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Cecil
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread?  Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:35 pm |
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Geeze, Ive had about 15 boards from Gigabyte, and never an issue with any of them.
i5 Gamer - i5-750 4Ghz - Gig P55A-UD4P - 2x2gb Gskill Eco 1600Mhz 7-8-7-20 - GTX-470 SLI - Antec True Power New 750w - 60Gb Gskill Phoenix Pro SSD - WD6402AAEX- Cooler Master RC690 II Advanced - Swiftech MCR320+120+HWLabs GTX120 - Apogee XT - MCP-655 + XSPC x2O 740 - Tygon 7/16" - 2xMCW-60s - 3x ASUS VW266H
AM3 HTPC - 555 X3 3.6 - MSI 785G-E53 - 4gb XMS3 1600 7-8-7-20 - WD640Gb x3 + WD1Tb - OCZ 500w MXSP - Sunbeam UFO UV Blue - 46in Samsung C630 1080P LCD - Onkyo HT-S5300 7.1 Home Theater
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:37 pm |
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I too cant resist the value of the 555. I was going to just go with the Athlon II 250, but went ahead and dropped the extra $27 bucks for the 555. Not sure how good the MSI 785g FSB clocking is, so at least the unlocked multi will come in handy.
At least the board was cheaper then I though, after rebate they pay me $10 for it.
i5 Gamer - i5-750 4Ghz - Gig P55A-UD4P - 2x2gb Gskill Eco 1600Mhz 7-8-7-20 - GTX-470 SLI - Antec True Power New 750w - 60Gb Gskill Phoenix Pro SSD - WD6402AAEX- Cooler Master RC690 II Advanced - Swiftech MCR320+120+HWLabs GTX120 - Apogee XT - MCP-655 + XSPC x2O 740 - Tygon 7/16" - 2xMCW-60s - 3x ASUS VW266H
AM3 HTPC - 555 X3 3.6 - MSI 785G-E53 - 4gb XMS3 1600 7-8-7-20 - WD640Gb x3 + WD1Tb - OCZ 500w MXSP - Sunbeam UFO UV Blue - 46in Samsung C630 1080P LCD - Onkyo HT-S5300 7.1 Home Theater
AM2+ Server - 5000+ X4 3Ghz - Gig 760g - 2x2Gb Gskill PIs - EVGA 8600GTS - 2x150Gb RaptorXs RAID0 - Seasonic 550w - Thermaltake M3 - Samsung 2333HD 1080P
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:01 pm |
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Cecil wrote: Geeze, Ive had about 15 boards from Gigabyte, and never an issue with any of them. Yeah, I don't want to pile on, but I certainly have to agree with Cecil on this one. I've had a about a half-dozen of them, and they've all been great. I still own two right now, and even the freebie one that I got in a combo deal at MC is great. I've never had a single problem with Gigabyte, and if it weren't for the lack of core unlocking on the Gigabyte 890GX boards, I certainly wouldn't have this ASUS in my main. Messing around with the Thuban these last few days really made me miss the awesome Gigabyte BIOSes too. This ASUS/AMI BIOS blows chunks. 
Maybe GB ships all their fail boards to kangaroo-town? 
  
Zorch's AMD Tribute Collection:
AM3: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO, Phenom-II X4 B55 (Deneb / C3) @ 4.0GHz daily, 2 x 2GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline DDR3-1600 (6-8-6-24 1T)
AM2: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P, Phenom-II X4 FX-5000 (Deneb / C2) @ 3.0GHz daily, 2 x 2GB G. SKill PI DDR2-1100 (5-5-5-15 2T)
939: DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR Expert, Athlon 64 4000+ (Toledo / E6) @ 2.8GHz daily, 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS DDR-400 (2-2-2-5 1T)
754: DFI Infinity nF4X, A64 Mobile 3400+ (Newark / E5) @ 2.8 daily, 2 x 512MB Mushkin Level II DDR-333 (2-2-2-5 1T)
462: Abit AN7, Athlon XP-M 2800+ (Barton / IQYHA) @ 2.6GHz daily, 2 x 256MB Kingston HyperX DDR-433 (2-2-2-5 1T)
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:05 am |
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Who knows? Maybe Dinos22 secretly has it in for me and makes sure I get all the crap gb boards  Just the luck of the draw I guess. I still wouldn't go for an Asus over a GB, I can't stand the Asus bios. Going to the store later tonight, said they would do a straight swap over
 He came, he tried and failed miserably. Keep trying De, maybe one day.. Anyone else notice the lack of green?
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:56 am |
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Zorch's AMD Tribute Collection:
AM3: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO, Phenom-II X4 B55 (Deneb / C3) @ 4.0GHz daily, 2 x 2GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline DDR3-1600 (6-8-6-24 1T)
AM2: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P, Phenom-II X4 FX-5000 (Deneb / C2) @ 3.0GHz daily, 2 x 2GB G. SKill PI DDR2-1100 (5-5-5-15 2T)
939: DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR Expert, Athlon 64 4000+ (Toledo / E6) @ 2.8GHz daily, 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS DDR-400 (2-2-2-5 1T)
754: DFI Infinity nF4X, A64 Mobile 3400+ (Newark / E5) @ 2.8 daily, 2 x 512MB Mushkin Level II DDR-333 (2-2-2-5 1T)
462: Abit AN7, Athlon XP-M 2800+ (Barton / IQYHA) @ 2.6GHz daily, 2 x 256MB Kingston HyperX DDR-433 (2-2-2-5 1T)
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:05 pm |
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Only issue I've ever had was one board hated unlocking a 550 to quad - after the board was swapped it unlocked perfectly after that. I would still like to replace the gigabyte board in my main PC for a P5Q Deluxe or something...I just like asus better:D
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:15 pm |
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TyrantTru wrote: Only issue I've ever had was one board hated unlocking a 550 to quad - after the board was swapped it unlocked perfectly after that. I would still like to replace the gigabyte board in my main PC for a P5Q Deluxe or something...I just like asus better:D Hey, you could always go AMD!  I'll make you a nice deal on an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO!
I'm gonna have to go back to Gigabyte again sooner or later... or Foxconn if they don't fold their enthusiast department. For all that I guess their treatment of employees is shabby, I freaking LOVE me a Foxconn board! 
Zorch's AMD Tribute Collection:
AM3: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO, Phenom-II X4 B55 (Deneb / C3) @ 4.0GHz daily, 2 x 2GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline DDR3-1600 (6-8-6-24 1T)
AM2: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P, Phenom-II X4 FX-5000 (Deneb / C2) @ 3.0GHz daily, 2 x 2GB G. SKill PI DDR2-1100 (5-5-5-15 2T)
939: DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR Expert, Athlon 64 4000+ (Toledo / E6) @ 2.8GHz daily, 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS DDR-400 (2-2-2-5 1T)
754: DFI Infinity nF4X, A64 Mobile 3400+ (Newark / E5) @ 2.8 daily, 2 x 512MB Mushkin Level II DDR-333 (2-2-2-5 1T)
462: Abit AN7, Athlon XP-M 2800+ (Barton / IQYHA) @ 2.6GHz daily, 2 x 256MB Kingston HyperX DDR-433 (2-2-2-5 1T)
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:14 pm |
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ZorchThatCPU wrote: TyrantTru wrote: Only issue I've ever had was one board hated unlocking a 550 to quad - after the board was swapped it unlocked perfectly after that. I would still like to replace the gigabyte board in my main PC for a P5Q Deluxe or something...I just like asus better:D Hey, you could always go AMD! I'll make you a nice deal on an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO!
I'm gonna have to go back to Gigabyte again sooner or later... or Foxconn if they don't fold their enthusiast department. For all that I guess their treatment of employees is shabby, I freaking LOVE me a Foxconn board!
Foxconn will never directly get another cent from me, ever. Indirectly they will, since they are found in a ton loads of consumer electronics. Same problems with the new board, so bugger knows what the problem with the rig is, tried different ram, psu and OS. Down to either the cpu or gpu. No replacements for either, yaay
He came, he tried and failed miserably. Keep trying De, maybe one day.. Anyone else notice the lack of green?
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:07 pm |
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jjjc_93 wrote: ZorchThatCPU wrote: TyrantTru wrote: Only issue I've ever had was one board hated unlocking a 550 to quad - after the board was swapped it unlocked perfectly after that. I would still like to replace the gigabyte board in my main PC for a P5Q Deluxe or something...I just like asus better:D Hey, you could always go AMD! I'll make you a nice deal on an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO!
I'm gonna have to go back to Gigabyte again sooner or later... or Foxconn if they don't fold their enthusiast department. For all that I guess their treatment of employees is shabby, I freaking LOVE me a Foxconn board!
Foxconn will never directly get another cent from me, ever. Indirectly they will, since they are found in a ton loads of consumer electronics. Same problems with the new board, so bugger knows what the problem with the rig is, tried different ram, psu and OS. Down to either the cpu or gpu. No replacements for either, yaay Might be the chip. I know a couple people that had thubans die on them after a day or so. If they make it past the first couple days then they are fine, but the ones that dont were just duds I guess. Aparently there are some i5s that are the same way.
i5 Gamer - i5-750 4Ghz - Gig P55A-UD4P - 2x2gb Gskill Eco 1600Mhz 7-8-7-20 - GTX-470 SLI - Antec True Power New 750w - 60Gb Gskill Phoenix Pro SSD - WD6402AAEX- Cooler Master RC690 II Advanced - Swiftech MCR320+120+HWLabs GTX120 - Apogee XT - MCP-655 + XSPC x2O 740 - Tygon 7/16" - 2xMCW-60s - 3x ASUS VW266H
AM3 HTPC - 555 X3 3.6 - MSI 785G-E53 - 4gb XMS3 1600 7-8-7-20 - WD640Gb x3 + WD1Tb - OCZ 500w MXSP - Sunbeam UFO UV Blue - 46in Samsung C630 1080P LCD - Onkyo HT-S5300 7.1 Home Theater
AM2+ Server - 5000+ X4 3Ghz - Gig 760g - 2x2Gb Gskill PIs - EVGA 8600GTS - 2x150Gb RaptorXs RAID0 - Seasonic 550w - Thermaltake M3 - Samsung 2333HD 1080P
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Post subject: Re: So Zorch, Where's The Thread? Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:43 am |
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"Twas the chip, got the replacement today, I love this PC store and their exchange policy But, this chip, without a doubt sucks and has probably visited hell a few times. Attachment:
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That's 51c, stock voltages. Great. 4Ghz will be nothing but a dream for this CPU. Before anyone says it, I have reseated the H50, multiple times, no change. I could RMA the chip, but they won't exchange it again, and I will be weeks without a CPU. I'll just live with my 3.3ghz since I will be confined to a slow ass POS 100 year old netbook for weeks if I RMA. Damnit AMD!
He came, he tried and failed miserably. Keep trying De, maybe one day.. Anyone else notice the lack of green?
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Sweet! Rock on!!!