GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 is it worth buying?

[Pickles24]

I think I will do a project log.. I have to mod some acrylic also..

Here is one for those who were too young to know..

[dr emulator (madmax)]

holy flip thats cheap
i could do with another drive

[Aleksander]

That is really cheap as the first hdd ever created by IBM had only 5 MB and costed 35000$ :P

[dr emulator (madmax)]

well i'm still waiting to hear from anyone who is using corsair memory with this board and what problems they've had
also any other types of memory that are compatible with this board,
as everyone knows who has looked, the compatibility list is not very big,
anyone who wants to leave a comment can by signing up "here" it's free and will only take a minute to do,
then you can chat to other members ,ask for advice or just show of your latest machine here in the case gallery
anyways on with the poll

[Pickles24]

I really wouldn't worry with the Corsair memory issue any longer.. It was fixed in f2, if not then f4. F5 came out yesterday and f6, f6a are floating around also. The bios has gone from compatibility issues to performance. I have seen the Gulftown over 6.3ghz on this board.

http://tinyurl.com/yf52fnm

[dr emulator (madmax)]

Originally Posted by Pickles24

I really wouldn't worry with the Corsair memory issue any longer.. It was fixed in f2, if not then f4. F5 came out yesterday and f6, f6a are floating around also. The bios has gone from compatibility issues to performance. I have seen the Gulftown over 6.3ghz on this board.

http://tinyurl.com/yf52fnm

holy simolians 6.3ghz, i wonder just how they realisticaly measure that and how much it can deviate from the real value

[Pickles24]

Gulftown models will trickle down to reasonable price points in due time. The 980x is the flagship.

[dr emulator (madmax)]

hm i think i'll wait for more reviews on that cpu before diving in and making a booboo after reading this

New tests just released six-core processor by Intel Core i7-980X showed that, despite the better performance than previous processors, it has several limitations.

After tests revealed that the best processor itself shows when performing tasks such as three-dimensional modeling, the use of filters in Photoshop and video encoding, which uses multi-threading and use all six cores. Performance compared with the quad-core Core i7 with the same frequency of 3.33 GHz is growing at 20-70 per cent.

Further tests conducted by AnandTech, yielded different results. Despite the fact that because of the larger cache in the third level, 980H, in most cases was faster than a few percent, sometimes he still lost his quad predecessor. This is due to long delays, as amended by a large cache size. This was mainly noticeable in gaming applications, where quick access in real time is more important than the parallel computation.

In addition, a small increase in performance can give the function Turbo Boost, which allows you to overclock the new Core i7 to the frequency of 3.6 GHz, when a number of cores is not used.

The price of a new processor is quite high and amounts to about $ 1000, so normal users are unlikely to buy them en masse, but for workstations it is ideal because it is much cheaper there used processor Xeon. Moreover, the workstations need more support multiprocessor mode and memory with error correction than too much clock frequency

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i'm sure it'll excell after a few bios updates

[rickss69]

I have a Classified but if all goes well I will be able to test/review the Gigabyte for you folks soon...

http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_h55...%20Performance

[dr emulator (madmax)]

thanks to everyone who's replied and to all who have voted keep it up,
and for anyone who isn't a member of techpowerup click on the first page where the link is cheers

[dr emulator (madmax)]

Originally Posted by 777

I can tell you anything you need to know about this mobo its been thoroughly tested by me already

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=997664

have you tried corsair memory ? as i see your using gskill

Originally Posted by dr emulator (madmax)

have you tried corsair memory ? as i see your using gskill

Why would I bother when i have 6gb of £250 $420 Gskill 2000mhz Perfect Storm..... thats pretty serious Ram dude, Ive had it up to 2140Mhz at 9-8-8-21......
Never failed me yet in any OC ever, Only critisism would be that it likes alot of QPi voltage, but then thats not strictly linked to the rams hunger for it, it could be the combination of all my componenents together that pulls that kind of requirement. As My OC is limited by the Mobo's BCLK of 219, My Ram has out clocked both my cpu and mobo in the out limits of stable system OC's.

[dr emulator (madmax)]

i think the ram i'm planning on getting was a similar price
why did i choose it ?
well it has a good reputation, but i'm all ears when it comes to reccomendations

[willie_52]

I believe I have decided on the ram I am going to purchase:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145250
I made my decision based on low Cas Latency and low voltage. My thought is the socket should determine the memory. Does that make any sense?

[dr emulator (madmax)]

makes sense to me has the compatibility list been updated yet
thanks to everyone who voted i was hoping to hear from more owners of this board there's still time
will probably be getting all the parts soon, not sure exactly

[Binge]

Originally Posted by willie_52

I believe I have decided on the ram I am going to purchase:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145250
I made my decision based on low Cas Latency and low voltage. My thought is the socket should determine the memory. Does that make any sense?

It doesn't make sense to me. That ram is too expensive for the performance.

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by Binge

It doesn't make sense to me. That ram is too expensive for the performance.

I agree. It would be completely stupid for him to buy that ram. Just as a quick search, with no real research, I found these for $20 cheaper, higher speeds, the same voltage and CAS latency. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231335

9 times out of 10, Corsair memory is overpriced, and offers terrible price:performance ratios.

[dr emulator (madmax)]

Originally Posted by 777

theres no telling some people bud hell they're even trying to convince me to buy corsair ram....... and I already have ram far superior to corsair's offerings no telling some people

er no i was asking if you had used corsair not suggesting that you should

[willie_52]

I thought I mentioned in my post that I had decided to purchase Corsair. I believe they produce a reputable product. I also mentioned that low Cas Latency and low voltage should be the preference. I have invested over $1000 in my new system and I don't think $20.00 is going to break the bank.

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by willie_52

I thought I mentioned in my post that I had decided to purchase Corsair. I believe they produce a reputable product. I also mentioned that low Cas Latency and low voltage should be the preference. I have invested over $1000 in my new system and I don't think $20.00 is going to break the bank.

Corsair is no more reputable than G.Skill. In fact, if you ask me, they are less reputable, as they charge more for the same or sometimes even lower quality, and they often like to switch ICs without changing part numbers. The ram I listed is faster than the Corsair you bought in every single way, AND it uses the same voltage.

I paid $1000 for just my CPU, but I still wouldn't pay extra money for ram that performs LOWER than a cheaper set.

Sorry, but that Corsair ram was a poor purchase, period.

[willslick]

Hello, Like others who posted here I also have the UD7 and other parts sitting waiting for me to compile all the parts for my build. The ram i purchased for the board are these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231254

Since there are a few of us that will be starting a UD7 build soon maybe we should start a TPU 2010 UD7 build thread we could help each other sort things out. I know I can use all the help I can get. My first giga board was in 2007 my son and I build him a kick ass duo 2 gaming rig GA-965P-DS3 with our limited knowledge we were able to get a nice overclock two x prime stable 24 hr sorry i don't remember how high we took it but it was not extreme.

Will

[dr emulator (madmax)]

welcome to techpowerup willslick ye sure make a thread i'm sure it will be fairly popular

and Wile E i appreciate any input on memory
and yes you are jammy devil if you've bought the i7-980X

[dr emulator (madmax)]

what motherboard are you getting Wile E ? just curious

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by dr emulator (madmax)

what motherboard are you getting Wile E ? just curious

I grabbed an X58-UD5 off of Paulieg.

[dr emulator (madmax)]

i see,very nice board
i'm very tempted to get the same processor as you've got just for a bit of future proofing, but money is tight at the mo so i'll have to see