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- Jan 4, 2005
Since LGA1366 launched at the end of 2008, there are not many news in the market recently.
Instead the new LGA1156 has very high exposure rate in all medias.
These 2 structures are very similar and make users hard to choose as the different strength.
LGA 1366, the extreme level product line and will have 6 cores CPU soon.
Currently X58 chipset support 3 channel and 6 DIMMs DDR3 for higher extensibility and Quad core CPU with HT technology.
LGA 1156 is the following segment. P55 is single chip and the power consumption is lower.
HT version CPU and LGA 1136 are similar price. i5-750 is the most valuable choice so far.
In the future, i3 dual-core will make LGA 1156 product line be richer, but still only the combination of dual-core, quad-core and HT.
Even though there are not many news of X58 MB, but it’s still the top end product in Intel platform.
USB3.0 and SATA3 are launched in these 2 months, and most manufacturers implement with P55 MB.
Compared to X58 revision, there is only GIGABYTE X58A-UD7.
GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 is the key role for this review.
Let’s look at the appearance first.
Accessories
User’s manual, software manual, driver CD
SATA/eSATA cables, USB Port bracket
CrossFire and 3WAY SLI bridge
Lower Left Corner
4 X PCI-E, the bandwidth is 2 X16 and 2 X8, support CrossFire and 3WAY SLI
2 X PCI-E X1
1 X PCI
Realtek 8111D dual LAN chipset support Teaming
Realtek ALC889, supports 7.1 channel and High Definition Audio/Dolby Home Theater technology
Design in Taipei
Lower Right Corner
6 X blue SATAII provided by ICH10R, SATA2 supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
2 X white SATAIII, provided by Marvell 9128, SATA3 supports RAID 0, RAID 1
2 X white SATAII, provided by GIGABYTE SATA2 chip, SATA2 supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
1 X IDE,GIGABYTE SATA2chip provide
Dual BIOS dual protection, also built-in Debug LED
Upper Right Corner
6 X DIMM DDR3, supports 800/1066/1333/2200, the max DDR3 capacity is 24GB
Cyan big button is Power and blue small button is Reset
DDR3 uses 2 phases PWM and next is 24-PIN power connector
Upper Left Corner
LGA 1366 CPU socket, and CPU metal cover is electroplated.
X58A-UD7 uses 24 phase PWM. It’s same as own P55-UD6 design and the highest in X58 board in the market now.
IO
4 X USB 2.0(Yellow)
2 X USB 3.0(Blue)
2 X RJ-45 LAN
2 X eSATA/USB 2.0 Combo
1 X S/PDIF Fiber/Coaxial output
1 X 1394a
clr CMOS button
Full look after installing the Hybird SILENT-PIPE
These heat pipe is also used in previous X58-EXTREME
The shortcoming is lose one PCI-E X1 after installation
Instead the new LGA1156 has very high exposure rate in all medias.
These 2 structures are very similar and make users hard to choose as the different strength.
LGA 1366, the extreme level product line and will have 6 cores CPU soon.
Currently X58 chipset support 3 channel and 6 DIMMs DDR3 for higher extensibility and Quad core CPU with HT technology.
LGA 1156 is the following segment. P55 is single chip and the power consumption is lower.
HT version CPU and LGA 1136 are similar price. i5-750 is the most valuable choice so far.
In the future, i3 dual-core will make LGA 1156 product line be richer, but still only the combination of dual-core, quad-core and HT.
Even though there are not many news of X58 MB, but it’s still the top end product in Intel platform.
USB3.0 and SATA3 are launched in these 2 months, and most manufacturers implement with P55 MB.
Compared to X58 revision, there is only GIGABYTE X58A-UD7.
GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 is the key role for this review.
Let’s look at the appearance first.
Accessories
User’s manual, software manual, driver CD
SATA/eSATA cables, USB Port bracket
CrossFire and 3WAY SLI bridge
Lower Left Corner
4 X PCI-E, the bandwidth is 2 X16 and 2 X8, support CrossFire and 3WAY SLI
2 X PCI-E X1
1 X PCI
Realtek 8111D dual LAN chipset support Teaming
Realtek ALC889, supports 7.1 channel and High Definition Audio/Dolby Home Theater technology
Design in Taipei
Lower Right Corner
6 X blue SATAII provided by ICH10R, SATA2 supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
2 X white SATAIII, provided by Marvell 9128, SATA3 supports RAID 0, RAID 1
2 X white SATAII, provided by GIGABYTE SATA2 chip, SATA2 supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
1 X IDE,GIGABYTE SATA2chip provide
Dual BIOS dual protection, also built-in Debug LED
Upper Right Corner
6 X DIMM DDR3, supports 800/1066/1333/2200, the max DDR3 capacity is 24GB
Cyan big button is Power and blue small button is Reset
DDR3 uses 2 phases PWM and next is 24-PIN power connector
Upper Left Corner
LGA 1366 CPU socket, and CPU metal cover is electroplated.
X58A-UD7 uses 24 phase PWM. It’s same as own P55-UD6 design and the highest in X58 board in the market now.
IO
4 X USB 2.0(Yellow)
2 X USB 3.0(Blue)
2 X RJ-45 LAN
2 X eSATA/USB 2.0 Combo
1 X S/PDIF Fiber/Coaxial output
1 X 1394a
clr CMOS button
Full look after installing the Hybird SILENT-PIPE
These heat pipe is also used in previous X58-EXTREME
The shortcoming is lose one PCI-E X1 after installation