Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 Phenom II X6 Crossfire Motherboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

[MrPummetje]

Have it ! really fast overclocks great my setup: 890fxa ud7 amd phenom x6 1100t @ 4ghz Corsair H60 Corsair Dominator 16gb 1333mhz eah 6850 @ 1000/1175 coolermaster haf x crucial m4 64gb spinpoint f3 1tb 500 watt modxstream psu this is an great motherboard my games all are smooth :)

[Ruebarb263]

Great review' deff better than my sub £50 mb lol sub me for reviews ;)

[freecomptechreview]

Will it Blend?



[gizengar111]

but will it run minesweeper?

[jasonlib1996]

with the water cooling stuff intergrated does that mean that you HAVE to use water cooling or will air cooling still work fine?

[chadou17]

If I have just 2x hd 6870, it will be 2*x16 or 2*x8 ?? please answer i want to buy this one ! thanks :)

[24149421]

@chadou17 sure is 16x in 2

[gl1000k2]

Those quickly discarded "Cross - [space] - Fire" bridges that come with this mobo are not like the crossfire bridges you get with your videocard. These are 10cm long, which means you can do a dual CrossfireX over both PCI Express X16 slots (2nd one is above the white PCI slot), avoiding the usual PCI-E X8 in the middle.

That gains you a little bit of performance, but more important: if you use aircooling, it leaves a nice corridor of cool airflow between two hot videocards.

[scythe515]

What is the Raid 0 bandwidth on the sata 6gbps ports? How about a mega ssd raid 0 array with this board VS. your LSI hardware raid card.

[seba3001]

@scythe515 Placing too many SSDs on a Raid0 array it's not safe at all, man. I mean, if your system is stable you shouldn't find any problem with 2 SSDs on raid0 in like, years. But placing aditional SSDs to the array increases the data corruption probability exponentially. Bear that in mind, you are sending your stream of data divided (and damn fast), but if a single part fails, the whole data wil be lost.

[scythe515]

@seba3001 I know that the Intel Ich10r has a bandwidth cap of about 700 MB per sec. I was wondering if the AMD 850 had improved beyond the Intel chip. Most Mobo reviews do not check Storage bandwidth to see if the Sata ports operate at their full potential.

[Ptro001]

But can it play tetris?!?!? >=[

[HarleyAMV]

Finally!

Now I can spend 2000€ on CPU, mobo, RAM, GFX, PSU and a case that supports XL-ATX while still use my super highspeed IDE HDD!

lol wtf?

[Boosterjustise]

the art work on the box is horrible

[eimaisklhros]

i dont know much about computers so umm..about that power button on 07:09.. you mean that when i turn off my computer, i also can/should press that power button in order to save power or to keep everything "safe" ?

[SwissJustMe]

@eimaisklhros

this is just for testing when you dont linked your mainboard with a case which has the power button.

[eimaisklhros]

@SwissJustMe ...which means that this button takes somewhat the role of power button in the case (for example, full tower) ?

[SwissJustMe]

@eimaisklhros

yes

[eimaisklhros]

@SwissJustMe thanks

[ibbezow3]

will it fit in cooler master haf X ?

[hartk5353]

@ibbezow3 yes its an ATX board and the haf X fits up to XL-ATX so yes it will fit with plenty of room

[hartk5353]

@ibbezow3 yes the HAF X fits an XL-ATX board so yes it will fit just find

[ibbezow3]

@hartk5353 Thx m8 just wanted to be sure :)

[manonhill12]

Will the cooler master V8 fit with that north-bridge heat pipe cooler i am thinking of purchasing this board and go all air cool i await your reply

[Zillamp3z]

This or p8p67 pro?

[LightSpeed91]

this thing is huge

[StevensiTX]

My mainboard is equal, but have not a watercooling appliance includ. This Gigabyte maiboard here is more expensiveley, does not more offer than my MSI board.

[aliendude5300]

thinking about going with this or an ASUS Crossfire IV Formula. What's the better buy? Money isn't an issue, it's only a small price difference.

[riccardozigno]

time for lagging in call of duty are finish i thinck ..........

[Rapagangsta]

I hate the color of Gigabyte, luckily they changed it on the P67 MoBos. :)

[MasterNaruto1214]

GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H only has 4+1 phase design, but the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 has 8+2 phase design,does this mean that the Asus mobo is better?

[xXcartman69Xx]

what cases wil this fit in to use all of the bords specs like 4 way crossfirex

[the14u36]

i just clicked on 1080p and and went full screen. and man, picture quality is out of this world on my 22 inch LED monitor. like watching a bluray. just like im in the store looking at the board very nice.

[chickeness]

hi, i am planing to buy a new mB this christmass. and i am confused. what is your recommended motherboard for gamer. Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 -ASUS Crosshair IV Formula 890FX or the MSI 890FXA-GD70 ????

help pls.

[Hokrollo1]

@chickeness

Depends if you want to go with a lot of video cards in Crossfire X example. If you don´t need more than 2-3 slots buy the MSI one. But if you want 6 slots ...buy Gigabyte.

[petfood56]

omg this mobo is so intense XD

[xfup]

Sata 3.0 and 1.5 hard drives will work on the Sata 6.0 ports. But not the other way around. How could you expect all this stuff to fit in anything smaller than the HAF X? that thing is huge! Again could you show us something you cant see in photos such as the Bios?? I know its nothing different from any other Gigabyte mobo but hell you have the board right there it would really be cool to see it in action.

[DAZ9669]

are sata 6bg/s ports backward comparable with sata 3gb/s

[traingp7]

Why would they waste space on that motherboard for a ide and floppy connectors? Noone is running either of those things when they buy this board.

[gabel56]

LOL Bigger BOX than every AMD board.

[MrSpore15]

So just so i know, is the silent pipe for water cooling or if you chose to do air cooling...

[Nutriment6464]

@MrSpore15 air cooling

[aoryi]

but.... wil it make me a sandwich?

[De2t3ny]

@aoryi of curse

[notcockyson]

@aoryi im sorry but u need a woman for that

[Montalva]

@notcockyson lol, mine wont even make the bed

[cjgan80]

@Russ88765 Yea lol , where would you find 32GB of Ram for this board xD

[using192]

@cjgan80 stores!

[ajamit007]

@Russ88765

Dual Channel

[mrkeith557]

linus would you say in your opinion that unlocking the extra cores is a good idea or can it go wrong is it a rsiky thing or is it perfectly safe to do

[SandmanGodslayer]

Amazing Mobo for AMD!!!!

[funnyfootballs]

Hi.

I dont know much about this computer stuff, but does this motherboard support

the 5870 2 gb eyefinity graphichscard?

THANKS

[skyline826]

MSI motherboard 890FXa-GD70

[ndragos87]

this motherboard or crosshair witch one is better

[skyline826]

but this case have 8 slot

[cjgan80]

@skyline826 Eathen thought the case has 8 slots , but can it fit an XL-ATX Form factor motherboard?

[skyline826]

i have coolermaster haf 922,this good for this motherboard?

[cjgan80]

@skyline826 XL-ATX

probally won't

buy HAF-X

[Kamenos4ever]

@Russ88765 yeah lol. tripple channel. this mobo is a beast

[cjgan80]

Let's have a look at the lay out of the board

AM3 Socket , surrounded by an AM3 Bracket...

Wow that rhymes...

[ASAWProductions]

i think the 16x/4x you see on some boards is not for crossfire (though you can) i think it is really only good for 4x RAID cards. otherwise, it is useless.

And btw, it is the red and white front USB head that supports on/off charge.

[FieryLoki]

The box looks similar to the Asus Crossfire IV Formula one. The motherboard, however, seems to be a lot better, at least in specs and accessories.

Great video! Keep it up, 'cause I started to enjoy your videos!

[Jsak666]

i bought this motherboard recently and am trying to install windows 7 on a 4 HDD RAID 0 array but windows 7 is not recognising the array. i donot have a floppy drive and was wondering if anyone has installed to similar system via USB stick???

HELP appreciated

another not that do not install the northbrige cooler as it made my gfx card rise buy almost 20 degrees on idle loads

[ddragonlee]

i just bought this for my new gaming computer with the new amd phenom 2 x6 processor with a couple of sapphire radeon hd 5770 cards for crossfire x. it should be grate for what i need.

[oscar7610]

idle temps and gaming temps pls thx

[j3k2006]

Cool so this is extended-ATX form?

[yushao100]

not only quad crossfire compatible, but floppy compatible too :D

[gabrocki]

@yushao100 YAAAY!!!

[MarioACuenca]

Men I need a expert help I got this matherbord 3 days ago connected everything but went i unploged the power corde dint work anymore the signal says 88 in the mob i clear the Cmad. The fist time it work nicely but now I dont know what to do. I try pluging another video card another power supply try clearing the CMad and staring it with one memmory stick nothing work at all same 88 signal Any one had a problem? like mine

[pedramm1978]

Hi thanks for the review- I'm about to buy a AMD ii x6 -1055t (not sure if I would need 1090t ) for this CPU would you recommend this mother board or Asus Formula iv ? I won't be using the pc for gaming but I will be doing some film editing so do I really need this mother boards or would I be ok with a mid range Gigabyte motherboard like like GA-890GPA - UD3H??

Cheers

[TheChodefather]

@pedramm1978 The 1090T is a moot point as with any of the 890FXA mobos, you can overclock the 1055T to 4.0 gHz or more by messing with the FSB settings. Save yourself 100 bucks and go with the 1055T.

[madzane94]

GIGABYTE FTW!!!

GIGABYTE = ASUS > MSI

[chessinli]

@MrKaelstrom They don't say SLI ready because it is not officially supported. The only way you get it to work is by hacking. That's why you always buy a SLI ready board for SLI, it just doesnt worth all that trouble to run SLI on an AMD chipset

[chessinli]

@MrKaelstrom There is a hack for enabling SLI on 890FX chipset but you simply don't get the full performance. Updating an official bios won't help at all. For all the troubles of hacking your motherboard and potentially voiding warranty, I would simply go for a X58

[chessinli]

@MrKaelstrom WRONG! ONLY SLI ready boards support SLI, e.g. the X58 boards or the older Nvidia boards. However any motherboard supports Crossfire. EVGA does not mention of Crossfire support just because they are producing nVidia cards only. Man please do some research.

[zislam159159]

@MrKaelstrom thanks my man, curious if you could tell me that as long as a mobo has 2 PCI E 2.0 can it support Sli eventhough it doesnt say Sli ready? and why did you say stick to crossfire than sli? is it just cause of the amd chipset? im thinking of buying this mobo or msi 790FX-GD70 but do not know whether it will do Sli- my current mobo is sli ready and i always taught i need the mobo to be sli ready to do sli? i appreciate your help friend!

[zislam159159]

curious can this support Sli?

[abc5707]

Gigabyte is the best motherboard manufacterer

[Akyy09]

Will this MB fit in a Antec 900 II case?

[exilelrrp]

Good Job!!

[FELIX0123]

want this motherboard so fucking badly

[GrimTheToad]

wait, is it possible an x4, x3, or even x2, could be an x6 =)

[Aristowi]

What a beautiful board, that northbridge water block looks great and really comes in handy, I just cant understand why gigabyte is still adding IDE and floppy connections to their high end motherboards. I may never use 4 video cards, I will seek but I hope there is a board indentical but with just 2 PCI-E X16 slots and some X1 for sound cards.

[StainedValentineBand]

@Aristowi Some people still use IDE drives

[TeamXtiC]

@Aristowi You can put x1 cards into a x16 slot.

[MrSpore15]

AWESOME!! Great minds think alike lol, i just got this motherboard!! It is coming from Newegg tomorrow :D

[marospy]

organise your desk !!!

[thekennysmith15]

whats the best power supply for that motherboard?

[airsoftguy85rocks]

The thing I noticed first was the "3 year warranty in U.S and CANADA" !!!!!

that probably means I can get one in Canada :)

[okokewtf]

Does it support 2-way sli????

[mohsun123]

would the onboard sound on this board beat the sound quality on the asus crosshair iv? which board would be better 2 5970s, because i want them both to run at 16x while there is a 9800gt for physx. i have noticed that the crosshair iv has 8x 8x 8x full populated but im not sure about this board.

[iPumaGamingAndTech]

the clear cmos button reminds me of deal or no deal lol

[TheBunnyFilms]

Wich one do you reccomend 890FXA-UD5 or 890FXA-UD7?

[chupo92]

The onboard front USB headers, marked with red have on/off charge function, so you can charge your devices when computer is turned off, whitout having to plug them into the back of the case.

Wish my X48-DQ6 had that.

[brettman78]

I wonder if this board will fit in my Antec twelve hundred case

[December707]

hey this is the mobo i want not the other 1 this 1 but free of course since i am poor an hardly have money to buy food sometimes :(

[videosurfer69]

Motherboard makers should really start eliminating IDE, floppy and PS2 ports. It's year 2010. And it just clutters the board and I/O panel.

[afterburn13]

I think the usb 3.0 ports have the on\off charge thingy

[thasyamaha]

I heard the cameraman ;O 04:09

[JundaComputersGmbH]

This board is XL ATX so it won't fit in mid tower cases, you'll need a full tower for this, much better to buy the Asus Crosshair IV Formula or the 890FXA-UD5, both are cheaper than this.

[thespartenkid]

@JundaComputersGmbH then y has my antec 902 got 8 expansion slots

[atomicfart3514]

Best part is at 10:05. "Digital audio out in both optical and coaxial flavors"

[bigcar10]

bad ass mobo!!

[mohsun123]

i have one question, should i get this board over the asus crosshair IV?

i was thinking about the crosshair but i really like this board's free watercooling block already on the chipset which cools all the mosfets and sb.

[TheMRamstaff]

@mohsun123 the block is not real wattercooling the watter only goes trough the 2 connectors it does not reach the mosfet or the southbridge it doesnt even touch the northbridge its just a block situated on another aircooling block and its xtended atx while chr 4 is atx so if u get the gigabyte u have to get a case that supports it :(

[sweetypie000]

will it run Doom 95 ?

[CruelQuertos]

@savior02

lol, stupid fanboy

[savior02]

@CruelQuertos dumb jealous cunt :)

[fuzzy987321]

The on/off charge isn't a new thing my old Gigabyte 945GCM-S2C has that.

[leimo25]

We must award Linus the best unboxer in the world! :D

[VermilIlion]

The ports on the board with the red inside are the power when off ports.

[tobbe305]

this might be a stupid question, but can you run a sata 2(3gb/s) harddrive in a sata 3(6gb/s) port ?

[mohsun123]

@tobbe305 yes you can. the sata 3 are backwards compatible.

[SkitAnon]

What are the advantages of having 2 gigabit Ethernet ports on there? Can you actually plug 2 network cables in too boost your connection speed by 2 times? That would be so sweet...

[espn1337]

@SkitAnon I think its for like lan, if you and a friend set up computers next to eachother and you got one long and one short cable he can connect to your ethernet and you connect to the router and he will get internet through your network card.

[olmatenightfox]

I dont like the blue and white

i wish gigabyte would change their colors

ASUS is the best !

[kdmion]

USB 3, SATA 3, USB Power 3, 3 Year Warranty and AM3

[ferraripanama]

wtf?? only 1 slot to the keyboard and the mouse??? how work this???

[manutube8080]

thank you very much for your UD5 AND UD7 EXCELLENT REVIEWS

LIKE AND SUSCRIBE

[mu4me1]

6:18

thanks

[scottycatman]

It's Cream of the Crop, not Cream of the Cream.

[hothead13]

@scottycatman Creme de la creme.. cream of the crop is hella lame breh

[LinusTechTips]

@scottycatman Cream of the cream is a perfectly legitimate expression. It refers to something that is elite even among the other elites.

IE, something that rises away from the cream in much the same way that the cream rises away from the milk.

[momojabada]

@LinusTechTips I got the same board :) but also got the XL-atx problems that make me have to change my case .

And don't bother trying to explain to people some expression :)

[guidofernandez]

@LinusTechTips Creme de la creme, yes. Cream of the cream - no ;)

[airsoftguy85rocks]

@LinusTechTips

nice comeback :)

[StainedValentineBand]

@LinusTechTips I have a question will this motherboard fit in a Thermaltake armor va8003bws?

[gringott12]

@LinusTechTips It's called creme de la creme dude.

[MmmCouchPotato]

@scottycatman Its a literal translation from the french "Creme de la creme", which means the best.

[Jallandhara]

@scottycatman Successful troll is successful. Respect to you, sir.

[scottycatman]

@Jallandhara

I don't understand why Linus's reply got a bunch of thumbs-ups... it gives no information on this motherboard's ranking among the others. It doesn't even make sense, cream doesn't rise away from milk. Thanks for the respect though, I don't try to troll :D

[TheWoWRevelation]

@scottycatman to be honest is doesn't matter...we get the point :)

[cjgan80]

@scottycatman This is a tech review! not a freaking english lesson

[scottycatman]

@cjgan80

Oh, but why can't it be both? hehe

[SpitreMKXII]

It's AM3, so it could be 333333

[AgentHydra]

If I go 890FX i would probably get this one... but I don't need all the threes (SATA/USB) so 790FX is good nuff

[CrazyRedneck007]

great job

[Timothy17Fan]

I dislike the insane priced motherboards anymore. My last motherboard was an expensive one like this, and I regretted wasting so much money on a motherboard. Hardware changes so fast anymore, with upgrading, it ends up being a waste of money, unless your rich. I'll never use crossfire either due to the fact I'd rather have one fast card which is plenty enough speed, and quieter, with less electricity used.

[ktomatchu]

@Timothy17Fan I think the advantage of crossifre is that it's cheaper to upgrade to crossfire than it is to get a brand new card. But i know what you mean eh? Technology advances so fast that things become obsolete quickly =(

[TylertheGeek28]

I'm very impressed with this board, not the hugest AMD fan, but this bored makes me think a little differently of them, great looking bored with awesome features, where the hell is Intel with these features this is like the exact board I'm looking for only Intel, price is awesome to only $250 ! = win, great vid Linus.

[ShootBogans]

Only just subscribed to this guy, probably the best reviewer I've seen on Youtube.

[AznUnboxer]

I Reckon the Asus Crosshair IV Formula is better but a bit more expensive

[12GTA435]

Finally Gigabyte treats AMD with the same respect due to the cooling system and other features as intel's X58 boards

[T1carus]

why is the 4/8 pin sockets 'ideal' lcoation at the top, wires have to go over everything to get to it

[CGE10]

@T1carus that is a great point dude it should be next to the 24 pin which should be on the lower right corner

[D00m1n470r]

@T1carus With a good case, you can drag the cables behind the motherboard on the other side of the case.

[homelessman101]

man, that's one beast motherboard :) Great vid! Woot Camera Man!!!

[Zeraan1337]

holy fuck ... 4 HD 5870s

wow

[protox6]

I was gonna get this

[ComRadKeL]

nice board. thanks linus.

[alex189100]

I need to says I hate you because you always touch the hottest parts. Is nothing personal. Not serious

About the board its incredible & Gigabyte, my favorite brand

[bigdima3]

Asus boards are kool man, they have recently released a new driver for my board that charges ipods faster by increasing the USB power

[snipesre]

wow this is my new fav amd board

[Maztercray]

An error occurred, please try again later. FUUUUUUUUUU

[orpheus119]

ha, yeah lower quality than normal

[DaDrifta360]

How much?

[161someone]

Video is processing to become HD quality, you will have to wait a hour or so for long videos to process (10 minutes)

[mojo3nt]

full hd camera broken?

[AndreaFranchitti]

@mojo3nt it's youtube processing the video

[Hackslashs0r]

lol,

this "new" charging feature works with my "old" ASUS P5Q Pro already

newest marketing shit gigabyte :D:D

[59FIFTYMAX]

Working for me :D

[BloodMech21]

youtube can eat a dick.

[hootis8]

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS start with the accessories i know your doing on purpose

[Peetah16]

Gigabytes new slogan should be. "333333" GENIUS.

[ipzent]

@Peetah16

which would be incorrect and ignorant on the Gigbyte's part.

Serial ATA IO or the IEEE standard specs call for SATA to be called SATA 3GB and SATA 6GB respectably. not SATA 3 or SATA 2.

[GeeakFreeak]

@ipzent The opposite, saying SATA 1,2 or 3 is correct. Not SATA 1.5/3 or 6GB/s. They say SATA 3GBps or 6GBps to make it easier for newbies to understand the difference.