Gigabyte EX58 EXtreme Motherboard

[GiveEmHellMCR]

I have a graphics card that uses pci-e x16 and a intel core 2 quad q6600 cpu. I currently have an asus pk5pl-vm. Can anyone recommend a better motherboard?

[LiqhtWeiqht]

99,999 view, hahha

[gdialpha]

overclocking is freaking fun

[Icha29072010]

Cool

[MrWakoko77]

albert is the best and bauer is trash ang ignorant compare to this guy...!

[thereddog223]

I preferred Logan but yeah he is better.

[Phen0mable]

No USB 3.0 ??

[Jak3Mac]

@Phen0mable This was in 2008.

[thereddog223]

3 years ago

[Georg1979]

@thereddog223 In fact it was 2 and a half years ago. Just goes to show how time flies. And that the 1366 platform is not that young too.

[FiQPCGamer]

how about the price in euro????

[SRMTHFGLover1]

Mine Mobo is GIGABYTE GA-MA770-ES3

[tndrckr]

who would stay at there house on fire and back stuff up lol id do that for game saves in gta4 or somin

[thereddog223]

and guess what the x58 is obsolete

[tndrckr]

@thereddog223 no its not????????????

[steven4570]

@thereddog223 WTF! its the top board for enthusiasts right now...get off the greenery bro

[thereddog223]

They are coming out with ivy bridge soon

[steven4570]

@thereddog223 sandy bridge is already out. now while some of the cpus do perform slightly better with the exception of the 980x like maybe 10% better, there are some disadvantages...like no full out pci-e x16 on both cards when in sli or crossfire and no tripple channel. If you're on x58 sandy bridge is kinda like a side grade than an upgrade. its defiantly not obsolete

[thereddog223]

Ivy not sandy

[steven4570]

@thereddog223 yeah but thats not out yet so technically its not obsolete..not yet anyway, if you want the ultimate setup at THIS MOMENT...x58 is what you want

[thereddog223]

I have an x58

[steven4570]

@thereddog223 yep so do i

[Jkottis]

fucking gigabyte they make crazy boards then fuck it all up with ugly blue color

[Phenomental1ty]

When is there gonna be the Terabyte motherboard?

[EL90291]

SPdif coaxial or optical both are digital

Error at 06:48 ;-}

[buldozer00]

im gonna overclock my wife....lol

[mukhsanain]

@buldozer00 .. make sure u increase voltages correctly or u might fry her.. lmao

[Doom2pro]

@buldozer00 you mean overcock?

[ThePresD]

@buldozer00 lol you nasty!

[l1vefordaweekend]

Gordon Freeman?

[s2000julius]

This guy gets so excited about his reviews, he might just be able to sell me on an old 8086 pc if he describes the hardware as good as he does here.LMAO

[AreTheseYourCarKeys]

haha wow, i think he's excited about this motherboard!

nice review and sweet board

[honey4530]

hi we are using zippys mouse suddenly what happen means the cable get separated from mouse so in that cable is having 4 wires one is (1)red (2)green (3)black and (4)white so which colour wire have to connect to which wire .in that mother board their is (1)gnd (2)v dd (3) data (4)clock so please how to connect the wires tell me as soon as possible kindly do a mail to my id is : honey4530@yahoo.com

[honey4530]

hi we are using zippys mouse suddenly what happen means the cable get separated from mouse so in that cable is having 4 wires one is (1)red (2)green (3)black and (4)white so which colour wire have to connect to which wire .in that mother board their is (1)gnd (2)v dd (3) data (4)clock so please how to connect the wires tell me as soon as possible kindly do a mail to my id is : honey4530@yahoo.com

[KnallGnom]

we want logan not this faggot ///LOGAN FTW!!!!///

[itsmeadrian1234]

@KnallGnom shut up. at least he's better than you

[Eirwan95]

@hasaniguy i do.....

[paperbachwriter1]

CAN I TRADE MY GIRLFRIEND FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD

[azraaell]

where do i get an internal spdif cable for my xfx 790i mobo to my gtx 260?

[Arjun007ize]

nice one

[icguilty]

overclock cut off the product life?????????????. well thatif u do a bad overclock. great sound card. realtek or sound blaster. jajajajajajja nice joke. memory controller with huge lactancies. high wattage use. thank i dnt buy sht!.

[icguilty]

wht r u saying???????. qpi is sht. only half micro speed, half duplex, 20 bit.intel sucks. maximum 667 ddr depends on wht micro intel r using

[shadowville005]

i have a better one x58a- ud7 

[HOTSTUDMUFFIN4649]

that clear com buttom is totally unnecessary have there would it?

FDD is finished manufacturing, wonder y they keep putting them on, and IDE. We are on SATA2 now for god sake. It's just degrading the highend aspects.

They should step in the next generation.

It'd be nice if dis MB covers USB3.0.

[Angelinfiniti03]

is very good, but with all that capacity would have to occupy only the only people who are dedicated himself to what would be the graphic design that for a normal person would have it I do not think I could fill all its capacity and with such power with a large processor and 18 GB of RAM is a lot for an ordinary person

[ribak1983]

Albert the ide conector is pointles but flopy is not you can do a lot of programing with flopy ,like gpu bios flash or flashing your bios on the motherbord,because when you flash your bios thru the flopy it does not make any erors as the in side windows utility so keep thet in mind,Thenks Gigabyte for including flopy conector!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KILLACAMFOO]

WHY DOESN'T TIGERDIRECT DO THESE REVIEWS ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[ferblackman]

@KILLACAMFOO  because he get paid for it ...

[justin4785]

FKIN i gonna buy this

[carchis]

no USB 3.0????????????????? how sad!!!!!!

[8RyoSan8]

@carchis This board is 2 years old....

[AznUnboxer]

can i use this with 3 way GTX 480?

[8RyoSan8]

@AznUnboxer

[AGuyWithDownsyndrome]

wot is system32 a new bord?

[AGuyWithDownsyndrome]

It wont boot for some reason. I connected it to my old dell 8300 case and put superglue between the fan and the central intel chip. I turned the power on and all I hear is the fans spinning and a buzzing noise

[phillip8739]

You put... Glue.. Between the heatsink and processor....? *Sigh*...

[Neitzluber]

Delete system32 to fix the problem.

[3dollarchipz]

Stupid question number #1.

Can U run 4 case fans to it?

[BoogieWithStew]

Why are motherboards so small? I keep reading that some cards take up multiple slots (because they cover an adjacent slot) and look how close the RAM slots are, which will make RAM get hot when all slots are filled.

Why not make the boards two inches larger all around, so everything (expansion cards, RAM) fit without crowding each other and also allow better air flow?

[michaelxcx]

cuz the average person gets a large case like an antec 900 and this case fits these boards well, but if you want a bigger board then youll need an XL case , aka antec 1200, but thats a huge case!

i have the antec 1200 and i like the fact that every thing can fit but if i had two of them i actually could make a table out of em. lol

[Splooshiba]

cos motherboards come in standard sizes. standard ATX is generally ok for everything but you also have mini and bigger versions.

there are the options, but most cases are built for ATX

[Neitzluber]

Because then the boards won't fit in regular computer cases.

[asus3571]

need some help real bad about to do a new build this week i picked up s gax58aud3r mobo with an i7920 now im afraid i maid a bad choice i cant seem to find any relative info aside from the gigabyte site im looking for someone who has a current build with it it is a brand new board or should i get a different one i like the quality of gigabytes mobos 50,000 hour jap caps verses lets say asus 5,000hour and duel bios i know my ep45ud3p has done very well and a sinch to over any info be great

[askixx]

Lol.. OMG FIRE!!!! wait.. i gotta bak up :P

[mitchlin71]

UD7 even has USB3.0

[HeadHumper101]

What's the difference between this mobo and the UD7? Which is better if there is a difference?

[Scorpion7substance]

The UD7

[xman8088]

hey can you post a review on the big bang fuzion motherboard?

[Scorpion7substance]

Is that a water block on the south bridge?

[krix02]

@Scorpion7substance Yes.

[ahgnfjie]

@Scorpion7substance nope thats the northbridge.

[Scorpion7substance]

LOL Yea, I meant to say north bridge. I just upgraded from a P6T6 WS Rev. to the Gigabyte X58A UD7

[silverX404]

I have this board and I don't know what case to get for it need help I would like to put a water cooler in there as well but I havve never done those kind of mods I will appreciate any help for this project

[Whitehorze]

@silverX404 I have a Cooler master "HAF 932" full size tower, they also have a red version for the AMD. I love it.

[asus3571]

3 definits as far as cases go full tower by far the best haf932 midtowers lianlik62 or one i just recieved witch is fantastic the cm690 advanced

[xxxMrGeforcedxx9]

i am gonna buy this mobo but i dont know what to choose 4870x2 or gtx 295 s

[madzane94]

for quality and logevity gigabyte > evga > asus > msi...

For feature and software Asus > Msi > Evga > Gigabyte...

For oc Asus > Gigabyte > msi > evga xD

[meetajhu]

lol overclock and worldrecords

[WhiteBlaze123]

Hey does anyone know which would be a better choice? I'll be using a Core i7 920 processor, and the GTX 285 XXX graphics card.

I'm deciding between the -

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 iX58, SATA2 RAID, GLAN ---- For 230 euros. Or the --

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 iX58, SATA2 RAID, 8CH ----- For 275 euros.

Should I go with the cheaper older model or spend a little more for the newer one? Thanks for the help in advance!

[DavElston]

for an extra 45 euros in the ud7, your getting much more future compatability in USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 plus if your oveclocking, the UD7 has 24 phase power which gives greater stability. I have the UD7 and it is an amazing board.

[WhiteBlaze123]

Alrighty thanks, I'll go with that one then ;)

[Thet3]

@DavElston hey!! Im new @ th!s can I use a VelociRaptor hdd instead of getting the 7200rpm hdd's??? or do i need both??

[DavElston]

@Thet3 A velicoraptor drive is exactly the same as any other drive other than the fact that it runs at 10,000 rpm (revolutions per minute) meaning that it has lower seek times and faster data transference. They also have much better MTBF (mean time between failures)

However this comes at a cost, the capacity of the drives is lower, they cost more and generate more heat.

Most people, like me, have a couple of raptors for their OS and a few programs, and then larger, slower drives for storage

[Darkrasen1394]

@WhiteBlaze123 I've heard it's the same motherboard with slightly upgraded sound

[Lumar231]

hey guys where can i buy one of theese???? but the cheaper of the cheaper i want a new board not a used! so please! im living on belleville new jersey!

[insanic1]

lol ide

[JustDepends]

lol impatence

[alextheromanian]

not into overclocking...what i am into tho is saving money and buying something that will make my money last longer

[waackomann]

I love this guy xD He makes everything sound awesome!

[Kamenos4ever]

@waackomann absolutely incedible! LOL

[strandwolf]

@waackomann Huh? Anyone here remember SAM? That was someone to love.

[FantasyX3I]

@waackomann omg you are so right i only watch his reviews he is just the best

[illkillyoubitch]

@waackomann good salesmen can sell you a peice of poop and make you happy with your purchase. Until you figure out it does nothing... cause it's just a piece of poop.

[therealmasterpilot]

Viewing this on one now!

[soulmasterb]

the best motherboard ever

[accentindia]

well he forgot the dual lan ethernet teaming thing

[powerfultoa7]

I've never seen him this excited lolz

[mr4y]

(..) "If you are one of those RIDICULOUS people that loves to overclock everything." (...)

nuff said, lol

[accentindia]

well high technology is pretty much all overclocked

almost all you can imagined

[x007agent]

hi.. will an intel i7 920 2.6 D0 stepping cpu work on a Gigabyte GA x58 motherboard with a Noctua cpu cooler?

Anyone plz help.. greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

[kiansin]

Hey..people i got a corsair 1600mhz 1.8v ddr3 ram...can i put it on this motherboard?

[hypercarbon]

yea, make sure its triple channel though. 1.8v sound a bit high though. Isnt it usually 1.65.

[Sony13PL2]

No. It must be 1,65v.

[br1ggzy]

yes

[TheGGES]

yes DDR3 will fit

[lindip]

is this a good or bad board to use with the nvidia gtx 295??

[szombatitomi]

Good, but i recommend you, waiting for the 5870x2.

[hille32]

Rumors says 5870x2 will be renamed 5970, but its still a x2 version of the 5870.

[sladeoss]

Umm all depends.. Id say yes though cause the 295 is one heavy mfing gpu and its a thick board. .And its wicked...

[NeilsShoe]

will a X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series card fit into this the capasitors are close to the mini pci- e slots and the sound card has bits that stick out .

[1981z28camaro]

Doesn't this motherboard come with software to overclock without having to go in the bios? EasyTune5?

[1981z28camaro]

lol, IDE connector...why's that bad? I'm still using a IDE HD, it would be nice to have a motherboard that supports it anyways, incase you ever needed to transfer over some data to the newer HD from an IDE HD.

People ARE still using IDE Hard Drives, their not THAT old, lol

[SainzVermon]

Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME2 will be launched soon... NEW FEATURES * 4 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports (controlled by 2 x Marvell 88SE9123 controller) * 4 x USB 3.0 ports (controlled by 2 x USB 3.0 controller) * 4 x PCI-Express 2.0 X16 slots * CPU is powered by 24-phase circuit * CHIPSET and VRM supports water-cooling OLD FEATURES * 6 x DDR3 DIMM Slots (24GB max) Triple Channel * 6 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports * Dual Gigabit Ethernet * 8-Channel audio * Supports both NVIDIA SLI and ATI Crossfire

[Quagmire88]

I actually like the ASRock x58 Extreme better...

[zackcyboy]

Where can i get this in Canada?

[Lucario1211]

Newegg.

It's superior to TigerDirect.

[zackcyboy]

It's not on Newegg Canada. That's like the only place I look for computer parts.

[1981z28camaro]

NCIX has it.

[commodore256]

If you wanna build a Mac Clone, that's the best motherboard.

[flyboy8492]

can anybody help me overclock my E7500 past 2.93Ghz?

[FSDU5]

Just put the fsb above stock and there u go lol what the stock fsb?

[flyboy8492]

well, i've put the memory multiplier up to 11 and everytime i try to put the FSB past 266 the computer restarts twice.

266 is stock, is there a way to get rid of the computer restarting twice, it usually only does it once after i change the bios.

[FSDU5]

Send me a pm of your entire setup from case to cpu cooler

[flyboy8492]

ok, how bout an invoice from my builder?

[FSDU5]

I guess lol.

[stanmar13]

usually does that cause ur RAM is not set at specs....so after bumping fsb choose the ram multipler that will bring your ram speed close to its specs...also set the right voltage for ur ram. also keep ram performance to "normal" or "standard". set pci value to 100. disable usb storage function. set manually all timings for your ram instead of auto. that should get you easy to 3.4 or so without any vcore increase

[lolz8930]

Lets say I put in a 4870x2 on the first PCI Express 2.0 slot (the blue one all the way to the top). Then, I put in another 4870x2 on the last PCI Express 2.0. ( the orange one all the way to the bottome). Will they both run at x16? Cos the 4870x2 is quite big and if I put them right next to each other, the first 4870x2 wont get enough cooling so yah.

Will they still run at x16 speed if I put one at the first blue pci express slot and another at the last orange pci express slot? Thanks.

[s1acker69]

Im pretty sure orange is x8.

[lilyfgg]

whch is the best board money no object  ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme or

Gigabyte EX58 Extreme

which is the best and why?

[Qubei7]

i would take the Gigabyte it looks cooler Oo

[x007agent]

I think im slowly getting convinced into getting the gigagbyte ex58 extreme. Anyone think or know if the asus rampage 2 extreme is better. Hmmm! please share :)

Thanks.

[x007agent]

hey.. have you decided which motherboard to get? im still thinking thinking and thinking..

[xXxmidgexXx]

Yes. I have already decided. Another thing why I chose GIGABYTE becaus the EXTREME is in their Ultra Durable 3 Series and that includes 2 oz of copper. That gives you better stability in overclocking as well as lower temps. I easily got my Q9400 from 2.66 to 3.20 GHz without too much heat increase

[x007agent]

And a motherboard which will not have a problem when adding or upgrading any parts in it, such as graphics cards, ram, etc.

Thanks.. pm me.

[x007agent]

Awesome! lol let me know which one you decide to get. Whats your pc build spec?

I've been reading some reviews about both motherboards but still cant choose which one to get. Im going to build an air cooled pc, So apart from the price, what is better in features, cooling, performance, reliability, overclocking, ease of use? any other points please add.

[Yytinen]

Im buying this tomorrow with corsair dominator gt and i7 920 watercooled. Everybody agree that it will work or is there any problems with these components?

--yytinen

[x007agent]

Hi, Im thinking of buying this also, but there are soo many motherboards that I had finally narrowed it down to these two:

ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme

Gigabyte EX58 Extreme

Am still not sure which one to buy, how did you decide to buy this instead of any other extreme motherboard?

Thanks :)

[xXxmidgexXx]

Go with GIGABYTE. The ASUS Rampage II Extreme is also a good board but in the long run, I would rather go with the GIGABYTE. In my place, the GIGABYTE is cheaper and it also includes the water cooling thing. However the ASUS is more expensive.

Weird thing is that I am also looking at the same boards as you lol

[Yytinen]

Well for me it is little bit cheaper and I can order it from same place that I order my other stuff. I was the easiest way and I think Gigabyte has some really good stuff. Asus is good too but Gigabyte fits me better.

--yytinen

[Yytinen]

Or I might go with Rampage because it is only 17€ more expensive. Not sure yet.

--yytinen

[x007agent]

Thanks for the info hawklanzs :)

im thinking of using 2 gtx 280s and using onboard sound. But i read if you use that extra cooling for the northbridge, the air flow isnt any better.

Am not sure now, which one to get. Something powerful, overclocks, with very good cooling.

What spec is your build hawklanzs?

[hawklanzs]

Unless you can use the ORANGE pci slot for a 3rd party sound card. then this board is better than the Rampage 2

[hawklanzs]

Sorry for this board the Pci-e is WHITE (the one at the TOP) I said Black earlier, my bad.

[x007agent]

So this is better than the ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme motherboard? in how many ways..

Does anyone own this motherboard and have you had any issues or found any faults with it?

Thanks :D

[hawklanzs]

can i fit an SLI setup and use the CREATIVE FATALITY X-Fi Soundcard? I don't see enough space for it from this video.

that means How can i fit

2 GTX280

and at the same time a Creative Fatality Professional X-Fi Pci-e card

[x007agent]

Are you considering of buying this also?

Am going to wait and see what the comments say..

Let the comments begin! :D

[hawklanzs]

I think this board it worse in terms of PCI slot placements. If you wanna SLI that means you'll be using both the BLUE pci slots for the graphic cards. From the pics here I think BOTH the white normal PCI slots will be BLOCKED. And the shorter BLack PCI at the top looks like it has very litte length to place a full card in. That heat sink is really in the way....

At least on the Rampage 2 you could BEND and snap off some of the heatsink pins to make space for your Fatality Audio cards.

[x007agent]

am thinking of getting this, or i might consider buying this motherboard instead. Gigabyte EX58 Extreme. let me know what you think people. message me! :)

Thanks

[Sylarpane94]

Get The EX58. But you might want to know there are some new upcoming boards with 4 way sli.

[Zico10101010]

what is better for overclocking ASUS PT deluxe v2 or gigabyte ex58 extreme or evga x58 3 way sli clasffied?

[Sylarpane94]

EX58. Much more capability. Lots of expansion and the overclocking reviews are much better!

[dirtyprinztv]

im about to build my first pc with this board on a intel i7 920 my lil brother who know nothing about building pc's used this with no problems

[Qubei7]

i like my ex58 ud3r 1.6 :-P

[Spyhunter1990]

Got this with a i7 965 ; )

Posts up to 4.6ghz, windows at 4.5Ghz on water :D

Might jump to the six core cpu when it comes out :P

[pyridoxal30]

I own this baby.Its very expensive,but absolutely awesome.But you need minimum an i7 965 and fast Memory

for overclocking up to the maximum.

[KristianDahl007]

HI!

Will my ASUS EAH4890/HTDI/1GD5 work with this motherboard?

[legendray2008]

Of course

actually 3 of them at the same time

but this MoBo is only for Core i7 and i9 CPU's

[Haokot]

They really ever or never say that somthing is bad or crappy. In this review´s i dont trust them.

But one thing i like is the watercooling connections.

[adampope64]

Its true, they dont "review" anything, its product showcases.

[xXxmidgexXx]

Yo! Will an EVGA GTS 250 fit here? On the first pci-e x16 slot all the way to the top with the heatsink on? thanks

[jlebesis]

Hey mate, great reviews that you do. I'm just wondering, does the software that comes with these boards have support for Windows 7 64 bit? As my Current P6t SE software doesnt seem to want to work. Also, with the large heat sinks, I'm concerened my Noctua cpu cooler wont fit/sit on there without clashing with it...has anyone tried this? Would love some feedback as I want to buy this board! Thanks guys

[hahaha10001]

it must, b/c the people who buy this WILL be using a 64-bit OS and widnwos 7 is BASICLY vista.

99.9% sure it will work

[xXxmidgexXx]

Why to such badass motherboards like this still have IDE, Floppy and PS/2?!?!!?

[TitanX84]

sometimes u need PS/2 to read on a build as for the other 2 idk but why not if its so bad ass!!!

[xXxmidgexXx]

Oh well! atleast we got legacy!! XD

[hahaha10001]

people might still use them?

[Freddycd15]

Lol, you always get orange SATA cables with GB.

[dipakmistry94]

hi im wanna get htis board but he says 1.65V for your VDIMM and on the gigabyte website they say 1.5V so WTF?!

[kipdokken]

mine is the gigabyte x58 ud5, overclocked to 3.6ghz all in auto setting. nice board

[benyggg45]

thats nice but would a q6600 cpu work on this or just i7

[PTpurplePT]

onyly i7

[FunsterProductions]

just cpus with lga 1366

[Kalees]

only i7 cuz its x58 (1336)

[premierclip]

Can anyone help me out, i got a pc of a m8 of mine

with this mainboard.

a crappy case... the thermaltake i101 actually its a very nice thing. but cant be used for gaming.. like i am doing.

Will changing my case solve me heat problems ?

i am currently running evrything at about 60c.. and the graphic card gets up to 75c... playing about an hour.