windwithme Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 It’s been almost 2 month since Intel launched LGA1156 socket on 8th Sep The new platform product line and market position are clearer As my previous review, LGA1156 is still focus in between high end and middle end CPU has 3 models so far. The highest is i7-870 and middle is i7-860 They both support HT which make Quad core CPU can simulate 8 cores i5-750 doesn’t support HT and it’s the most entry model now. The price is around 200USD MB Chipset is P55 and all MB makers also launched the products at the same time Currently, the P55 MB price is between 160~280 USD If you want to buy LGA 1156 platform, i5-750 plus 160USD P55 MB is the best C/P Certainly, if you need HT and also affordable, you also can consider i7-860 Merely, i7-860 price is very close to LGA1366 platform The MB this time is GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3P, price is 5200NTD This is entry price level for P55 MB so far First of all, it’s the package. UD3P is not GIGABYTE high end series, so the box is not so big Accessories Product Manual、Smart6/Smart TPM Guide、Driver CD and IO Shield. SATA cables are 2 standard and 2 vertical head GIGABYTE P55-UD3P Body Lower Left Corner 2 X PCI-E support CrossFire and SLI technology and the bandwidth is X8+X8 1 X PCI-E X1 4 X PCI Realtek 8111D LAN Chip Realtek ALC888 supports 7.1 channel and High Definition Audio Lower Right Corner 6 X Blue SATAII supports RAID 0， RAID 1， RAID 5 and RAID 10 2 X White SATAII supports RAID 0， RAID 1 and JBOD Dual BIOS, dual protection Upper Right Corner 4 X DIMM DDR3 support 800/1066/1333/1600. The maximum DDR3 capacity is 16GB DD3 2200 is after overclocking spec. DDR3 has extra 2 phase PWM and 24-PIN head near by 1 X IDE, GIGABYTE SATA2 Upper Left Corner LGA 1156 CPU Socket UD3P CPU PWM is 8 phase and VTT is 2 phase IO 10 X USB 2.0 1 X RJ-45 LAN 2 X eSATA/USB 2.0 Shared 1 X S/PDIF Fiber /Coaxial output Close look to the components surround by CPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windwithme Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 P55 Heatsink Audio、LAN Chip P55-UD3P Boot Screen M.I.T. Menu CPU.DDR3 Clock current status Adjust CPU clock ratio, QPI clock ratio and BCLK CPU Core Feature Turbo Boost Tec is auto OC feature in Intel Core i7/i5 DDR3 Setup DDR3 parameters page B2B CAS Delay is the P55 exclusive item for DRAM performance The range is 1~32 and Auto is around 1~3 The higher number means looser. Sometimes, you even see 1xxx MB/s which is lower bandwidth than DDR. However, it’s also the key factor for pulling DDR3 clock Voltage page Load-Line Calibration Disable will raise CPU voltage as full speed/Enable will lower CPU voltage as full speed CPU Vcore 0.50000~1.90000V QPI/Vtt Voltage 1.050~1.990V PCH Core 0.950~2.000V CPU PLL 1.600~2.540V DRAM Voltage 1.300~2.600V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windwithme Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 PC Health Status All above are BIOS screen and also my OC setting for P55-UD3P XPU/DDR3 is 200/200 ratio. The OC setup may be different as depending on your components combination Even the same model and period Core i5-750, the OC ability are vary. Users need to find your best voltage setup by your own. Configuration CPU: Intel Core i5-750 MB: GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3P DRAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR-GT CMG4GX3M2A2000C8 VGA: MSI R4890 CYCLONE DDR5 1GB HD: CORSAIR CMFSSD-64GB2D (RAID 0) POWER: Antec TruePower New TP-750 Cooler: Mega Shadow(Deluxe Edition) CPU 200 X 20=> 4000Mhz 1.35000V DDR3 2000 CL8 8-8-24 1T 1.500V Hyper 4 X PI 32M=> 9m 57.216s CPUMARK 99=> 621 Nuclearus Multi Core => 7618/11364/33466 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 24.76/11886 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 313013 CINEBENCH R10 1 CPU=> 5707 x CPU=> 20405 PCMark Vantage => 14916 3DMark Vantage => 13038 P55-UD3P can reach 200/2000 easily. Of course, CPU and DDR3 quality is also very important UD3P doesn’t lower the OC ability as the price is cheaper. The OC range is very wide DDR3 OC ability Combine with the professional extreme memory maker CORSAIR latest product which supports P55 dual channel DOMINATOR-GT CMG4GX3M2A2000C8 Black and Red collocate makes GT be more attractive Clock is DDR3 2000, parameter is CL8 8-8-24 and voltage is 1.65V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windwithme Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 DDR3 2000 CL8 8-8-24 1T, BIOS set as 1.500V SP2004 2 X Blend mode, 3.91GB full load stabled Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 24479MB/s EVEREST Memory Read - 18556MB/s DDR3 2160 CL8 8-8-24 1T，BIOS set as 1.600V SP2004 2 X Blend mode, 3.90GB full load stabled Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 25230MB/s EVEREST Memory Read - 19354MB/s DRAM doesn’t need 1.8-2.1V as LGA775 As Core i5/i7 bulit-in Memory Controller, the new DDR3 platform only needs 1.65V DDR3 2000 CL8 needs only 1.50V and DDR3 2160 CL8 also needs only 1.60V Above DRAM test, DDR3 quality is key factor, but also need good DDR3 OC MB to bring it out Pull up both CPU/DRAM CPU 216 X 19 => 4104Mhz DDR3 2160 CL8 8-8-24 1T Hyper 4 X PI 32M=> 9m 45.063s CPUMARK 99=> 638 Nuclearus Multi Core => 7816/11660/34409 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 25.42/12200 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 319963 CINEBENCH R10 1 CPU=> 5851 x CPU=> 21272 PCMark Vantage => 16033 3DMark Vantage => 13119 Compare to 200/2000 test, CPU only raise from 4G to 4.1G, so the CPU performance is not big jump However, as DDR3 2160 and also raise CPU clock and frequency, the overall performance still enhance quite much CPU clock can pull to 219Mhz, but it’s not very stable. So I don’t put in this report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windwithme Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3P Good 1.GIGABYTE parity P55 product still have good package and components quality 2.2oz PCB, 100% Japanese made solid capacitors, and plenty of software 3.P55 supports both ATI CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI 4.Rich BIOS items, wide voltage range and great OC ability in CPU/DDR3 5.Built-in 8 SATAII, 10 USB and 2 USB/eSATA combo ports Bad 1.SATAII position will interfere with long VGA card as GTX260 (Even though GIGABYTE has 2 vertical SATA cables for compensation) 2.Just launched platform has less CPU for choice. Currently, there are only 3 CPU Performance ★★★★★★★★★☆ Components ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Specification ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Outlook ★★★★★★★★☆☆ C/P Value ★★★★★★★★★☆ GIGABYTE has launched 4 P55 models in the market which are UD3P/UD4P/DU5/UD6 The price is between 5200NTD to 9000NTD that equal to 160~278USD UD3P is the current lowest price model, however, the OC ability is not far away from the others During the performance test, UD3P performs in pretty high standard in OC P55-UD2 is GIGABYTE Micro-ATX P55 product but still don’t see any in the market yet For this kind of mid-high segment, Micro-ATX is always launched slower I do hope see this kind of product more. The full product line is also a good weapon to compete with the other brands Core i5-750 plus P55-UD3P is the cheapest LGA 1156 combo so far For LGA775 users, upgrading to Q8400 and Q9550 is the cheaper solution. However, if you are looking for new middle end PC, Core i5 is your must consideration The future CPU and 32nm manufacturing technology will bring you more visions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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