GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5 ATX Intel Motherboard

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This board was the basis of my i7 develop. I had previously built an Intel P35 Gigabyte board, so I was familar with their product line. Needless to say, it's wonderful. I had no problems whatsoever with my create; the machine cranked up with no problems. Performance with my i7 930 CPU is incredible. And, the board's layout is incredibly attractive. No genuine cons, just a suggestion: the SATA ports are at a suitable angle, on the lower right edge of the board. I would pre-install all your SATA cables just before installing the board in your case. Produced it less difficult for me. I received v2. of the board just a handful of days ago, and I noticed that there is currently a new BIOS. Be sure to check the Gigabyte web web site and use the most up-to-date drivers.

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-OC'ing is a cinch-Get 300mb study and 175mb write with my C300 on SATA3 ports-Dual Bios protection-NB Heatsink doesn't get in the way of 1 of the PCIe x1 slots (any Television Tuner will fit I picture, my Hauppauge 1850 did) -No SATA backplate/cords despite manual-No TPM chip/header alternative Sort of miffed with the packaging here - manual indicates there is a SATA backplate with energy and data cable pack. This is missing from my mobo box. Emailed Gigabyte sales support about it (even their Newegg VIP email), got nothing at all in response. Let's see if they read this evaluation and react considering that they certainly don't if you contact them via typical channels.

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Seamless build. All components worked well with this MB straight out of the box. Smooth Win7 install. Extremely nice function set, which includes external and internal connections, fans, audio. Placement/orientation of SATA connectors functions well in my tower. LED information method helpful. I appreciate nevertheless having floppy and IDE capability along with the SATA3 and USB3., along with ample USB2 and SATA2. Ideal of all worlds. As noted by other reviewers, reaching the floppy connector is a stretch in a tower. Drive should be placed in a close bay. Not certain if it will operate when I add 2nd video card. 8 pin energy connector demands some cautious routing of cable - only made workable in my particular tower case (PS mounted on bottom) with modular PS cables and the extension cable. both minor cons at this point. Read the manual very carefully, specifically to sort out the 3 diverse SATA controllers, RAID. On the web assist from Gigabyte and OCZ forums needed to get to accomplish stated memory capability of my OCZ sticks with the board's bios. Download most current drivers/bios to steer clear of concerns reported by other people. Looking forward to adding memoryǘnd video, USB3 devices.Not a gamer. Heavy number cruncher, math/stat, programmer/developer, digital photography, web programmer. This MB enables robust efficiency in all these regards.Thermaltake Spedo VI90001N2Z CaseCorsair 850-HX PSGigabyte GA-X58A-UD5, F3 BIOSCoreI7 920Prolimatech Megahalem2 Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm CPU fan2X WD RE3 WD7502ABYS 750GB Raid1WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TBOCZ Gold 6GB Ɠ x 2GB) OCZ3G1600LV6GKMSI Black SATA 24X DVD BurnerRosewill RCR-FD400 USB Card Reader w/ FloppySAPPHIRE 100284L Radeon HD 5750 1GBMS Windows7 Ultimate

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I got rev 1. as of two weeks or so ago. Wasn't rev two. No problems with Rev 1. that I can see. I saw exactly where some poster stated that rev 1. had too a lot of troubles... what troubles are those? My Rev 1. seems to be ideal.

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Nice colors Twisted pins on the socket. Sending back for replacement.

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Excelent board, hnds down greatest i have had. Quite nicely built. The greatest factor is the RAM it supports. I have 4 sticks of G.Skill PI+Turbulence runing at 2208 with timings of 7-10-10-28-1t at 1.648V. The board has no dilemma runing these sticks at their 2200 speed and with my i7-970 i can even run them at 2408 at a 2ᚺ ratio ()_() !! I didnt have to overclock my cpu at all my bclk is set at 138 from the stock 133! my i7-970 is runing at 3.28G when its stock is 3.2G and 3.4G with turbo enhance!! Result? Superfast ram - No extra heat from cpu and no additional pressure on cpu. None None

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Total newb but EVEN I could construct a technique with this board. Particularly straightforward to get to factors and manual was fairly self explanatory. I havent tweaked anything yet but the setup utility also looks basic enough even for me. The PCI-e slots are way too close to every other for systems with two Video cards..Ive got about a 1ቬth of an inch among my two 5870s. I7-960 three.2 GhzCorsair HX CMPSU-1000HXCorsair XMS3 12GB RAMKingston SSD SNVP 325-S2B2X Gigabyte 1gDB Radeon HD5870HAF-932 case

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6GB/sec SATA ƒ), USB3 ƒ), esata ƒ), dual ethernet, lots of overclocking manage (Much far better than my EP-45 mb...Gigabyte is obtaining superior at this), durable construction, good colors if you display the innerds, operating nicely with core I920 at 2800...I know I can go greater but it screams already. recognizes 12gb Gskill DDR3 򜩀Mhz with XMP profile (must set it to XMP in the bios, otherwise defaults to 1066). Very good benchmarks, effortless setup. Very happy with this motherboard. Raid controllers are a little tricky...not for the novice if you want to set up raid arrays. But with typical knowledge with creating rigs, not a dilemma. Not sufficient to cost an egg. I had to stretch for even a slight con.

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Very solid build with high quility componets. BIOS is properly thought out and stable. Good layout of connectors. None! I've owned a couple of Gigabyte motherboards but it has been years ago. They have come a Extended way from the boards I don\'t forget working with years ago.

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Properly-built board with a nice layout. LGA1366, USB three. and triple channel DDR3. Lots of fancy LED indicators for voltage, load, etc. Core i7 980X users beware. There are two versions of this board, a rev 2. that supposedly has out-of-box support for Core i7 980X, and a rev 1. that requires BIOS F2 or later. (Check Gigabyte's web-site) Apparently Newegg gave me a rev 1. with an old OLD O-L-D BIOS... Can't even get the POST screen. What do they anticipate me to do, shell out another 跌 for an i7 920 just to flash my BIOS? Manufacturer Response:Thank you for your comments. Honest and constructive opinions are generally welcome. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case quantity 2010071409 in the topic line. We will offer personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue as soon as possible.If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact quantity, and we will contact you ASAP.Gigabyte VIP Support Team

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I used this board for a new I7 construct and was not disappointed. I have liked Gigabyte boards and other then getting to update the bios on this after I got it. Did not have one bit of trouble with it. I am not doing any fancy 3x SLI and insane amounts of overclocking, but I can if I want. They are probably to spec but I had a small trouble with stacked sata connectors with a couple of fat cable I got. It only came with two appropriate angle sata cable and I necessary 4. The extra two I got had fat grab points and had been difficult to function with. I just got some diverse ones not the MBs difficulty. My last Gigabyte board was for a AMD 939 build and when I was doing some maintenance in the case following I got this one I found that at some time a small resister burned out. Amazingly it did not damage the board or the capacitor that it was leaning against. The excellent design kept the board running saving the entire personal computer. Thank you Gigabyte!

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1) Uncomplicated Install. No troubles. Booted proper up.2) Has a range of BIOS settings in order to acquire a stable overclock.3) Came with the newest BIOS ver. of 03ቦ which adds much more compatibility to memory sticks.4) Is fully compatible with my lately bought Core i7 980x Extreme. Floppy connector is placed too far to the left finish of the board.I can barely fit the cable more than my GTX280 video card as a result. The 1st board would not POST - bought however at a neighborhood retail chain rather of Newegg. Big mistake there!!!To add to my misery, they claimed there was NO exchange or refunds on MOBOS or memory, and that my only recourse was to directly RMA ship the defective board to Gigabyte. Wow! Envision that!Nevertheless, I quite reluctantly shipped the item to Gigabyte, expecting a lengthy turnaround. However, to my pleasant surprise - in much less than a week, got a replacement board that POSTS. :-) YAY!A really Massive thanks to the folks at Gigabyte for promptly handling this problem!!!

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*Excellent construct quality*Lotes socket*Great looking for a blue theme board*Heavy feel and thick PCB compared to other boardsၸ power phases *RAM slots should be pushed further to the leading edge of the board for better compatibility w/ large CPU coolers and their fans This is my ninth develop utilizing Gigabyte boards and none have failed to post upon first attempt. This is my private rig, so I opted for a bit "beefier" board than the X58A-UD3, but it is an great board as properly. I sited my string of first-post builds as good luck, but it is likely additional attributable to Gigabyte's particularly high good quality and my pre-purchase compatibility research. This construct consists of this board, an I7 950, 12gb Patriot Sector7 1600MHz RAM, and an EVGA Superclocked GTX 560 Ti. It purrs really nicely.

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Fantastic board, utilized in my production workstation each and every day, no hick-ups. Trustworthy and effortless to set up. Not numerous custom builds end up getting a production box, this one is really stable. None. Don't have one complaint on this board. Works properly with my setup and upgraded bios too. Searching to buy a different to create a smaller development workstation for holistic testing of software program.

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are you people seriously complaining about ide and floppy connectors?If you're going to invest 趚 for a motherboard are you seriously going to tell me that you are still making use of an ide tough drive or opitcal drive and not making use of sata connections?And in the world of 8 gig usb sticks for much less than 20bucks who the heck nonetheless uses floppies in the very first location?If you are worried about a floppy connector you really should save your dollars and obtain a affordable asus board and an amd2 single core cpu since this setup is way over your head bub. noob users

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This is an awsome board with 2 USB three. ports and 6 others on the back of the pc. Purchased 2 of these for the 2 identical pc I built. The bios will most likely want to be updated but not that difficult with the software program on the disk. The bios will automatically overclock your CPU also with the Intel increase technology, so watch for that. Bios can be a bit tricky for the untrained individual, so leave that to us specialists please.

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A nice, rapidly board with all the features that I wanted. I only just lately got the second network controller working, but necessary to upgrade the bios (twice) and download a new driver to do so. The original bios (and very first upgrade) and driver kept installing the second ethernet controller as a 1394. The sataIII controller didn't want to recognize my drives until I had it reinstall its code from the bios. Tech support was no aid on this difficulty. They always responded promptly, but apparently don't really read the messages, so it is an endless repeating of the facts--presumably until you solve the dilemma on your own (as here), or just go away.I get blue screens following getting gone into sleep mode when I then later shut down. Nonetheless tracking that problem's solution, but meanwhile I just don't use sleep mode.Don't count on the rebate. I bought two of these months ago and don't have any rebate. That portion of the pricing is just a scam. It seems beautifully built, I hope that has long term meaning related with it.

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Construct quality is *outstanding*. Great attention to detail. Many attributes. Definitely very durable fabrication. Finest motherboard I've seen recently. Not a primary consideration, but it's also stunning to look at! ;)Many features aimed at the enthusiast (extra buttons on board, status LEDs, and so on.) Works wonderfully for an OSX machine (well-supported). Genuinely, really, none. I can\'t criticize this board. I hope other producers realize there is a actual marketplace for *quality* and follow suit. I will definitely obtain Gigabyte again. Go acquire it! :)

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I got the rev. two and it is wonderful. They changed the cable colors to blue, have to greater then yellow. The on/off charge is terrific. You can nonetheless run 16x in crossfire no matter which no slots you use for your gpu's. Cloud OC, I can go on, just know the rev. 2 is has a lot of little upgrades that produced a diverse in my obtaining choice. NONE I had gotten a rev. 1 board ahead of and returned it. Didn't like a lot of little factors. It appear that all the factors I didn't like they fixed. Compared to the ROG3 and it has all the exact same features if not additional, but far better temps. A much better board, quit and take a appear you will not be mad at yourself.

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Beautiful Board and feature, Would like to maintain it, but can't Got this board with intel 980x, but with serial number start off 1004xxxxx, I guess It it manufacture on 2010 and the 4th week, I guess it has the original Bios and it won't post with 980x with error code b8. Has to return this board for Asus P5XD-E (which suppose to have shipped Bios to support 980x) User beware of obtaining this board with those most recent CPU.. make sure it has the shipped bios to support the chip you will get, you will keep away from the problem i got... receiving a board which won't support the chip, and can't find a way to update the Bios... It is challenging to come across an older 1366 to update the Bios. Can't come across any PC shop which has an spare 1366 chip to update the Bios for you.

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why don't you people today be more honest in your rating of your tech information?Give Gigabyte a break ya maroons.1st of all the reason why Gigabyte and just about every other motherboard manufacturer out there is going with the edge facing out SATA connectors is mainly because 1. video cards are finding larger and when they face out the similar direction of the mother board some video cards are either blocking the slot or producing it rediculously challenging to put 1 in there. two. The challenging drive is generally to the perfect of the motherboard perfect? proper! so how freakin hard is it to slide a SATA clip from the perfect side of the board into a slot that faces the very same direction. To prove how rediculous your complaints are, I explained what to do to my 5 yr old son and he walked up grabbed the clip and slid it into the slot in under 2 seconds. If my 5 yr old son can do it why can't you?????? users who whine in critiquesGo by an ASRock that has no telephone support and wait three weeks to get someone to respond to you due to the fact the 1st two weeks they are on vacation for chinese new year and then they take forever to respond to you and then argue with you or buy an ASUS mobo and get transported around from one moron to one more for 3 hours at a time.You'll suddenly start to be englightened about Gigabyte or EVGA mobo's. Subsequent to all you whiners who are supposedly pc authorities whining about Gigabyte getting bad mobo's since they read your 1600 ram as 1066.... please you marons find out how to read and do a little analysis before you asssssume and make a total ehhaaaah out of yourselves.First of all the i7 chips chipset only runs at 1066 mhz so that's what all motherboards will read 1600 memory at until you adjust your bios. Now there may possibly be a mobo bios out there that is pre adjusted to automatically read 1600 or 1333 at their oc'd rating but as far as I know they all start off out at 1066 and you adjust them up in your bios. I would suggest going to 1333 initially then f10 your bios and accept the alter and then go back in and bump up to 1600.If you folks are going to write in and diss a respected mobo manufacturer with a excellent reputation then why don't you analysis 1st.Have you even noticed how gigabyte reads these forums and actually has a newegg/gigabyte.com forum for tech support?

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Precisely 1 year to the date and this mobo has performed admirably. Have utilised Gigabyte in about ten of my final builds, and they have been rock solid. Will be buying Gigabyte once more for certain. Memory Placement could be greater. Had to remove the high heatspreader on my GSkill kit nearest to the cpu. My specs:i7-920 Bloomfield two.66GHz LGA 1366 ʃ.8GhzG.SKILL 6GB Ɠ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Antec Nine Hundred Two COOLER MASTER V8SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770SeaSonic X750 Gold 750WLITE-ON CD/DVD Burner iHAS124-04 - OEM LG Bluray Burner WHLS10304X1TB Western Digital Caviar black (Raid ƜX60Gb OCZ vertex SSD drives (Raid OS)

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* Wonderful/easy overclocking* LED display on the motherboard for showing error codes* CMOS clearing button* USB three/SATA 6 This thing says it has three PCI Express slots so you'd feel you could use all of them. This is not the case... You can't use the bottom one if you have the front USB connection plugged in OR the IDE connection. You literally can't push the card into the slot since the cables get in the way. So I'm stuck putting video cards in slots 1 and 2, which creates an extraordinary quantity of heat. My main video card idles 30 degrees Celcius hotter than it does without having a second video card installed simply because they can't be separated. Also, there are reviews on here talking about how this motherboard makes a buzzing sound. I bought 1 anyway thinking theirs ought to be defective. It genuinely did buzz loudly each so frequently for the 1st couple of days I had it but it hasn't at all in the past few weeks. Hopefully it's accomplished doing that.... The problem with the third slot is the only reason why I'm not giving this factor 5 eggs. I have an i7 930 clocked at four.2GHz with this factor and I believe it's a great board.I don't know what to say about the buzzing although... Hopefully it doesn't come back.

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Quite nice board that holds my i7-980xI got the rev 2. board that supports the 6 core 12 logical cpu's processor. no complications This is my 1st program acquiring all my parts from newegg.I;am incredibly impressed with the terrific service from newegg.

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Glad I bought, great features, USB 3. and SATA III are nice. Extremely slow timing from when I turn the PC on till it goes to POST. Freezes at POST when I " Reset ". Key reason I'm only giving this three eggs. CPU/RAM multipler were set to " Auto " by default, which had my CPU at 2.0Ghz and ram at 1066 rather of it's stock two.66Ghz and 1600Mhz. Wasn't a dilemma to fix although.