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vonex said:
replacing my msi z77 gd-65 with a gigabyte board, budget is £170 having a hard time picking between up4 and ud5h. both similar in price will be overclocking and gaming any help would be appreciated
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UD5H,

More SATAIII +USB3.0 connectors
Better sound chip.
BIOS switch, clearCMOS+reset switch


UP4 TH,

Dual Thunderbolt
New IR3550 power stages.


Pick one, flip a coin on it.
 
BrianB said:
What do you guys disable or change when overclocking? I disabled EIST etc as a habit from using the P4 3.2/Q6600 3.2 as they didn't appreciate EIST.

I disabled all in CPU section except the auto overvoltage of PLL. Any of you guys mind posting some screens of what you think are important settings? Might help other rookies in the future. :)
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Disable Turboboost and the bottom four,

• CPU enhanced halt (C1E)
• C3/C6 state support
• CPU thermal monitor
• CPU EIST function
 
Did you have the latest Lucid installed?

As for tips about overclocking, you can use the same Ivybridge guide in the first post, the UD5H he uses and the other gigabyte boards arent massively different.
 
Going to try it soon, just rebuilt that motherboard into a new rig with a GTX670.

It really should be as simple as forcing the IGP in the BIOS to enabled from auto. Install the GFX card driver, the Intel GFX driver and then dumping Lucid on last.
 
JasonM said:
Stulid, I won't put a beta BIOS on as I don't fully trust these things before full testing. However I was reading on an Intel forum and there is numerous people with HD4000 issues on various board makes. Intel say it's due to memory compatibility and manufactures should fix in BIOS. I expect the beta BIOS you mentioned has this fix.

For the time being I've installed a graphics card and all issues have vanished, Samsung green memory at 1866mhz with OCUK recommended timing and voltages. IGP disabled I can overlock slightly better also. Still can't help feel I have a poor example CPU, but that's luck of the draw.

When Gigabyte release another official BIOS I'll update and report back here.
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Ok mate, I realize some people are wary of these BetaBIOS's as they are released just for purely testing purposes and then feedback is given to then make a new "official" BIOS out of the "good bits"

I have a crap 3570K to, needs some juicy volts to get 4.8Ghz.
 
BrianB said:
Why is it that people say IBT is bad for lifespan of the CPU?I don't see how it can be but lots of people have told me this. It's stable at load, but at idle when it's undervolted it seems to crash on me, I'm trying raising the DVID and lowering the LLC to try stabilize it on desktop lol. It's fine on Prime95 I can give IBT a go though, it's harsh that program I trust it for stability.
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I think it's because with IB chips, IBT really can make the core temps absolutely skyrocket compared to Prime95.
 
Montegue said:
Just ordered for tomorrow...
Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM
Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US)

Would deffo need help OC'ing this thing, I'm terrabad at OC'ing.
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Tidy.

Hopefully a later BIOS is on the board, otherwise flash it using Qflash.

You can happily use the Ivybridge overclocking guide in the first post to help guide you through.
 
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