I was just looking through some mother boards and saw in another thread recommending various lga1366 x58 boards and want to know what the differences between these two boards are:
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7
What makes the UD7 $150 more worthwhile than the UD3R?
Thanks sorry for the most likely extremely dumb question but I have no idea and there is no stickies for motherboard
i have the x58a UD7 and many other 1156 and 1336 gigabyte boards.
the 3-3-3 thing is kinda dumb, the SATA 3 ports on gigabyte boards are pretty week, the 3 x power for the USB ports is nice and haven't tried USB3 yet.
have to say that the UD7 is an insane overclocker. At very high speeds / voltages the 24 mosfetts do seem to help. In OCCT / prime 95 / linX voltages have no ripples during testing.
got my 920 to 4.3 24/7 and it is very very happy. that's with 6 sticks of mem, some people have complained about gigabyte boards when using 6 sticks, EVGA boards seem to deal with 6 sticks better.
had to change from 6 sticks of (7-7-7) OCZ plat to some (8-8-8) XMS3 to get a good overclock on the UD7. my OCZ plat ran like a champ on my old EVGA X58 A-1 Board.
the onbaord Audio is not that great UD7, better than average but not that great for a $400 board. I have an HT Omega, the ASUS Xonar is a great sound card for the money if you want to upgrade.
Really, a UD5, the one w/ out the 3-3-3 may be the way to go. I like the one i have a lot.
I would not get a UD3.
I have this board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049
it has 2 great features, EVGA tech support and the EVGA forum, it aslo has alot of bells and whistles for the $.
I would either get the cheep EVGA or the UD5.