GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 vs ASUS RAMPAGE 2 EXTREME

[tollickd]

I am doing a gaming i7 920 with crossfire of 2x HD5850 I am looking at the

GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5

With 12gb RAM

Which from the website and reviews is good, also better as it has 2oz of copper (is this much better?)

or a ASUS RAMPAGE 2 EXTREME with only 6gb ram.

Which from the reviews has many many cool extras

what is everyone's advise for a long term board that might be used for a i9 in a few years time!

Also would 12gb be too much?

 

[PaulieG]

I've owned several 1366 boards. As far as I'm concerned, the UD5 and the EVGA Classified are the best 2 boards on the market for this platform, period. However, I do think that 12gb is serious overkill for 99% of all consumers.

 

[RejZoR]

ASUS > everything else

 

[PaulieG]

ASUS > everything else

LOL. Simply NOT true with the LGA 1366 socket. I've had 75% of the LGA 1366 boards on the market. Gigabyte (including the UD5 and UD4) and EVGA made the best motherboards for the platform. I think a majority of enthusiasts that are not fanboys of a particular brand will agree with me.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Go with the Giga

 

[GSquadron]

Even if i am an asus fan i recommend gigabyte

 

[freaksavior]

ive had a p6t deluxe, and a dfi ut as well as the ud5. the ud5 is my favorite

 

[overclocking101]

neither get an EVGA board read the reviews they are simply better

 

[PaulieG]

neither get an EVGA board read the reviews they are simply better

There is ONE EVGA board that may be better, and that's the Classified E759. Beyond that, Gigabyte rules 1366. Super stable boards, great bios layout. Hell, in the 6 months of owning the UD5 under heavy overclocking, I never had to even clear the cmos. It always recovered on it's own. I've never owned another board that did that, and I've owned 50+ higher end boards over the last few years. I miss that board. Still wish I never sold it.

 

[kylzer]

When i was testing the rampage II extreme the build Quality was poor imo

the gigabyte UD4P i tried on the other hand was fantasic i assume its the same as the UD5.

 

[freakshow]

lookie here lol


http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=110223

 

[SummerDays]

Love The Rampage II Extreme

Personally, I've had this Rampage II Extreme for over a year now.

It's an excellent board. At the current price of it on Newegg it's also a good deal.

If I was spending $500 again, I would go with the Asus P6W7 Revolution, only because it has three x16 slots.

If you're looking for 12GB of ram. G.skill has low voltage high speed ram and it's inexpensive.

 

[MicroUnC]

I've got Gigabyte X58A-UD7, Simply awesome!!! Oh and 12gb is seriously overkill.

 

[Wile E]

Go with the Gigabyte. Asus has been on a steady decline in quality and clocking the past couple of years, while GB has been on the steady rise. They have absolutely been kicking X58 ass.

GB actually started surpassing Asus in the 775 days. I wish I would've bought the X38 DQ6 instead of my Maximus.

 

[tollickd]

ok thanks guys Gigabyte it is then with 6gb wish I had my xmas bonus now. I have to say a big thank you to everyone who has replied to one of my threads!

 

[SummerDays]

I would check on that UD5 and see what the warranty is on the Gigabye board.

The new UD7 series (at $500) is only 2 years, while ASUS offers a 3 year warranty.

 

[SummerDays]

EVGA's lastest Classified board comes with a 1 year warranty.

As a consumer, I'm not going to buy a $500 motherboard with only 1 year warranty.

 

[PaulieG]

EVGA's lastest Classified board comes with a 1 year warranty.

As a consumer, I'm not going to buy a $500 motherboard with only 1 year warranty.

For most enthusiasts it's rare to hold on to a board for more than a year or so, so any warranty over 2 years is actually overkill for a large percentage of the intended market. I certainly wouldn't buy the UD7 though. I'd buy the UD5 and save the cash for something else. The UD7 is simply a rebadged UD5 Extreme. The only difference is going to be a slightly better sound card.

 

[tollickd]

It has a 3 Year warranty.

 

[trt740]

LOL. Simply NOT true with the LGA 1366 socket. I've had 75% of the LGA 1366 boards on the market. Gigabyte (including the UD5 and UD4) and EVGA made the best motherboards for the platform. I think a majority of enthusiasts that are not fanboys of a particular brand will agree with me.

The Rampage Extreme II is a really good board ( it did have trouble when it was first released but after 15 bios updates is rock solid), best I have owned with the exception of possible the orginal DFI Ultra D and Rampage Extreme 775. It is every bit as good as a classified. You can tell it is good because as you know I'm Mr. upgrade and have kept this board for almost a year. P.S I have owned 7 x58 boards. It also has zero trouble over clocking 12gb of ram. On a side note I may sell this current board and move to AMD I have a itching to try a new AMD 965 and the new asus crosshair.

 

[vivek90]

Ok guys ,seems to me this is a serious topics
Im here with my Ques
Im now having a UD5 & i7 920 C0 , but i want to bring a new mobo.
Should it be extreme or ud7 or any other brand mobo ?

 

[trt740]

the guys on this thread wouldn't agree with you.

LOL. Simply NOT true with the LGA 1366 socket. I've had 75% of the LGA 1366 boards on the market. Gigabyte (including the UD5 and UD4) and EVGA made the best motherboards for the platform. I think a majority of enthusiasts that are not fanboys of a particular brand will agree with me.

but to each his own Still I do like both boards you mentioned and the DFI X58 are great aswell.
Rampage extreme II thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=210275&page=130

 

[PaulieG]

but to each his own
Rampage extreme II thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=210275&page=130

To be fair, I haven't owned the Rampage Extreme. I've only owned it's little brother, the GENE. That was a decent board, but it was nowhere near as good as the UD5 was. Oh, and you did say that it was good after several bios updates, which is sad for such an expensive board. The Gigabyte was rock solid on the initial bios.

Like you said, to each his own. I'm simply saying that out of the many x58 boards I owned, the Gigabytes consistently performed the best from day one.

 

[trt740]

To be fair, I haven't owned the Rampage Extreme. I've only owned it's little brother, the GENE. That was a decent board, but it was nowhere near as good as the UD5 was. Oh, and you did say that it was good after several bios updates, which is sad for such an expensive board. The Gigabyte was rock solid on the initial bios.

It was the first major overclocking x58 motherboard and 15 bios updates shows Asus dedication to the board and getting it right, stable and maxed out overclocking wise. The classified and the rest came later, but don't outperform or have anymore bells and whistles than this board. I also believe the classified now has 4 versions.

 

[PaulieG]

It was the first major overclocking x58 motherboard and 15 bios updates shows Asus dedication to the board and getting it right, stable and maxed out overclocking wise.

But NEEDING the numerous bios updates shows a lack of initial quality, trying to rush a product to market. IMHO.