Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Solid design, CrossFireX and SLI support, USB 3.0 support, Overclocking made easy, One of the most inexpensive X58 boards available.
Good slot layout; beefy heatsinks; low price.

Cons:

Many features missing that are on higherend boards
No SATA 6Gb/s, eSATA, or FireWire.

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Last revision on September 9, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Solid design, CrossFireX and SLI support, USB 3.0 support, Overclocking made easy, One of the most inexpensive X58 boards available
Good slot layout; beefy heatsinks; low price

Reviewers Didn't Like

Many features missing that are on higherend boards
No SATA 6Gb/s, eSATA, or FireWire

Expert reviews and ratings

With Gigabyte’s offering of they are trying to get more people on to Intel’s X58 platform at a lower cost, although you are loosing some features that we have found on many other X58 boards. The X58-USB3 is build off the same design as the...

By ThinkComputers on February 16, 2011

Puts all its eggs in the USB 3.0 basket With both LGA1156 and AM3 scheduled for termination sooner rather than later, there’s only one safe harbor that will carry you through this year: LGA1366. Fortunately, it’s no longer a major financial...

By Maximum PC on December 07, 2010

A reasonable price for an X58 board, and with a solid range of features...

By PC Pro on December 03, 2010

There has been a battle brewing in the motherboard world, and predictably it's been between the Taiwanese motherboard giants Gigabyte and Asus. And the battle has been fought on the LGA 1366 battlefield.So Gigabyte hits back with the X58-USB3...

By TechRadar on October 25, 2010

The Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 was a very simple board to setup and get working properly, especially with all of the software that was bundled with it. Not only do you get your typical overclocking software included on the Drivers CD, you also get...

By Overclockers Club on January 30, 2011

The Gigabyte X58-USB3 might not boast all the features of the higher-end X58 based motherboards, but it does have excellent performance, includes the most widely used features and is still priced under $200. This makes the X58-USB3 a very attractive...

By Neoseeker on December 22, 2010

The X58 has been around for quite some time now but it's proven to have longevity. It is intel's flagship platform, and that doesn't come cheap. So it's no surprise to see there aren't many designed for modest budgets. But the...

By Pureoverclock on December 06, 2010

The GIGABYTE GA-X58-USB3 gives you great performance that will compete with the best boards out there at stock speeds. It also gives you some great overclocking potential!...

By Legit Reviews on December 02, 2010

We have seen a resurgence in the number of X58 chipset motherboards with the release of the 980X, the Core i7 970 and the release of USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/second drives and chips to support those drives types. Many motherboard manufacturers have...

By Motherboards.org on November 17, 2010

The new Gigabyte X58-USB3 seems to be a nice top mainstream socket 1366 motherboard, with two USB 3.0 ports, three PCI Express x16 slots supporting both SLI and CrossFireX modes, six memory sockets, two BIOS chips, on-board coaxial SPDIF output, good...

By Hardware Secrets on October 19, 2010

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