Short testing with Gigabyte's MA790X-UD4 and Phenom II X3 710

[sno.lcn]

Got this board for some brief testing with AMD Phenom II X3 710.

 

[sno.lcn]

This is all for now. Coming soon is 720 and DDR3 testing.

From this brief testing though, I will say this board is excellent, especially for the price.

 

[Dolk]

I demand higher scores!

JK, good job man. Wish I had the money to buy all these CPUs, I would love to test the limit of each and everyone of them.

 

[QuietIce]

Great testing - thanks for sharing!


How was the heat on the board? Those blue-topped radiators don't look very adaptive to alternate cooling methods ...

 

[sno.lcn]

For benching, I usually pull the blue tops off for better airflow. On this board, the one over the fets was slightly warm to the touch, but nothing unreasonable

 

[squads]

Did you need to bios flash the board to accept the AM3 cpu?

 

[psycoshot]

Thanks so much! You rock!

Were you able to get 2.7 stable?

Also, just wondering, what is max voltage and temps for the 710?

 

[sno.lcn]

Did you need to bios flash the board to accept the AM3 cpu?

No, the F1 BIOS it shipped with was fine for the AM3 CPU

Thanks so much! You rock!

Were you able to get 2.7 stable?

Also, just wondering, what is max voltage and temps for the 710?

Do you mean 3.7? If so, I didn't get it stable, but I haven't messed with it since. I see getting close with some amount of tweaking though.

 

[psycoshot]

Awesome. Thanks. I think I'd be happy with 3.4 or 3.5

I've got the Sunbeam Core Contact so that should be doable.


Edit: Ordered!!!!!!!! 710, MA790X-UD4, Sunbeam Core Contact!

 

[shaz]

i just picked up the same board
for a build for my brother
after sending my replacement biostar board back to biostar

i think he is gonna like the gig board
alot better then a resoldered fet biostar board

so far no probs
running at stock
he just gets a 5000+
for right now

 

[theflyingrat]

I'd never really seen this thread. Now, I wish I hadn't. 2720 is as high as my 710 will go. I made the dubious error of getting a Jetway (for the included Crossfire bridges and other "convenience" features) instead of a board that was proven to clock well. I've got my eyes on this Gigabyte to replace it...

 

[velozzity]

sno.icn I have the cousin or maybe even the replacement to your board, the ma790x-ud4p......just out of curiosity have you had any problems with stability of cpu-nb over 2200 with this board, I have been having fits with mine and just curious what your impressions were of the board. I like mine for the most part except the fact that alot of people are getting high nb speeds with other boards and figured maybe it was a limitation of the 790x chipset.

 

[BG-0]

Hey sno, how about some 720 BE test results with the board? Pretty please? I'm pondering whether to or not to get that board paired with the 720.
I'm pretty clueless staring at all those shotties, what was the absolute highest 100% stable clock?

 

[velozzity]

BG-O, I would like to see SNO.ICN results as well given that im sorta stuck at 3636 with the 720be. Alot of folks seem to be getting around the 3600 range and possibly higher. Maybe he can elaborate on how we could get higher....no pun intended.