GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 Motherboard Reviews

Carrying Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2
The presence of the latest Intel P55 chipset seems to make echoes Intel X58 chipset to be reduced. However, upper-class chipsets began to resonate more with the launch of the Intel processor with six cores are indeed present in this platform first. GIGABYTE has released one not to miss class on their motherboard X58A-UD7. This motherboard looks so crowded with a variety of components used. One component that takes place is a large enough heatsink. This large heatsink covering the Northbridge area, southbridge and mosfet. In parts of Northbridge, GIGABYTE provides two holes for cooling using a liquid cooling solution. GIGABYTE also includes an external heatsink to be mounted on the northbridge heatsink. GIGABYTE named the “Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2″ for such cooling solution.

Meanwhile, GIGABYTE also provides additional features in it such as USB 3.0, SATA 6 Gbps, 3x USB Power, 24 phase-power processors, the Ultra Durable 3, the Dynamic Energy Saver, and others. In addition, the SMART feature unique GIGABYTE 6 is also present in order to maximize the use of this motherboard. The motherboard for this class was able to offer performance equivalent to the class. Gaming and application performance pertained satisfactory. If not satisfied with the performance with a gaming graphics cards, GIGABYTE features include 3-way SLI and CrossfireX.

Conclusion
High performance with features abundant indeed be one characteristic of GIGABYTE and it was successfully realized in this motherboard.
Specifications
Product by: GIGABYTE
Info: www.gigabyte.com.tw
| Processor | | | Intel LGA 1366 |
| Chipset Northbridge |
| | Intel X58 |
| Chipset Shoutbridge |
| | Intel ICH10R |
| Multiplier | | | Auto |
| Form factor | | | ATX |
| AGP/PCI/PCIe x16/PCIe x1 | | | 0/1/4/2 |
| USB/Firewire/Serial/Pararel/eSATA | | | 8/2/0/0/2 |
| PATA/SATA Port | | | 1/10 |
| DDR3 Slot | | | 6 |
| Equipment | | | User Manual, Multilingual Installation Guide Book, SMART6 User Manual, DVD Driver, SATA Cable (x4), IDE Cable, Holding Bracket, Backpanel |
| Benchmark | Point | |
| Sysmark 2007 | | | 215 |
| WinZip 14 (AES 256 bit) | | | 67 second |
| Left 4 Dead GPU/CPU | | | 120.60 / 154.27 fps |
| MediaShow Espresso (Transcode – CPU): | ||
| MPEG4 1920 x 1080 | 720 x 480 | | | 187 / 62 second |









