GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 (X58 Express) Motherboard

jmke · 10th April 2010, 13:21

On March 10th Intel lifted the lid on the Core i7 980X. This is a 32nm, six-core, twelve-thread CPU that handily eats up the competition in threaded (and some non-threaded) applications. This CPU is almost drop-in compatible with existing X58 based motherboards (all you need is a BIOS flash). But is the current crop of X58 boards optimized for this new CPU?

We decided to take a look at GIGABYTE’s high-end offering, the X58A-UD7. This board features advanced cooling for the chipset and power regulation areas. It also has built in support for SATA 3.0, including RAID support as well as USB 3.0 and Tri-SLI.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/321...ard/index.html

10th April 2010, 13:21	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,019	GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 (X58 Express) Motherboard On March 10th Intel lifted the lid on the Core i7 980X. This is a 32nm, six-core, twelve-thread CPU that handily eats up the competition in threaded (and some non-threaded) applications. This CPU is almost drop-in compatible with existing X58 based motherboards (all you need is a BIOS flash). But is the current crop of X58 boards optimized for this new CPU? We decided to take a look at GIGABYTE’s high-end offering, the X58A-UD7. This board features advanced cooling for the chipset and power regulation areas. It also has built in support for SATA 3.0, including RAID support as well as USB 3.0 and Tri-SLI. http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/321...ard/index.html __________________

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