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New egg has Gigabytes new SB750 in stock

That's a pretty dandy board. Could have swapped a PCIE-4x for one of those PCI slots, and could have used an 2nd gigE port. That board could be in my future. I've heard good things about Deneb, and there sure ain't no ddr3/nahalem anywhere in my foreseeable future. If the rumors of Intel axing overclocking on the non-enthusiast CPUs is true (overclockers.com) then there will be no Intel for me.

Make sure to report back with your experiences.

The K9A2 Platinum has been good to me, Though it is time for SB750 action. Next will be 45nm Phenom. I was tuned into to this from quake6 on extremesystems forum about this board on newegg... SO I had to buy it LOL..

flip-mode wrote:

That's a pretty dandy board. Could have swapped a PCIE-4x for one of those PCI slots, and could have used an 2nd gigE port.

I would rather have that PCIe x4 slot for a RAID5 controller, but that's just me.

Flying Fox wrote:

flip-mode wrote:

That's a pretty dandy board. Could have swapped a PCIE-4x for one of those PCI slots, and could have used an 2nd gigE port.

I would rather have that PCIe x4 slot for a RAID5 controller, but that's just me.

I think we're saying the same thing - 2 PCI slots is too much.

flip-mode wrote:

Flying Fox wrote:

flip-mode wrote:

That's a pretty dandy board. Could have swapped a PCIE-4x for one of those PCI slots, and could have used an 2nd gigE port.

I would rather have that PCIe x4 slot for a RAID5 controller, but that's just me.

I think we're saying the same thing - 2 PCI slots is too much.

Yeah I wasn't reading right.

I don't care for a 2nd ethernet port myself though.

I picked up the Gigabyte and am messing with it now. I didn't have any trouble installing Vista SP1 x64 with AHCI, does anyone know what trouble Geoff was having in the 790GX review?

well I have been quite busy... but here is my first multi only OC. I do not know why CPU-Z shows 1.7v LOL.. I only used AOD and my temps were not high... Click the link for full image.

http://3800z24.info/Phenom/3.3ghz.jpg

And here is my first attemp at HTT OC....

http://3800z24.info/Phenom/phenomFSB3.2ghz.JPG

Charged - damn, nice results! How are temps at the higher speeds? I see your sig said 2.9GHz, so I'm taking it that you got an extra 300MHz with the new board, same processor?

Yep, same chip..I am under H20 now but to compare the temps were around 65*c on Air (AC Freezer 64 Pro) now 48*c load with prime95 load after a few hours. I am able to get 3.0ghz rock stable at stock v-core. 3.1 is stable at 1.35v. So I am very happy. My idle temps are 25*c at 3.0ghz stock v. I am using Swiftech H20 220 with Apagee block. before the H20, my Freezer 64 pro would have idle temps of 35*c on the 3.0ghz. I have been trying to get some benchmarks in, but 3dmark06 and vantage cause my system to reboot and I get a device driver error.. even with all stock CPU settings .. I have 2 HD 4850's (well one is in RMA) and I didn't have this probem with my other cards. I did a complete reload of Vista and Win XP. Both have the issue. I just wonder if the motherboard drivers might be an issue.. I will figure that out tho.

Wassup Charged! This Mechromancer from Xtremesystems. I'm and OCF/TR/XS guy too. I'm planning on getting a 790GX+SB750 board myself but I'm torn between the Foxconn and Gigabyte. I want the one with the BEST BIOS. So far the Gigabyte boards seem to handle overclocking like champs. The ASUSes BIOS is messed up though. I haven't seen any user reviews of the Foxconn yet either. I may go Gigabyte for the first time in my life this round. DFI (what I use now) is taking too damn long for me.

And that's without ACC? The Overdrive picture is confusing me...

Nice OC,

I will have a Biostar 790GX built next week.

I will post screenies.

A couple of questions

1) Does this board (The Gigabyte) support the 140w cpus (9950BE)? Nevermind, looked it up. Yes, it does - http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Support/Mot ... uctID=2887

2) Did your ram pick up at 1066Mhz, or are you having to run underclocked

3) Whats with the onboard video. I come from a day when onboard video meant you turned up your nose and went on your way. Why would these guys drop onboard video on a high end board, or am I missing something. I don't want crappy on board, I want to drop a 4870 in and run run run.

Thanks

charged3800z24 wrote:

And here is my first attemp at HTT OC...

By all accounts, how did you overclock HyperThreading Technology?

On another note, I'm still waiting for SB750 boards to appear in my over-the-pond local e-tailer. Hope it's worth the wait.

TR already tested this board :

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15256

Hawke_cr wrote:

3) Whats with the onboard video. I come from a day when onboard video meant you turned up your nose and went on your way. Why would these guys drop onboard video on a high end board, or am I missing something. I don't want crappy on board, I want to drop a 4870 in and run run run.

When a discrete card is plugged in you can then disable the IGP. So if you are waiting for the card to arrive you can get a temporary build setup for testing other stuff instead of the motherboard sitting idle depreciating.

This board does not support the feature similar to Nvidia's HybridPower (you can be pretty sure DAAMIT is working on this feature for some future product) yet, but eventually there will come a point when boards can have both an IGP and discrete GPU and then the IGP can be used when load is not great to save power.

Agreeing with Flying Fox. I was pretty tempted by 790GX for that very reason. If Asus' 790GX board didn't have Realtek parts onboard I'd have bought one of those.

If you don't want the onboard video look at the new 790FX + SB750 boards coming out (which is what I'm doing... I was all set to buy a P5Q-E and a Core 2 Duo e8500 then I saw the Asus M3A79-T announcement).

As far as turning up one's nose at onboard video... AMD/ATI has pretty much single-handedly changed that. My HTPC uses a 780G board and an Athlon X2 4450e; I've had it playing WoW @ 1280x720 with medium detail settings acceptably. Yeah, WoW is an older game and it isn't a huge stress on a system but I certainly don't expect that from nvidia or Intel's onboard video solutions. It's no substitute for a discrete card, even something at the mainstream level like a Radeon 3650, but it's far better than what we'd all come to expect from built-in video.

deruberhanyok wrote:

Agreeing with Flying Fox. I was pretty tempted by 790GX for that very reason. If Asus' 790GX board didn't have Realtek parts onboard I'd have bought one of those.

If you don't want the onboard video look at the new 790FX + SB750 boards coming out (which is what I'm doing... I was all set to buy a P5Q-E and a Core 2 Duo e8500 then I saw the Asus M3A79-T announcement).

As far as turning up one's nose at onboard video... AMD/ATI has pretty much single-handedly changed that. My HTPC uses a 780G board and an Athlon X2 4450e; I've had it playing WoW @ 1280x720 with medium detail settings acceptably. Yeah, WoW is an older game and it isn't a huge stress on a system but I certainly don't expect that from nvidia or Intel's onboard video solutions. It's no substitute for a discrete card, even something at the mainstream level like a Radeon 3650, but it's far better than what we'd all come to expect from built-in video.

Thank you for the education. I appreciate it.

I also saw the M3A79-T announcement and am planning a new build around it. With my heart set on a 4870x2 and a 9950BE, I'm glad this board will be coming out.