GA-X58A-UD3R rev 1.0- 930 d

I read the guide and went through it and here are my current settings. I am still very very new at all of this and would love some advice as it seems like Something is not quiet right. I am not looking to hit 4ghz, mainly just sit around 3.8 or so as this system will be on 24/7 for the most part. Looks like I may have my Vcore set a bit higher then I need and well. here is a screenshot!

Here are my settings i7 930 d0 - GA-X58A-UD3R rev 1.0
Cooler Megahalem in push/pull

Ram is DDR3 1600. 8-8-8-24 Voltage: 1.65V

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21] (180X21)
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ................. [Disable]
CPU Cores Enabled .......................... [All]
CPU Multi Threading ..........................[Enable]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................. [Disable]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ................... [Disable]
CPU Thermal Monitor ........................ [Enable]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disable]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT .................... [Enable]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ..........................[x13]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .................. [Enable]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .........................[180]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ............. [100]
C.I.A.2........................................... ....... [-]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
PCI Express Clock Drive ................ [900] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
CPU Clock Skew ............................ [0] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance .......................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disable]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [ 6]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [AUTO]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ..................[8] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
tRCD ......................................[8] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
tRP ........................................[8] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
tRAS ......................................[20] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
CR..........................................[2] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
B2B........................................[-] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 930 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration .................... [Standard]
CPU Vcore ......................................[1.28125]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.28]
CPU PLL 1.800v ..............................[1.80]
IOH VOH ......................................[1.30]
PCIE 1.500v ...................................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
QPI PLL 1.100v ..............................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
IOH Core 1.100v ............................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
ICH I/O 1.500v ...............................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
ICH Core 1.1v ................................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **

Made some progress, here is where I am not. Any advice? On another site I was told to adjust my IOH core to 1.2 down from 1.3 and set my load lne calibratin to Level 2

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [19] (200x19)3.8GHz
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ................. [Disable]
CPU Cores Enabled .......................... [All]
CPU Multi Threading ..........................[Enable]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................. [Disable]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ................... [Disable]
CPU Thermal Monitor ........................ [Enable]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disable]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT .................... [Enable]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ..........................[x17]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .................. [Enable]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .........................[200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ............. [AUTO]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
PCI Express Clock Drive ................ [900] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
CPU Clock Skew ............................ [0] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance .......................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disable]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [ 8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [Quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ..................[8]
tRCD ......................................[8]
tRP ........................................[8]
tRAS ......................................[16]AUTO ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
CR..........................................[1]AUTO ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
B2B........................................[-] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 930 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration .................... [Level 2]
CPU Vcore ......................................[1.22]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.28]
CPU PLL 1.800v ..............................[1.80]
IOH CORE ......................................[1.20]
PCIE 1.500v ...................................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
QPI PLL 1.100v ..............................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
IOH Core 1.100v ............................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
ICH I/O 1.500v ...............................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
ICH Core 1.1v ................................[AUTO] ** DIDNT TOUCH THIS **
DRAM Voltage 1.5v..........................1.66V

Looks fine to me. Glad to see someone with the same board

Killador said:

Looks fine to me. Glad to see someone with the same board

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Thanks for checking it over. I know I could push it to 4.0 but really do not need to. Running CPU for 30 minutes now the temps are setting at an average of 65c-66c with the highest being 68c. Thinking I might be able to drop my core just a bit more. Going to do an 8 hour push test and see how she does.

Also curious about the QPI core, but I guess if it is not broke I should just leave it be!

You may be getting extra heat from the IOH and ICH temps...so change the voltages to:

IOH - 1.1
ICH - 1.2 - I think this is the lowest

This will take some heat off the North and South Brigdes. I have mine set that way

Killador said:

You may be getting extra heat from the IOH and ICH temps...so change the voltages to:

IOH - 1.1
ICH - 1.2 - I think this is the lowest

This will take some heat off the North and South Brigdes. I have mine set that way

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Ok set IOH coreto 1.1 my ICH core is set to 1.1 at the current time as well [I just took it off AUTO].


and that did get rid of a red light I had on my mobo! nice! Do have a random green light on but not going to worry about that

Cool. This will really help keep the North Bridge at a decent temp...should be about 47-52°C - under stress i've seen a max of 63°C. The only problem with this board that i've had ever since i bought it was the NB temp. If you google the forums for this board, a lot of people RMA'd this board because of the heat...thinking it was a broken - oops.

Killador said:

Cool. This will really help keep the North Bridge at a decent temp...should be about 47-52°C - under stress i've seen a max of 63°C. The only problem with this board that i've had ever since i bought it was the NB temp. If you google the forums for this board, a lot of people RMA'd this board because of the heat...thinking it was a broken - oops.

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while I was in there I also dropped my Vcore a bit more too, back to the tests!


right now 25 minutes in average temp is 62-64 overclocked to 3.8. Very happy with that! Now time for an 8 hour test!