thread

i've flashed it with the f7 bios and seems to be booting up ok now. none of the auto restarts it was doing before so i think it was down to the bios. its at fsb 430hz and i'm running orthos just now.

Duke: running it at 1.325v i'm getting temps under load of around 55C, i'm worried is i crank it up more i'm gonna get higher temps. what temps and what voltages have you people here been getting?

also, the gskill ram is only rated to 2.0v, will 2.1v do any harm?
 
I left all voltage settings on auto and memory on SPD and I achieved 3.36GHz without trying really. My memory only needs the default 1.8v though so you may not be able to do that. Is it the HZ memory you have?
 
serenity888 said:
Duke: running it at 1.325v i'm getting temps under load of around 55C, i'm worried is i crank it up more i'm gonna get higher temps. what temps and what voltages have you people here been getting?

also, the gskill ram is only rated to 2.0v, will 2.1v do any harm?
That temp is quite high. I would recommend better cooling (case, fan setup, heatsink etc) before doing much more. My temps are low (35c last time I checked) due to using watercooling :)

2.1v on the ram would be fine.
 
Hi guys,

I have acheived a conservative 3ghz overclock following this guide. Let me list my hardware:

e6300
DS3
320 Seagate HDD
2 GB GeiL 800 mhz ram

I have set the timings of the GeiL ram to 5-5-5-15. This appears to give me a really stable overclock. As yesterday I tried a 2.8ghz overclock with ram timings of 4-4-4-12 & i get a blue screen of death on stress test, css & bf 2142.

As this is my 1st overclock could someone explain to me y loosening the RAM timings improves stability?

Excuse my ignorance, its my 1st time overclocking :)

Oxy
 
Oxy said:
As this is my 1st overclock could someone explain to me y loosening the RAM timings improves stability?

Excuse my ignorance, its my 1st time overclocking :)

Oxy

Ignorance is no excuse for not using Google to search for things rather than have people use their own time explaining information which is commonly available for you to look up on the internet.

Have a read through these and stop being lazy http://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-41,GGLD:en&q=ram+timings
 
Just a quick note ( Again ) for those who dont know...

SuperPI:

Used mainly for testing RAW CPU speed.

The Speed of a HardDrive can affect the results however, and this is something not many people acknowledge, but try it.

It is NOT used to test for stability, however, it can trip unstable systems, so as a quick dual stability/speed test, its ok.

Now, take your CPU to 2.8 ( 400FSB on the 6300 ) and run a 1MB SuperPI

Then take your FSB a little higher, to 430 ( 3.0Ghz on the 6300 ) and re-run SuperPI on the 1MB Test.

Tell me... What did you find?

Ah you see... There is a dip when the Strap bumps to 1333 and therefore you wont actually be doing yourself any favours by running at 3.0 Ghz... You might as well stick at 2.8 or take it much higher to get a real speed boost.

Just thought Id tell you this because so many people are trying to acheive this 3.0Ghz when in fact sticking at 2.8 is giving them a faster PC.
 
Richdog said:
Ignorance is no excuse for not using Google to search for things rather than have people use their own time explaining information which is commonly available for you to look up on the internet.

Have a read through these and stop being lazy http://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-41,GGLD:en&q=ram+timings


Why should anyone post anything on any help forum then? The answer's always out there. Presumably your 5,000 posts are telling people not to post. Well done!
 
Richdog said:
Ignorance is no excuse for not using Google to search for things rather than have people use their own time explaining information which is commonly available for you to look up on the internet.

Have a read through these and stop being lazy http://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-41,GGLD:en&q=ram+timings


Thanks for such an informative post. You may consider me retarded and or lazy, thats your opinion. I have spent a good time reading around over the last month. My computer understanding is not great. Hence my question. Apologies for wasting your time!!

Cya *******
 
Oxy said:
As this is my 1st overclock could someone explain to me y loosening the RAM timings improves stability?Oxy
No need for that sort of reply above, as there are actually many guides on the web. I will explain the basics though..

The tighter the memory timings, the more efficient the memory will handle data, therefore speeding up the system overall. However as you overclock (and are stretching the limits of the memory specification), you will need to loosen the timings, e.g. from 4-4-4-12 to 5-5-5-15, which will hurt performance a touch but may allow another 50MHz on the ram which makes it quicker than a slower/tighter combo. Hope that makes sense :)
 
FatRakoon said:
Just a quick note ( Again ) for those who dont know...

SuperPI:

Used mainly for testing RAW CPU speed.

The Speed of a HardDrive can affect the results however, and this is something not many people acknowledge, but try it.

It is NOT used to test for stability, however, it can trip unstable systems, so as a quick dual stability/speed test, its ok.

Now, take your CPU to 2.8 ( 400FSB on the 6300 ) and run a 1MB SuperPI

Then take your FSB a little higher, to 430 ( 3.0Ghz on the 6300 ) and re-run SuperPI on the 1MB Test.

Tell me... What did you find?

Ah you see... There is a dip when the Strap bumps to 1333 and therefore you wont actually be doing yourself any favours by running at 3.0 Ghz... You might as well stick at 2.8 or take it much higher to get a real speed boost.

Just thought Id tell you this because so many people are trying to acheive this 3.0Ghz when in fact sticking at 2.8 is giving them a faster PC.

so how big a dip is this?
 
Buffalo2102 said:
I left all voltage settings on auto and memory on SPD and I achieved 3.36GHz without trying really. My memory only needs the default 1.8v though so you may not be able to do that. Is it the HZ memory you have?

no i have the NQ ram which apparently isnt very good for O/C since it doesnt have mocron d9 chips. i';ve read in another thread that you also have the NQ ram. do you still have them and what fsb are you running? you also said you were able to rma to gskill for better ram, did you have to pay the price for it?
 
serenity888 said:
so how big a dip is this?

Not much, but enough to make 2.8Ghz faster than 3.0Ghz


As a very quick example, run Super PI at 400FSB and again at 401.

This is only a difference of 1 on the FSB, but its also where the NB Strap gets taken to 1333 instead of 1064

My 6300 for example does a 1MB SuperPI in 19 Seconds when its running at 400FSB ( 2.8Ghz ), however, if I run it at 430FSB ( 3.0Ghz ) then I get 20 or 21 Seconds.

1 or 2 secodns is a fairly large dip if you ask me.

I need to check up on this, because it might not have been 430... Maybe thats when it caught back up, but between 400 and 430 it does indeed drop off, and maybe 430 is when it catches back up?

Try it anyway... Run SuperPI at 400, 410, 420, 430 and see the results for yourself.
 
Hi all. Purchased my ds3 last month, but now I want to get a decent sound card for it. Don't really game, just want something for playing my mp3s on my Logitech Z5500's. I heard there was problems with creative X-Fi's a while ago, have these been cured yet?
 
All creatives are poo

This board gave me a lot of problems, but over time, I think they are now gone ... Mostly.

I dont use my XFI in either of my two DS3s but I am using an Audigy 2 ZS Plat in one, and the M-Audio in another. I have masses of issues with the PCs as a whole and cannto pin-point it to anything and yet the one with the Audigy is the most unreliable system I have ever had.

I would suggest to stay away from ANY creative card with this board.

However, I am also under the impression that thee issues have indeed been resolved.
 
serenity888 said:
no i have the NQ ram which apparently isnt very good for O/C since it doesnt have mocron d9 chips. i';ve read in another thread that you also have the NQ ram. do you still have them and what fsb are you running? you also said you were able to rma to gskill for better ram, did you have to pay the price for it?
Yes, I still have the NQ RAM.

I did have the NR but it is 2.0-2.1v default and the DS3 didn't like it. I couldn't get it to run stable even at stock. So I RMA'd it and G-Skill sent me the NQ as a replacement at no extra cost, even though there wasn't really a fault with the NR - great service IMO.

As I said, I have left the voltages at auto and the memory on SPD (although it also runs fine if I set memory to 5-5-5-15) and I am now running at 7x480=3.36GHz. Passed Orthos for 17+ hours and load temps are just under the 60C mark.

I will take some BIOS screenies and post for you if you like.
 
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