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Quote from: Bernhard on 01-June-11, 17:17:43
OCGenie pushes voltages higher than what is really needed. Thus part of your temps are probably a direct cause of this.
I'm totally newbie on over clocking. On Q6600 I just raising up the FSB without increasing up the voltage. Maybe I should learn in an advance way to over clocking 2600K. Thanks for OCGenie Info
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Keep it that way. Mine is in the cupboard. I have The Noctua NH-C14 and it performs as well as the H70 on CPU core temps but has the added advantage of cooling the CPU surrounds. My 2600K goes to about 64-68C core at 25-30C ambient under fullload at 4,5GHz.
Is it Normal to have 68C on that speed? I thought any noctua could cooling it down to 53C based on review. Maybe I missed something in the review didn't stated whether it was conducted on winter or summer... I'll find that on local store.
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It will be a tight fit, and you may have to install the RAM before the cooler.
Nice tips. I'll consider it if NH-D14 is my best option. Some said that I can put the fan little bit higher, since RAM Heatsink will touch the fan not touch the aluminum fin if it is installed on the right orientation.
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Consider the Zalman 9900 as well, testing also only shows minor temp differences and HU16E has had excellent results on allhis builds with this cooler. I used one on a X58 before and it was really good. The advantage is the good clearance that allows easy RAM installation even with these oversized heatsinks on some RAM modules.
never heard of those series before, but I'll google it. I know Zalman as the brand of my 5.1 headphone gaming series thanks for recommendation. I'll find the availabilities of those recommended brand and type.

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Z68A-GD80 (B3) + Corsair Vengeance: Which HSF will fit?

Greetings,
I just migrated from Q6600 + DFI INF 975X to i7 2600K + Z68A-GD80 (B3). This is my new motherboard with all of its technologies after not updating my knowledge since 2006. I know nothing about DrMosfet and why do they heatsink-ed. But, I just realized that that heatpipe and other heatsink would (or wouldn't) be my problem after I simply push the "OC Genie" button on my motherboard.
My i7 2600K can run up to 4.1GHz by simply pushing the OC Genie button. But then I realized that with stock HSF, my processor's temp was 71C when Prime95 was running. On an idle state, its temp is around 28-30C with 29C of temperature room (non-AC). My casing is Enlight (somewhat series I don't know) that has side fan for intake air flow to on top of Intel Stock HSF.
I'm thinking to give an adequate cooling accessories. My candidates are:
1. Noctua NH-D14
2. Noctua NH-U12P
3. Corsair H70
I put Corsair H70 as my last option, since the price is doubled from Noctua NH-U12P. The Corsair local dealer said that the liquid inside H70 will only last for 2-3 years in my country. So, I should also spare another $$$ to buy another HSF 3 years from now. Hence, I'm still thinking "conventional" HSF Aluminum would be my first priority over liquid cooling solution.
My questions are:
1. Will Noctua NH-D14 will fit to my mainboard? I'm affraid that the heatsink and heatpipe around processor will block the installation. Please also note that my Corsair Vengeance has passive heatsink and 50mm height.
2. What about Noctua NH-U12P? the performance based on review in overclocker forum only differs 1-2C above NH-D14.
Thanks.
MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3)
Intel Core i7 2600K
Zotac GTS 450 AMP Edition 1GB DDR5
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB (9-9-9-24)
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Quote from: Bernhard on 01-June-11, 17:17:43
OCGenie pushes voltages higher than what is really needed. Thus part of your temps are probably a direct cause of this.
I'm totally newbie on over clocking. On Q6600 I just raising up the FSB without increasing up the voltage. Maybe I should learn in an advance way to over clocking 2600K. Thanks for OCGenie Info
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Keep it that way. Mine is in the cupboard. I have The Noctua NH-C14 and it performs as well as the H70 on CPU core temps but has the added advantage of cooling the CPU surrounds. My 2600K goes to about 64-68C core at 25-30C ambient under fullload at 4,5GHz.
Is it Normal to have 68C on that speed? I thought any noctua could cooling it down to 53C based on review. Maybe I missed something in the review didn't stated whether it was conducted on winter or summer... I'll find that on local store.
Quote
It will be a tight fit, and you may have to install the RAM before the cooler.
Nice tips. I'll consider it if NH-D14 is my best option. Some said that I can put the fan little bit higher, since RAM Heatsink will touch the fan not touch the aluminum fin if it is installed on the right orientation.
Quote
Consider the Zalman 9900 as well, testing also only shows minor temp differences and HU16E has had excellent results on allhis builds with this cooler. I used one on a X58 before and it was really good. The advantage is the good clearance that allows easy RAM installation even with these oversized heatsinks on some RAM modules.
never heard of those series before, but I'll google it. I know Zalman as the brand of my 5.1 headphone gaming series thanks for recommendation. I'll find the availabilities of those recommended brand and type.

MOVED: Z68A-GD80 (B3) - updating drivers/utilities/BIOS

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Live Update is a joke.
We know, that is why we tell everybody not to use it, to uninstall it and to ignore it altogether.
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nd I keep getting redirected to the DriverSmith site to pay for a utility to download driver updates for a motherboard I just bought - UNBELIEVABLE!
You can find all relevant drivers and BIOS Updates on the product site for you mainboard, just choose you Operating using the drop-down menu:
http://msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD80--B3-.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2032
BIOS-Updates can be found here:
http://msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD80--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS
Newer BETA Releases here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=148779.msg1123646#msg1123646
For flashing, if needed, >>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<.

MOVED: Z68A GD80 G3 Overclocking

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You should state all your system specs for a start. >>Posting Guide<<
Your intended Overclock outcome will determine which method to use. It is always advisable to maintain all the power saving features when OC'ing these boards and most CPUs will allow for a typical 4,4 to 4,6GHz OC with everything left on Auto, except the turbo cores that you set to the desired OC multi. These you will find under the advanced CPU feature.
As soon as you set a CPU core voltage or the CPU multi manually, you will loose the power saving features.

MOVED: Z68A-GD80 (B3) CPU Throttling issue

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I have a z68a-GD65-G3 - and I also have this issue. On a 2700K, I'm at 1.40vcore and a multi of 50 - gives me 5Ghz (sadly, CPU-Z reports 4988.7 due to the 99.8Mhz bus speed bug, anyone know how to fix that?)
So I was stable at 50multi x100 at 1.4vcore on the Bios the board shipped with, however, I noticed that when I ran the intel burn test it would throttle back to between 4.1Ghz and 4.6Ghz - this is really annoying, as I have disabled ALL of the bios options that have anything to do with speed management/throttling. But just to be sure, could someone please list all the bios items that need to be disabled to make sure the cpu isn't throttled?
In an effort to fix this, I decided to flash the bios to the newest one on MSI's site, 7681 N60, however, this did *not* fix the throttling issue. And now, I get lockups when I run intel burn test where before it was stable :( So I guess I'm going to revert to the BIOS the board shipped with, because at least then it was stable at 5Ghz, but...
***MSI Rep's - the throttling issue here isn't acceptable. This needs to be addressed. I want my CPU to be at Multiplier setting I set it at.***

MOVED: Z68A GD80 G3 Weird problem

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hi HU16E
Sry fore the late reply..
well i think it dosent matter cuz i found out even if i youse the OC genien button it does the same it cant overclock
hmm maby a bad flash ? i couldent flash the bios no matter what i did not even USB only thing that worked was live update..
this is getting rather annoying any sugestions? maby a flash to the old bios agine ?

MOVED: Z68A-GD80 (G3) multiplyer issue.

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Final result from new beta Bios is CPU ratio above 47x will not stay where user chooses, no matter the settings. Once a load is applied it down clocks to a lesser value the value is load dependent the higher the load the lower the value.
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/14.jpg
Turning off all power state settings one at a time till they are all disabled.
1.disable intel C-State = 49x max ratio even though 52X is still chosen and turbo 52x on too.
2.disable turbo mode = 50x max ratio only if you follow this order. Turn off turbo before Cstate and stuck @49x
3.Rest power state settings make no difference 50x max but same issue when load is given ratio drops.
Screens to large had to post links, bottom line I still needing some love from MSI & I still waiting for a response to my ticket.
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/pt.jpg
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MOVED: Z68a-GD80 (G3) Boot-Looping

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Quote from: Golono on 16-August-12, 06:02:23
I am unable to locate these green stickers. Could you specify their location? Also, just wondering, how would the information on those stickers help diagnose/solve the problem?
Quote from: Golono on 16-August-12, 06:02:23
I am unable to locate these green stickers. Could you specify their location?
look at my image that i give you, they are on the bottom left side just below "MSI" heatsink.
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Also, just wondering, how would the information on those stickers help diagnose/solve the problem?
it can tell us what's the board shipped BIOS version.
If its not the latest BIOS version, you can't boot with your Ivy Bridge CPU

MOVED: Z68a-GD80 b3 bios fail ?

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All you can do is try a full cmos clear w/ a bare bones set-up. What you should have done when you saw the blinking light was enable multi bios update in bios to recover the bad bios.
Probably the simplest thing to do is bring the board to a computer shop with an SPI programmer. It will probably cost around $50-$75 to get this fixed.
If you have a Sandy bridge CPU, stick with 7672vH5.zip unless there are issues. If you absolutely need to flash your bios, use the forum flash tool and archives.
>>BIOSes<<

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Which Card Will Fit My G5 Power Mac?

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Z68A-GD80 (G3) - Win7 x64 clean install - which drivers as minimum?

hi guys, have just bought this board and would like to do a clean install. have checked the driver website (http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD80--G3-.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2064) and wanted to check a) if there is any particular order I should be installing these drivers in (from the old days i remember this to be chipset drivers first, restart, then anything else - still correct or irrelevant now?) and b) which ones are indispensable? please see my comments below, would be grateful for input.
Intel Management Engine Driver for P67/H67
do i still need this if it's a z68 board?
Intel SandyBridge Chipset Driver
guess i'll have to install - using i7-2600k processor
Renesas USB3.0 Drivers
guess i'll have to install
Intel TPM Device Driver
heard this is security related - do i really need if disabled in bios?
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guess i'll have to install
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guess i'll have to install
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needed if i want to install win7 on SSD in ahci mode (but not raid) - correct?
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver
needed
Lucid Virtu Driver
have a separate graphics card - do i really need if disabled in bios?
Intel SandyBridge VGA Driver
have a separate graphics card - do i really need if disabled in bios?

Intel Management Engine Driver for P67/H67
do i still need this if it's a z68 board? This is a must have
Intel SandyBridge Chipset Driver
guess i'll have to install - using i7-2600k processor This is a must have
Renesas USB3.0 Drivers
guess i'll have to install This is a must have
Intel TPM Device Driver
heard this is security related - do i really need if disabled in bios? Don't need unless planning on using this device someday
Realtek PCI-E Ethernet Drivers
guess i'll have to install This is a must have
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
guess i'll have to install Optional. Depends if using the onboard sound or an add-in sound card
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Floppy Driver (F6)
needed if i want to install win7 on SSD in ahci mode (but not raid) - correct? Not this one. Use the other one below
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver
needed Yes. Use this one
Not needed Lucid Virtu Driverhave a separate graphics card - do i really need if disabled in bios? Not needed
Intel SandyBridge VGA Driver
have a separate graphics card - do i really need if disabled in bios? Not needed

Z68A-GD80(G3) Can no longer read external hd dock after flashing beta bios

I flashed E7672IMS.J31 Beta Bios because I was on a very old bios that was not compatible with my GTX 970 card I just bought. Flashing the bios fixed my 970 compatibility but in the process made it so my 2 external hd docks no longer worked (at this time on windows 7). self powered usb harddrives still worked though. At this time my sata mode was IDE which I thought might have had to do with it since it doesnt have hotswap. I assumed it was an issue with some drivers I installed after flashing the beta bios and I was due for upgrading/reformatting anyways so I enabled AHCI and hot swap then did a clean install of windows 8.1. The external hard drives still don't read!! I've used multiple different hard drives and different usb ports including usb 2.0. The docks are usb 3.0 and I use them daily to edit photos from my work. Any ideas of things I could try?
My pc:
intel 2500k
16gb Corsair vengeance ram
MSI 970 GTX GPU
Corsair 750w power supply
Z68A-GD80(G3) motherboard
E7672IMS.J31 Beta Bios

Could the issue be that I didn't download the Intel Management Driver after installing the beta bios I flashed? Maybe I could try that first, which one from this list do I use with my pc setup?
thanks for the help!
Quote from: flobelix on 20-October-14, 00:38:02
Try going back to E7672IMS.J20 OFFICIAL. Use the recommended flashing method with provided archive only: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=163870.msg1215101#msg1215101

BIOS troubleshooting Z68A-GD80 (G3)

Just flashed the Beta again and although the computer hasn't frozen yet, everything is (for lack of a better description) very jerky. Any ideas why?

So, after giving up with the last beta bios I decided to give the latest one with the exciting Lucid fix.
However the same problem occurs with this one, freezing/stuttering in the OS followed by complete system freeze. My relevant hardware setup is:
Mobo - MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3)
HDD - Corsair Force GT 60GB
RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance
CPU - i7 2600K
Power - Silverstone Strider 850W Gold
OS - Windows 7 64Bit (UEFI)
On a whim I ran the Windows installer disc and there was no stuttering/freezing which leads me to believe the problem might be to do with the Windows install.
So the question is, what might be changed in the Bios between 18.3/4/5 and 18.6+ that would cause problems in windows?
As soon as the Bios is reverted to a stable release the issue disappears and its not my bios settings as all have been tried with full bios reset, cmos clear, default settings etc (aside from changing the sata to AHCI).
Would the fact its a UEFI install be an issue? If I reinstall should I do a standard install or a UEFI?
Any help is appreciated.

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