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GA-X58A-UDP7... Doesn't this look exaggerated?
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maybe a nice new trend, but you can only fit the crappy single slot GFX cards in each slot due to the spacing between them, I have the same problem with my UD3R, the ANUS Rampage III is the only board with decent spacing, but the problem with thier layout is if you use slot 3 you loose the use of the PCI slot.
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Overkill? EXCESSIVE?! No, my friend.
I'd get that board, put 7 of these puppies in it for a total of 168 ports. Then I'd get 168 of these guys for a total of 168tb of storage of SSD. Comes out to a cool $538,685.
That board isn't overkill, I'm overkill.
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But seriously. Moving to PCI-e is going to be a good thing. Yes, a lot of devices don't need that kind of bandwidth, but it should simplify the board's layout. I'd love to be able to re-arrange any of my cards in any slot. I hate being stuck with a single PCI slot for my sound card that is either stuck above my video (hot) or just below it (hot).
I'd get that board, put 7 of these puppies in it for a total of 168 ports. Then I'd get 168 of these guys for a total of 168tb of storage of SSD. Comes out to a cool $538,685.
That board isn't overkill, I'm overkill.
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But seriously. Moving to PCI-e is going to be a good thing. Yes, a lot of devices don't need that kind of bandwidth, but it should simplify the board's layout. I'd love to be able to re-arrange any of my cards in any slot. I hate being stuck with a single PCI slot for my sound card that is either stuck above my video (hot) or just below it (hot).
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What use could you give to 7 PCI-e slots?? Don't you need PCI slots anymore?
Folding with 7 single slot gpus? Using lots of addon cards because PCIeX is faster than basic PCI?
I personally have not used a regular PCI card in close to 7 years. I don't own an aftermarket sound card. Even then you can get them in PCIeX format. A PCIeX 1-8x card should fit in a 16x slot without any problems. So, I can absolutely see a properly built machine not needing PCI slots anymore.
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LMAO,
I would love to see the Disk benchmark on that baby 
Just one question, Whats the difference between the Gigabyte 7 and the 9 ?
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Nah, I do use PCI, there are many Tv cards, sound cards, network cards, and a lot of other random stuff that's PCI. I wouldn't buy a mobo without a PCI slot, it's too much of a sacrifice for me. I see a PCI-e x16 and I auto think of a video card, for me 1 video card is more than enough, so I don't see the need for that many PCI-e slots. Maybe in a few years where PCI-e SSD & PCI-e x1,x4 gets mainstream I'll see a purpose for that many slots.
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They may all be PCI-e slots, however only 3 are 16x, 3 are 8x, and the last one is 1x...
Looks more impressive
Looks more impressive
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Any PCI-e x16 slot will run at x1, x4, x8, and x16 speeds, the speed is dependant on the card that you are sticking in the slot, if you have ever noticed the Gold contacts on a GFX card fill the whole slot, whereas the Gold contacts on a PCI-e x1 soundcard or network card will only fill the first few contacts of the slot.
Please dont mix this up the other way around though, you can not put a 16x card in a 1x slot, reguardless of how good your dremel is.
I agree with the other guys that it does look impressive and very clean and tidy, and lets face it, any 3rd party / add-on card you want or need now a days, wether it be TV, Sound or WLAN, with a little bit of hunting around, you can buy in PCI-e configurations.
Please dont mix this up the other way around though, you can not put a 16x card in a 1x slot, reguardless of how good your dremel is.
I agree with the other guys that it does look impressive and very clean and tidy, and lets face it, any 3rd party / add-on card you want or need now a days, wether it be TV, Sound or WLAN, with a little bit of hunting around, you can buy in PCI-e configurations.
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I really like the color scheme on the gigabyte boards its clean tidy and down right awesome.
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The UD9 Supports 4way sli where as UD7 is 3 way due to losing lanes to sata 6 and usb 3.
UD9 has the nForce 200 bridge chips
4 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2/PCIEX16_3/PCIEX16_4) (Note 2)
3 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2/PCIEX8_3) (Note 3) (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0)
4 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2/PCIEX16_3/PCIEX16_4) (Note 2)
3 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2/PCIEX8_3) (Note 3) (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0)
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