Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9
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A pricey board but if you’re building a monster PC its features and performance make it worth the price....
Is Gigabyte's monumental new X58A-UD9 motherboard the most expensive in recorded history?We certainly can't remember the last time a desktop mobo breached the £400 barrier. One thing is for sure: the Gigabyte X58A-UD9 had better be good....
Gigabytes build quality is also top notch, matching other boards by including LED indicators, 2oz copper PCB, dual BIOS and the best performing, most flexible chipset cooler in this...
The biggest, most fully featured and expensive X58 based motherboard on the market right now is only worth it if you splurge on other hardware components equally powerful. X58 motherboards are a dime a dozen nowadays, but it takes a truly exceptional...
Phew. What a rollercoaster ride that was.There is a little bit to get through here, but there is one thing we have to deal with before we move on, because it colours everything else. The price.It's available around £450 online. Just stop for a...
If you had previously thought that X58 motherboards are expensive, we're sure that your impressions have only grown stronger with the ultra premium ones here. These are, in the words of others, trophy boards that often do not justify their cost. Of...
Gigabyte's GA-X58A-UD9 arrived with the ambition of becoming the granddaddy of all X58 motherboards, and in many respects it doesn't disappoint. The board layout is excellent, the integrated cooling performs admirably, the number of expansion...
The Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 is an impressive product. As we told you from the beginning the design is audacious. To build a board this size and with the components and purpose in mind takes some serious guts. You are going into this knowing that the...
BIOS / features overview Below, an overview of the BIOS. The BIOS very much caters for overclocking and offers a really wide variety of choices. Since showing motherboard BIOS screenshots always misses out a lot we are now switching to high-definition...
The Gigabyte X58A-UD9 represents an extreme usage motherboard. Both in terms tweaking and its $700 price. The UD9 is not meant for those enthusiasts looking for a laid back overclocking experience. The UD9 requires a lot of patience and overclocking...
While there are many X58 motherboards on the market, very few are actually designed for extreme use. So before we wrap up, let's address what many of you are probably wondering off the bat: "Is the UD9 worth the extra cash?" Right, let's tackle...
Although the Gigabyte X58A-UD9 is not the most extreme motherboard we have ever had the pleasure of testing, the ASUS P5K3 Premium still holds that title, it is still very extreme nonetheless. When reviewing a product like the X58A-UD9 we have to take...
The Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 mainboard I used for this test session would be a perfect match for a multi-GPU configuration of that kind. In fact, it has only one significant defect: when you install the Hybrid...