Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Review

Conclusion:

The Gigabyte X58A-UD3R was a beautiful motherboard that gave me no trouble at all. For the price it is being pushed at this is a great deal - especially with the USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 support. SATA 3.0 should come in handy real soon with the advances that SSD drives are making, and the RAID-0 capabilities of this board in SATA 3.0 should mate well together. The ten SATA ports total should satisfy most users, but IDE and FDD both make a comeback to support the older technologies. Four full-length PCI Express slots allow users to install up to three video cards for Tri-SLI or CrossFireX so gamers and benchmarking/overclocking enthusiasts alike should enjoy this board!  The double-sized copper PCB, Japanese capacitors/Ferrite core chokes, and decent cooling make this board very stable.  When combined with the good looking color scheme of blue and white, the whole package is a winner!

The only con I could find was that the driver disk was hard to use due to glitches on the autorun executable and so I opted to download drivers from Gigabyte's website instead. Otherwise, everything worked like a charm, overclocking was smooth and easy, but had the ability to go in-depth for fine tuning and high overclocks. This is a great board and a bargain at the price they are offering it for online at the time of writing.

Pros:

• Gulftown Ready
• Tri-SLI and CrossFireX capable
• USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gb/s Onboard
• Easy Overclocking/Tuning
• Competitive Pricing
• High Quality Construction

Cons:

• Buggy Driver Disk