GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 MOTHERBOARD AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER (ARRIVING NEXT WEEK)

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We have a very limited quantity of the below motherboard arriving with full support for 4-Way SLI out the box. This should be a good competitor to the Rampage III when you factor in the price of the expansion board for 4-Way SLI.

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard @ £465.99 inc VAT

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Based on Intel's highest end X58 chipset, the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 offers a wide range of premium features tailor-made for PC enthusiasts who believe more is never enough. The latest monster performance GA-X58A-UD9 motherboard, featuring a revolutionary new 24 phase Unlocked Power design, 4-way graphics support including Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFireX, as well as a host of unique Gigabyte features including 333 Onboard Acceleration and On/Off Charge. Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 motherboards also leverage the success of Gigabyte’s uniquely developed technologies including the Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 design, which features 2x the amount of copper of a traditional PCB design, as well as the innovative Smart6 PC management tools, On/Off Charge for quick anytime iPhone charging, Dynamic Energy Saver 2 power saving utilities and DualBIOS technologies.

- Form Factor: XL-ATX (345.0mm x 263.5mm) - Approved Chassis List (http://www.gigabyte.eu/FileList/ChassisSupport/ga-x58a-ud9_caselist.pdf)
- CPU: Intel Core i7 Processors (Socket LGA1366)
- Chipset: Intel X58 Express / ICH10R
- QPI: 6.4GT/s
- Memory: 6x DDR3 DIMM 2200(OC) / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz (Max. 24GB) / Triple Channel / Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Expasion Slots: 7x PCIe 2.0 x16 Slots (Supports 2-Way / 3-Way / 4-Way ATI CrossFireX & NVIDIA SLI Technology)
- Storage: 1x Floppy, 1x Ultra DMA 133/100/66, 8x SATA 3Gb/s (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10), 2x SATA 6Gb/s (RAID 0 and 1) & 2x eSATA 3Gb/s
- LAN: Dual RTL8111E Gigabit LAN
- Audio: ALC889 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- 12x USB 2.0
- 2x USB 3.0/2.0
- 3x IEEE 1394a
- 1x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1x PS/2 Mouse
- 1x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
- 1x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial)
- 24 Phase Power Design
- Dynamic Energy Saver 2
- Smart 6
- AutoGreen
- XHD (eXtreme HardDrive)
- Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2
- EasyTune6
- DualBIOS
- Hardware OverVoltage Control IC

Only £465.99 inc VAT.

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Someone somewhere far far away has clearly lost their mind.

Is Asus R3E expansion board gonna cost us £150?
 
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Those Nvidia bridge chips are crazy. 4x Crossfire works fine just without them, but then again, they're not built by ATI! :D
 
I think this motherboard just defined overkill. A motherboard that costs more than a GTX 480 certainly needs to be appraised very carefully.

I suppose it may be useful for folding rigs, but there are much cheaper alternatives for doing that.
 
Two 8 pin connectors?

Where do you get this assumption that suddenly we all have tons of money to throw around? I think your time would be far better spent investing in budget-mid range products rather than stuff like this.
 
Superewza said:
Where do you get this assumption that suddenly we all have tons of money to throw around? I think your time would be far better spent investing in budget-mid range products rather than stuff like this.
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Just as well you don't make the purchasing decisions for OcUK then, isn't it. OcUK has always been 'into' high-end components. Their tagline (which seems to have fallen into disuse) - "only the best performance hardware" - sums this up very well, and they've done very well by it.

Others can (and do) handle the generic beige box market (OK, so it isn't beige any more). If you really want to go budget-mid, then self-build probably isn't for you at all.

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thats just madness,
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No, that's sparta!

Sorry. Resistance was futile! :o


Anyway, I this definitely looks like a niche market board, though I can see workstation-class systems being built with these. Not for me personally (I still need the odd old-school PCI socket), but nonetheless I have a lot of time for Gigabyte hardware.
 
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Berserker said:
Just as well you don't make the purchasing decisions for OcUK then, isn't it. OcUK has always been 'into' high-end components. Their tagline (which seems to have fallen into disuse) - "only the best performance hardware" - sums this up very well, and they've done very well by it.

Others can (and do) handle the generic beige box market (OK, so it isn't beige any more). If you really want to go budget-mid, then self-build probably isn't for you at all.
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While your other points were perfectly believable (and while yes, targeting the enthusiast market is a sound strategy it's only logical to cater for the others, which OCUK don't seem to have been doing that well recently), that last remark is completely untrue. Are you saying that if i don't want a top end i7 rig then i should just go down to PC Planet to get ripped off on some shoddy out of date product that you can't do anything with? No thanks.
 
Superewza said:
Are you saying that if i don't want a top end i7 rig then i should just go down to PC Planet to get ripped off on some shoddy out of date product that you can't do anything with?
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I do believe you've just answered your own question. :p

Maybe I should have said mass-market, but the difference isn't that big. OcUK have their market, and they know it well. Sadly, 'PC Planet' do too, but I know who I prefer - and it isn't purple.

PS - No offence intended, but I'm done. This isn't the place to be debating such things so if you reply, I won't be reciprocating.
 
Even though you didn't answer the question? I'm sorry but there's no way that self building should be reserved for people with tons of money. Hell, i prefer speccing on a tight budget.
 
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