This is Gigabyte's flagship motherboard, the X58A-UD9. Designed specifically for Intel's flagship Core i7-980x 'Gulftown' CPU, this is a normal motherboard turned up to 11. It has 24 phases of power, seven PCI-E x16 slots and a whole host of other features designed for overclocking. Priced in the region of $600, the only way to really reach the potential of the board is with Liquid Nitrogen overclocking. The good news is that the research and development that goes into these high end features end up helping to make lower end motherboards better.
 

This is Gigabyte's flagship motherboard, the X58A-UD9. Designed specifically for Intel's flagship Core i7-980x 'Gulftown' CPU, this is a normal motherboard turned up to 11. It has 24 phases of power, seven PCI-E x16 slots and a whole host of other features designed for overclocking. Priced in the region of $600, the only way to really reach the potential of the board is with Liquid Nitrogen overclocking. The good news is that the research and development that goes into these high end features end up helping to make lower end motherboards better.

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Know your components: Cutting-edge parts for your PC, from Computex 2010

1 Jun 2010  |  Comments

John Gillooly dropped by the Gigabyte VIP room in Taipei to look at not only the company's latest range of motherboards and graphics cards, but also to see the USB 3 room. Gigabyte has been the major driver of USB 3 on motherboards, and they have teamed up with peripheral manufacturers to showcase an array of products that connect via USB 3.

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