Gigabyte Relabels Top X58 Motherboard

[Hector Ruiz]

As its release (which remains unconfirmed) is closing in, Gigabyte's latest high-end X58 motherboard, the EX58-EXTREME 2, has changed its name and is now officially known as GA-X58A-UD7. First seen a couple of weeks ago, the board is equipped with a massive cooling system that includes a waterblock for the northbridge, and features support for LGA 1366 processors, six DDR3 memory slots and four PCIe x16 slots for Quad SLI/CrossFireX multi-GPU setups.

The upcoming release includes six SATA 3.0 Gbps and four SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, two USB 3.0 and two eSATA connectors, dual Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio, FireWire, Power and Clear CMOS buttons, and a debug LED. The GA-X58A-UD7's price tag should be over $400 so the board is going to be one expensive Christmas gift.

Source: TechConnect Magazine

 

[micri]

Ludnica, Gigabajt je pocheo stvarno dobre ploche da pravi u poslednje vreme Svaka chast!

 

[illidan]

bice i P55A UD7

 

[Hector Ruiz]

Evo i nje:
Closely trailing the GA-X58A-UD7, Gigabyte is preparing a new high-end socket LGA-1156 motherboard based on the Intel P55 chipset. The GA-P55A-UD7 is touted to lead the new pack of motherboards under the P55A series, which bring technologies such as USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s integrated for the LGA-1156 platform. Observantly, after a very long time, Gigabyte has made use of an NVIDIA nForce chip on its high-end motherboards, certainly the first time it has made use of the nForce 200 PCI-Express bridge chip. Gigabyte made some clever use of its real-estate, especially with regards to the PCI-Express bandwidth.

The LGA-1156 socket is powered by a 24+3 phase circuit. It connects to four DDR3 DIMM slots for dual-channel memory. Its PCI-Express 2.0 x16 link is wired to an NVIDIA nForce 200 chip, which gives out 32 PCI-Express 2.0 lanes to ensure support for 3-way NVIDIA SLI, ATI CrossFireX is naturally supported. There are three PCI-Express x16 slots (which arrange into x16, x16, NC; or x16, x8, x8, depending on how they're populated). A PLX-made PCI-Express bridge chip (probably connected to the PCH) ensures full-bandwidth PCI-Express 2.0 x1 connections to the NEC two port USB 3.0 controller, and the two port SATA 6 Gb/s controller made by Marvell. Apart from the six (color-coded blue) SATA 3 Gb/s ports the PCH provides, the two color-coded white ports on the south are SATA 6 Gb/s, while the two on the north are connected to a Gigabyte GSATA2 SATA 3 Gb/s controller, which also gives out an IDE connector.

 

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