Gigabyte A75M-UD2H FM1 Llano Motherboard Review

OverclockingThere are various ways of getting more performance from a system for a very small outlay, and the most common would be to overclock the system. This involves surpassing the recommended performance rating of components to a point that is beyond them.

To overclock, most users would find that altering options directly in the BIOS give the best results, and that’s exactly what we will be doing.

We would be running our memory at a slower speed than its stock rating so that it can be put out of the equation and the focus will be solely on the processor.

We were already aware of what this processor was capable of when we overclocked it in the Asus F1A75-M Pro, and gained a respectable 3.5GHz using 121×29 at 1.5V. Due to this we weren’t going to increase the voltage as we wanted to see if the Gigabyte could match the speed, if not beat it.

We used the same memory and cooling setup as we used on the Asus to make things “fair” as was pleasantly surprised when we were able to squeeze a bit more power from the A8-3850. We were able to boot higher but the system was unstable.

As seen above, a hearty 3.6GHz from its stock 2.9 was gained using 125×29 at the same 1.5V showing that the Gigabyte is clearly better at overclocking than that of the Asus. Maybe the old, simple BIOS is better?