New mobo for Cheetah

[Slicker]

The "UD" in Gigabyte's boards stands for "ultra durable". They supposedly use better capacitors in them as well as a few other changes. They've always worked well for me (except for the issue with Corsair XMS3 RAM not working with my i7 950 due to the wrong speed and the BIOS not acknowleding all the RAM that was installed, but since the RAM wasn't on the MB's approved RAM list, I really can't complain too much.)

[John P. Myers]

I do like the Gigabyte as well, but the only thing that gripes me a little is sure, the UD5 has 5 PCI-e x16 slots. But they know darn well you can only use 3 for dual slot GPUs...not like I'll probably ever run more than 3, but still, it's just the principle of how it's laid out.

What do you mean only 3 PCIe x16 cards? Here you go http://www.legitreviews.com/news/12727/ for an Nvidia setup or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131463 for AMD

Here is a complete description of the Ultra Durable specs (UD) on Gigabyte boards, and honestly, this is 99% of the reason why they're my favorite brand http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/98...-durable-1.htm *Notice the 50C drop in temp refers to avg. temp of the voltage regulators

Gigabyte also uses this technology on their GPUs http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/72/feature2.html

And how Gigabyte selects specific GPU chips for their overclocked boards: http://www.gigabyte.rs/global/sr/pag...c/feature.html

[Fire$torm]

What do you mean only 3 PCIe x16 cards? Here you go http://www.legitreviews.com/news/12727/ for an Nvidia setup or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131463 for AMD

Here is a complete description of the Ultra Durable specs (UD) on Gigabyte boards, and honestly, this is 99% of the reason why they're my favorite brand http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/98...-durable-1.htm *Notice the 50C drop in temp refers to avg. temp of the voltage regulators

Gigabyte also uses this technology on their GPUs http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/72/feature2.html

And how Gigabyte selects specific GPU chips for their overclocked boards: http://www.gigabyte.rs/global/sr/pag...c/feature.html

Unfortunately for me, my 2nd Gigabyte experience was not so great. My X58A-UD3R has a defective Northbridge. To be fair, the UD6 I got from Beerdrinker runs flawlessly.

[John P. Myers]

Unfortunately for me, my 2nd Gigabyte experience was not so great. My X58A-UD3R has a defective Northbridge. To be fair, the UD6 I got from Beerdrinker runs flawlessly.

Intel made that NorthBridge, not Gigabyte Is it not still under warranty? X58 was a great chipset

[Fire$torm]

Intel made that NorthBridge, not Gigabyte Is it not still under warranty? X58 was a great chipset

OH I know its an Intel product. That board was an eBay purchase and was listed as "Manufacture Refurbished" with the service ticket receipt included in the box. So it was supposedly fixed by Gigabyte. And yes its still under warranty but I don't have the spare cash atm to send it in. Maybe middle of April.

[DrPop]

I am leaning toward the Gigabyte UD5 at the moment, but I'm giving them until we get back from Alaska on April 8th to have a sale on any of the good 990FX boards. I also noted that some of the ASRock boards now have a 2 year warranty - maybe I just got one right before they switched? I kind of think their Fatality1 series looks cool...

[DrPop]

We will be on the plane home in a couple hours...then I can play catch up on all the threads and PMs!

After reading this new article at Anandtech on the 990FX motherboards, I decided to go with the ASUS Crosshair V Formula for Cheetah's rebuild. It is on the way from Newegg now. Hope it does well. GO SETI.USA GO!!!

[Mike029]

We will be on the plane home in a couple hours...then I can play catch up on all the threads and PMs!

After reading this new article at Anandtech on the 990FX motherboards, I decided to go with the ASUS Crosshair V Formula for Cheetah's rebuild. It is on the way from Newegg now. Hope it does well. GO SETI.USA GO!!!

Safe trip home.
A fine choice.. Now to fill it with GPU's. Hmm, 3 7970's will do.

[Fire$torm]

Safe trip home.
A fine choice.. Now to fill it with GPU's. Hmm, 3 7970's will do.

I second that.

[DrPop]

I second that.

LOL! I think we'll have to start with a single 5870 for now.