GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5 ATX Intel Motherboard

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USB3SATA6 (one out of Three SATA controllers on board)Improved BIOS layout in F6J is fantastic, easy to realize with lots of present status details. Every detail accessible and not hidden that I could see. Would like to see Intel LAN at this price tag rangeCombo USB/eSATA connectors are a gimmick, would like discreet connectors so I can use each at the similar time. Attempting for 3x SLI/crossfire with decreased PCIEx8 is unnecessary, would much rather have 2x SLI PCIEx16 and have the extra slots in a position exactly where they can be utilised nevertheless.

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Truly have no complaints about board performance. It's worth at least a single egg. Think it is unfortunate that board comes with no mounting hardware and no warning of such deficiency in the product advertisements. Wasn't a difficulty for me this time mainly because I've accumulated parts over the years, but what of the new guy to the enterprise of building his own? How considerably could it expense them to throw in the hardware, a dollar possibly two? Is this an market trend or just Gigabyte?

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I have had this board for almost 2 years and have place it by way of the ringer. I use it for professional audio which taxes technique resources HEAVILY. I haven't had to deal with latency spikes or any other sort of product deficiencies/breakdowns that would have an effect on my work. It has been scalable sufficient and function-rich sufficient to meet all of my wants since I got it in ཅ. Absolutely nothing that isn't currently obvious (size, weight, price tag)

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Operating my i7 970 at four.2ghz on 1.28 vcore as a every day user.....all functions working none so far also uncomplicated to reach the numbers I wanted....now im bored

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All of it truly. Received the version 2 board. Correct elements and proper board for my wants. Nicely laid out components, no issues receiving to any of them. I use a full ATX situation, so I have no complaints about where one thing plugs into. A complete ATX board is meant for a total ATX situation. Tends to make life simpler.No benchmarks but the board is whippy quick and the bios is nicely thought out. Plenty of options. Gigabyte consists of a driver set up disk that is fairly considerably bullet proof. Use it if you are unfamiliar with installing drivers. I used the included drivers to see how well items went. It went properly, very nicely. There are some later drivers now on the Gigabyte web page so get those when you can. About the board, none so far. Operates as advertised and performs properly. Had two minor concerns. Most likely related to how I built using Windows XP, SP3 with most recent updates. Continuous drive access with Seagate 7200 Sata drive. I disabled all unused SATA ports to fix that issue. Dual LAN gave me some difficulty initially, but that was my dilemma. Was a fresh install of XP and XP was not dealing nicely with the dual LAN ports. Busy the second LAN on an XP install, then allow the LAN when finished. Neither of these are adequate to knock off an egg. Fantastic board, been extremely pleased with it.Corsair 650 WATT CMPSU-650TX Corsair TR3X3G1600C8D G ( 4 GIG )Seagate 750G 7K ST3750528AS% ( 7200 rpm SATA )GIGABYTE GV-R58OC-IGD ( ATI 5850 GRAPHIC CARD )INTEL I7 - 950 3.06 CPUSCYTHE SFF80B 80mm Fans ( very, incredibly rather fans )

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No troubles at all! I purchased this motherboard to update from a Q9300 processor which I also utilised a Gigabyte motherboard with. I updated to the 980x processor with 24 gig memory. I just hooked my SSD boot drive to it and booted proper up than updated drivers and in no way looked back. None but, all is well. Some people may have a dilemma with some of the SATA connections if their situation doesn't have a lot of area.

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The board has a ton of USB and SATA ports. So if you think that you want to use the 6GB SATA controller or the Inte ICH10R, you'll have a lot of options. Overal the board supports all of the i7 initially generation CPUs with out situation (including 6 cores), and does will with DDR3 triple channel RAM. Frankly, with the top of the line components installed (video card, CPU, RAM)... that most up-to-date Intel CPUs barely edge this rig out, and typically are not more quickly. The biggest concern I've had is that the board WILL NOT permit you to boot from an ADD-IN HOST ADAPTER (such as a 3Ware 9650 or an LSI 9750). If you set up an SSD to use for a page file (swap space) and attach it to the Intel ICH10R, forget booting from a "SCSI" device. Extra, efficiency testing shows that the board's 6GB SATA controller is actually not incredibly excellent compared to either the Intel controller, or, specifically add-in adapters, such as the 3ware/LSI units. In reality it's essentially a waste to use it if you want perforance. My configuration isɅ x 3Ware 9650 SATA controller w/ 2 300GB Velociraptors, 1 x LSI 9750 SATA controller w/ 2 600GB velociraptors, 6 x 4GB Corsair DDR XMS3 RAM, i7-980X CPU ࿀nm, 6 cores), ATI HD 5870. What I've noticed is that the add-in RAID controllers fairly considerably destroy most of the SSDs I've tried with the velociraptors in RAID . The on-boad RAID does not come close in overall performance, as it's got no cache RAM. The Intel ICH10R with an Intel 120GB X-25M SSD operateds at about 175MB/sec, which is fantastic, but not unbelievable, and not overall more rapidly than the RAID velociraptors.

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Fast new technology when you can get it to function.Incorporates some neat features such as cmos flash and energy on the board. Giving it 1 egg b/c the bios is total garbage. I am past the 30 day RMA so I am stuck with this brick. POST refuses to go into setup screen upon "del" important. and will freeze up. Have tried Qflash and other selections but at times it does and from time to time it doesnt operate when you press the choice keys at begining of POST. Will hold working on it till I uncover resolution because Newegg washes their hands following 30 days. Extremely recomend ASUS boards rather. Dont rely on the gimicks this board advertises like dual bios. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for your comments. Sincere and constructive opinions are always welcome. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte item. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the situation number 2010040702 in the topic line. We will supply personalized service and evaluation to support resolve your concern as soon as possible.If the matter is urgent, please send us your make contact with quantity, and we will speak to you ASAP.Gigabyte VIP Assistance Team

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-Performs with no significantly trouble-Didn't had to reinstall xp64, even right after upgrading mainboard, cpu, memory from core 2 duo-No memory issue, performs even at 1600mhz with bios update with XMP profile1, no brainer-Fairly fantastic overclock I guess, but I didn't had exceptionnal results as of right now Ɣ.0ghz unstable with prime 95) didn't put as well substantially time either, i7 960 is adequate already -HIGH PITCH NOISE from chokes employing C1 cpu function. Disabling the function makes the noise go away. Numerous gigabyte board have this issue, so if you want something silent with the lowest power consumption, attempt something else (I assume MSI have much better chokes).-Still some minor bios bugs (false bad overclock warning when unplugging/replugging the pc. When the board tries to boot from ipod output some garbage, some mouse on/off in xp64)-some plugs are difficult to use with antec p183, floppy plug general is very hard to use.-Xp64 doesn't like the lan chip, but is to be expected from any boards-chipset will run fairly high temperatures if you have weak case cooling. Please use at least 1x 120mm case fan, if not two. ^_^ -using the board with i7 960, corsair Item #: N82E16820145258, xymatek dark knight, antec p183 case, antec truepower trio 550w (no, you don't will need that 1200w psu, lol, use antec psu calculator @ antec.com).Please note that the modest troubles are to be expected with almost all mainboards, nothing at all main to report.At the end of the day, every little thing operates pretty excellent

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Want to replace me present board but will only acquire Ver two. so can anyconfirm if newegg is shipping vers 2. ver 1. has to quite a few difficulties not willing to take the opportunity

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12, count 'em, TWELVE SATA ports, two SATA3USB three.Greatest overclock assistance ever bar noneFancy USB energy program with extra current provide and on/off device (like iPod) chargingMechanically and electrically extremely sound stylebuilt-in debug LED (POST code LEDs on board)built-in color coded status LEDsa single-button CMOS erase for "OOPs pushed that also difficult" in tweaking overclocking.three-way CrossFilre adn SLIDual GB LAN with 802.3ad Link Aggregation ( "Teaming" )Excellent energy management assistanceThis BIOS has each and every function I've ever observed, and then some. 3 layout compromises bring about tight spots. Not seriously a fault, as there are a entire lot of elements stuffed into an ATX form factor board. The three spots areɅ. As others have talked about, the proper angle SATA connectors can be tricky if you attempt to cram this into a tight case. Even most mid-tower cases are going to be truly tight. You bought this board for all that SATA, right? So you're going to use a lot of drives, appropriate? So, get a full tower case.2. The RAM DIMM slots are pretty close to the CPU, so if you're going to overclock with spendy RAM, which usually has high heatsinks on the DIMMs, you may run into interference problems with an oversized CPU cooling technique. Basic solution: go liquid cooled for max overall performance.3. The 1st PCI Express-1 slot is jammed up against the heatsink for the X58A chip, so a lot of PCIEx-1 boards just won't fit. If you plan on using both PCIEx-1 slots, be confident that at least one particular of the boards will fit in that tight slot. Lots of negative information posted right here! Rev1 boards nonetheless shipping. Rev2 due in the US any day. In the mean time, Rev1 boards are fantastic, Rev2 has minor improvements, but does NOT obsolete Rev1. Rev1 is on sale with rebate ideal now.Yes, the F1 BIOS wasn't 100%. These days, F5 is readily available. So is an updated manual. When you get the mobo, update the BIOS and download the newest doco and drivers. No one must blame Gigabyte for this: other mobo mfg's do the exact same factor frequently. Any individual needing a mobo of this complexity should be smart adequate to ignore the shipped CD and manual.The "missing eSATA bracket" post was referring to an errant page in the old manual. No bracket necessary.Following studying posts right here, I carefully chosen a new situation for this mobo. I highly recommend the CoolerMaster CM 690 II Advanced. The situation is excellent, and fits this mobo like a glove. That situation has holes in the mobo assistance panel right underneath exactly where the SATA connectors are, and connections are a dream.

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Performs Wonderful! No hassles getting to perform at all!This motherboard has a enormous wide variety of interfaces, but it would be nice if it has an internal eSATA header (but it does have and eSATA connector on the back of the situation). The BIOS setup provides you a lot of possibilities, but it's fairly straightforward to understand. This MB is a bit pricy, but I consider it's worth it.Don't lose the manual! You'll practically surely need it to set this board up - and you'll will need it yet again later, because this is a sophisticated (and from time to time difficult) motherboard My personal computer consists of these parts (all of which appear to function well together):Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield three.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950 (N82E16819115211) GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3. ATX Intel Motherboard (N82E16813128422) CORSAIR XMS3 3GB Ɠ x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X3G1333C9 (N82E16820145221) CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V two.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Prepared CrossFire Ready Active PFC Energy Supply63706631 (N82E16817139009) Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA three.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Difficult Drive -Bare Drive63706631 (N82E16822136284) ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM (N82E16827135204) COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Laptop or computer Situation (N82E16811119137)

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It's a Gigabyte! always a solid performer, constantly has best notch functions & built to final. Overclocks really effectively, wonderful net support for updates.New Egg - Leading of the line selection, service, shipping! Folks that give reveiws that must be acquiring a prepared built Computer This board operates nicely with:Antec 900I7 930 Zalman 9900NTGSkill DDR3 1600 tri-channel PI seriesWD Blue's in Raid MSI Twin Frozen GTX275Creative X-fi GamerGelid GC Extreme pasteAll nice and cool & play properly with each other when pushed

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--------------------------------------------------CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew Planet : http://crystalmark.information/-------------------------------------------------- Sequential Read : 347.960 MB/s Sequential Write : 209.329 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 319.230 MB/sRandom Write 512KB : 213.358 MB/s Random Read 4KB : 27.710 MB/s Random Write 4KB : 50.673 MB/s Test Size : 100 MB Date : 2010ቦቹ 7ᚰᛑ::Comment::Single Crucial c300 256gb(Firmware 002), ga-x58a-ud5(rev 2.) bios update FBOne particular c300 256g in AHCI mode To get AHCI on the SATA 6Gbps port to workɅ)Using Regedit Modify (start REG_DWORD FROM TO 3)HKEY_Local_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet services mv91cons Begin REG_DWORD 0X00000000 adjust the above toHKEY_Neighborhood_MACHINE Program CurrentControlSet services mv91cons Start REG_DWORD 0X00000003two) make the important change 1st and than restart the laptop or computer and enter the bios b none Make certain you use a 6Gbps sata cable on the GSATA 6_7 portWith these modifications from IDE to AHCI you gat nice speed boost working with a singe SSD drive.

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I utilized this MB in a build I did properly over a year ago. It was my very first time placing with each other a Computer from scratch and every thing on this board was straightforward to get to and pretty self-explanatory. I have used this board with ZERO issues for over a year and it's still going sturdy -- from video editing to extended sessions of gaming on hot summer time days it handles anything I can throw at it. It is a rugged board to assistance the big CPU cooler and video card I have in my system.I highly suggest this Gigabyte MB and would use it in my next develop also. None Acquire this MB, you won't be disappointed.

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Nice and cool operationVery good set of BIOS settingsEnjoy the clear CMOS button on the backPOST code display (helped me solve the amateur mistake of placing the RAM in the wrong slots at initially..derp)Did I mention runs cool? Only 1 PCI slot. Not genuinely taking an egg off simply because PCI is older now, on the other hand I did have 2 RAID cards to put in it (previously employed).. could only place one particular in. Utilizing this as a 24ǝ hyper-v/file server/ torrent machineImpossible to bog down with with with an i7-950 and 12gb RAM

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Lots of connectivity. Integrated sound. Really should have much more USB3 ports. Would obtain once more

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Excellent Board.SATA three , USB three., 2 Lan PortsWorks great for hackintosh, linux, Win 7 (Yeah triple booting)!!Clear CMOS button on the back in case you genuinely screw a thing up on settings.LCD display of existing state for troubleshooting Shares USB and eSATA Ports, so if you want to use eSATA you lose a USB. Is it also much trouble to keep them seperate?? effectively at least they give them to you.USB3 not recognized in MACOSX neither is SATA three, but this isn't a issue with the board, but MAC OS.Heatsinks around the processor made me a little nervous that my cpu cooler wasn't going to fit, it did. Huge CPU Cooler like the Thermaltake one particular doesn't operate with super tall memory, not really a con of the motherboard, but just wanted to mention it so that your conscious if you get it, I had to put the CPU fan in more a pull than a push arrangment, doesn't perform as very good but provides area for up to 6 sticks of the tall ram.Fairly Lights. Flash your bios before carrying out your create, save you some heartache possibly later ( this is just intelligent practice) Can flash from a USB stick!!I swore up and down following my other Gigabyte board (Nvidia 680i), I would not purchase an additional one, but this 1 was too tempting. So far not regretting it.

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First off: I received my board this week, it's rev two.!!! With the most current BIOS pre-installed. So I had no difficulty booting up my Core i7-980X. The X58/ICH10R chipset mixture from Intel has utterly remarkable bandwidth with RAID- and SSD's. Making use of two Intel X25-E Extreme Series SSD's my prior Gigabyte P45 chipset based motherboard achieved a impressive RAID- bandwidth of 440MB/s read speeds. With the quite similar SSD's I'm now acquiring 560MB/s read speeds on this X58 board. Wow!I've been in a position to overclock, on air, my Core i7 980X to four.3Ghz which remains stable. I was able to boot at 4.5Ghz. I have memory running at 1900Mhz, with 6ƦGB G.Skill Trident DIMM's. My MSI Twin Frozr GTX 470 overclocks and is stable with a clock improve from 607Mhz (stock) up to 775Mhz. I also elevated memory clock to 1800Mhz. In all, my technique, when running an utterly ridiculous load of 6 threads of Prime 95, 4 Situations of Memtest, and MSI's Kombustor, draws 650Watts, completely stable! It is incredibly tough to locate an *oversize* cooling alternative for the CPU that allows you to fit oversize (tall) memory in all 6 DIMMs. I purchased the Zalman CNPS10x Performa, and with the fan it blocks one of the memory slots. Fortunately I only had to shave off about 3mm of plastic from the fan casing and it now fits with 6DIMM's. One more option would be one of Scythe's 12mm thick fans. Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5Intel Core i7 980X operating at 4.3Ghz ࿁x 135MhzƠƦGB G.Ability Trident DDR3 PC16000 ྮx 135Mhz) for 1890Mhz.Zalman CNPS10x PerformaCorsair 850W single rail energy provideMSI GTX470 Twin Frozr II, at 775Mhz / 1800Mhztwo * Intel X25-E SSD's4 * Seagate 1TB drives

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Triple Channel Memory has established to be extremely rapid. Overclocks effectively with my I7 920. Haven't pushed the limits but since I had to order an adapter bracket for my Zalman 9700 cooler, but even on stock intel cooler it stays under 65C. Once I activated the XMP in the bios it registers my GSkill DDR3 1600 memory effectively, both frequency and timings...otherwise it registers 1066...extremely straightforward to do, just expect to have to do it. And you have to read the manual to get the raid controllers to function...far from intuitive, but they do perform if you set them up proper, so not really a con. This is a bit future proof also with USB 3, though I haven't purchased any USB three devices to try it but. The onboard LEDs are a bit of a mystery...the manual could be clearer. I will eventually figure them out.This is almost certainly not a beginner board. Until I loaded the W7 drivers off the included driver disk some of the characteristics didn't operate. I also flashed the bios to the most up-to-date making use of the @bios program...worked fine. The driver disk seems up do date...surprise! When the drivers were loaded, almost everything performs like a charm. I was even able to use my bootdrive that was set up for a different Gigabyte board (EP-45-UD3P), on which I had recently done a clean install of W7. It booted with the new board, processor and memory, but, like I mentioned, had to load the drivers from the disk.( BTW if you use Everest Ultimate, you need to download the newest beta version or it won't recognize this board.) I am pleased with this board...so far 4 gigabyte boards, 4 successes.

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The prior post got cut off.To get AHCI on the SATA 6Gbps(GSATA 6_7) port to workɅ)Using Regedit Alter (start REG_DWORD FROM TO 3)HKEY_Neighborhood_MACHINE Process CurrentControlSet services mv91cons Start REG_DWORD 0X00000000 adjust the above toHKEY_Nearby_MACHINE Technique CurrentControlSet services mv91cons Start REG_DWORD 0X000000032) make the essential alter first and than restart the personal computer and enter the bios by holding down the DELETE keythree)in the bios select (Integrated Peripherals) and change GSATA 6_7/IDE Ctrl Mode from IDE to AHCI4) Save bios settings and exit5) run CrystalDiskMark 2.2 and see the nice boost none. I get a boost of about 50 mega bytes per second utilizing AHCI on the marvell 6Gbps port (GSATA 6_7) compared to IDE mode.I have not overclocked this board because I am utilizing the i7-980x with 24g of Corsair Dominatoer memory.

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Incredibly cool board for my initially construct, the booket was actually created for this specific motherboard, much more than can be stated for my video card OM. It looks fantastic and i believed the layout worked ourt truly effectively PCI express ports as well close together, i'm running Sli on two Galaxy250gts cards and they are so close togehter i'm a little worried about enough air obtaining by means of to maintain the GPU cool. For my very first construct i went a ittle above my understanding level but i consider obtaining this board was a good choice.

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Gigabyte did it again... has every single doable choice, its future proof, its rapidly, its stable, it booted initial time and each time, Windows 7 64 bit loves it, and its even seriously pretty if you like to stare at a motherboard. None whatsoever... I do my homework GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5Intel Core i7-920 not overclocked howeverVital Ballistix Tracer 6GB Ɠ x 2GB) DDR3 1600Noctua NH-C12P SE14SAPPHIRE TOXIC 100282TXSR Radeon HD 58501 WD Velociraptor 300GB (bootƛ-Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD (swap)two-Western Digital WD3200AAKS (dataƜ-SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1T1-SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Combo Drive - SH-B083L/BSBPHauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250

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USB 3. assistance, SATA 6 help..."future Function prepared". Arrived DOA, SATA ports at an angle that needs connecting a cable blindly when in case, large cooling device blocks one PCIe port, Poor product documentation, poor web help. The motherboard diagnostics LED code needed an hour of net scouring to locate an obscure reference that indicated what the code was and that my board was DOA. This was my third motherboard by Gigabyte and is by far the worst designed for system developing and integration with existing circumstances. Having future technologies to industry is fantastic but useless when implemented poorly. I'm incredibly disappointed and could not advise a Gigabyte product to my peers in the future. Manufacturer Response:Thank you for your comments. Honest and constructive opinions are always welcome. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte item. Please contact us at newegg-help@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 2010060205 in the topic line. We will supply personalized service and analysis to support solve your issue as soon as possible.If the matter is urgent, please send us your speak to number, and we will contact you ASAP.

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Every little thing.-high overclock low voltage.-plenty of sata for hdd.-charges my ipad by means of USB.-i really like the color scheme. The only bad is the ten seconds it takes to post.... other than that its excellent. Other than the ten seconds that it takes for the personal computer to post, this motherboard is perfect.Operating with a 920 @ 4.01 ghz. 12gb dominator, 128gb SSD, and a 5970.about to go under water soon.