OC3D Preview Gigabyte X58-OC

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We take a first look at what could be the best hardcore overclocking motherboard on the planet...



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[Ya93sin]

Forget tissues, I needed towels

 

[alicarve]

i do like the colour scheme, cant wait to see the performance it is gonna kick out

 

[Taurus]

cant wait to see the full review!!

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

Thanks for the preview Tom. Really looking forward to see what you can do with it.

Anyone else think those sata power connectors for the PCI-E slots are genius? Why haven't we seen those before instead of power connectors mounted half way up the board? Really hope those catch on.

 

[SieB]

/Drools

 

[marsey99]

Karlos its what happens when they let an end user design the product, we know that placing things in the right place can make things so much better for us. The fan headers are another example of this tbh.

Really I think its because when you put the board on subzero cooling the more normal places for them are unavailable as the pot/mount/insulation block access.

Don't forget Tom, you will need food xD

Can't wait to see what you can get out of it

 

[dugdiamond]

nice board... just one comment:

why do the board manufacturers forget about the system panel connectors alignment, compared with the latest 'chunky' 2 (and 3 slot) GPU cards?

these GPUs overhang over the connectors, making it impossible to fit the last graphics card into last PCI-E (#4 in the scenario).

unless you broke your GPU warranty, but replacing their cooling solution with your own, four-way crossfire would be unobtainable!

 

[rybo]

what do you no about the gigabyte x58-oc? magic,hole lotta magic! this thing f rocks!

 

[marsey99]

the people who buy these boards wont be putting them in a case dug so front panel connectivity isnt an issue, it has power buttons on board and they are what will be used.

its a board for benching not to live in a case imo.

 

[dugdiamond]

the people who buy these boards wont be putting them in a case dug so front panel connectivity isnt an issue, it has power buttons on board and they are what will be used.

its a board for benching not to live in a case imo.

so.... why put those pins there? they have taken other 'things' off

 

[Grizzly]

so.... why put those pins there? they have taken other 'things' off

If they put them on there then the board is likely to appeal to a wider range of people, the option to put it in a case is still there.

If they took the headers off then nobody but benchers would buy the motherboard.

 

[marsey99]

pretty much what grizzly said, people are going to see this board stomp all over the wr for overclocking and then buy it for their machine regardless of whether they are ocing to extremes or not, some just want the epeen.

 

[Game Over]

If I had that Board, I would go with a blue and orange theme, paint the confederate flag on the top, the number 01 on the side and name it the General Lee.

 

[dipzy]

to solve the front panel connector issue, i think manufacturers should put them at a 90 degree angle like the sata ports, that would be much better me thinks

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

If I had that Board, I would go with a blue and orange theme, paint the confederate flag on the top, the number 01 on the side and name it the General Lee.

lol

 

[wotevajjjj]

Hicookie already went 7gHz with a 990x on this board

 

[HeaT]

Sexy mobo!

 

[pazman4]

great overview as always tom

 

[Rasmus66]

It's a good looking board but the price tag is

To exspensive for my taste. I'd rather have a R3E Black Edition where you get that sound/network card.