GA-H57M-USB3, ver 1.0 & ver 2.0

[ancient]

Hello,

I'm going to purchase the GA-H57M-USB3 but I would like to know the difference between ver 1.0 & 2.0?

It's a bit odd that the Gigabyte website doesn't state what has changed between versions.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3443#ov

I can see some slight differences and ver 2.0 has 'ON/OFF Charge' printed on the bottom right but I believe both ver 1.0 and 2.0 support this feature, so what has really changed?

I'm wondering if it's worth seeking out ver 2.0. Has ver 2.0 been out long? and is it available in the UK? any idea which stores have them in stock?

On a separate question, does the H57 chipset heatsink on this board get very hot? When I do get this board would it be beneficial to change the heatsink to something larger/taller (e.g. Zalman passive heatink). I won't be using the two older PCI slots so could fit something bigger.


Thanks.

[Dark Mantis]

I have had a look at the boards and there is certainly not much difference between the two. On most of the other models the revision 2.0 motherboard is a slightly cut down version of the original rev.1.0. Ususally this means less power phases etc but I must admit I can't see anything missing from the rev 2.0 on this particular board.