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Test setup

Motherboard: Gigabyte X58-UD5
CPU: Core I7 920 D0 stepping
Memory: Kingston DDR3 2000 Mhz Cas8 3x1gb
Hdd: Patriot SSD 32gb Qty2 in raid level 0
Graphics card: Gigabyte GTX 260 Super overclock
CPU cooling: Promiliatech Megahalems with Skythe ultra kaze 3000RPM fan
PSU: Corsair HX 1000



Getting started overclocking

First things first I decided to test with each of the auto overclocks to see how the board worked, and as expected it definitely pulled off the overclocks and without a hitch. They were very simple overclocks but then again its a free eprformance boost and gives you a decided jump over the stock performance for no extra charge.

Next I decided to see how the board scaled when just trying to clock it myself. So I started by leaving everything on auto and upping the Bclk directly through Bios.

I was very surprised as the board went to 200 Bclk with everything on auto with the exception of setting up the ram correctly. Not only did the board start but ran almost completely stable Passed Linx testing 4 out of 5 passes.

That speaks extremely well for the board as it can automatically set these settings and get the board to such a level of stability with basically no user intervention. With a little voltage tweaking I was able to get the board running 24/7 stable at 4 ghz 200x20 stable with a ram speed of 1600 mhz CAS7 which returned very remarkable results.


One strange thing I did run into is that the board occasionally would have a strange post cycling and list a failed overclock once posted on a 24/7 stable overclock.