Nice setup guys

just picked up the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 REV 1.3 with 2700K cpu going to do some tweaking.

So far running stable on 4.5ghz from 3.5ghz (how do you turn off the throttling?)
CPU voltage 1.40V
Load Calibration Set to 8
CPU PLL 1.95V

I haven't disabled C1E C3/C6 States, EIST, Turbo Mode which im going to try now.

I did have it running at 5.0ghz but it BSOD on Prime95 >NOT STABLE<<br />
so basically just needs more tweaking or flash the bios to the latest and try that. Keep in mind from my
experiences with gigabyte boards you need to find the right bios version to get the highest possible
overclock.

So far on 4.5ghz its running Prime 95 at 30-45C with Corsair A70 CPU cooler. >STABLE<<br />
Ever since I got this new rig my room is cold lol!

on a side note if anyone could give me a recommendation for either raiding my computer or using the
4x SSD feature on this motherboard that would be great. thanks!

Updated on my build and overclocking running stable from 3.5ghz to 4.7ghz 2700K CPU will be pushing
to 5.0ghz tonight.

Suggest disabling onboard audio and graphics chipsets. Dont disable USB3.0 or sata controllers.
Voltage section
CPU Vcore 1.42
QPI AUTO
System Agent Voltage .950
PCH Core 1.100
CPU PLL 1.880

x47 multiplier and 1600mhz ram with 800 11 11 11 29 clocks per side of ram hyperx kingston

so far running prime95 full load 100 percent a core for 2 hours no issues, this board is very clean when it
comes to crashing, if there is something wrong it will just crash instantly. I actually love this board, good
job again from gigabyte can't wait for more versions of the Bios to come out in the next couple weeks.
check out the PASSMARK score, so impressive its up there with the Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz!!!

Ive tried 4.8ghz but it crashed 30 minutes into prime95 so i need to tweak it a bit further.. lets put our
heads together and try and squeeze every last drop out of our systems

my overclock
2600k + z68x-ud3h-b3

4,6ghz, with turbo, all options enabled (c3/c6, speed-step and any other enabled).

settings:
multi: 34
vcore: 1.27 (manual mode)
LLC: level 7
turbo: enabled
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 cores: all in 46

all voltajes set manually in default, pll, decreased to 1,7v

voltaje results: 1.36v full load, 1,3v idle, max 1,4v in single thread stress

dinamic vid its unstable, I have not time to test it intensive

I think I found a better convination.

4.5ghz
vcore manual=1.255
LLC=level 6
results: 0.88v idle / 1.284v full load / 1.36 peak (I think is when trottled to x45 but not load)
pll overvoltaje, enabled
You don't have to change the CPU Clock ratio from 34. What some of us have
done, because we want the power savings, is to do "Turbo Overclocking". This
let's Intel make the decision on how high to take the clock speed based on
power the CPU is consuming and temperature.

Start with a small/stable over clock just to make sure you're seeing the
improvements in your benchmark of choice.

Set the Turbo ratio 1-core to 42. Sett the other 3 turbo ratios all to 41. If you
have a decent heatsink or water cooling, you should be able to up the Turbo
Power Limit and Core Current Limit. Keep an eye on CPU temps and adjust this
if you are getting too hot. Try setting Turbo Power limit to 120 watts and Core
Current Limit to 120 amps for now just to give yourself a little more
headroom. Should be plenty for up to 4.7GHz.

If 42/41X is stable, start turning those turbo ratios up further and consider
adding more core voltage if its not stable

Yes, your understanding of the Turbo multipliers is correct. The thinking

behind different settings for different #'s of active cores is that there's less
thermal load on the processor with fewer cores active so they can potentially
run faster. I really don't know if I ever benefit from that single core being
0.1GHz faster. Its ok if you just want to set them all to the same frequency.
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I have the same CPU and mobo, and I could get to 4.5 GHz stable by just upping the multiplier and
disabling turbo boost, C3/6, EIST, and C1E, no voltage changes needed.

Also have the UD3H (2500k though)

The other thing you could try out is DVID for OC.

Apparantly the UD3H's LLC is terrible and droops at all levels anyways
w/ DVID and power saving options, I can keep a low idle voltage.

set Vcore to normal and dvid to +0.000v

start with x45 multi and set C1E, C3/C6 States, EIST and Turbo mode to [Auto]

Keep upping the multi until you can't boot into windows, drop down a multi and run prime custom fft
1344/1792/4096 for 15-20 minutes

If you BSOD, bump up DVID until you're stable after 15 minutes and try to boot into the next multi.
(I tend to do this in .015v jumps and back down in .005v increments once I pass those tests)

Currently using -0.150v DVID and 1.475v PLL for a 3.7GHz 'oc' lol
~1.1v load (compared to 1.2v auto for 3.4GHz)
~0.8v idle

settings for 4.5GHz @ 1.344v load is +0.075v DVID and 1.55v PLL
~1.0v idle