Gigabyte Officially Intros X58A-OC Motherboard

[boogerlad]

awesome! No crappy heatsinks with lollercoasters!

 

[yogurt_21]

Actually a lot of extreme OC'ers prefer to use PS/2 as opposed to USB as less can go wrong, hence why they are present.

yup ps/2 keyboard especially and you don't need to be an extreme overclocker, just an overclocker.

 

[{uZa}DOA]

I really like the colors! I'm soo sick of black/blue black/red black/green.... This is refreshing.... I can see a Harley Davidson theme already...

 

[TheGoat Eater]

Edit - POScaps are Tantalum capacitors (the low profile cap banks by the chokes), the minimal form-factor and height of them make for easier insulating around thee socket. MSI's Big Bang series used them for CPU but used Solid State Japanese caps for other components / parts of the board. I was very happy to be surprised by this board looking like they are used all over.

awesome idea. I just hope they make a lower end version of this though.

I don't think you understand that this isn't a platform of their products with tiers (such as the models in UD/Ultra Durable series) this is a niche product catering to the needs of Extreme Overclockers who can do without the extra bells and whistles that are on normal mainstream and enthusiast boards. With the removal of all this stuff there is also a lot less manufacturing cost (talking components) so savings is there as well. Honestly this board being a niche piece and likely not massive runs made is honestly a bit more than it possible could be (while at a great price).

Are you serious? PS/2 ports??? No one even uses that anymore... Everything else looks like what all other OC motherboards have nothing special here but the design of the MB itself.

Using USB isn't fun when you are benching and kill a keyboard. plus when you are spending more money open everything else and just flipping around BIOS a free or Goodwill class PS/2 KB will be just fine (and I prefer it - My eMachine black KB is my fav.)

Actually a lot of extreme OC'ers prefer to use PS/2 as opposed to USB as less can go wrong, hence why they are present.

yep - and the more you can shut down on the board the happier I am lol.

Given the opportunity and I would be. Even though this board is aimed at the extreme OC'ers it doesn't mean that it doesn't appeal to other enthusiast target audiences.

Bit-Tech have done a preview on the board 'ere. It explains why a lot of the bloat that we find in other high-ends m/boards have been removed.

Its obvious its not meant for anything other than Extreme Overclocking just from layout and feature-set... Though I admit I tend to use my bench setups on my desk for long term daily use (lol) so I see where it might look ok. But if you buy this for a desktop board it will be a bad (foolish) buy.

Dunno - probably im wrong - but i think there is several boards in markets which already can compete this particular motherboard. 2x600W to CPU? I can bet - Asus Rampage 3 Extreme / Evga x58 Classified3 / Evga x58 Classified 4way sli can do pretty much the same or even better.

Well Overclockers never had opportunities to get a board for the some purposed (and design) of extreme overclocking. So essentially this is Apple Pie and the other boards are Apples for Extreme Overclockers needs. Apples are fine but Apple Pie - damn good.

Sexy much?! I love the colors and the coolers just loke great. this could go into a Half life mod case

maybe if it is used in a nice mod case it would be for aesthetics but would be definitely living a sad life never living up to its potential.

You may find one in a while living in my garage on a shelf with much happier life (lol)... maybe you can come visit him and take him for a walk

hahha


And Audio-out is so UN-professional overclocker... Onboard speaker is the way to go Gigabyte!

Mein Gott, is this a niche product.

Yes its a definite niche item, so I am wondering (purposely staying away from "worried" - lol just did) about how these will be sold as if a board like this is dumped on Newegg there are bound to be many, many, many returns/the like...

 

[Assimilator]

Anyone can churn out high-performance boards that feature in the hardware headlines and get rave reviews, but it doesn't matter one iota if said boards cost $700 and only a handful of people buy them. How is Gigabyte justifying the R&D costs for such a niche product? I can't believe the UD9 was profitable for them, and I doubt this board will be either... so what are they playing at?

I'd really like to know what their strategy is here, because there's no way they're going to beat ASUS - the ROG boards are expensive, but not insanely expensive or over-the-top like the UD9 and this one.

 

[1freedude]

Anyone can churn out high-performance boards that feature in the hardware headlines and get rave reviews, but it doesn't matter one iota if said boards cost $700 and only a handful of people buy them. How is Gigabyte justifying the R&D costs for such a niche product? I can't believe the UD9 was profitable for them, and I doubt this board will be either... so what are they playing at?

I'd really like to know what their strategy is here, because there's no way they're going to beat ASUS -

I'd imagine the most likely strategy includes marketing. "Johnny-hi-five just broke the record with a Gigabyte, i'm gonna get a gigabyte."

Toyota makes engines to race around circuits, and they use the r&d to get us better cars. Trickle down engineering.

I like Gigabyte, my first brand new board was the p35. it sits in my htpc now.

I wish this board a good race.

 

[Hayder_Master]

first test of G1 killer series

 

[cdawall]

Are you serious? PS/2 ports??? No one even uses that anymore... Everything else looks like what all other OC motherboards have nothing special here but the design of the MB itself.

PS/2 is left on the board because under extreme conditions when boards are frozen and overclocked it is not uncommon for them to "loose" there USB hubs thus with PS/2 ports left on the board there is still that option for extreme overclockers

 

[caleb]

Are you serious? PS/2 ports??? No one even uses that anymore... Everything else looks like what all other OC motherboards have nothing special here but the design of the MB itself.

I have an ownage ps/2 keyboard. I don't see any advantage over an USB one so why would I spent another $$ just to get a decent USB keyboard or use some lame adapter thats most likely buggy ? Not to mention the fact that it powers up my PC on key press..

 

[TAViX]

I like PS2 keyboards better than the USB ones, because you can start your PC using the power button on the keyboard. No such thing exists on USB...

 

[Laurijan]

Anyone noticed that it only has 2 usb ports and 1 optional usb connector onboard?

Edit: Sorry 4 ports - still kinda annoying

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Anyone noticed that it only has 2 usb ports and 1 optional usb connector onboard?

Edit: Sorry 4 ports - still kinda annoying

It's not aimed at people that want to plug in loads of devices. The less, the better.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Mein Gott

Do the Spanish suddenly speak german when cursing?

 

[Laurijan]

It's not aimed at people that want to plug in loads of devices. The less, the better.

I dont get how not more USB-ports were installed because there are 8 SATA-ports which arent used all in benchmarking machines?
With adding more USB ports you would have a nice mobo for home use for example.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I dont get how not more USB-ports were installed because there are 8 SATA-ports which arent used all in benchmarking machines?
With adding more USB ports you would have a nice mobo for home use for example.

Gigabyte's own in-house OC'er HighCookie helped with the design of the mobo so blame him.

 

[Frick]

Do the Spanish suddenly speak german when cursing?

German should be the official curse language. Everything in german sounds angry. That and finnish.

To the topic on hand, it'll be interesting to see what this board can do. Looking forward to reviews and world record attempts!

 

[micropage7]

I dont get how not more USB-ports were installed because there are 8 SATA-ports which arent used all in benchmarking machines?
With adding more USB ports you would have a nice mobo for home use for example.

yeah for port i guess more is better than less, its like better you have it but you dont use it than you need it but you dont have
i have 8 port, although i just use 4 of them

 

[WarEagleAU]

This is the most awesomest board I have ever seen. Sweet as all get out

 

[Makaveli]

Nice layout, but its alittle too flashy for me the neon orange is burning my eyes.