Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 Living Review

[supershanks]

Thought you guys might like to share Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 Living Review

Going pretty well so far, all on air.

[venganza]

Very nice review my friend.

Can I suggest you register on:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/

And post the link to your effort in the "Desktops" section.

Whirlpool is a very large Australian forum and we would be keen to see people read your review, besides you may just like it

We have an IRC channel too that you may find handy to contact us all

http://mibbit.com/chat/#desktops@Efnet

or download MiRC use any "Efnet severs" and /join #desktops

[supershanks]

Cheers, done

[modez]

It's a nice review but there is no way you can fit this to any large case.  Unless someone can recommend me a case that it will fit.
I have received my board today and it wouldn't even fit in my Antec 193. So I was very dissapointed.  Why an earth did Gigabyte have to make this board few cms larger?  Why didn't they leave it as a standard ATX?

[absic]

Why an earth did Gigabyte have to make this board few cms larger?  Why didn't they leave it as a standard ATX?

My understanding is that they increased the size to allow for the extra PCIe slots and also it is not shown as an ATX board but as XL-ATX.

Thought you guys might like to share.
Going pretty well so far, all on air.

Nice review by the way, much appreciated

[supershanks]

yes I guess if you wqant to guarantee a case fit you opt for the UD5 and forgo the extra PCI-E slot and 4 way crossfire.
As I mentioned in the introduction  Gigabyte do provide a link of compatible cases, though it is rather short.

[supershanks]

I'm going to be trying a Corsair 800D Obsidian CC800DW this coming week should be with me Tuesday all being well, from some measurements we;ve done I'm hoping theres about 1cm of space .  This is the XL-ATX Case Vendor & Product List I mentioned, seems to have gone from Gigabyte's product page.

[venganza]

I'm going to be trying a Corsair 800D Obsidian CC800DW this coming week should be with me Tuesday all being well, from some measurements we;ve done I'm hoping theres about 1cm of space .  This is the XL-ATX Case Vendor & Product List I mentioned, seems to have gone from Gigabyte's product page.

The chassis list probably got lost during the site move

Use water on that 800D, prettiest case to my mind, but expensive and crappy on air

[Dark Mantis]

The other case that I would recommend is the Coolermaster HAF. It has plenty of room and is great for air or liquid cooling and the price is reasonable too!

[venganza]

The other case that I would recommend is the Coolermaster HAF. It has plenty of room and is great for air or liquid cooling and the price is reasonable too!

True the HAF is nice, and the upcoming X is decent, pity it looks like a hand grenade box. Even the CM690 is not bad, I have always had a soft spot for that.

Of course Lian Li and Silverstone would have to be the cream of the crop, well SS was, until the new creations they have just announced; utterly horrible all. God even Antec and other companies are releasing some very ugly cases

If you like "quiet" the Antec "P" series are not too bad (good thing is 183 fits the CP-850, which is an awesome Delta unit and cheap too).

Hrmm... Well cases are so personal, and there are so many on the market. I always have a tough time deciding

[Dark Mantis]

Yes quite true venganza. I always find some case I like the look of and then start hacking it about to make it more personal.

[venganza]

Yes quite true venganza. I always find some case I like the look of and then start hacking it about to make it more personal.

Tell me about it, I want to powder coat my Xaser chassis black + mod some more CM holes and some minor things (I have to really, just a real n00b I "forgot" to put my bloody cathodes in when I slapped it together in my eagerness to get the UD9 up and running. That will teach me to rush eh? The bloody things won't in now hehe.

[Dark Mantis]

Yes I forgot to powder coat my case's insides black before I built it and now I don't know if i can be bothered to take it all apart again when it is all looking so nice

[supershanks]

Use water on that 800D, prettiest case to my mind, but expensive and crappy on air

yes that's exactly what i'm planning on.

The HAF X looks decent feature wise but yes

a hand grenade box.

is probably too flattering :lol: it really is pretty ugly.

[Dark Mantis]

The HAF X looks decent feature wise but yes

a hand grenade box.

is probably too flattering :lol: it really is pretty ugly.

It has some very good points and is a decent size but I know what you mean. But there again by the time you customise it you could mould it to your own look.