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turtletrax
11-19-2007, 11:24 PM
Is it just me or does the heatpipe look like Maximus??
yonton228
11-19-2007, 11:29 PM
The board looks like a rainbow had sex with a motherboard and out popped this..To my eyes I see, black, white, yellow, red, blueish green, neon looking green, possibly orange....Maybe its because I see colors differently than other people but damn.
Bleh, anyways. This does not bring me much joy.....
-yonton228/timmy
Zytek_Fan
11-19-2007, 11:30 PM
DFI cometh.
Nickel020
11-19-2007, 11:30 PM
NB+SB are aluminum now instead of copper for the NB, and the NB heatsink is quite large, that's why it looks more like the Maximus.
That Molex and the 8 Pin CPU are badly placed though :(
naokaji
11-20-2007, 01:16 AM
the colors are well... gigabyte typical....
passive cooling? does that mean they fixed the heat issues they had with previous chipsets? or is gigabyte gambling with stability here?
and yep, the 8 pin is in a terrible location...
offtopic....
why do they always (or better in many cases) cover 4 of the 8 pins on the 8 pin connector?
is it to make sure people that have a 4 pin only plug it in in the right half of it as i assume? if yes, does it actually make a difference? sorry for noob question... i had 8 pin connector on my psu's since before the desktop mainboards started having them.
xlink
11-20-2007, 01:36 AM
looks like there is more room on the baord now that that old legacy BS is cut out. screw LPT and serial, I want layout... and that was delivered.
Nanometer
11-20-2007, 01:42 AM
Gigabyte needs to quit with the colorful boards. They were cool 6 years ago, but now I'm sick of it. It looks ridiculous.
flopper
11-20-2007, 01:49 AM
Wished more mobos had white plugs so you could see them better when its dark ;)
Pacha
11-20-2007, 02:04 AM
looks like a fisher price mobo
Rilla927
11-20-2007, 02:55 AM
OMG, you're right! These colors gotta go.
Nanometer
11-20-2007, 03:08 AM
and why on earth are motherboard companies still putting serial ports on the I/O panel? Those were supposed to die when USB 1.1 came along :stick:
knightwolf654
11-20-2007, 03:19 AM
holy heatsink batman, that thing is huge! is the chipset really THAT hot???
tiborrr
11-20-2007, 05:12 AM
Yup, hot as hell. I have to cool my nForce 680i SLI's SPP with Thermalright HR-05 and some 80mm fan strapped on it in order to keep it under 50deg C under load :D
G.Foyle
11-20-2007, 05:29 AM
Do I see 8x USB on the IO panel?
And The heatsink doesnt really look like both C55 and that PCI-E 2.0 splitter could fit under it. Maybe it's one chip solution, the one that was supposed to be 790i?
and why on earth are motherboard companies still putting serial ports on the I/O panel? Those were supposed to die when USB 1.1 came along :stick:
They can also kill off those PS/2, especially on a high-end board.
dinos22
11-20-2007, 06:14 AM
scratches head
why do ppl :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: about the colour so much
do you REALLY pick a board on colour and what do you do sip your beer watching your board clock away or something rofl :p
I dont like the colors. But to be fair, the motherboard is very highlighted and in real life the colors are much more bearable.
heydo6
11-20-2007, 08:44 AM
nice layout for tri sli ...
Jodiuh
11-20-2007, 08:56 AM
do you REALLY pick a board on colour and what do you do sip your beer watching your board clock away or something rofl :p
Yes I do. Would you drive a car that looked like Rainbow Bright had her way w/ you?
mason123
11-20-2007, 09:56 AM
9cm fan for nb, 8cm for sb, cool enough.....
Gigabytes boards are built with great quality, when i compared the build quality of my asus maximus and the gigabyte x38, i found the gigabyte to be built much better, and gigabyte has great service for RMA!! what is the situation with these boards and yorkfeilds??? has that :banana::banana::banana::banana:fight between intel and nvidia ended yet???
revenant
11-20-2007, 10:45 AM
:banana::banana::banana::banana:ty placement of the pci-e 1x slot.. gah!
breakfromyou
11-20-2007, 10:50 AM
Seems to be a pretty bad layout, but since it is a Gigabyte board, it will work well for the most part.
Solarfall
11-20-2007, 10:54 AM
*sigh* gigabyte just does not have the sense of changing the colors on there boards.. how boring :down:
FischOderAal
11-20-2007, 11:30 AM
Do I see 8x USB on the IO panel?
And The heatsink doesnt really look like both C55 and that PCI-E 2.0 splitter could fit under it. Maybe it's one chip solution, the one that was supposed to be 790i?
check once again. the base is HUGE!
I don't like the layout as well. can't believe Gigabyte made such a mistake. normally they got a quite decent layout.
and for the colours... well. I like it more simple. just gimme black PCB and it'll be allright. but black PCB with white and/or orange connectors is pure pr0n to me (that's why I like the P5W-DH that much :yepp: )
Silver Bullet
11-20-2007, 12:04 PM
Why can't they just make a black board, with all black and silver slots and then just leave the copper cooler. That would look so much better! ...
yonton228
11-20-2007, 01:52 PM
scratches head
why do ppl about the colour so much
do you REALLY pick a board on colour and what do you do sip your beer watching your board clock away or something rofl :p
No, however I think that current color scheme is a bit over the top. And this coming from a P965 DQ6 and P965 DS3 owner.
Seems to be a pretty bad layout, but since it is a Gigabyte board, it will work well for the most part.
As mentioned already I have to agree with the layout of the 4pin molex and the 8pin cpu connections.
and for the colours... well. I like it more simple. just gimme black PCB and it'll be allright. but black PCB with white and/or orange connectors is pure pr0n to me (that's why I like the P5W-DH that much
As for me,I would love to see more white PCB. I believe at one time Sapphire made a white PCB board, it sucked from what I read but it was sexy as hell.
Anyways, I just hope that Gigabyte starts releasing some decent BIOS for the X38 board. My mate cannot OC his quad for :banana::banana::banana::banana: on his board..
-yonton228/timmy
wedfighter
11-20-2007, 02:15 PM
Gigabyte is a good board for OC'ing but terrible design and colors..it looks like a LEGO for my kid :D :D
Rattle
11-20-2007, 02:22 PM
the colors are retarded, if it was the best mobo the colors wouldnt stop me from buying it, if it wasnt a giga:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: . After a couple battles with gigabytes JOKE costumer support and JOKE RMA department full of :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana:S i wont take a gigabyte product for free for life.
dengyong
11-20-2007, 02:58 PM
I like the layout ok, but the colors are GAY.
NeedMoMegaHurtZ
11-20-2007, 03:04 PM
LOL the colors are about the last on my list of things to consider
I don't care if it looks cheezy as long as it clocks good, runs cool & stable, and supports 45nm chips!
FischOderAal
11-20-2007, 03:49 PM
As for me,I would love to see more white PCB. I believe at one time Sapphire made a white PCB board, it sucked from what I read but it was sexy as hell.
don't know for sure, but if I recall correctly white was the most expensive PCB colour. ATIs reference mainboards have been white and since Sapphire produced 'em for ATI it's no wonder they've been white as well.
wasn't there a silver mainboard as well? from Soyo?
that's some big copper, could it be that this nvidia chipset, will burn like hell too?
Zytek_Fan
11-20-2007, 07:17 PM
that's some big copper, could it be that this nvidia chipset, will burn like hell too?
No, it'll be OMGBBQ
irev210
11-20-2007, 07:31 PM
don't know for sure, but if I recall correctly white was the most expensive PCB colour. ATIs reference mainboards have been white and since Sapphire produced 'em for ATI it's no wonder they've been white as well.
wasn't there a silver mainboard as well? from Soyo?
I still like white the most.
Gigabyte really needs to mix up the colors. We finally got ASUS away from the puke yellow...
Black PCB + Blue/Red slots
Zytek_Fan
11-20-2007, 07:38 PM
Abit is still going strong with puke brown.
S1mon-
11-20-2007, 07:46 PM
Abit is still going strong with puke brown.
LOL :ROTF:
dinos22
11-20-2007, 07:56 PM
I still like white the most.
Gigabyte really needs to mix up the colors. We finally got ASUS away from the puke yellow...
Black PCB + Blue/Red slots
LOL white PCB that's pretty cool hgahahahahah
Patriote
11-20-2007, 09:28 PM
This motherboard "reminds me of GAY" Rainbow and the Gay parade that goes by in Montreal every year! GAY GAY GAY lol
And wow, what were they thinking placing the 8pin CPU plug in there? How am i suppose to reach it when my PSU is behind my mobo tray? That mobo better have some great performance so that ppl can stop looking @ it and start looking @ what it offers! (Performance wise...)