Xtreme!! :eek::eek::eek:

IT NEEDZ MOAR POWAH!!! :eek:

On a more serious note, how come they are generating MORE heat? I would have thought that the more advanced motherboards get, the less heat and power they would need...
Is it something to do with supporting Xfire and SLI in one chipset?

The board in the pictures an an alpha (almost the real thing). From what Gigabyte tells hicookie, changes to the final (release) version could be just a cosmetic colour change to the DIMM slots, at the most.

Overkill and the colour scheme sucks major ballage!

Not a board I'm likely to get as I'll be watercooling the chipset, CPU and the a-like myself.

by: Btarunr

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The board in the pictures an an alpha (almost the real thing). From what Gigabyte tells hicookie, changes to the final (release) version could be just a cosmetic colour change to the DIMM slots, at the most.

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They really should, pink and green ruins the look of that board for me.

by: InnocentCriminal;999992

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Not a board I'm likely to get as I'll be watercooling the chipset, CPU and the a-like myself.

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Look closely, the NB cooler supports both WC and extreme air cooling using the detachable air cooler.

If they were trying for aesthetics (in which is evident due to those fancy design on the heatsink), they should stop the LEGO color motiff and go for some plain, dark, uniform colors.

by: btarunr;999993

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Look closely, the NB cooler supports both WC and extreme air cooling using the detachable air cooler.

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I noticed that but it's still not a board I'd want even with those features.

So is this cooling gonna be necessary? Are the non fancy cooled boards gonna overheat?

And Is there no fan on that PCI cooler?

I think the Computer industry needs to work on cooler and more effeceint components, rather than elaborate coolers.

holy crap. at least it looks fast.

by: alexp999;1000003

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So is this cooling gonna be necessary? Are the non fancy cooled boards gonna overheat?

And Is there no fan on that PCI cooler?

I think the Computer industry needs to work on cooler and more effeceint components, rather than elaborate coolers.

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If it would run too hot without a fan then I'm sure Gigabyte would have implemented one in the design. To me it looks a good cooling system and if a fan on that heatsink would make a huge different it would be quite easy to attach one.

I say:rockout:

by: InnocentCriminal;999992

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Overkill and the colour scheme sucks major ballage!
They really should, pink and green ruins the look of that board for me.

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by: Bjorn_Of_Iceland;999994

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If they were trying for aesthetics (in which is evident due to those fancy design on the heatsink), they should stop the LEGO color motiff and go for some plain, dark, uniform colors.

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Why? Why every board should "bear" the same colours over and over again? At least you can recognize their boards instantly. And for some people (not few), the colours are just ok.

Is it still using the gigabyte faux 12 phase? it looks like it.

by: VIPER;1000032

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Why? Why every board should "bear" the same colours over and over again?

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That's the thing, I don't want the generic colour scheme offered by most manufacturers. IMO: Black, Blue and White - boring, but better than what looks like a motherboard that has had multi-coloured cereal spewed on it. If people like that, that's cool - it just looks really bad in my eyes.

by: VIPER;1000032

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At least you can recognize their boards instantly. And for some people (not few), the colours are just ok.

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I'm not arguing that. :p

If people think, Red & Black are generic colours for a motherboard, why is so bleedin' hard to find one. Or even a Black & Red one. The only boards I know of that had that colour scheme were the abit Fatality boards, they looked really good and I would like to see another firm use that theme, or at least invert it.

I wonder how much it's gonna cost?

I dunno why ppl complain about the color.
It's not like you're gonna see it after everything is installed.

Them pink ram slots are hideous.

Maybe gigabyte have a child ceo like the bog roll advert on tv :p

Why the big fuss about the DIMM slots' colour? Can you see them once the memory sticks are in place?

Pinks for girlie stuff,we dont want pink on our ruff tuff electronic bits and pieces.

by: tigger;1000100

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Pinks for girlie stuff,we dont want pink on our ruff tuff electronic bits and pieces.

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If a EX58-Extreme w/ pink slots ends up pwning a Rampage II Extreme (the big IF), you end up with the higher ground over "manly" components.

That thing makes me throw up in my mouth a little. But other than the choice of colors looks great!

by: btarunr;1000104

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Why the big fuss about the DIMM slots' colour? Can you see them once the memory sticks are in place?

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It's not a big fuss that's the thing. It's all down to taste we all know that, just because people that a voicing their opinion about the horrible choice in colours doesn't mean it's anything big. See, my girlfriend doesn't understand why I care so much about a matching colour scheme, but I do, obviously not to the point where performance is compromised, but I do.

by: btarunr;1000104

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If a EX58-Extreme w/ pink slots ends up pwning a Rampage II Extreme (the big IF), you end up with the higher ground over "manly" components.

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If this board turns out to be the best motherboard for me, then I'd get it, obviously I wouldn't be pleased about the colour scheme but the fact it PWNs the competition would dampen that black mark.

Some people don't care about the colours, some people don't like the colours. It really isn't a big deal, it's just taste. Makes me chuckle when people blow things so meaningless out of proportion.

by: tigger

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Pinks for girlie stuff...

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Debatable.

by: tigger

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... we dont want pink on our ruff tuff electronic bits and pieces.

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I'm not singling out Pink, I hate all really vibrant colours on motherboards. However, I like the DFI boards as it works with their overall colour scheme, even if the green is a bit bright, it looks better than having loads of different crayons, sorry colours on the board.

by: InnocentCriminal;1000118

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Makes me chuckle when people blow things so meaningless out of proportion.

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Yeah, those who make such little things decisive factors.

That's just how people work. Like how some enthusiasts don't care about cable management, how some prefer air over water-cooling and so on.

by: InnocentCriminal;1000118

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See, my girlfriend doesn't understand why I care so much about a matching colour scheme, but I do, obviously not to the point where performance is compromised, but I do.

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Odd -- it's traditionally women who care about colour schemes, while men aren't supposed to give a shit. :laugh:

Guess it all depends on the item.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :D I want one.

by: mdm-adph;1000131

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Odd -- it's traditionally women who care about colour schemes, while men aren't supposed to give a shit. :laugh:

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I thought that was personal hygiene? ;)

for the first time in years i actually like a Gigabyte board. it looks like they took some cues from asus though.... i think thats what makes me like it.

by: fitseries3;1000144

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for the first time in years i actually like a MSI board. it looks like they took some cues from asus though.... i think thats what makes me like it.

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Are you talking about the Gigabyte board in this thread? ;)

yea... you quoted me before i fixed it though.... sorry i just woke up. lol

HEH HEH HEH! No worries man, made me chuckle. ^^

I don't care about the color but I have had nothing but crap experiances from Gigabyte. I would rather have an ECS board..

I wanna know the price, lol.

by: Pinchy;1000176

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I wanna know the price, lol.

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looks expensive I'd wager in the 300$ range.

How many phases do they need to power these chips? Damn.

I am no real Gigabyte fan and no fan of irrational cooling-constructions either, but one little feature caught my eye:
According to the print between CPU-socket and DIMM slots it features (true) hardware raid :respect:.

Mmmmm, shiney. That first picture looks like art :)

And those green/'red' memoryslots work out fine. I have red heatspreader so I used the green slots to get an even red. If you have mem without heatspreaders use the red ones and memory area looks green.

'red'

LOL!

That board clashes terribly... LOL!

I've been and ASUS fan for a really long time and this board sure looks like a great board compaired to the ASUS X58.. DAMNIT hurry it up.. i cant wait no longer!!

looks good, might have to try a gigabyte board for a change.

i say forget about the color scheme guys lets see some confrontation between this board and the asus one... and some prices PLEASE......

meh. Looks like they didnt fire those engineers after all. That NB cooling SUCKS. Look how high the heatpipe arrays connect to the NB heatsink. A GA P45 UD3 would have superior NB cooling, even though its one quater of the size.

I really hope they revise that NB cooling, cause ATM it sucks.

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Pinks for girlie stuff,we dont want pink on our ruff tuff electronic bits and pieces.

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Hmm speak for yourself. I wear alot of hot pink (its my fav color) and i have quit a bit of man in my pants. At least enough to make a baby and Apples new product iCame.

I have to agree with some things though. This board looks like Carebear cum at its finest. Without the color scheme id say the board itself looks to be teh p00nage though. Id prolly wind up trying to paint it or something :laugh:

And i think DFI should make a board with hot pink flourescent slots :rockon:

hmmm x58 looks like its a damn hot chipset :O

also, why would you put a clear cmos button on the i/o panel? you could easily hit it and then have to reprogram the bios..
would've been better if it inside the case...

nice board though, completely kick ass :rockout:

It's actually going to be white, they are going to remove the pink...

by: panchoman;1000989

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why would you put a clear cmos button on the i/o panel? you could easily hit it and then have to reprogram the bios..
would've been better if it inside the case...

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Its called convenience.. its easier to hit the button on the IO rather than taking off your side panel and digging around inside your case. I personally like it. =]

by: olstyle;1000432

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According to the print between CPU-socket and DIMM slots it features (true) hardware raid :respect:.

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if that's right, then this is sweet :toast:

by: panchoman;1000989

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also, why would you put a clear cmos button on the i/o panel? you could easily hit it and then have to reprogram the bios..
would've been better if it inside the case...

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That's where mine is on the board in my specs. It's so much better than messing around with a frickin jumper, and was much easier when this was actually in a case, as I didn't have to fiddle around with anything at all when I hit a bad OC. Just press the button and done.

And although I don't use it personally, there's a switch to disable it.

It also helps that this board has the ability to save 2 profiles. So after a CMOS reset, you just load one of your profiles to a nice, proven OC.

I'm sure the GB will offer something similar.

by: olstyle;1000432

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I am no real Gigabyte fan and no fan of irrational cooling-constructions either, but one little feature caught my eye:
According to the print between CPU-socket and DIMM slots it features (true) hardware raid :respect:.

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I doubt seriously it's "true" hardware raid. It's probably just the bog standard ICH10R.

by: Scrizz;1001256

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if that's right, then this is sweet :toast:

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x2:rockout:

by: panchoman;1000989

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also, why would you put a clear cmos button on the i/o panel? you could easily hit it and then have to reprogram the bios..
would've been better if it inside the case...

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Shuttles have had a reset CMOS button of the back of selected models for years, it's an awesome feature IMO.

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Why the big fuss about the DIMM slots' colour? Can you see them once the memory sticks are in place?

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If I were to OC on a test bed, I'd rather do it with style. Im already lacking it... at least my board doesn't. :D

by: fitseries3;1000144

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for the first time in years i actually like a Gigabyte board. it looks like they took some cues from asus though.... i think thats what makes me like it.

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Wasn't there a proposed merger last year? Also, the Asus Maximus Formula, ASUS R.O.G. Pinot Noir and Asus BLITZ Extreme are water-cooling ready like this board.

If i buy a X58 board it would probably be this one..

My experiences with Gigabytes X38 has turned me off Gigabyte for a high end motherboard. That big chipset cooler looks like more of the same...gimics over substance.

by: buggalugs;1004519

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My experiences with Gigabytes X38 has turned me off Gigabyte for a high end motherboard. That big chipset cooler looks like more of the same...gimics over substance.

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Can you tell what happened so that we know why to avoid gigabyte?

by: Laurijan;1004701

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Can you tell what happened so that we know why to avoid gigabyte?

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I had a DS3L P35 and alot of people were saying they just randomly died after a week/month of use.. well that happened to me and my friends Gigabyte Nforce 550 AMD board did the same and there support is terrible.

lol... every time i see this pic i think... it comes with a video card cooler?

And I see an unnecessary waste of space..

I wonder what kind of temps they expect from that chipset to need something like that. I imagine that will be helpful, but really...damn! Kinda rediculous.

by: ShadowFold;1005114

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And I see an unnecessary waste of space..

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yeah.. no doubt man. lol!

by: Kursah;1005115

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I wonder what kind of temps they expect from that chipset to need something like that. I imagine that will be helpful, but really...damn! Kinda rediculous.

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i think they just like overkill so you feel like your getting something extra special from buying one of their boards.

it's actually meant to cool down your ego once you buy it

by: Scrizz;1005130

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it's actually meant to cool down your ego once you buy it

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ROFL!!! :roll:

i think we looking now for no1 x58 board on the planet

It looks like a sweet board to me and yes the pink slots will be white on final version

and to all you people that keep saying ASUS and Gigabyte merged last year
that lasted all of about a month Gigabyte told asus to take a hike (get lost)

gest thing Gigabyte ever did i have owned 2 Asus boards both being crap one was the striker extreme a 400.00 paper weight
right now useing A Gigabyte-GA-N680SLI-DQ6 one of the best board i ever had

It's so colorful it looks like a sideshow at the circus... Or a bag of skittles.

Gigabyte - Taste the rainbow.

i like the board but for those of us that use a sound card like me my creative soundblaster elite pro uses a PCI slot and in SLI mode i cant use my sound card

and i dont want to use the said onboard sond chip so i guess ill have to say with Gigabyte-GA-N680SLI-DQ6 for now