New 990 series mother board buying advice.

[c.ruel]

Thanks for the link brewster, I had actually just found that club! According to it the official gigabyte line on the voltage drop is as follows:

"GIGABYTE 990 series motherboards strictly follow the AMD AM3+ load line calibration design guide, and so CPU V-core voltage will drop according to loading. Such calibrations are built into the platform to protect the user’s purchase and prevent damage to the PC system"
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Is that a good response or bad response!?

One thing I do have to say about the gigabyte UD boards which I know shouldn't be important is the colour scheme OMG they look good, I really like the yellow on the UD7 but I just couldn't justify the price tag on that one.

EDIT: sorry I am being a retard are the basically just almost making it impossible to turn off CnQ (cool and quiet)?

[Brewster0101]

According to forums - this reply from Gigabyte is not acceptable. Other boards from other makes don't have this issue. Also seems like the UD3 doesn't suffer the same problem to the same degree , and is based on the same hardware. Seems like a BIOS issue from Gigabyte.

Overclocking seems to be quite a tough issue on these series of boards too.

[Brewster0101]

Ok, asfter seeing a brilliant video by newegg and asus :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT7YSsEFqTk

I am now thinking between the top three boards from Asus

Asus M5A99X EVO - £115
Asus Sabertooth 990FX - £170
Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX - £175