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10-02-2008, 01:32 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 01:33 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 01:34 AM
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Wow, that's a lot of stock cooling!
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10-02-2008, 01:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by giorgos th.
seems quite bulky with all this heatpipe work on it...
is GB gonna get rid of those colours any time??
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soon will be,trust me
BTW, this board supports 3way-SLI also, and crossfirex for sure.
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10-02-2008, 01:37 AM
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if that waterblock isn't 100% copper then I'll eat my hat!
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Last edited by SNiiPE_DoGG; 10-02-2008 at 04:14 PM.
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10-02-2008, 01:37 AM
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I like it, because Gigabyte usually has good products, but it does seem a little cramped.
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Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
if that waterblock isn't 100% copper then tell gigabyte to shove it up their gigabutt!
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I'm guessing it's probably not copper.
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10-02-2008, 01:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
if that waterblock isn't 100% copper then tell gigabyte to shove it up their gigabutt!
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of course its copper 
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10-02-2008, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by hicookie
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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10-02-2008, 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
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
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10-02-2008, 01:54 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 01:56 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 02:02 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 02:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hicookie
soon will be,trust me
BTW, this board supports 3way-SLI also, and crossfirex for sure.
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is this the final retail version?
any ETA in market?
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10-02-2008, 02:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by giorgos th.
is this the final retail version?
any ETA in market?
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Just read the first line of hicookie post 
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10-02-2008, 02:14 AM
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ooooops....need more coffee...thx..
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10-02-2008, 02:15 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 02:19 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 02:29 AM
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X58 is much higher than that IIRC, ive posted the numbers before.
Insulating this board = 
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10-02-2008, 02:37 AM
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sure , like i said to hicookie on msn, Please Cut the heatpipe between NB and mofsets.
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10-02-2008, 02:42 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 02:44 AM
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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...
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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.
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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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10-02-2008, 03:06 AM
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PS2 mouse and keyboard?
WTF?????????
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10-02-2008, 03:14 AM
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This is so cool... Thanks for sharing.. Hicookie
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10-02-2008, 03:15 AM
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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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10-02-2008, 04:36 AM
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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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