Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 1516 MHz / 7364 MHz Some 3DMark and AIDA64 benchmark results are available here.ġ2GB G.Skill DDR3 10-12-12-31-1T 2266 MHz Rufus 3.1 Portable (to create bootable USB flash drive with DOS)Īll of ROMs are mirrored in this location just-in-case.Enable/Disable Meltdown and Spectre Protections (try this if the system appears vulnerable after flashing patched ROM).Intel Microcode Boot Loader (alternative method to update microcode in case your motherboard isn't listed).Gigabyte (flash with this utility if you get errors with Q-Flash or SPI Flash on Gigabyte motherbards).EVGA X58 SLI Classified Hydro Copper (141-BL-E769).EVGA X58 SLI Classified Hydro Copper (141-BL-E764).In addition, the ROMs feature TRIM support for SSDs in RAID0 and extended CPU compatibility table for all motherboards. However, these very few CPUs will also benefit from increased security and stability due to more recent microcode. While most of Nehalem CPUs received a new microcode from Intel, there is an early stepping (C0) that hasn't and therefore still vulnerable at the moment. Make sure the operating system is also updated to be fully protected from speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754). Linked below is a database of modified BIOSes for X58 motherboards patched with the latest microcode (0x1F for Westmere, 0x1D for Bloomfield) against Meltdown and all variants of Spectre.

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