Gigabyte X79 UD3 LGA2011 Motherboard First Shot

Wile E · May 30, 2011

btarunr said:
I "consume" a 2 TB hard drive every 2-odd months. Gamers like to download and store stuff, too.

Besides, it's not only about capacity. It's also about RAID. Imagine if you could stripe ten 60 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs (amounting to ~$1100) in RAID 0. With 8 GB/s chipset bandwidth at its disposal, you could very well be achieving godly speeds restricted to tens of thousands of dollars worth SSD cards.

Ditto. I already need to throw a controller card in my server, as all 6 ports are full, and I have another 2TB drive that needs to go in. I'd love it if my board had 14sata ports.

xBruce88x · May 31, 2011

ensabrenoir said:
Will this thing require a new size cpu cooler or b 1366 compatable

"This socket is expected to be released alongside Sandy Bridge-E in Q4 2011,[2] and will support 4 memory channels as well as 32× PCIe 3.0 lanes from the CPU;[3] the socket will measure 58.5mm × 51mm, and is backwards compatible with LGA 1366 cooling solutions.[4]"

That's according to a wiki page so take that with a grain of salt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_2011

ensabrenoir · May 31, 2011

link2009 said:
I am completely baffled by the amount of 'blind love' given to this board in this thread.

Why is everyone cheering that the board has 14 SATA ports? How many of those ports will you actually be utilizing most of the time?

I am an enthusiast that has a ton of hard drive space but I never utilize more than 6 SATA ports...EVER.

If this is the entry-level board, who is it aimed for? The gamer that needs 28 TB of space? (This is assuming a 2TB hard disk per SATA port)

Is everyone happy because the 14 ports demonstrate high bandwidth availability? I don't really get it...

We run overpowered machines with too big and too many monitors at resolutions that aren't really necessary. Any new tech no matter how useless gets us excited. Its Just in our nature.

yogurt_21 · May 31, 2011

board looks good, though not the best pic. Can't wait for lga2011 to come out.

[H]@RD5TUFF · May 31, 2011

Seriously . . . WoW, soo glad I held off of Sandy Bridge, just from the specs alone that looks like a monster of a platfrorm!

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	Old Gateway
Processor	i5 4440 3.1ghz
Motherboard	Gateway
Cooling	Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
Memory	2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3
Video Card(s)	RX 560D 4GB
Storage	240gb 2.5 SSD 3TB 7.2k Seagate
Display(s)	Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz
Case	Gateway
Audio Device(s)	Gateway Diamond Audio EMC2.0-USB 5375U ($15 a long ass time ago)
Power Supply	380w oem
Mouse	Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 100
VR HMD	Lmao
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	It can run Crysis (Original), Doom 2016, and Halo MCC

System Name	iJayo
Processor	i7 14700k
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX z790-E wifi
Cooling	Pearless Assasi
Memory	32 gigs Corsair Vengence
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX 2070 Super
Storage	1tb 840 evo, Itb samsung M.2 ssd 1 & 3 tb seagate hdd, 120 gig Hyper X ssd
Display(s)	42" Nec retail display monitor/ 34" Dell curved 165hz monitor
Case	O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	M-Audio monitors
Power Supply	LIan li 750 mini
Mouse	corsair Dark Saber
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121
Software	Window 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	meh... feel me on the battle field!

System Name	Thought I'd be done with this by now
Processor	i7 11700k 8/16
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Pro Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, 9x aigo AR12
Memory	32GB GSkill TridentZ Neo DDR4-4000 CL18-22-22-42
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 2x Geforce RTX 3070
Storage	1TB MX300 M.2 OS + Games, + cloud mostly
Display(s)	Samsung 40" 4k (TV)
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic EVO Black
Audio Device(s)	onboard HD -> Yamaha 5.1
Power Supply	EVGA 850 GQ
Mouse	Logitech wireless
Keyboard	same
VR HMD	nah
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	no one cares anymore lols

System Name	White Boy
Processor	Core i7 3770k @4.6 Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
Cooling	CORSAIR H100
Memory	CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB @ 2177
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 680 CLASSIEFIED @ 1250 Core
Storage	2 Samsung 830 256 GB (Raid 0) 1 Hitachi 4 TB
Display(s)	1 Dell 30U11 30"
Case	BIT FENIX Prodigy
Audio Device(s)	none
Power Supply	SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W Modular
Software	Windows Pro 7 64 bit \|\| Ubuntu 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	2017 Unigine Heaven :: P37239 3D Mark Vantage

Gigabyte X79 UD3 LGA2011 Motherboard First Shot

Wile E

Power User

xBruce88x

ensabrenoir

yogurt_21

[H]@RD5TUFF