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Ultra Durable vs Gaming vs GSM?

Ultra Durable vs Gaming vs GSM?
« on: July 30, 2018, 10:22:44 am »
What is the difference between gigabyte gaming and ultra durable motherboards?
« Last Edit: July 30, 2018, 11:20:01 am by Atomic_Sheep »

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Re: Ultra Durable vs Gaming vs GSM?
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2018, 02:40:18 am »
What is the difference between gigabyte gaming and ultra durable motherboards?

Good question, not easy to answer.

Ultra Durable is a standard that has evolved over the years:
UD1, UD2, UD3...  current UD standards:

https://www.aorus.com/blog-detail.php?i=216

~Gaming
There's Gigabyte Gaming and Aorus Gaming. 

-Gaming models focus on overclocking and multi-GPU support.

GSM- Gigabyte Stable Models

https://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/us/WebPage/-54/USA/Main.html


 
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Re: Ultra Durable vs Gaming vs GSM?
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2018, 03:52:13 am »
Gocha thanks. Looks like UD is the right choice for me after all.

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Re: Ultra Durable vs Gaming vs GSM?
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2018, 02:53:35 pm »
Gocha thanks. Looks like UD is the right choice for me after all.

I believe all Aorus Gaming boards now incorporate the design, components, copper and additional features of the UD classification.  Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.     
Z390 AORUS PRO (F10) \850w, 9900K, 32GB GSkill TriZ RGB - 16-18-18-38, RTX 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra, 960 Pro_m.2, W11
Z370-HD3P (F5) \750w, 8350K, 8GB LPX 3200 - 16-18-18-38, GTX 970 FTW SC, Intel SSD, 2TB RAID1, W11
Z97X-UD5H \850w, 4790K, 32GB Vengeance, RTX 2080 FTW