fatguy1992
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| Processor | W3570 - W3540 - Q6600 - Celeron 360 |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | EVGA X58 Classified - MSI X58 Eclipse - ASUS Commando |
| Cooling | Kayl Custom Built Dual Stage Cascade - IFX-14 |
| Memory | Corsair DDR3 Dominator GT 6GB 1866MHz - Cellshock DDR2 4GB 1066MHz |
| Video Card(s) | 2x EVGA GTX275 - 9400GT - 7600GT |
| Storage | Samsung 750GB HDD |
| Display(s) | Samsung 21.6' 2253LW |
| Case | Antec 1200 |
| Audio Device(s) | None |
| Power Supply | TT 750watt - Coolermaster Real Power Pro 1000watt |
| Software | Windows XP - Windows 7 - what else should I put here? |
| Benchmark Scores | Too many to list :P |
I current own five gigabyte (or should I say crapabyte) products. All of them are a piece of ****. They all worked great for the first 3 months, now they are all dead, dieing or just ****ing around.
Here are some of the problems I have had with these motherboards (UD3R/UD3P/DS3P). As I said all is great for the first 3 or so months, no complains what so ever then. However after that point they ALL start going down hill.
The DS3P for about 3 weeks would not post (if had been turned off, not restarted) until I had cleared its CMOS. I stress tested, re-flashed to every BIOS, didn't help. Then all of a sudden it stooped, no idea why it start in the first place. Also this mobo would not let me change any settings in the BIOS, the options are there, however if I change one, no post at all. BTW this mobo was never OC'ed as it is a workstation. A few months ago it stopped posting so matter what I did. Different CPU, RAM, GPU everything, so I assumed it was the mobo. So I left it for 2 weeks then tired again, still dead so I RMA'ed it. Only to find out that it worked great for them, and I got charged a service fee for RMA'ing a working part. I brought it home, pluged it in and it worked, I thought yay at least its working. I turned it off, came back 2 hours later, won't post again, exact same hardware as before.
The UD3P does this weird crap with RAM. Sometimes it won't post with more then 1 stick of RAM installed. It would just start and stop every 5secs. I tired testing each stick, they all work. As well as different BIOSes.
The UD3R is my most hated mobo ever, pretty much the same reason as stated before, but worse. It has wasted so much of my money and time. So hard to OC, so unpredictable. One time I did 4.976GHz on my Q6600, next time I could even get 4.8GHz with the same settings.
The 9400GT, I got it plug it in and I was wondering why it was running so slow, about ¼ the speed of other people's benchmarks with slower clocks. I looked at the specs and it about ½ - ¼ of the reference card. ****ing hell it says 9400GT on the box, so it should have the same specs as a reference 9400GT. If it has less, then it is not a ****ing 9400GT. So its a piece of crap too weak to even run phyx. I can't RMA it, cause it working how crapabyte made it to, so it isn't dead.
I also own a gigabyte mouse, this worked so well for 3months like everything else. It was great value and all that. The one day it just died, no reason so I RAM'ed it.
So am I really that unlucky that all 5 crapabyte products I brought this year all suck? Anyway I really hope that gigabyte goes out of business. I don't have heaps of money to go spending on stuff, so when I buy something I want it to work how it should for longer then 3 months. Is that really too much to ask from a company? Has anyone else had similar issues?
Here are some of the problems I have had with these motherboards (UD3R/UD3P/DS3P). As I said all is great for the first 3 or so months, no complains what so ever then. However after that point they ALL start going down hill.
The DS3P for about 3 weeks would not post (if had been turned off, not restarted) until I had cleared its CMOS. I stress tested, re-flashed to every BIOS, didn't help. Then all of a sudden it stooped, no idea why it start in the first place. Also this mobo would not let me change any settings in the BIOS, the options are there, however if I change one, no post at all. BTW this mobo was never OC'ed as it is a workstation. A few months ago it stopped posting so matter what I did. Different CPU, RAM, GPU everything, so I assumed it was the mobo. So I left it for 2 weeks then tired again, still dead so I RMA'ed it. Only to find out that it worked great for them, and I got charged a service fee for RMA'ing a working part. I brought it home, pluged it in and it worked, I thought yay at least its working. I turned it off, came back 2 hours later, won't post again, exact same hardware as before.
The UD3P does this weird crap with RAM. Sometimes it won't post with more then 1 stick of RAM installed. It would just start and stop every 5secs. I tired testing each stick, they all work. As well as different BIOSes.
The UD3R is my most hated mobo ever, pretty much the same reason as stated before, but worse. It has wasted so much of my money and time. So hard to OC, so unpredictable. One time I did 4.976GHz on my Q6600, next time I could even get 4.8GHz with the same settings.
The 9400GT, I got it plug it in and I was wondering why it was running so slow, about ¼ the speed of other people's benchmarks with slower clocks. I looked at the specs and it about ½ - ¼ of the reference card. ****ing hell it says 9400GT on the box, so it should have the same specs as a reference 9400GT. If it has less, then it is not a ****ing 9400GT. So its a piece of crap too weak to even run phyx. I can't RMA it, cause it working how crapabyte made it to, so it isn't dead.
I also own a gigabyte mouse, this worked so well for 3months like everything else. It was great value and all that. The one day it just died, no reason so I RAM'ed it.
So am I really that unlucky that all 5 crapabyte products I brought this year all suck? Anyway I really hope that gigabyte goes out of business. I don't have heaps of money to go spending on stuff, so when I buy something I want it to work how it should for longer then 3 months. Is that really too much to ask from a company? Has anyone else had similar issues?
on it that wont degrade 
much quicker than if people use it in normal circumstances, ex with less than 200W+ delivered ofer 4-5 rails to processor 
and no power fiddling allowed 
Well in fact many manufacturers had problems in that times, as far my memory serves, caused by users used to overclock power hungry processors above 120W TDP and mobos of that time weren't designed to support extra power needs with many rails as today's mobos. Most of mobos come with 3-raill PWM.
and without proper 120mm fan blowing in that place it simply overheats ... and that's flaw by design and not by mistake, and false marketing for that matters, they now came back to marketing 24-phase design just as Asus had 16-phase last year but that's simple to store more energy inside coils and it's not real 16 rail but simple 8 rail with two coils in every rail storing energy more efficiently .... and liberal phases interpret from Asus and now Gigabyte
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