Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Mother boards generations keep changing time to time as need of gamers grow the demand grows, I have tried GA X58 a blasting board crossing all the boundary limits of the featured gaming environment .this is what all the game crazes were waiting for the board includes built in acceleration features which successfully supports the USB 3.0 and serial ATA ,along with the power booster.
Gaming capacity
The board has ultimate gaming capacity and provides extra ordinary performance to its users .some says there is no game in the physical world crossing the dimensions of X58-UD3R.this wonderful device support triple channel with cut edge performance in graphic control, streaming and circuit integrations.
The main aim of the manufactures were to introduce such a board with the capabilities to handle raw power in core i7 processors and finally they have raised a board with next generation power management system with entirely new computing and processing architecture. its architectures has efficiently replaced the front body of the bus any by this it can easily interconnects the quick path at 25.6 Giga bytes transfer rate which is finest for interruption free processing. Its ultimate 1600 MHz has removed the bottle neck factors, making the gamers to enjoy highest level of integrated gaming features at ease. The product also got official certification for high performance in the early day when it was launched.
When I examined it in detail while I was buying it to bring it home, a new chip feature also attracted me a lot. it’s a Marvell new chip for SATA high speed with 3.0 compatibility. When experienced it in the Raid mode I found higher data transfer rate than the previous board I had in my PC years ago
Operating system Qualification
The board qualifies for the windows 7 with standard future format
CPU 1. Support for an Intel® Core™ i7 series processor in the LGA1366 package
(Go to GIGABYTE’s website for the latest CPU support list.)
2. L3 cache varies with CPU
QPI 1. 4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s
Chipset 1. North Bridge: Intel® X58 Express Chipset
2. South Bridge: Intel® ICH10R
Memory 1. 6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB of system memory(Note 1)
2. Dual/3 channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
4. Support for non-ECC memory modules
5. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE’s website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio 1. Realtek ALC889 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby® Home Theater
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In
LAN 1. 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots 1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2) (Note 2)
2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2) (Note 3) (The PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2, PCIEX8_1 and PCIEX8_2 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. 1 x PCI slot
Multi-Graphics Technology 1. Support for 2-Way/3-Way ATI CrossFireX™/NVIDIA SLI technology
Storage Interface South Bridge:
1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2.Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Marvell 9128 chip:
1. 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, and RAID 1
SATA3 RAID 0 4x and SATA3 2x performance are maximum theoretical values. Actual performance may vary by system
Configuration
* SATA3 SSDs are not recommended for use in RAID 0 mode on Marvell SE9128 ports.
GIGABYTE SATA2chip:
1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_8, GSATA2_9) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
JMicron JMB362 chip:
1. 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back panel sup- porting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
iTE IT8720 chip:
1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB Integrated in the South Bridge
1. Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, including 2 eSATA/USB Combo, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
NEC chip:
1. Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel
* USB 3.0 10x performance is a maximum theoretical value. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
IEEE 1394 1. T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
2. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)
Internal I/O Connectors
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector Connectors
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
6. 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
7. 1 x CPU fan header
8. 3 x system fan headers
9. 1 x power fan header
10. 1 x North Bridge fan header
11. 1 x front panel header
12. 1 x front panel audio header
13. 1 x CD In connector
14. 1 x S/PDIF In header
15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
17. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
Back Panel Connectors
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
3. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
4. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
5. 1 x clearing CMOS button
6. 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
7. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
8. 2 x USB 3.0 ports
9. 2 x eSATA/USB Combo connectors
10. 1 x RJ-45 port
11. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/ Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)