Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Motherboard (Rev 1.6)

[donetello]

Can't find much on the Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Motherboard (Rev 1.6) any known issues,going with 920 D0 and 6GB OCZ PC3-12800 DDR3 RAM (3 x 2GB)thanks in advance.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte UK Forum.

I would advise against using OCZ memory for this chipset unless you have already got it as many of our members have had problems with compatibility. Whatever memory you go for make sure it is on the QVL of either Gigabyte or the manufacturer before purchase.

[satchel]

You have got to be kidding!! Did I purchase anything that will work as expected with this motherboard??? I'm afraid to start assembling this thing and wonder if I should just send everything back to Newegg!!!

[Fatman]

Ya stay clear of the OCZ stuff......Seem to have major compatability problems....



@satchel.......What did you buy?

[donetello]

It's OCZ3P1600LV6GK already have it,anyone using this or is it a no go,does this board require the mod for the buzzing?.

[Dark Mantis]

As far as I know it doesn't have the noise problem or at least certainly not in any significant numbers.

[Fatman]

Try using the ram dontello, if you start running into problems like freezing and bsod's and just problems running the pc, I would suspect the ram as the no1 culprit (providing you have manually set the voltage and timings in bios first).

[satchel]

I've got the X58A-UD3R Rev. 2.0, I-7 950(couldn't pass up Micro Center's $199 price), WIN 7 Pro OEM, 1-Gigabyte HD 6850(GV-R6850C-1GD), 1-Crucial CTFDDAC128MAG SSD(Sata 6Gb/s I apparently can't use at that speed), 2-1 TB WD1002FAEX(which apparently can't be used in raid), 3-OCZ3G1600LV6GK PC3 12800 8-8-8@1.65v(which I now learn will be trouble), Corsair TX750W psu which will be more than needed I learn, Hauppage 2250 which I hope Media Center will run more reliably than ATI runs my All-In-Wonder 9600, ASUS DRW-24B1ST(I hope it works), and an Antec 300 Illusion which while happy with price and extra fans I didn't want the lights(Newegg dropped the price on the 300 $10 more dollars on Cyber Monday after I'd bought the Illusion for $49, imagine the fans cost that $10 anyway).

Although I've replaced a lot of components on pcs I haven't built one from the ground up. Not sure how to get the OS on the SSD for one. I was tickled to have a local shop give me a internal mini speaker so I'll be able to hear the post beep(once I hope!)

[Fatman]

Just treat the SSD as a normal drive, just do not defrag it (turn that off) and run it from your intel port. sata_0