Phenom II X3 720 BE + Gigabyte MA790FXT UD5P

chaotic_uk · Feb 24, 2009

does not give me much hope with my gigabyte ga-770-ds3 then if your having trouble , time for a different brand of mobo me thinks . i was going to get the 720BE but i think i will get the x4 940 instead after i change mobo brand , best brand for overclocking the am2+/am3 cpu's ? (sorry if i am thread stealing)

devguy · Feb 24, 2009

chaotic_uk said:
does not give me much hope with my gigabyte ga-770-ds3 then if your having trouble , time for a different brand of mobo me thinks . i was going to get the 720BE but i think i will get the x4 940 instead after i change mobo brand , best brand for overclocking the am2+/am3 cpu's ? (sorry if i am thread stealing)

OPs board (and the 790X version) are fantastic from what I've heard if you want AM3. If you want AM2+, this Gigabyte motherboard is amazing, and will probably be my next purchase. If you want to move away from Gigabyte, try either this DFI, or this Asus.

I gotta stick with gigabyte boards 'cause for some reason they are the only ones who put the ALC889A Realtek Chipset with DTS:Connect onboard. Aside from this little squabble, I've had virtually no problems with this board, minus not being able to give additional voltage to the northbridge or memory controller (oddly, it lets me undervolt the northbridge, but WTF?)

chaotic_uk · Feb 24, 2009

that gigabyte mobo you posted looks interesting , the mobo i have atm lasted less than 6 months before i had to rma it . they returned it repaired but it does not perform the same

showstopper41 · Mar 1, 2009

Is there anyone here who can unclocks 4th core? It is claimed that after 51the week of 2008 Processors are able to this with a SB750 south bridge chipset motherboard.

bcorbin · Mar 1, 2009

I am also trying to experiment with the 4th core on my 720. However, I can not find the option for enabling ACC in the bios (ver. F4d) on my GA-MA790FXT-UD5P. The Gigabyte website states that the motherboard supports ACC...I see some of you who see it in your bios. What bios version are you using? What am I possibly doing wrong?

P.S. I also am having a very weird thing happen with my 720. I overclocked it to 3.2 GHz using only the cpu multiplier. I got over 8400 cpu marks in 3dmark Vantage. When I overclocked it a bit further to 3.4 GHz, my cpu score went down to 7700. Anyone ever have this happen? The cpu temp did not raise significantly for the higher frequency.

Tatty_Two · Mar 1, 2009

keenan said:
Best I can get is 1600Mhz @ 10-8-8-22-33 @ 1.8V

I've got some heat spreaders on the modules, what would be max voltage for DDR3, taking in account these are rated at 1.5V

Dunno TBH, at 1600mhz stock mine require 1.9V, I have given them 2.1V and they have been fine with some active cooling.

showstopper41 · Mar 2, 2009

bcorbin said:
I am also trying to experiment with the 4th core on my 720. However, I can not find the option for enabling ACC in the bios (ver. F4d) on my GA-MA790FXT-UD5P. The Gigabyte website states that the motherboard supports ACC...I see some of you who see it in your bios. What bios version are you using? What am I possibly doing wrong?

P.S. I also am having a very weird thing happen with my 720. I overclocked it to 3.2 GHz using only the cpu multiplier. I got over 8400 cpu marks in 3dmark Vantage. When I overclocked it a bit further to 3.4 GHz, my cpu score went down to 7700. Anyone ever have this happen? The cpu temp did not raise significantly for the higher frequency.

press Ctrl + F1 or Ctrl F2 while in bios main screen. It enables some hidden menus in gigabyte boards. Maybe it works.
Also try to check official users guide book of your motherboard to open ACC. Good luck..

egotman · Mar 15, 2009

showstopper41 said:
press Ctrl + F1 or Ctrl F2 while in bios main screen. It enables some hidden menus in gigabyte boards. Maybe it works.
Also try to check official users guide book of your motherboard to open ACC. Good luck..

Tried this on the UD5P F4D and it does reveal one additional main menu option and another under the MIB Tweaker menu. The ACC appears here. Did not know this about gigabyte boards :eek:

Anyways, enabled the ACC to auto and it did nothing to enable the fourth core. Cant tell if it is the mobo firmware or simply because I have a disabled chip
:cry:

Meltdown · Mar 20, 2009

Keenan nice job on the over clock :rockout:

I have the same set up still trying to get 3.6 at 1.44v stable :banghead:

I took few notes from your run see if that will help me thanks keep up the good work :toast:

Meltdown · Mar 20, 2009

egotman said:
Tried this on the UD5P F4D and it does reveal one additional main menu option and another under the MIB Tweaker menu. The ACC appears here. Did not know this about gigabyte boards

Anyways, enabled the ACC to auto and it did nothing to enable the fourth core. Cant tell if it is the mobo firmware or simply because I have a disabled chip

sorry that didnt work for you i think i forced it first then went to Auto worked for me

keenan · Mar 20, 2009

Everyone looking to unlock...

Here...

Set ACC to "auto" and CoolnQuite to "Disabled"

Proven...

3dsage · Mar 20, 2009

Nice dude, Hey you have all the bios saved for this board?
Im getting it soon and I heard that the newer bioses will not allow you to unlock the 4th core.

Meltdown · Mar 20, 2009

they still have F3B bios on the web site That is the one that i am on 3.5 all four cores 24/7

they do have two new versions f4,f31 have not tryed them yet Still getting my head around the new settings

3dsage · Mar 20, 2009

Gonna download it now before they pull it.

Meltdown · Mar 20, 2009

If things go bad i have it saved just email me

cdawall · Mar 20, 2009

that ram is pretty bad....i'll post some stuff off my 945ES+DDR3 when the mobo gets back.

my DDR2 gets better scores easily. keenen were are you from i have some much better ram if you want to buy some of it

keenan · Mar 20, 2009

cdawall said:
keenen were are you from i have some much better ram if you want to buy some of it

2 x 2GB @1600Mhz 7-6-6-20-1T is'nt that bad, is it..? I'm from the UK...

What you got anyway...?

egotman · Mar 20, 2009

Meltdown said:
they still have F3B bios on the web site That is the one that i am on 3.5 all four cores 24/7

they do have two new versions f4,f31 have not tryed them yet Still getting my head around the new settings

Yeah triedwith the F4 with no Cool and QUiet and ACC stilldoes not unlock the core. So im guessing it is the firmware update or not a good proc.

keenan · Mar 20, 2009

F3b is the only bios that allows for unlocking of the 4th core...

dimi80 · Mar 20, 2009

keenan @ do u think any 720 is able to unlock the 4th core? I found one 720 build 09/03.
And i also want to buy the GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P with ram 4GB PATRIOT Extreme Performance DDR3 (PDC34G1600LLK) and 4870x2. Do you think it will works?

erocker · Mar 20, 2009

dimi80 said:
keenan @ do u think any 720 is able to unlock the 4th core? I found one 720 build 09/03.
And i also want to buy the GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P with ram 4GB PATRIOT Extreme Performance DDR3 (PDC34G1600LLK) and 4870x2. Do you think it will works?

I have a 0903 and the 4th core does not unlock.

keenan · Mar 20, 2009

erocker said:
I have a 0903 and the 4th core does not unlock.

You tried with this board and F3b bios..? What's happens..?

TheMailMan78 · Mar 20, 2009

I'm rooting for this guy to hit 4ghz.

keenan · Mar 20, 2009

dimi80 said:
keenan @ do u think any 720 is able to unlock the 4th core? I found one 720 build 09/03.
Do you think it will works?

It's a gamble really, best results with 0904...

keenan · Mar 20, 2009

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