Monday, June 4th 2012
GIGABYTE Launches New Ultra Durable 5 Socket LGA2011 Motherboards
GIGABYTE did not leave out the Sandy Bridge-E HEDT platform when designing its new Ultra Durable 5 line of motherboards, the company showed of two new socket LGA2011 parts, the X79S-UP5 WIFI, and the X79-UP4.
The X79-UP4 is designed to be a sub-$300 offering, being a notch above the X79-UD3 (and perhaps even the X79-UD5). It uses a 6+1 phase CPU VRM, which consists of high-current ferrite core chokes, and PowIRstage IR3550 driver-MOSFETs. GIGABYTE added eight DDR3 DIMM slots, four on either side of the socket, supporting up to 64 GB of quad-channel DDR3 memory. Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (x16/x8/x16/x8), two PCI-Express 2.0 x1, and one legacy PCI. The X79-UP4 otherwise has a similar connectivity load-out as the X79-UD3.
The X79S-UD5 WiFi is packed to the brim with features. It uses a stronger 8-phase CPU VRM, with the same choice of components as the X79-UP4, eight DDR3 DIMM slots which can hold up to 64 GB of quad-channel DDR3 memory, four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (x16/x8/x16/x8), eight SAS 3 Gb/s ports, apart from four SATA 3 Gb/s and two SATA 6 Gb/s. An 802.11 b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0 add-on card is included in the package. The rest of its feature-set is similar to that of the X79S-UD5.
The X79-UP4 is designed to be a sub-$300 offering, being a notch above the X79-UD3 (and perhaps even the X79-UD5). It uses a 6+1 phase CPU VRM, which consists of high-current ferrite core chokes, and PowIRstage IR3550 driver-MOSFETs. GIGABYTE added eight DDR3 DIMM slots, four on either side of the socket, supporting up to 64 GB of quad-channel DDR3 memory. Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (x16/x8/x16/x8), two PCI-Express 2.0 x1, and one legacy PCI. The X79-UP4 otherwise has a similar connectivity load-out as the X79-UD3.
13 Comments on GIGABYTE Launches New Ultra Durable 5 Socket LGA2011 Motherboards
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X79S-UP5 is a "Workstation" product, FYI.
But they just scored some big points in my book. PCI SLOTS!! :clap: I'm keeping my PCI X-Fi Fatality until it dies or the slot it goes into disappears :rockout: Still hope of keeping it going yet:cool:
I don't care what anyone says about Creative; they knew how to make a gaming card :cool:
Hey Dave never mind these ATX things man! :p We'd like to see some of your iTX stuff ;)
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Canadian side of newegg, but:
www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128563
I asked for less than $400. I expected $369. I see $339. Colour me happy.:pGigabyte has come a long way with their BIOSes. Their UEFI is actually pretty damn good now, and I find it to be one of the more responsive UEFI BIOSes out there right now.
And yes, PCI slot, since it's a workstation product, and many workstation users have specialized PCI devices, so one slot is included.October, most likely, for mITX. I have 5 boards sitting here waiting first, but I'm working on two reviews per week now. I have memory reviews coming as well, and kits to arrive. Depends on what arrives first.