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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: PRT32 on July 08, 2011, 02:27:58 pm
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Hi all,
What is the main difference between
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
and
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
Apart from the PCI-Express Slots.
Will they both allow a intel i7-950 to run and allow for oc, along with allowing 12 gig of ram in triple chan mode.
Thanks in advance
Phil
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Hi
I have just done a comparison on the two boards and there are not very many meaningful differences really. I have listed them below but if you want to check in detail you can go here:
http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids=3449,3571
UD3R
1.Realtek ALC889 codec
2.2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8
(PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2) (Note 3) (The PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2,
PCIEX8_1 and PCIEX8_2 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0
standard.)
3.2 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. Marvell 9128 chip:
1.2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting
up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2.Support for SATA RAID 0, and RAID 1
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
1.1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to
2 IDE devices
2.2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_8, GSATA2_9) supporting
up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3.Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
JMicron JMB362 chip:
1.2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back
panel sup- porting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2.Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
iTE IT8720 chip:
1.1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy
disk drive
Firewire header and ports
5.2 x eSATA/USB Combo connectors
USB3
1.Realtek ALC892 codec
2.1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1)
3.3 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. 2 extra USB2.0 ports
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The UD3R will probably be more versatile depending on you needs and future-proofing
Aussie Allan