Gigabyte X58A-UD7 Motherboard Review

Test Configuration

For this review I ran both the Gigabyte X58A-UD7 and EVGA X58 E760 Classified with the same setup. It was the normal setup as usual, Intel Xeon w3570 clocked at 133MHz x20, Corsair Dominator GT 2000C7, Asus HD 4890 1GB, Seagate 7200.10 hard-drive, and a Corsair HX1000 powering the entire setup. Windows 7 x64 was used with ATI’s 10.1 drivers with default visual quality settings. Memory timings were set to 7-8-7-20-74-1T with the memory set to the 1866 divider. It should be noted that the EVGA Classified set RTL values of 55-57-58 while the Gigabyte X58A-UD7 set RTL values of 57-59-60 which might explain the performance differences.

Intel X58 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core i7 920	Click Here
Motherboard	Check Review	Click Here
Memory	Corsair Dominator GT DDR3-2000 C7 3x2GB	Click Here
Video Card	Asus HD 4890 1GB	Click Here
Hard Drive	Seagate 7200.10 320GB	Click Here
Case	Dimastech Bench Table Hard V2	Click Here
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 7 Professional x64	Click Here