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@ 2009/01/21Using both the boards has been an overall positive experience, although I have to say quite frustrating when we were overclocking. Gigabyte has tweaked both with a good software set that works and some nifty features, but they both just need a few loose ends tidying in places like the BIOS.
The GA-EX58-DS4 is £15 cheaper than the UD4P, but at £185 it isn't cheap and for that money we'd upsell ourselves to the other board which has better SATA placement, eSATA options, better cooling, a better box bundle, an extra ounce of copper (if you care, we don't) and the option for Nvidia SLI as well. If Nvidia released a relatively inexpensive ATI killer in six months, you'd be gutted that you didn't fork out that bit more for the option of both (for the first time) on an already expensive board.
We're inclined to forgive the lukewarm overclocking of the GA-EX58-UD4P because for its price it's a great value Core i7 board for a splash of overclocking (95 percent of the glass is full), well rounded features and stable operation with six DIMMs installed. Basically, no one else sells a board as well featured for this price, so if you don't want to pay completely through the nose for a high performance upgrade, the GA-EX58-UD4P is one to get.
The GA-EX58-DS4 is £15 cheaper than the UD4P, but at £185 it isn't cheap and for that money we'd upsell ourselves to the other board which has better SATA placement, eSATA options, better cooling, a better box bundle, an extra ounce of copper (if you care, we don't) and the option for Nvidia SLI as well. If Nvidia released a relatively inexpensive ATI killer in six months, you'd be gutted that you didn't fork out that bit more for the option of both (for the first time) on an already expensive board.
We're inclined to forgive the lukewarm overclocking of the GA-EX58-UD4P because for its price it's a great value Core i7 board for a splash of overclocking (95 percent of the glass is full), well rounded features and stable operation with six DIMMs installed. Basically, no one else sells a board as well featured for this price, so if you don't want to pay completely through the nose for a high performance upgrade, the GA-EX58-UD4P is one to get.
