Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Ace Modder · 11 Feb 2009 at 17:20

The Gigabyte EX58-UD3R has been substantially reduced in price. Offering the latest Intel X58 chipset and a superb BIOS the EX58-UD3R is not only one of the best Intel Core i7 motherboard but now one of the cheapest at only £175.94 inc VAT.

sastusbulbas · 11 Feb 2009 at 19:11

Has anyone used this board?

Kurgen · 3 Dec 2018 at 16:46

I still have this board running in an old PC.. will soon be 10 years old.. :cool:

Kelt · 3 Dec 2018 at 17:03

I have the UD5 running a Xeon 5650 @4.4Ghz, still (touch wood) running superb.

AWPC · 3 Dec 2018 at 17:31

Mine is still running daily as well with a Core i7 980X! I also have 2 x X58 Gigabyte Core i7 UD5 & UD3 mobos still running ok and another which is probably had it now but lasted many years!

foster grant · 3 Dec 2018 at 18:12

wow 10 years too late

mushtafa · 3 Dec 2018 at 19:50

Also running the UD5 and X5650 :cool:

Skorpion · 3 Dec 2018 at 19:56

Still have a brand new in box EX58-UD3R in my loft with a brand new, unused core I7 920 DO stepper cpu in it from an abandoned build years ago

Kurgen · 3 Dec 2018 at 20:38

Skorpion said:
Still have a brand new in box EX58-UD3R in my loft with a brand new, unused core I7 920 DO stepper cpu in it from an abandoned build years ago

WHAAAAT. that's amazing. I think you should build it into a shiny new case. with SSD never been cheaper it will fly

mushtafa · 3 Dec 2018 at 22:01

That reminds me; I've still got a brand new X79-UD7 in it's box. The price of a decent chip put me off the build!

Semple · 3 Dec 2018 at 22:06

I've still got my UD3 with the i7 930, just swapped out my old 6950 for an RX570 and runs fallout 76 a breeze.

Kurgen · 4 Dec 2018 at 09:31

mushtafa said:
That reminds me; I've still got a brand new X79-UD7 in it's box. The price of a decent chip put me off the build!

but the 2011 v1 chips are cheap now

Jumper118 · 4 Dec 2018 at 22:31

back in the good old days when boards used to be good and you had to know more than a brain dead chicken to oc

I have a X58A OC, Rampage III Gene and SR-2 i have to say they are much nicer to use than modern boards, especially in the bios! :cool:

mejinks · 5 Dec 2018 at 23:34

I bought this at the time and loved it so much, I put a X5650 in it and it runs my pfsense, file and media server. Overclocked the 930 chip to 4ghz on water that was in it, went for a mild overclock of the xeon this time around as its a 24x7 server now.

Assassin_012 · 6 Dec 2018 at 09:44

Still have this running as main PC. though I don't game much nowadays. can't believe mines been 8 years. Probably taking the Xeon route like others have done later next year.

sanaxe1 · 6 Dec 2018 at 10:53

When will OCUK be stocking these again?

Omega_ · 6 Dec 2018 at 11:01

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sanaxe1 said:
When will OCUK be stocking these again?

Yeah. Its only 9 nearly 10 years old. Will be perfect for modern gaming builds. Stick an i9 in there. Its the correct socket. trust me

Kurgen · 6 Dec 2018 at 11:28

it will work you just have to cut some coathangers up and solder them to the correct pins

Ace Modder · 6 Dec 2018 at 18:27

I remember starting this post. hahaha

esoteric · 6 Dec 2018 at 19:29

I have this motherboard too

in fact I've had 2 because the 1st one died.