Gigabyte X58-USB3 Motherboard

Overclocking Options

The X58-USB3 provides several overclocking options. Below we list only the main ones available in the F2 BIOS.

• CPU base clock: From 100 MHz to 600 Hz in 1 MHz steps
• PCI Express clock: From 90 MHz to 150 MHz in 1 MHz steps
• CPU voltage: From 0.5000 V to 1.900 V in 0.0125 V steps
• VTT (memory controller, QPI, and L3 memory cache) voltage: From 1.075 V to 2.015 V in 0.020 V steps
• CPU clock voltage: From 700 mV to 1000 mV in 100 mV steps
• CPU clock multiplier (PLL) voltage: From 1.300 V to 2.520 V in 0.020 V steps
• PCI Express voltage: From 1.000 V to 2.140 V in 0.020 V steps
• PCI Express clock voltage: 700 mV to 1000 mV in 100 mV steps
• QPI PLL voltage: From 0.800 V to 1.600 V in 0.020 V steps
• North bridge (ICH) voltage: From 0.920 V to 2.380 V in 0.020 V steps
• South bridge (IOH) voltage: From 1.000 V to 2.000 V in 0.020 V steps
• Memory voltage: From 1.300 V to 2.600 V in 0.020 V steps
• Memory termination voltage: From 0.500 V to 1.205 V in 0.025 V steps
• Memory data reference voltage (per channel): From 0.680 V to 0.950 V in 0.010 V steps
• Memory address reference voltage (per channel): From 0.690 V to 0.950 V in 0.010 V steps

Figure 10: Overclocking menu

Figure 11: Overclocking menu (Cont’d)

Figure 12: Overclocking menu (Cont’d)

Figure 13: Memory timings