GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 is it worth buying?

Pickles24 · Mar 6, 2010

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) · Mar 7, 2010

holy flip thats cheap :laugh:

i could do with another drive :rolleyes:

GSquadron · Mar 9, 2010

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

dr emulator (madmax) · Mar 11, 2010

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 · Mar 12, 2010

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) · Mar 14, 2010

Pickles24 said:
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 · Mar 14, 2010

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

dr emulator (madmax) · Mar 14, 2010

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

Deleted member 74752 · Mar 14, 2010

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_h57?tab=stage 1: 3DMark Vantage - Performance

dr emulator (madmax) · Mar 18, 2010

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) · Mar 19, 2010

777 said:
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

777 · Mar 19, 2010

dr emulator (madmax) said:
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) · Mar 19, 2010

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 · Mar 19, 2010

I believe I have decided on the ram I am going to purchase:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145250
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) · Mar 20, 2010

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 :ohwell:

there's still time

will probably be getting all the parts soon, not sure exactly :toast:

Binge · Mar 20, 2010

willie_52 said:
I believe I have decided on the ram I am going to purchase:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145250
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 · Mar 21, 2010

Binge said:
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/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231335

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

dr emulator (madmax) · Mar 26, 2010

777 said:
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 :shadedshu:

rolleyes:

willie_52 · Mar 26, 2010

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 · Mar 26, 2010

willie_52 said:
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 · Mar 26, 2010

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/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231254

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) · Mar 26, 2010

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 :laugh:

dr emulator (madmax) · Mar 29, 2010

what motherboard are you getting Wile E ? just curious

Wile E · Mar 29, 2010

dr emulator (madmax) said:
what motherboard are you getting Wile E ? just curious

I grabbed an X58-UD5 off of Paulieg.

dr emulator (madmax) · Mar 29, 2010

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

System Name	El Niño
Processor	i7 920 d0
Motherboard	GIGABYTE x58A-ud7 \| f7w
Cooling	Duniek GTZ \| BlackIce Xtreme III
Memory	6x2g OCZ Obsidian 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX 470 \| EK FC470
Storage	2x Western Digital 500gig
Display(s)	Acer G245Hbmid Black 24"
Case	Obsidian 800D
Power Supply	Antec Quattro 1000W
Software	Linux Mint 9 \| Win 7 x64

System Name	not very good (wants throwing out window most of time)
Processor	xp3000@ 2.17ghz pile of sh** /i7 920 DO on air for now
Motherboard	msi kt6 delta oap /gigabyte x58 ud7 (rev1.0)
Cooling	1 green akasa 8cm(rear) 1 multicoloured akasa(hd) 1 12 cm (intake) 1 9cm with circuit from old psu
Memory	1.25 gb kingston hyperx @333mhz/ 3gb corsair dominator xmp 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	(agp) hd3850 not bad not really suitable for mobo n processor/ gb hd5870
Storage	wd 320gb + samsung 320 gig + wd 1tb 6gb/s
Display(s)	compaq mv720
Case	thermaltake XaserIII skull / coolermaster cm 690II
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	corsair hx 650 w which solved many problems (blew up) /850w corsair
Software	xp pro sp3/ ? win 7 ultimate (32 bit)
Benchmark Scores	6543 3d mark05 ye ye not good but look at the processor /uknown as still not benched

System Name	Dark Stealth
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600x
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M Gaming rev 1.0
Cooling	Snowman, arctic p12 x2 fans
Memory	16x2 DDR4 Corsair Dominator Pro
Video Card(s)	3080 10gb
Storage	2TB NVME PCIE 4.0 Crucial P3 Plus, 1TB Crucial MX500 SSD, 4TB WD RED HDD
Display(s)	HP Omen 34c (34" monitor 3440x1440 165Hz VA panel)
Case	Zalman S2
Power Supply	Corsair 750TX
Mouse	Logitech pro superlight, mx mouse s3, Razer Basiliskx with battery
Keyboard	Custom mechanical keyboard tm680
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	70-80 fps 3440x1440 on cyberpunk 2077 max settings

System Name	not very good (wants throwing out window most of time)
Processor	xp3000@ 2.17ghz pile of sh** /i7 920 DO on air for now
Motherboard	msi kt6 delta oap /gigabyte x58 ud7 (rev1.0)
Cooling	1 green akasa 8cm(rear) 1 multicoloured akasa(hd) 1 12 cm (intake) 1 9cm with circuit from old psu
Memory	1.25 gb kingston hyperx @333mhz/ 3gb corsair dominator xmp 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	(agp) hd3850 not bad not really suitable for mobo n processor/ gb hd5870
Storage	wd 320gb + samsung 320 gig + wd 1tb 6gb/s
Display(s)	compaq mv720
Case	thermaltake XaserIII skull / coolermaster cm 690II
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	corsair hx 650 w which solved many problems (blew up) /850w corsair
Software	xp pro sp3/ ? win 7 ultimate (32 bit)
Benchmark Scores	6543 3d mark05 ye ye not good but look at the processor /uknown as still not benched

System Name	El Niño
Processor	i7 920 d0
Motherboard	GIGABYTE x58A-ud7 \| f7w
Cooling	Duniek GTZ \| BlackIce Xtreme III
Memory	6x2g OCZ Obsidian 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX 470 \| EK FC470
Storage	2x Western Digital 500gig
Display(s)	Acer G245Hbmid Black 24"
Case	Obsidian 800D
Power Supply	Antec Quattro 1000W
Software	Linux Mint 9 \| Win 7 x64

Processor	Intel I7 920
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper N620
Memory	G. Skill PI 1600 6GB
Video Card(s)	XFX Radon 5850 Black
Storage	1-WD VelociRaptor-HLFS 300GB 1-WD Caviar Black 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 22"
Case	Antec 1200
Power Supply	CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	Molly
Processor	i5 3570K
Motherboard	Z77 ASRock
Cooling	CooliT Eco
Memory	2x4GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 680
Case	Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced
Power Supply	Corsair HX-1000

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

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not sure

no i don't think so

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