GA-X58A-UD5 Revision 2.0 the MOST in Depth Review/ Analysis

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The following voltage read points can be used to physically monitor the voltage of Cpu Vcore, CPU PLL, QPI/VTT, QPI PLL, IOH Core, ICH Core, Dram Voltage, and Dram VTT, I confirmed they are working, and that they are really not needed. I say this because all voltages are within 2-3% or almost exactly what is shown in the Easy Tune program. The iTE IT8720F is one of the best voltage monitoring chips I have seen, and its accuracy is dead on, this is just phenomenal.
Cpu Vcore Voltage read point(Back of CPU, back of board):

Cpu PLL Voltage read point( to the right of Northbridge Heat Sink):

QPI/VTT Voltage Read Point(back of CPU, back of board):

QPI PLL Voltage Read Point(bottom of first White ram slot):

IOH Core Voltage Read Point(between CPU socket and Northbridge Heat sink, very hard to reach, in front of capacitors next to Heat sink):

ICH Core Voltage Read Point(right on top of Southbrdige Heat Sink, between two sets of capacitors on each side of the ram controller):

Dram Voltage Read Point(back of CPU socket,back of board, below where my qpi/vtt and vcore read points are, below from that angle only):

Dram VTT Voltage Read Point(top right of the last white ram slot):


NOTE!!!!!!!: Please do not go poking around unless you know exactly what you are doing, by shorting anything especially near the CPU socket will damage or destroy the components, please if you poke be precise.