New Gigabyte x79 and z77 boards (plus a little suprise)

[nothingspecial]

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/24422/gigabyte_shows_off_new_boards_in_taipei_101_vip_media_suite/index.html

In short, a new x79-UP5 board, which essentially seems to be a UD5 with upgraded heatsinks and a few other extras, and a 32 power phase z77 board.

Oh, and you might want to have a scroll down to the tenth picture on there for what looks to me like an interesting little case...

 

[SieB]

That X79S-UP5 WIFI doesn't have enough SATA ports

That white Storm Trooper was at CES as well IIRC, one of the events earlier this year anyway.

 

[nothingspecial]

That X79S-UP5 WIFI doesn't have enough SATA ports

That white Storm Trooper was at CES as well IIRC, one of the events earlier this year anyway.

Strangely, that seems to be the amount of SATA ports that were on the original preview pics of the UD5

Didn't notice that earlier...

Edit: Reading the specs, they're SAS

 

[ExplosiveToaster]

I might sound a bit dim but, what's the difference between sata and sas ports?

Oh CM Stryker, when will you be buyable? I want thee so much!

 

[nothingspecial]

I might sound a bit dim but, what's the difference between sata and sas ports?

Oh CM Stryker, when will you be buyable? I want thee so much!

SAS is Serial Attached SCSI, so faster than SATA. Don't really know much more about it than that. No idea if it's backwards compatible, but I assume not.

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_attached_SCSI

 

[PEXON]

Hnggghhhh,,,, new X79 board... DO WANT!