There is no reason, at least as far as we can tell, as to why this motherboard should cost $700 US. It would seem that Gigabyte are hoping anyone able to drop $2000 US on the latest 4-way SLI setup is probably not going to blink twice when spending $700 US on a motherboard, and well, they are probably right. So then this product really needs no review, as those who typically read reviews like to know exactly what they are getting before parting with their hard earned cash, and with the Gigabyte X58A-UD9 what you get for $700 US doesn’t quite add up.
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Razor |
Posted on: 07/27/2010 02:32 PM
OMG can you say overkill?!??! |
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kazza |
Posted on: 07/27/2010 02:44 PM
You are right its complete overkill but damn it looks cool anyway  |
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Vadoom |
Posted on: 07/28/2010 12:54 AM
Holy cow batman that thing is crazy!!! |
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archange Posts: 9 Joined: 2010-07-22 |
Posted on: 07/28/2010 08:08 AM
Nope, "that thing" is definitely not crazy. One, however must be quite out there in order to buy it... |
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DON3k |
Posted on: 07/30/2010 02:33 PM
One physical flaw in this board's arrangement, which I have not seen any reviews cover, is that the molex connector next to PCI-E 1 is blocked if you use the Northbridge cooler. This can be seen in the first photo in the review. The fins of the cooler, which are made to exit out of an open slot on the rear of the PC case, will overhang this molex socket just enough to prevent the molex from connecting. The MB requires that both molex connectors be connected if more than one video card is used (manual lists this requirement). However, nowhere does it note the either/or arrangement of the cooler/molex option. My solution was to snap off the 2nd heat-pipe-connected metal fin grid, since it was literally glued onto the primary NB cooler grid. Dubious as to how much heat this would have transferred anyway. You can see the hidden glued connector area in this photo of mb, covered by a small blue metal square that is just behind the water pipe connectors, above the word Gigabyte. Just a small amount of prying on the heatpipe area and it came away. I saw no solder, but instead what appeared to be superglue used to hold the pipes to the main fin-grid - http://www.legionhardware.com/pic.php?image=images/review/Gigabyte_X58A-UD9/Image_28.jpg - I thought this was poorly designed, and frankly rather than the 2nd grid exiting the rear of the case, the main fin grid above the NB equipped with a small fan, instead, would have avoided the problem and likely cooled better. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 08/04/2010 11:38 AM
Its a shame you guys don't have four GeForce GTX 480 cards to test this board against others but I understand that it is not easy to get this many of these cards. I enjoyed reading this review anyway. |
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Fermi |
Posted on: 08/16/2010 12:37 AM
How many gamers really have the cash to splash on a 4-way SLI setup on a $700 motherboard? |
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dinos22 |
Posted on: 09/09/2010 11:43 PM
In terms of the comment about molex connector. Please beware that there are two separate molex connectors placed on the board for this specific reason if you cannot use one you can the other ok . The second one is located below the 7th PCIe slot.Guys if you drive around in a Honda and give people attitude for buying a Porsche it is probably somewhat misplaced I would say. This board is as good as it gets when it comes to motherboards and anyone that builds a PC based on Core i7 980X which costs $1500 in Australia while the board sets you back in low $600 you are not really going to want any of the cheaper stuff. You'd get the best which is what X58A-UD9 is Dino |
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Fermi |
Posted on: 09/11/2010 02:49 AM
The problem with that being there is a significant difference between a Porsche and a Honda. Of course the Porsche is still grossly overpriced but you are at least getting a good quality car that has a lot of street cred. The GA-X58A-UD9 on the other hand says I have way too much money and don’t care what I spend it on. Evidence being that the GA-X58A-UD7 is pretty much the same board at half the price. Has the same features that you are actually going to use, same performance, same overclocking abilities and same board design. There is no way anyone could justify the price difference between the UD9 and UD7. Then to cap it all off 4-way SLI scales horribly. |
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Bossco |
Posted on: 09/22/2010 01:01 AM
Thanks for the review this is a really cool looking motherboard. Its out of my price range but still very cool. |