lol, Yeah, Sorry 'bout that, 
Apparently I'm getting the comments for the two systems mixed up  due to the similar boards.
 
 
 
 
 
 

That sure does remind me of the GTX 295 Quad Days Gone By.
 
Big jump over the 580 Classified in the graphics score with the 980 TI.

hallowen
That sure does remind me of the GTX 295 Quad Days Gone By.
 
Big jump over the 580 Classified in the graphics score with the 980 TI.

Yeah and a lot of the time it was AT or near 40-60% utilization, which I'm sure is partly why Awalleye's score above is so much higher. (Graphics score)

Halo_003

hallowen
That sure does remind me of the GTX 295 Quad Days Gone By.
 
Big jump over the 580 Classified in the graphics score with the 980 TI.

Yeah and a lot of the time it was AT or near 40-60% utilization, which I'm sure is partly why Awalleye's score above is so much higher. (Graphics score)

Well, For Giggles and Grins, As long as ya'll are comparing Awalleye's i7-6800K/4.200GHz/X99/Win 7 System with Halo's i7-3820K/4.232 GHz/X79/Win 10 System both running a Single GTX 980ti, I might as well throw my Secondary Rig in for comparison using my ambient water cooled i7-980/4.496GHz/X58/Windows 7 System with a Single GTX 980ti at stock speeds.
 
http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5517326
 

Doesn't your Gigabyte AC-X58-OC have a Dual BIOS, or have you already tried it?

Well, I can think of only one more thing to try........
 
Actually, What I meant to say is strip it down and throw it in the oven.

I have also done this "procedure" a few times in the past with mixed results, But from what I remember, Here's How I did it: 
 
If you want to Test this procedure First, Try it on a piece of other non-working hardware (PSU, Graphics card, etc...) just to see when the PCB solder starts to Flow. 
 
Remove the CPU, heatsink & fan, RAM, BIOS battery, wires, speakers, stickers, plastic sticky guards, foam spacers, absolutely everything that can be removed from the motherboard. .
It is also a good idea to wrap additional foil around the more sensitive parts of the motherboard, like areas where there are Capacitors, PCIe sockets, RAM sockets, Other plastic non-removable parts and the CPU socket.
 
Place the MB (CPU Side Up) on balls of tin foil (between half an inch to an inch wide) on a baking tray.
 
Place the baking tray with the motherboard on it into a preheated oven at 200C / 385F.
 
After 8 minutes, turn the oven off and open the oven door.
 
Do not remove the motherboard from the oven at this stage as You may disturb the still semi-liquefied solder. Take care not to inhale any fumes that might be present.
 
After 20 minutes to half an hour, remove the cool motherboard from the oven and begin re-assembling. Hopefully, The problem is corrected and It will Boot up again.
 
If the problem remains, you could try the procedure again, leaving it in the oven for a couple of minutes longer or at a higher temperature.
 
It'll either work or it won't, But Nothing ventured, Nothing gained.
 
 
 
You could look on the Internet to view some actual Videos of this procedure before attempting this, But that is up to you.
 
 
 

Yes, It is a sad situation, 
 
But When you've tried everything, And then tried everything again (Just to be sure you didn't miss anything)......It's just comes down to How Bad you want to get the Board to Work and what options are Left.
 
Back in the days, I went through FOUR NEW EVGA E759 X58 3-Way SLI Motherboards before I got one that would even POST!!

Right now the i7-6900K is still over $1K New. That definitely would be Killer to get one for <$400!
 
I'll just be staying with my RVE and 5960X waiting on the Next "latest and Greatest" Graphics Card, Although having a 4-way SLI setup for Benching AND Gaming is a Mute Point and having to use just 2-way SLI?.......
 
The Thrill is Gone....

I'll tell you guys what, the more 3DS MAX rendering I do the more I think it might be a productive idea to pick up an SOC Champion and one of these. It's such a shame they can't be OC'd at all.

Cool! I'll be watching this install (and hoping for photos of the process) with great interest!

Scarlet-Tech
Baaahhhhhduuunnnh.... Bbbbaaaaahhhhddddddduuuuunnnnnnnnhhhh....

https://twitter.com/the_S...93297229431922688?s=09
 

 
Just got this beast back from Drew after many month of work being put into it.  I popped one line, and rather than repair the line, he overhauled the entire system.  I need to pull the test bench so that I can connect this to the GPU/CPU and see about getting in some frigid benchmarks.  Unfortunately, election season currently has other plans for me, so I am too busy to do anything.

Yes!, Into the Cold Zone again!

Nice, That's around the same temps I got when using an old Vapochill I adapted to fit a Titan X for testing awhile back.

Talk about Low Prices! IMO Either one would be pretty equal for a gaming setup, Just depends on what you plan on using it for.
 
Sadly I've had to wander away from my Overclocking/Benching (as you might have noticed) and more toward gaming due to the lack of enjoyment-per-dollar obtained mainly due to the SLI/Software restrictions Nvidia uses with their latest High end/High Cost GPU's.
 
 
 
 

hallowen
Well, This Holiday Season is definitely going downhill fast.........
 
I thought I would NEVER have to go through another "Loss of Posts" debacle like My Original EVGA "Get it Colder" Thread Posts that were deleted like I had happen back in October, 2009, But Now I Just found out that all the my Photos/Info from that date forward I had been using in my Private Website to Host my Photos and other info has been changed without notice to another site resulting in the Cancellation of my original website and Those Photos Also!
 
Now in All my previous Posts that I had referrals to Photos and other Info have been replaced with "X"'s and now NONE of my explanations showing pictures are No Longer There.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

man, you should use photobucket.  Every single picture I have ever uploaded is still there. 
 
 Remember these??

 
;)