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Gigabyte EX58-UD5 review

The cheapest i7 board we've seen so far - but can it perform?

Our Score 4.5

Last reviewed: 2009-02-03February 3rd 2009

Price at launch £200.00
Description Socket LGA1366 Core i7 Motherboard
Features Chipset: X58 / Dual BIOS
BIOS Type Award
Front Side Bus Support for DDR3 2100+/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
LAN Details 2 x Realtek 8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Max No. Of Processors 1
Monitoring Chassis fan tachometer, Chassis thermocouple, CPU core thermocouple, CPU core voltage, CPU fan tachometer, System voltage
Motherboard Type ATX
No of DIMM Slots 6
No of PCI Express x1 Slots 1
No of PCI Express x16 slots 2
No of PCI Express x4 slots 1
Number Of Additional USB Ports Supported 2
Number Of USB Ports On Motherboard 8
Number of PCI Slots 2
Onboard Sound Properties Realtek ALC889A codec (High Definition Audio - 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel)
Onboard sound Yes
Processor Socket OTHER
RAM Type DDR3
Software Provided Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Supported RAM Size (GB) 24

Product Summary

EX58-UD5

Gigabyte EX58-UD5

Price at launch

£200.00

For

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Cheaper than competition

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Best i7 performance so far

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Nice looking

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No stupid extras

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