so when will this be aval in the US?
so when will this be aval in the US?
Next month when the AM3 chips launches I guess.Originally Posted by jonspd
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Power button placement is unfortunate. Cant wait to play with one though!
really nice looking mobo bu what's with DDR3-1666???
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The first Giga mobo I actually like the look of
Now hopefully there'll be a good Asus ROG board
Dammit.. again they screw up the mounting of the cooler.. there's no way to orientate the cooler like you want to..
So if you want to install a TRUE it will again face up/down instead of the case exhaust...
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Board has a clean design...i like it...
Seems like Gigabyte didn't screw up anything...Thermalright ata last should spend some time designing a bracket for correct orientation on AM2/AM2+/AM3 Sockets....Dammit.. again they screw up the mounting of the cooler.. there's no way to orientate the cooler like you want to..
So if you want to install a TRUE it will again face up/down instead of the case exhaust...
I'll never understand why manufacturers put a flat finless cap on their NB heatsinks...kinda impedes heat transfer...
love the board all 90 degree sata ports nice amount of usb good layout
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Graphics: XFX HD5850
Cooling: Corsair H100
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Really sexy looking board, makes the decision between i7 and AM3 even more difficult =/ but I notice the DDR3 isn't triple channel, what's up with that?
Upgrading a little soon I hope
Why do you think AM3 supports triple channel?
beautiful board.. wow... gigabyte hit the nail on the head with this board. hottest looking amd board ever
Sure, it looks nice, but how does it perform?
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Not for nothing but it appears that some companies were reading our "AM3 motherboard thread" and what the general consensus wants/likes in a mobo
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knowing gigabyte this board should be perform exceptional
Case: Corsair 400R
PSU: Corsair HX1000W
mobo: Maximus IV Gene
CPU: 2500K @ 4.2ghz 1.19 volts
RAM: Gskill Ripjaws 1866mhz 2 x 4 gigs
OS Drive: Kingston Hyper X ssd 120 gig
Graphics: XFX HD5850
Cooling: Corsair H100
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Oh righty I didn't know that it didn't support it. My bad.
Upgrading a little soon I hope
No eSATA on the IO back panel kind of sucks
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Very nice...but I feel a really high price tag like with intel boards.
Why only 2 pci-e slots?
Alot of cases are coming with an E sata port so it's not that big of a deal, CM690 is a popular case that has it.No eSATA on the IO back panel kind of sucks
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yeah all my cases have E sata
And about the tripple channel I never heard anything regarding tri channel on the AM3 socket which isnt really a bad thing either
If this board is a decent price I might pick up a phenomII
Case: Corsair 400R
PSU: Corsair HX1000W
mobo: Maximus IV Gene
CPU: 2500K @ 4.2ghz 1.19 volts
RAM: Gskill Ripjaws 1866mhz 2 x 4 gigs
OS Drive: Kingston Hyper X ssd 120 gig
Graphics: XFX HD5850
Cooling: Corsair H100
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Correct me if I'm wrong but that looks like 6 phase pwm cpu, 1 phase ddr, 2 phase NB?
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look @ hicookies second pic post
it should be 10 phase for cpu, 4 for nb and 2 for ram
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This board looks killer.
But why they still keep floppy connector and IDE. Also PCI should be ditched.
Yeah some people do still have IDE drives and pci sound cards.
Not that many sound cards are made in pci-e format from what I've seen.
Legacy components for the people that don't have the top of the line stuff and nothing but is still important.
I think clonez is right about the phase setup 10+4+2.
Took a look at the m3a78-T deluxe and that board had 4+1 for for core/Northbridge andthen had 2 over by the memory. Which is how this one is setup.
Last edited by Caveman787; 01-12-2009 at 08:56 AM.
PCI is still useful especially when a board is not equipped with a post code reader, A must have for any ocer IMO. The floppy could go ( bootable USB replaces it ) but its not really a hindrance where it is. With 2 usable PCI e slots even in crossfire why complain about PCI anyway, I like the fact that there are actual usable slots when using dual slot cards, most companies over look this.
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