Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard

[MrALenCar321]

love the gigabyte color !! 

[PCTechTalks]

LOL ultra gerbil 3!

[ludekogamer]

hey guys. i got this board. and i just found out that the orange pci-e is 8X not 16x

is that just my board or what. you can see it inside the slot, it has only half of the pins.

think he made a mistake but correct me if i`m wrong.

grz LudeKo

[PCTechTalks]

@ludekogamer it is supposed to run in X16 and X8 mode. this has almost no impact on performance unless you are running a highly synthetic benchmark.

[nightspy21]

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[nightspy21]

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[JetJL]

lol gerbil

[Korrupted8787]

I've had this motherboard since December 16 2009 and I've had no problems with it runs smooth, i've got a C3 965be @ 3.8ghz, 4 gigs of Patriot sector 5 ram, Sapphire 5850. Question tho, did he say that if both pci-e are used there both 16x/16x? I thought I remember it being 8x/8x if 2 gpu's are used, and 16x if only one used.

[MYMAnarchy]

@Korrupted8787 8x/8x for 2-way CrossFire man. Not a big deal because the performance will be the same

[Aristowi]

@MYMAnarchy Really? I thought that it was a noticeable difference running at 16x 16x than 8x 8x, I ask because like the other guy I have this motherboard and wanted to run crossfire eventually but I didnt want to upgrade mobo unless the 16x 16x would really make a difference. Thanks

[MYMAnarchy]

@Aristowi Have u tried it?? . Its not the same actually, u can have a better performance if u do notice, I'm terribly sorry about what I've said earlier man :(

[Aristowi]

@MYMAnarchy I haven't, maybe I will with this motherboard and upgrade when SATA 3 and USB 3.0 becomes a standard. As far as I know there is a difference, but maybe its not a huge difference worth upgrading right now. Thanks commenting back

[MYMAnarchy]

@Korrupted8787 Its not the same actually, u can have a better performance if u do notice, I'm terribly sorry about what I've said earlier man :(

[hrbear]

Can you inform us at the end of the presentation of every mobo if it's a tested Linux compatible?

[duckpk10]

@hrbear im not aware of any mobos that arent linux compatible

[RobVicPer1]

Ultra Gerbil, Sweet!!

[TheAllTechInOnePlace]

i consedure etin it wat u tink???

[YmCmbZ]

what is the 8-pin 12v used for? do you need it?

[Bigmanwithagun13]

good board!

[theluisanator]

I have this motherboard and i absolutely love it!

and i think he is color blind cus he said the sata cables were orange :K

[ZOPCHOPS]

@theluisanator They are Orange " Well mine are"

[KristianDahl007]

Hey all!

I would really like to know this, if i've accidently broken 1 of the 4 pins in the CPU fan connector, will i then be able to use the SYS-FAN2 instead? (also 4-pin)

[ckamusz]

this mobo no running x16 x16

just running x16 x8

only mobo running x16 x16 is

Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P  =)

[jmd182]

can anyone tell me what motherboard I can put in my dell inspiron 531s. It has an AM2 motherboard and I want to upgrade to AM3

[TheHughDixon]

how many fans will you be able to attach to the motherboard?

[btr4lyfe]

this a good mother board i was thinking this and 2 X 5970s vapor x xfire any thoughts people or should i just for hermi?? thanks

[Zero86Sk]

i have this board, love it

[4N0NYM0U557]

oh the irony .... i google the GA-MA790X-UD3P, but i get GA-MA790X-UD4P as a result....

[ralphpayton]

This is a great board!!! I used it for my first build and it out performs most. However, MSI has the best AMD board out there. Its the MSI 790FX-GD70. It has 4 X 16 PCI Express 2.0 slots. I am buying my 2nd one for my next build. If anyone can prove me wrong on this TELL ME! I have looked and looked for a better MB and can not find.

[OutcastersTR]

@ralphpayton Have you seen the new gigabyte board usb 3.0.

[moonshiry]

but i dont really see the point of usb 3.0. i mean, your mouse has better signals? big deal? i mean over here in my country, its 30 dollars more than this board. And, i think, im not really sure, the only difference is SATA 3 and usb3.0

[OutcastersTR]

There are more 4x pci x16 ports for quad fire

[BKsMassive]

QuadFire + 4x Sapphire 5970 X-Vapor =

JIZZED IN MY PANTS!

[moonshiry]

2 of them are pci standard slots. (Are they equvalent to you pci 2.0 slots?) ooo X16 X16 nice nice im getting this board

[gdement]

@moonshiry

I was shopping for these boards recently, difference between 790XTA-UD4 vs 790XT-UD4P:

XTA-UD4 has SATA3, USB3, +1 PCI, -1 x1 slot, eSATA on panel vs card, advertises higher memory OC speed.

That's all the differences I found.

I agree, SATA3 and USB3 seem pretty pointless, and given that this is a first-gen implementation, the controller chips for those features probably suck anyway. I remember all the problems with early USB1 controllers, early SATA, etc.

[moonshiry]

@gdement ah thanks for the reply very informative!

[OutcastersTR]

Do you think msi is better than the asus crosshair III formula

[HumenDoctor]

is becaus i read this about this card.

HyperTransport 3.0 technology links and dual PCI Express 2.0 graphics interfaces (running at x8 and x8) for ATI CrossFireX support. It says x8 x8, but in the movie he say x16

[WeztNinja]

Idk really now.. but anyway u wont loose performance on x8/x8 bcuz its pcie2.0

[HumenDoctor]

Guys do this board support pci-express x16 crossfire ?

[WeztNinja]

Its x8/x8 corssfire and x16 single card :P thats the 790x chipset right there, if u want full 16x/16x buy a 790fx board

[HumenDoctor]

ok ty. but i think is a big board i dont like the 4 slots for cards :|

[WeztNinja]

Can u use that molex on the backplate for cathodes? :P

[raisethe3]

FYI, this board actually supports 16GB of memory, not 12GB. Albert made that mistake.  I even did some research just to be sure and all states that it supports 16GB.

[SaGruenwdt]

great board I have it. but the manual and software that comes with it is terrible compared to my old asus board. gigabyte needs to do much to solve this!!!

[Zeekz88]

Why is that no DriverS for Windows7?

[AMVDawg]

@Zeekz88 there are. check the official gigabyte site.

[unknown0310]

does this mobo bottleneck a hd 5870 since it takes up 2 slots??

[vanhakaveri]

1:35 :D

[cslix]

hahahha

[stavencapp]

hahah he sounds like DR Evil when he says "layer". love it.

[IgOrvElJo]

He is it ok if you can make a review on the GA-790XTA-UD4 motherboard. Its really nice and i like to use it but you should do it for people that dont really know much about this motherboard.

[cjgan80]

He lost his specs?

otherwise he looks handsome =O

[madzane94]

i'm gettin the usb 3 and sata 6gb/s version to this xD

[AndysocialGY]

Very good, solid motherboard this - owned one for about 6 months now with a Phenom II 955 Quad 3.2Ghz, 4GB Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz RAM & Gainward Radeon HD 4870 X2 GLH Graphics card.

Absolutely love it - Far better bang-for-buck than intel solutions. This rig is fast enough for what I need it to do application wise and still great for gaming on. I can run Crysis maxed out in detail settings etc @ 1920x1080 and still get on average 35fps which is still very respectable at such a high resolution.

[zackcyboy]

Yes, because games nowadays have little effect on what CPU you have so AMD is the way to go.

[Osoriocesar]

Its a good motherboard, I have one of these

[KuSQ3N]

@Osoriocesar me to

[Zero86Sk]

I have this MB and live it

[naminakata87]

ok...thanks awesome vids,what happen u put 2 9800gt on this board?will it running sli mode?

what kind of graphic card that can be running on this to perform ati crossfire?

[zackcyboy]

AMD boards don't support Nvidia SLI, but they support Crossfire. YOu can hook up 2-way Crossfire on this board, and I think you might be able to do Quad but they are x16/x8.

[cs512tr]

that sucks for people who have nvidia cards lol

[XLR84SPEED]

yes it does =(

[7777phoenix]

@XLR84SPEED CAUSE i like vaginas

[Aristowi]

Not if you dont plan to do SLI, I have this board with a GTX 275 and runs smooth (Phenom II X4 965 CPU)

[cs512tr]

really thanks for the heads up!

stable as well?

[Aristowi]

I dont know exactly what do you mean by stable, but for me it is, havent had any trouble, I can run Dragon age maxed with 8x AA over 60 fps, COD4 maxed over 80 fps and Crysis in high, no AA with an average of 45-50 fps (in very high it drops to 25 fps but its still playable), so its pretty cool.

As far as I know, its ok to have any video card with an AMD motherboard, they just cant do SLI but they do Crossfire instead (something with SLI license, intel can do both), For 1 card, can do both.

[XeresKyle]

@cs512tr why does it suck for the people who have nVIDIA graphic cards? nVIDIA is the way to play. Take it, play it with reason or die trying.

[ralphpayton]

ATI currently has the fastest single and dual card on the market. So although your OPINION in cards are on your side, you are still wrong with technology not being on your side.

[Darthor89]

Its ram btw

[Darthor89]

i just bought ocz gold 12800 1600mz rated at 1.8v, but this motherboard only supports/outputs 1.5v.. hopefully I can overclock it up to par though?

[deltanalliance]

you can set that memory voltage in the BIOS settings. if you can't, update the BIOS.

[Darthor89]

yay another 666 coincidence lol

[TacoBoyManThing]

so it does have 1666 ram, ok good im getting this

[Tigergruppen88]

well it doesnt say upto it just had a picture with 140watts cpu support... like the 1 in this video

[joshuaryung]

not sli tho

[L3O1994]

If you do Sli on a crossfire motherboard i Think it will fuck up your motherboard.... I would love it if there were a crossfire and sli supported mobo

[tallandme13]

can you run a single nvidia card on this?

[KuSQ3N]

yes

[zackcyboy]

There is. Every x58 board supports Crossfire and SLI.

[Tigergruppen88]

hey mine is the ma785gt ud3h... it says it can support upto 140watts of power... so that means i cant oc my cu voltage above 140watts?

[moonshiry]

uh yeah... but u dont want to do that. Ur CPU will FRY.

[Cotizado0]

hello guys im making my first GAMING RIG and i think im going to get this mobo here are my specs: Phenom II X4 965 3.4Ghz - Processor GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P - Motherboard XFX RADEON HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 memory WD 640GB 7200 RPM SATA - Hard Drive GSkill Ripjaws Series 8GB DDR3 1600 - RAM Asus Xonar D2 Ultra Fidelity - Sound Card Cooler Master V8 120mm Rifle Cpu Cooler 750 Watts Antec Power Supply Antec 1200 Case thats all folks any suggestion or recommenation? i'll appreciate your help

[blackn12]

@Cotizado0

get the c3 stepping and dont bother with 8gb of ram, just get 4. Also get a better cpu cooler, corsair h50.

[moonshiry]

hey im planning to get this mobo with almost the same stuff as this guy, is this a good mobo? or should i get another one?

[SwisssBolla]

What about an SSD? This would really boost your computer's performance. And yes, 4 GB of RAM are more than enough.

[bayandsl]

thats really a high gaming computer for sure theres no lag on any max settings for games.

can i know your running in what operating system?

[Cotizado0]

does this one work with amd phenom II x4 965?? is a good combination ??? what you guys think... ? responde fast please :D

[vTurtleShockZz]

@Cotizado0 Yes it would work great. I have that exact combination with 8gb of ram. Goes like a train!

[GearGuilty]

@Cotizado0 yes it will work, just today i instaled the AMDX4 970

[DLC77]

@Cotizado0 Yes, it works.

[XxSniperTeamBxX]

@DLC77 a year late lol

[DLC77]

@XxSniperTeamBxX Never give up. Never surrender!

[Vostoceq]

i want to upgrade my PC from MA770 DS3 to this motherboard and CPU from AMD X2 5400+ BE to Phenom II X4 955 BE....

I have 500w Fortron Bluestorm II PSU will it work with it?? i have 1 HDD, HD4850 with Accerelero S1 rev2+Nexus fan, ... btw i must buy ddr3 ram right?? thanx for responds

[DataTrainElite]

i was kinda angrey when i realized that they say it has two pcie x16 when it only has one the orange pci slot isn't PCIE x16 its x8 and it says on the box you can run two video cards that are running pcie x8 in SLI

[joshuaryung]

Can i do 2-way SLI

[marmalademan07]

He says you can go above 1666? reallly :O how! i want to get some faster memory as i got 1666 atm.

[itsmerob1]

LOL what??

pm me for hellp please!

[itsmerob1]

Just bought this mobo, where is the LED ports on the mobo... i cant see them anywhere...

thanks in advance XD

[xXGarryGunzXx]

make sure you update the bias trust

[qwertygustaf]

does this one work with amd phenom II x4 955?.. someone said that they dont go together.. :)? respond fast plz :D

[aznching194]

obcourse it works with it

[KristianDahl007]

Yeah! It can run all Phenom II CPU's!

He also says so in the review...

[harryedwards2121]

had this motherboard for a while now. its awesome!

just bought 2 new hdds. i want to put them in raid 0. can anyone help/instuct.

thanks =]

[RagingShadow07]

Use the purple SATA ports since they're controlled by a different hardware chip. I believe SB750 SATA is all or nothing RAID, so if you use the normal cluster of 6, you can't use the other 4. The manual has instructions for using the Purple (I think it's referred to as Gigabyte SATA RAID). That's how I have mine set up.

[jaesungauzakim]

I got this mobo :)

[Savedbydacross18]

which one is better this one or the GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DS5 AM2+/AM2

[thebest239]

can i put 2GB ddr2 and 2GB ddr3 on the board ?

[zomgerln]

no, gddr3 only.

[thebest239]

thx alot =) btw how do i know wich ram slots should i put my rams into? i have 4 x 1024 XMS3 Corsair (1333mhz)

[zomgerln]

one pair goes in to the slots with one colour, the second in the other colour.

[MrThetoadstool]

It does only support DDR3, which means no, you can not.

[Computernerd187]

No, DDR2 and DDR3 are keyed differently

[KristianDahl007]

Is DDR3 better than DDR2?

[Computernerd187]

Yes, DDR3 is twice as fast as DDR2

[KristianDahl007]

Cool =)

[computerman3000]

will this support AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core

[MrThetoadstool]

Yes it will :)

[AMDGuy64]

I'm really considering this board but curious of what performance increase I would see from my current DDR2 1066Mhz set up on an AM2+ with a Phenom X4 9950 @ 3.2Ghz. Hoping this board will let me squeeze it to 3.4Ghz

[AtgreatR9]

can i have 6gb ddr3 1600mhz and phenom x4 hd 4870 and 600w psu is it cool for this mb? heard somewhere that phenom x4 dont support 6 gigs or somethin pls help

[TitanX84]

it depends on the PSU a tier 1 or 2 you'll only need 650W seen it in person

[andrewl5201]

Pretty nice, I'll most likely use it when I build my machine

[Fr0sT021]

is better ?? HD 4830 or 8800gt? and can 4830 can work on 400w ThermalTake

[natarau]

400w ThermalTake is enough for any of those. i would go with 8800GT

[venom55520]

4830 is a bit better than the 8800GT and can easily run on a 400w thermaltake.

[oreno11]

where do u connect the Monitor?

[Lysta92]

you must have a videocard because the mobo doesn't have built in graphic.

[MusicMan4U08]

you have to get a graphic's card buddy.

[Lysta92]

hello,

I need help to choose a PSU for my system.

if i'm going to use two gpus in the future, do I need a big 12V rail ?

Is A Corsair 650TX with one 12V rail on 52A or a Cooler Master Real Power M620 620W with 3rails and together is 57A ? can they run a Crossfire setup with two 4890 ?

[ChangoKong007]

no, you need minimum 750w if you wanna do a crossfire with 60amp or more ok

[RetroReactiveZ]

is this better than ud3p for gaming

[cmhabil]

how to tuned on DES ....... helpe me

[TassadarCRG]

WRONG at 3:36 the crossfireX run at 8x y both cards.

# 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16

# 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8

[JACKSONLVR1]

I got this and love it, though the one i have is my second, the 1st had a dead memory slot :(

My rig:

Phenom II x4 955

Diamond 4890 xoc 1gb gddr5

8gb ddr2 g.skill

150gb vlociraptor + 640gb 7200 rpm

750w kingwin psupply

[shigalbigal]

cool, but it uses DDR3 ram, so i dont see how did you put DDR2 ram ...

[jlaer3]

cuz i have the 790x not 790xt lol

[baby1bass]

This board does not take DDR3 ram, I know because I bought some and it did not fit. DDR2 and DDR3 both come in 1066 mhz. This may be what confuses people!

[shigalbigal]

got 2 disapoint you .. ;(

i have this motherbord, so I KNOW that it works (i'm using my pc right now, so...)

[shigalbigal]

ooh... gigabyte's site says so too :( "Dual Channel DDR3 1666+ for remarkable system performance" sooo... sorry boss, you lose!

DDR2 can't be overclocked to 1600mhz ...

if ti was ddr2 mobo why would you put 1600 mhz supporting chipset when ddr2 is 1333mhz maximum (achieved by overclock)

[foxracer927]

what are you talking about? gigabyte made 2 790x chipset boards, one is am2/am2+, and one is am3. i thikn YOU are confused bud.

[teepeeformybunghole]

well you you using a am2+ chip wernt you

silly billy

[jjgg263804]

were's the VGA slot or DVI slot????

[superharry626]

uh.. this is the 790XT not GX.. so this doesnt have an integrated graphics card

[BionicNoodleX]

Thank god, stops people even thinking of using integrated graphics on a board that has 2x pci-e slots

[ArnoldHC]

use a graphics card

[JACKSONLVR1]

NO integrated graphix, therefore no slot.

[halohectic]

Okay ive got a question i oen this board with an AMD 955 6gb ddr3 and id like to get 2 4890s and go crossfire, But i also want physix. I was wondering if anyone knows if this motherbored has enough PCI slots to handle that. ty

[sacrenough]

Asus has some AM3 mother boards with 4 or more PCIE x16 slots.

[BionicNoodleX]

yep, it has 2 pci-e slots,

[MrSavage169]

If you used the old school Ageia Physx card that was PCI, then yes it does

[SuperTechyBoy]

with intel cancelling out the 775 socket CPUs and with the only other option i7 so expensive, my only option for a motherboard that is future proof is the AM3 and AM2+ DDR3 motherboards!

[shigalbigal]

Guys wake up...

Core i5 is on the way there are i5 socket motherboards released (but still not on the marker :{ )

Core i7 is going to cost cheaper when i5 and i3 cpus come on the market

[kidowner]

Ofc i can prove it. -Altough DDR3 has higher frequencies. it has high latencies. which low latencies = faster. if you still dont beleive me, watch this vid:

/watch?v=wAgdG7uN6zo

[2point6x4]

in this /watch?v=wAgdG7uN6zo video at 0:24

he says DDR3 is faster, has more bandwith.

[kidowner]

yes i know. but it has high latency cycle the DDR 2 has like 5-5-5-14

[2point6x4]

my DDR3 is running at CL 8-8-8-21

[2point6x4]

AMD is just as good for gaming as intel i7 but cost less! My PC Upgrade: AMD 550 X2 cpu. $99.99 G.skill 4GB ddr3 1333 $65.00 Gigabyte 790XT UD4P am3 $129.99 XFX ATi 4890 1GB video card $199.99 corsair 650W psu $99.99 WD 160GB Sata HD $39.00 DVD-Drive $25.00 $658.96 Wake up and smell the coffee!

[Hiiiphop]

Yeah baby! I have tis board! yeeey! I have this with the AMD black edition phenom quad core 3.2ghz! Really awesome stuff! I love AMD, sure you guys do too!

[Trep1pigeon]

With amd's new am3 motherboards it is unlikely to run all slot's at 1600mhz its an overload for the memory controller on the processor you must find ram that is capable to run 1600mhz with all slots enabled. My ga-ma790xt-ud4p or GSKILL ddr3 160mhz ram was DOA :( RMA

[Krempaz]

You can use DDR1600 :)

[zomgerln]

no such thing retard.

[Krempaz]

look what kassu asked about r-tard

[zomgerln]

there's still no such thing as ddr 1600.

[Krempaz]

OMG ARE U THAT Stupid ? He asked about DDR3 1600Mhz so i wrote "you can use DDR1600 "...

[kassu09]

and cna i use 1600mhz ram on it?

[tippete123]

yeah

[kassu09]

will this CPU work on this?

Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition, AM3, 3.10GHz, 7MB

[tippete123]

is it amd, because it hi^think this motherboard is only intel

[Krempaz]

It's AMD only

[tippete123]

ah ok thnks

[richardkensington]

thats a good one :D