OC3D Review: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 X58 Motherboard

[JN]

"Intel's latest chipset is fast becoming very popular despite it's cost. In our latest review we get to sample Gigabyte's mid range contender in the form of the EX58-UD5." - by Webbo

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 X58 Motherboard

 

[monkey7]

Best in class, w00t w00t! That's my board

Personally the only bug I've found is the CPU multiplier in the F3 bios: I couldn't lower the CPU multiplier.

Oh and one question: how did you save the bios? <shame>I'm too lazy to actually read the manual</shame>

 

[Rastalovich]

We got performance figures of these vS 775 setups ? I can'`t remember.

Either way, £218 is still taking the pish imo. These are the emerging mobos that will see revisions l8r in the year, and to charge over even £200 for them is beyond.

They figuring they can price match Foxconn or summit ?

Tis a shame, cos it does appear a great mobo from the review, but I have to be honest, being as i7 doesn`t do leaps and bounds over a 775, I for one aint gonna pay over the odds to get them.

 

[PV5150]

Nice review webbo. I'm really liking the look of this board and the price/colour scheme may now see me acquire one in the future.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Rasta, I totally agree with you and I refuse to pay that kind of money for a motherboard. Anyhoo, don't know how many of you know but there are some P55 motherboards coming out some time this year which hopefully will be around normal prices. I expect they will be similar like the P35 and the X38 for pricing strategies?

 

[Pyr0]

Oh and one question: how did you save the bios? <shame>I'm too lazy to actually read the manual</shame>

F11 (save) and F12 (load) while in the main screen of the bios

 

[w3bbo]

Best in class, w00t w00t! That's my board

Personally the only bug I've found is the CPU multiplier in the F3 bios: I couldn't lower the CPU multiplier.

Oh and one question: how did you save the bios? <shame>I'm too lazy to actually read the manual</shame>

As above, F11 and F12 respectively. RTFM .

We got performance figures of these vS 775 setups ? I can'`t remember.

Either way, £218 is still taking the pish imo. These are the emerging mobos that will see revisions l8r in the year, and to charge over even £200 for them is beyond.

They figuring they can price match Foxconn or summit ?

Tis a shame, cos it does appear a great mobo from the review, but I have to be honest, being as i7 doesn`t do leaps and bounds over a 775, I for one aint gonna pay over the odds to get them.

I did a review of the P6T Deluxe and put it up against the best skt 775 had to offer.

Nice review webbo. I'm really liking the look of this board and the price/colour scheme may now see me acquire one in the future.

Yeah they really have improved the looks now and I'm sorely tempted with this board tbh, it really is that good.

Rasta, I totally agree with you and I refuse to pay that kind of money for a motherboard. Anyhoo, don't know how many of you know but there are some P55 motherboards coming out some time this year which hopefully will be around normal prices. I expect they will be similar like the P35 and the X38 for pricing strategies?

The price isn't that bad when you consider it's new technology, new socket etc. The Rampage Extreme II is overpriced (£300+) but £220 is not that much more than a decent skt 775 board which has been going for a few years now. I would expect to be paying £150+ for a P55 motherboard, which if rumours are true should surface around Q3.

 

[Rastalovich]

I did a review of the P6T Deluxe and put it up against the best skt 775 had to offer.

That the nVidia 790i w/qx9770 w/2g one ?

I would really like to see it take blows with the best x48 w/4g and even a q9450.

 

[noobieocer]

umm i think i still take a pass on i7 till prices drop at least 25% of what it is now cant afford it

 

[w3bbo]

That the nVidia 790i w/qx9770 w/2g one ?

I would really like to see it take blows with the best x48 w/4g and even a q9450.

It (s775) would get it's ass handed to it . Whether that would translate to value for money would depend entirely on your personal circumstances.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

The price isn't that bad when you consider it's new technology, new socket etc. The Rampage Extreme II is overpriced (£300+) but £220 is not that much more than a decent skt 775 board which has been going for a few years now. I would expect to be paying £150+ for a P55 motherboard, which if rumours are true should surface around Q3.

Well it is a lot of money to me. I don't honestly have that kind of cash to throw around, espesh as I am only 15 and get £5 a week.. only one more month then the 16 will be here and I will start looking for some part time work!

£155 I can justify but £300 for the Rampage Extreme, it isn't really fair on us lot with a lesser income!

I hope that they don't drop out to many of the features though!

 

[zak4994]

TheMadDutchDude knows how I live.

£5 a week.

And I'm only 14 D:

 

[w3bbo]

Well it is a lot of money to me. I don't honestly have that kind of cash to throw around, espesh as I am only 15 and get £5 a week.. only one more month then the 16 will be here and I will start looking for some part time work!

£155 I can justify but £300 for the Rampage Extreme, it isn't really fair on us lot with a lesser income!

I hope that they don't drop out to many of the features though!

I too agree with the same sentiment. It's so unfair Mclaren F1's are so expensive... How on earth do they expect the average man to afford that.

I do however sympathise with your plight, we've all been there m8.

 

[w3bbo]

TheMadDutchDude knows how I live.

£5 a week.

And I'm only 14 D:

Wait until you are married. If you are lucky enough to find yourself with a whole £5 you are either having an affair or stealing from the kids.

 

[Pyr0]

finally had a min to have a look thru

great review as always m8

was just wondering what bios you were using to test with (not sure if i missed it) and if you had had a chance to try any others?

 

[w3bbo]

Latest official F4 BIOS as shown in the BIOS flash screeny . I don't really try other BIOS's unless the latest is having problems. The first thing I do is flash it to the latest.

Cheers for the kind comments too m8.

 

[Nelly]

Nice review, always read reviews here etc but never bothered to join the forums.

Would be interesting if you could get hold of a Biostar TPower-X58 to review, I've only seen one review which was from France.

Was going to go for the Gigabyte UD5 but going to take a gamble with the Biostar X58.

 

[w3bbo]

I've heard the Biostar has a few issues. We'll see if we can get a sample though.

 

[monkey7]

Hmm I've got a problem with my board:

When I try to update the BIOS using an USB stick (2GB, FAT, not formatted) and QFlash (it's what gigabyte recommends, so...) the updater gets stuck at the 'reading files' part. It's stuck at around 20% and really doesnt get any further, I let it do whatever it was doing for about an hour.

Redownloaded the file from another mirror but that didn't help. Any other ideas?

 

[w3bbo]

Mine wizzed through m8. Took about 20 seconds if that.

Format the drive and unpack the BIOS files so you just have the two files on the stick, not the single zip file (can't rememeber the names off hand). Did mine with Q-Flash through the BIOS without issue.

Good luck.