Gigabyte's new motherboard and CPU combo takes the guesswork out of overclocking

[EClyde]

What Fun. Kinda like the pictograph instructions included with all kinds of junk.
Level 1 Vroom
Level 2 Vroom, Vrooom
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[Babbel13]

I've custom built quite a few PCs and I gotta say Gigabyte MOBOs seem to be the way to go. Friendly and powerful BIOS menus, straightforward booting methods, high customization...etc. Every other brand seems to have odd quirks. I've also never had a Gigabyte MOBO fail on me. Anybody else notice the same?

I have a Gigabyte MB Aorus X470 Gaming WiFi 5 and is will only recognize my Soundblaster Z card more than a couple of times in one slot that shares the PCIe lanes with the video card. It won't work in any of the X1 slots. I ran a few tests and the video card (RX580) performs the same with the 8 lanes it has so the SB card hasn't reduced my performance but it might on a very fast GPU.

 

[Evernessince]

I might be the only one left, but after the GPP I won't be buying products from anyone that supported it. This basically leaves me with Asrock.

What does your GPP stand for? Is it smth similar to gluten free diet?

I'd personally prefer one of the following:
* Genuine People Personality
* Generalized Poisson Process (not to be confused with "poison")
* God's People Party (South Africa)

GeForce Partner Program. A short lived program where Nvidia essentially forced (at the threat of limiting their access to Nvidia GPUs) anyone who wanted to sell Nvidia cards to strip branding of competitor products. For example, Gigabyte was forced to remove it's AORUS branding from AMD cards and GAMING from it's AMD external GPU enclosures. In otherwords, AMD was only allowed generic branding while Nvidia would get all the big names like STRIX, AORUS, ect. It was a clear move to make it look like AMD GPUs were only ever cheap knock offs and I'd personally say something they make trigger some anti-trust alarms.

Nvidia quickly canceled the program after public outrage, in part thanks to Kyle bennet's expose of the whole debacle about how Nvidia was coercing the AIBs. In the program's closing, Nvidia attributed the decision to "misinformation" but provided no proof to reject the claim. Kyle bennet even got ahold of a GPP contract showing the nebulous terms. Additional confirmation came when AIBs like Gigabyte and MSI started removing branding from AMD products. Gigabyte AORUS AMD cards became Gigabyte AMD cards. That doesn't mean Nvidia won't try something similar more quietly though and I would not be the least bit surprised if they already are behind the scenes. After all, Nvidia can't make it 6 months without getting in trouble for lying to customers or being anti-consumer.

 

[bluetooth fairy]

I've been in a playful mood, but from here (today) this thread looks like a total disaster.

It somehow became attractive to those who want to argue for/againt overclocking, to show their total incompetence in modern cpu clocks behaviour and core count, and those who want to _seriously_ point on that, even those who like that pointing, and those who just spill their mind blowing messy thoughts on each other, and those who read and respond to it, and those who blame AIBs for ngreedia NDA-covered practices (you thought AIB would just say good bye to 30% of their income, seriously?), and even those who want thoroghly repeat long wiki-style sheets..

.. and those who seriously complain against above mentioned. Feel myself dumb as f*** now either.

 

[Scent]

"pre-tested to hit 5.1GHz "

Default the chip is 5.0GHz. So we pay premium prices for a 2% increase? LOL

The point in overclocking (I believe for the majority of us) is to get a chip at a certain price point and have it run faster than a much more expensive chip. The industry keeps on increasing prices on components that "allows" overclocking. If you just buy a standard motherboard you could use the extra cash instead to buy the already faster chip - running at default speeds and voltages.

No, you're paying a premium for an 8.5% increase, not 2%. From 4.7 to 5.1

 

[fktech]

Asus is a better MOBO!

 

[fktech]

Dell tried this and failed!

 

[Raytrace3D]

I've custom built quite a few PCs and I gotta say Gigabyte MOBOs seem to be the way to go. Friendly and powerful BIOS menus, straightforward booting methods, high customization...etc. Every other brand seems to have odd quirks. I've also never had a Gigabyte MOBO fail on me. Anybody else notice the same?

My sentiments exactly. ASUS has gone downhill big time - My last system had an STRIX X99 that fried my CPU - lots of other people had the same issue. Gigabyte mobos are just great, simple, and properly priced.

My last ASUS motherboard was similar. $400.00 motherboard that took itself and my i7-5930K with it. I RMA'd an exchange then bought a different motherboard and gave the ASUS to someone I knew as a gift just so I would have to deal with it. That board ended up getting a 2-star review average on NewEgg.. :/

 

[QuantumPhysics]

1. OC doesn't void any warranty.
2. OC doesn't overwork anything if you can keep it cool.
3. All modern cpu's and gpu's have factory overclock already built into them depending on how hot they get.
4. You silly man!

#1 If it burns out - YEAH IT DOES.

#2 If I get it from the factory with their closed loop liquid cooling - just like my 2080ti has, then I needn't worry at all about my CPU or GPU because it's all covered under warranty.

#3 - #4 I'm not risking $10,000 worth of computing equipment. Not one bit.

 

[ShagnWagn]

No, you're paying a premium for an 8.5% increase, not 2%. From 4.7 to 5.1

Where are you getting 4.7 from?

 

[bluetooth fairy]

Where are you getting 4.7 from?

E.g., from this TechSpot review, m'lord
https://www.techspot.com/review/1730-intel-core-i9-9900k-core-i7-9700k/

 

[Fuzzy Dunalap]

I've custom built quite a few PCs and I gotta say Gigabyte MOBOs seem to be the way to go. Friendly and powerful BIOS menus, straightforward booting methods, high customization...etc. Every other brand seems to have odd quirks. I've also never had a Gigabyte MOBO fail on me. Anybody else notice the same?

not personally but the only failed mobo's ive seen are the prebuilt kinds.

 

[kmo911]

Do NOT oveclock. cpu has auto clocking and turboboost. if you got money to get a quantum pc and enrormous nitrogen to keep it cold. build it on your oven garage and so on. connect it to real world surf play games do som helping into projects for ps3 and so on. if you want to overclock you must start investing in many motherboards cpu s gpus an alot of ram. just like linius on youtube. you gotta have many tings to get it working.

 

[Do Mor3 G]

Asus is a better MOBO!

Use to be... these days... not so much...

Do NOT oveclock. cpu has auto clocking and turboboost. if you got money to get a quantum pc and enrormous nitrogen to keep it cold. build it on your oven garage and so on. connect it to real world surf play games do som helping into projects for ps3 and so on. if you want to overclock you must start investing in many motherboards cpu s gpus an alot of ram. just like linius on youtube. you gotta have many tings to get it working.

Sorry to say, but this makes little to no sense... as overclocking is a good way of extracting extra performance for what you paid for. Anybody ignoring this is plainly throwing their money at the wall... yes... not everyone can or is able to OC, but for those that can... they get more for what they paid for.

 

[QuantumPhysics]

Use to be... these days... not so much...


Sorry to say, but this makes little to no sense... as overclocking is a good way of extracting extra performance for what you paid for. Anybody ignoring this is plainly throwing their money at the wall... yes... not everyone can or is able to OC, but for those that can... they get more for what they paid for.

Overclocking is a great way to damage a CPU by pushing it well-beyond what the manufacturer -who has tested it and certified it- recommends.

My computer came with "command Center" which makes overclocking my i9ex simple.

I'll be damned if I'll ever use it - especially considering the warnings that precede using it.

 

[Do Mor3 G]

Overclocking is a great way to damage a CPU by pushing it well-beyond what the manufacturer -who has tested it and certified it- recommends.

My computer came with "command Center" which makes overclocking my i9ex simple.

I'll be damned if I'll ever use it - especially considering the warnings that precede using it.

To each their own, I've never once had any issues with overclocked hardware. Some are just that timid I guess...