HARDWARE differences between REV.1 & REV.2 X58A UD7

[Eftegarie]

Hey all!

What is the  difference between the REV.1 & REV.2 on the GA-X58A-UD7?  in terms of hardware changes and items in the box ??

REV.1 X58A-UD7
http://www.gigabyte.com.au/fileupload/product/2/3251/1266.jpg

REV.2 X58A-UD7
http://www.gigabyte.com.au/fileupload/product/2/3527/3246.jpg

There has been so moch guessing, rumos and speculations, so much false information on the internet, that it is now frustrates people leaving GIGABYTe and going for the more straightforward no-nonsense brands (I saw some tweakers change to MSI & ASUS boards. Before more users turn their back at the marketing stories of GIGABYTE, please, tell us the TRUTH  We are paying ±300 EUROS for these boards and we want to know the TRUTH. No made up marketing stories please! Just the true differences. We will then decide ourselved which one is best for us.

On your website, you are hiding all the crucial information of the changes youve made on rev2, under specs/overview! Nothing to be found there on the changes in revision, except unusefull marketing information.

In return for a full, truth list of exact hardware upgrades AND DOWNGRADES between rev1 and rev2, I will promise to stick to your brand   and not change over to more straightforward MSI or ASUS.

Cheers and Thanks a lot, on behalf of all us faithfull GIGABYTE buyers!

[Dark Mantis]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

The most notable change is that the power phases have been cut from the original 24 on the rev1.0 board to just 16 on the rev2.0 boards. Now Gigabyte will (if they even bother to answer)tell you it is to make the newer boards more compatible with the latest chips   Personally I don't believe that for one minute. I think the real reason is the same as usual and that is costings. It also keeps the spec differential between the new flagship model ( was the UD7 ) the UD9 and the rest of the boards in that group (UD3, UD5, UD7).

They have included a heatsink for the northbridge as an option to the already included nothbridge water cooling block. This is a bonus. As far as I am aware that more or less covers it. Hope this helps.

DM