Should I update my Intel Gigabyte UD3R?

[Pickles Von Brine]

Here are my specs ATM


e7300 @ 3.7 370x10 1.3625
Sapphire HD4850 625/993 @ 690/1188
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R BIOS version F5
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 @ 888 5-5-5-18 2.1v
2 Seagate 250GB
Antec 300
HDT-S1283


Should I update the bios on my mobo to F6? Right now everything is stable for the most part, other than random freezing sometimes when playing HL2 (but that is a game issue).

Also, I have tried getting up to 3.8 and it my ram or processor doesn't like anything higher than 370 FSB for some reason. Would udpating the bios possibly help with this?

 

[SystemViper]

I found with the UD3P that the latest releases were fine.

Hey and welcome to TPU, sit back and enjoy the ride!

 

[Pickles Von Brine]

That doesn't help much.... because the UD3P is on F7 I believe.

 

[BrooksyX]

You could always try updating the bios, probably wouldn't hurt anything if you did. You might be able to push your OC a little higher but it sounds like your CPU just needs more volts. Remember though, there is always a slight risk of bricking your board any time you do a bios update.

 

[Pickles Von Brine]

Yeah, thats what I thought.

 

[Sonido]

You could always try updating the bios, probably wouldn't hurt anything if you did. You might be able to push your OC a little higher but it sounds like your CPU just needs more volts. Remember though, there is always a slight risk of bricking your board any time you do a bios update.

When a Motherboard gets a bad flash, it isn't bricked... It's flatbreaded.