Gigabyte Gives a Sneak Peek of X79 Series Motherboards

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by keto

Socket 2011 is the high end enthusiast + server platform. There are lots of applications that can benefit from 8X8GB = 64GB of RAM, plus the uses mentioned by Eldonko above. The RAM will run in 4 channel (socket 1366 = 3 channel, socket 1155 = 2 channel) with apparently ridiculously good bandwidth.

Well, I could have explain myself better. I don't understand why the UD7 have only 4 slot while the UD5 have 8.

[Soultribunal]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

Well, I could have explain myself better. I don't understand why the UD7 have only 4 slot while the UD5 have 8.

Someone goofed when they thought out the design?

No idea on that one MM. It should be the other way around.

ST

[frontier204]

Originally Posted by jibz

I just remember my first gigabyte board, a MA770-ud3, and I touched the VRM cooler while it was running and it had to have been ~80c dilivering power to a low end dual core and I wondered what that would do to the lifespan of the board. So I always look for a little more cooling on my mobos.

My MA770-UD3 is still fine after about a month of overclocked folding with a Phenom 9950 and the VRMs hitting over 108 Celsius, plus a few months of folding with the same Phenom 9950 at stock. I'll make a post when it fries

Back on topic, it looks like you'll want a top exhaust on your case to make use of any of these motherboards. The hottest portion (VRM) runs along the top of the board, and a classic front-to-back airflow pattern with tower heat sink will either create a hot spot at the top of the case or heat up the DIMMs between the socket and the I/O plate. Then again, even the UD3 has enough VRM for an overclocked Bulldozer chip, so maybe it actually won't heat up that much with a chip based off Sandy Bridge?

Do these boards still have half their SATA ports broken?

[keto]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

Well, I could have explain myself better. I don't understand why the UD7 have only 4 slot while the UD5 have 8.

**SPECULATION** running 4 sticks of RAM (4x2G, 4x4G) is going to be adequate for most hardcore overclockers, who this UD7 **generalizing** is marketed towards. High overclocks are usually harder to achieve the more RAM you add to the equation.

I expect the overclocking community is going to have lots of debugging requests/threads for guys with 8 sticks trying to stabilize their overclocks.

[martin_metal_88]

That could be true Keto, at least I hope our revier will get some info about that ;) hint hint :P

[yycraven]

Do like the boards the way there set up. The UD5 looks very nice thinking of buy one when they come out.
When will HWC have a review on these