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    Brand new looking at Gigabyte EX58-Extreme

    not final verison yet, just v0.2 sample,
    according to their PM, they will remove Pink slots be instead of white.
    NB heatpipe idea is from VGA's multi-core design.
    what you think of this mobo?












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    seems quite bulky with all this heatpipe work on it...
    is GB gonna get rid of those colours any time??
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    Wow, that's a lot of stock cooling!

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    Quote Originally Posted by giorgos th. View Post
    seems quite bulky with all this heatpipe work on it...
    is GB gonna get rid of those colours any time??
    soon will be,trust me
    BTW, this board supports 3way-SLI also, and crossfirex for sure.

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    if that waterblock isn't 100% copper then I'll eat my hat!
    Last edited by SNiiPE_DoGG; 10-02-2008 at 03:14 PM.

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    I like it, because Gigabyte usually has good products, but it does seem a little cramped.

    Quote Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG View Post
    if that waterblock isn't 100% copper then tell gigabyte to shove it up their gigabutt!
    I'm guessing it's probably not copper.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG View Post
    if that waterblock isn't 100% copper then tell gigabyte to shove it up their gigabutt!
    of course its copper

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    Quote Originally Posted by hicookie View Post
    of course its copper
    thats good to hear, I'm quite sick of this infatuation with alu all the mobo companies seem to have

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    Quote Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG View Post
    thats good to hear, I'm quite sick of this infatuation with alu all the mobo companies seem to have
    Indeed.


    Is the coolant able to flow through the MOSFET coolers too?


    edit: I'm liking the direction Gigabyte is going now. They're definitely more focused on quality
    Last edited by Zytek_Fan; 10-02-2008 at 01:00 AM.
    "To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. Our tiny sliver of time is our gift of life. It is our only life. The universe will go on, indifferent to our brief existence, but while we are here we touch not just part of that vastness, but also the lives around us. Life is the gift each of us has been given. Each life is our own and no one else's. It is precious beyond all counting. It is the greatest value we have. Cherish it for what it truly is."

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    And it is UD3, which means it has a layer of copper in the middle of the board for better cooling and connections. It will compete for the OC crown.
    Compared to the Asus competitor:



    What do you think, which one would be better?

    BTW, I wonder why people are paying so much attention to layout colors?
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    Im liking the sata orientation. Gigabyte has started listening.

    Now Gigabyte..about your color scheme.


    Oh yeah, forgot to add i like the 8 usb ports on the i/o.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SaiNRuB View Post
    Now Gigabyte..about your color scheme.
    What, you don't like a circus in your case?

    I happen to like the color scheme, mainly because it's something different than the usual
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    Quote Originally Posted by hicookie View Post
    soon will be,trust me
    BTW, this board supports 3way-SLI also, and crossfirex for sure.
    is this the final retail version?
    any ETA in market?
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    Quote Originally Posted by giorgos th. View Post
    is this the final retail version?
    any ETA in market?
    Just read the first line of hicookie post
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    ooooops....need more coffee...thx..
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    Quite lovely and I like the stock cooling, it looks like there would be no need for Thermalrighting another board for me Lovely, hope they are using better phases than before ... 4x3 instead of 12x1
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    whats with the added slot cooler, that the x58 isnt as high tdp as an x38/48 its supposed to be like 15W or something
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    X58 is much higher than that IIRC, ive posted the numbers before.

    Insulating this board =

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    sure , like i said to hicookie on msn, Please Cut the heatpipe between NB and mofsets.
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    Quote Originally Posted by T_M View Post
    X58 is much higher than that IIRC, ive posted the numbers before.

    Insulating this board =
    dont get me wrong i like the looks of the board but that piece has to add like $50-70 to cost

    and whats the tdp, i heard that it was supposed to be comparable to the 790 amd chipsets
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    Looks like both methods of cooling, water and add-on heat pipes are still insulated from the northbridge chipset with an array of fins from the pictures...

    Quote Originally Posted by Hardware Canucks
    Looking directly from the side, we can see a thin base plate that makes contact with the P45 NB, but sitting directly above that, is a series of cooling fins. These fins then attach to the nice and thick upper plate that has the water block, provides the base for the Hybrid Silent-Pipe Module, and finally the heat pipes that then carry on to the PWM areas.

    Our question to Gigabyte is, how exactly do you think the water block, Hybrid Silent-Pipe Module, or those heat pipes are going to remove heat from the chipset? The cooling fins in between the two layers of the whole assembly are for dissipating heat, not transferring it. There is very little mass in contact with the chipset which is required to absorb large heat loads when the system is really being pushed. The argument here then is that the P45 chipset runs cool. Well, if it runs so cool, what is all this elaborate cooling for then? Is a water block even necessary? What about the heat pipes that are supposed to be transferring heat to the PWM area where the cooling fins then dissipate the heat? To put it bluntly, this design is probably the most inefficient we have seen to date. You can see the photos, come to your own conclusions.

    I think it is high time motherboard manufacturers took a step back and started designing cooling solutions based on performance, not how it looks esthetically on a board because what we are looking at here with the GA-EP45T-Extreme is a great design ruined by what looks like a solution a marketing intern came up with.
    http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...-review-5.html

    Is there any improvement over the stock cooling of Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme?


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    PS2 mouse and keyboard?

    WTF?????????
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    This is so cool... Thanks for sharing.. Hicookie

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    If your bios is buggered to hell and back you need a ps2 keyboard to do the insert trick. [or so I believe]

    This is the best x58 mobo to date.

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    Thanks to some1 who doesnt smoke in Gigabyte design team, no PINK RAM SLOTS!!!
    Wonder when it will get ready to be sent around??

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