I've been playing with this board for a couple of weeks now. I normally bench with <0C, but have been running ambient cooling for daily and benching at "just" 600FSB toying with the idea of entering the Summer Forum Wars in a non-extreme class. I knew it would bench at much higher FSB on cold, but didn't realize just how high it would go on ambient cooling even for the most difficult benchmarks
I won't give up BIOS settings or show extreme cooled results until after the Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship (don't forget to enter to win free stuff!), but suffice it to say, what you see here is only the tip of the iceberg
I normally tweak like crazy and squeeze every last drop out for a bench, but I was anxious to see just how high it would each one (and there were a lot), so for the most part, I did nothing except boot and bench untweaked. I am amazed at the ambient cooled results...can't wait to start tweaking them!
Board: Gigabyte EP45T Extreme
BIOS: F3 Final
Memory: 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600s
Vid cards: Gigabyte HD 4850 Crossfire
PSU: Gigabyte Odin 1200W
CPU Cooling: NexXxos XP waterblock
NB Cooling: Swiftech MCW-30
Loop: MCP-350 pump, BIP2 rad with 2x ~35CFM case fans on it
Ambient temp: ~78F
I won't give up BIOS settings or show extreme cooled results until after the Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship (don't forget to enter to win free stuff!), but suffice it to say, what you see here is only the tip of the iceberg
I normally tweak like crazy and squeeze every last drop out for a bench, but I was anxious to see just how high it would each one (and there were a lot), so for the most part, I did nothing except boot and bench untweaked. I am amazed at the ambient cooled results...can't wait to start tweaking them!
Board: Gigabyte EP45T Extreme
BIOS: F3 Final
Memory: 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600s
Vid cards: Gigabyte HD 4850 Crossfire
PSU: Gigabyte Odin 1200W
CPU Cooling: NexXxos XP waterblock
NB Cooling: Swiftech MCW-30
Loop: MCP-350 pump, BIP2 rad with 2x ~35CFM case fans on it
Ambient temp: ~78F