UD3R - UD5

Fledge · 14 Apr 2009 at 20:32

Is there a review somewhere that shows the increase in quality from the Gigabyte UD3R, the Ud4, the UD4P and the UD5? Oh and the EXTREME.

I really don't know which one is worth getting

95thrifles · 14 Apr 2009 at 20:37

doubt it, your best bet is to go to gigabytes site and do mobo comparison, though Id recomend the UD5, particuarly with it being on TWO

Fledge · 21 Apr 2009 at 16:54

With it being on TWO what?

gaara · 21 Apr 2009 at 16:59

This Week Only?

95thrifles · 21 Apr 2009 at 17:56

Yeah it was on this week only, however that week has lapsed so isnt anymore

Natima · 21 Apr 2009 at 18:55

Just get the UD3R.... I doubt theres too much point spending the extra money unless you want 12GB of RAM straight away. By the time you need that much 4GB sticks will probably be standard anyway.

95thrifles · 22 Apr 2009 at 07:17

The UD5 also has more PCI-E (3 vs 2) more SATA (10 vs 8) it has eSATA (2 vs 0) dual LAN and better cooling, so theres more than just the 6 DIMMs vs 4 DIMMs

Natima · 22 Apr 2009 at 12:03

So unless you need 3 graphics cards, 10 internal hard drives, 2 more external drives, a 2Gb teamed LAN connection and some flashy heatsinks... I'd say go for the UD3R!

ally · 23 Apr 2009 at 10:10

The esata thing is annoying, it seems to get esata capability i have to spend more than i wanted to. You would think it would come as standard by now really. I am having to go for the ud5 just to get esata!

unless anyone knows of another mobo not to ovc or multi gfx but just for extra sata and esata use?

Carol Steele · 23 Apr 2009 at 12:23

I just bought the UD-5 (last week) and I must say I'm very pleased with it, although I must admit I do go through SATA ports like nobody else. By the time you have a couple of RAID0 arrays in there plus a couple of other eSATA devices (a DVD and a Blu-ray writer/player), then a couple more eSATA external drives, you are starting to need all those ports. However I'm a photographer and really need all those disks and esata external backup drives, maybe if you are just into gaming and a bit of office work, then the number of ports available is overkill.

Also I immediately went to 12Gb RAM, you can never have enough of that working with the 64-bit version of Photoshop.

Jimbu · 23 Apr 2009 at 12:30

I got the UD3R the other week as i saw no point in the extra features. Its great and overclocks fine. You are only really paying for more slots or features that arent neccesarily for everyone.

ally · 23 Apr 2009 at 16:00

Carol Steele said:
I just bought the UD-5 (last week) and I must say I'm very pleased with it, although I must admit I do go through SATA ports like nobody else. By the time you have a couple of RAID0 arrays in there plus a couple of other eSATA devices (a DVD and a Blu-ray writer/player), then a couple more eSATA external drives, you are starting to need all those ports. However I'm a photographer and really need all those disks and esata external backup drives, maybe if you are just into gaming and a bit of office work, then the number of ports available is overkill.

Also I immediately went to 12Gb RAM, you can never have enough of that working with the 64-bit version of Photoshop.

Same prob. so this sounds like the best option for a lot of storage?

Fledge · 23 Apr 2009 at 23:34

This is more response than I expected - thanks for that.
Now I think it all boils down to one question for me: are the extra overclocking capabilities of the UD-5 worth the additional £65?
Let's hope not

Carol Steele · 27 Apr 2009 at 12:19

ally said:
Same prob. so this sounds like the best option for a lot of storage?

It certainly was for me Ally - I have just one SATA connection free now out of the 10 (but I have one eSATA port unused on the top of my case, but no doubt I will find something to plug into there shortly :eek:

). If you go for a mobo with only 6 or 8 connectors, by the time you have splashed out for a PCI SATA card, you might as well have purchased the better motherboard.

jbloggs · 27 Apr 2009 at 12:48

Have a UD3P here, some info Here on the UD3(x) range...

Simply choose the mobo that have the features you want/need.

ally · 3 May 2009 at 10:49

Carol Steele said:
It certainly was for me Ally - I have just one SATA connection free now out of the 10 (but I have one eSATA port unused on the top of my case, but no doubt I will find something to plug into there shortly ). If you go for a mobo with only 6 or 8 connectors, by the time you have splashed out for a PCI SATA card, you might as well have purchased the better motherboard.

Thanks for that, sounds like we have similar requirements, can i ask what else you went for component wise and the case you chose?

still weighing up my options at the moment but tempted to go i7, silverstone fortress case. I want to get the smallest case i can without compromising the cooling for the drives, not a gamer so no issues with gfx cards. Thanks.