EasyTune6

Since at first we didn’t trust the slow and what seemed to be insufficiently effective response time demonstrated by Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R during the adjustment of the processor fan rotation speed, we resorted to brand name EasyTune6 utility to lower this response time. Later on we discovered that even with default settings the board could cool the CPU (and even an overclocked CPU) just fine and all our additional measures only increased the levels of generated noise. However, we would like to use this opportunity and tell you about all the features and functions that EasyTune6 utility has to offer. This is a pretty old program and you should theoretically be well familiar with it by now. In fact, we have already introduced this utility to you in one of our previous articles. However, its functionality has been expanded since then, that is why I believe it makes sense to take a quick glance at this utility one more time in order to refresh your memory on the existing features and introduce the new ones to you.

The first window in EasyTune6 utility reports the major system parameters and CPU specifications:

The second tab shows what’s written in the memory modules SPD. WE can find out the current memory frequency in the next tab, but the memory timings will unfortunately remain hidden from us. Too bad, as this info could be extremely helpful.

“Tuner” tab opens a new window for us. “Quick Boost” function allows selecting one of the three possible overclocking modes that will push the base frequency from the nominal 133 MHz to 140, 150 or 160 MHz.

Don’t miss small tabs in the upper right corner of the utility window that will allow to switch to more detailed overclocking settings. Easy mode allows changing the base frequency manually, while Advanced mode also allows selecting the memory and PCI Express bus frequencies.

“Ratio” tab allows changing the processor clock frequency multiplier. “Voltage” tab offers you to monitor all current voltage settings and change any of the voltages controlled by the board.

“Graphics” tab can help increase the graphics chip and memory frequencies, read the GPU temperature, adjust the graphics card fan rotation speed.

“Smart” window offers you to select one of the automatic overclocking modes, enable or disable processor fan rotation speed control using “Smart Fan” function, or set your own fan rotation speed control parameters with the help of appropriate sliders.

The last tab called “HW Monitor” has very few settings, just like the corresponding BIOS Setup section. Now you can set the temperatures and rotation speeds for the fans when the warning messages should pop up, select the sound alarm signal, change the temperature measuring units.

Overall, despite a number of drawbacks and a few obvious directions for improvement, EasyTune6 utility belongs to a very rare class of brand name applications that can be used normally on everyday basis. It is sufficiently informative, intuitively simple to work with, boasts very strict interface without any excess graphics. In these aspects, the current version is definitely better than all the previous ones as well as some of the alternative tools offered by other mainboard makers.