Testbed Configuration

All our tests were performed in the following system:

• Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P rev. 1.0 (LGA1366, Intel X58 Express + ICH10R, BIOS F7);
• CPU: Intel Core i7-920 (2.66GHz, 133MHz base frequency, 8MB L3 cache, Bloomfield, rev. C0, 1.225V Vcore);
• Memory: 3x1024MB DDR3 Kingston HyperX DDR3-1866, KHX14900D3T1K3/3GX, (1866MHz, 9-9-9-27, 1.65V voltage);
• Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB (RV770, 750/750/3600MHz, 800 SP, 40 TMU, 16 ROP, 256-bit 512MB GDDR5);
• HDD: Samsung SP2504C (250GB, SATA II, 7200RPM, 8MB, rev.A);
• CPU cooler: Cooler Master GeminII (120-mm Protechnic Electric MGA12012HB-O25 fan, 1500-2500RPM);
• Thermal interface: Noctua;
• PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZGXS700 (700W) with Zalman ZM-F3 fan;
• Case: Antec Skeleton.

We used Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x86 OS. We didn’t experience any difficulties during testbed assembly. The system worked flawlessly in nominal mode, however, we did have to apply some effort to achieve stability in overclocked mode.