Intel is in full swing with the X79 and their Sandy Bridge-E CPUs. We have watched as they have broken and re-broken records for performance and in some cases overclocking. Behind all of this we have the X79 chipset with its quad-channel DDR3 configuration and some impressive power specifications. Intel has also brought back BCLK overclocking which has made things very interesting. We have a few X79 boards in the lab and are working on finding out just what they can do and how they actually work in the real world. One of these is also our second Gigabyte motherboard; the X79-UD5. This will also be our first video preview where we show you and talk about the design and features. So let’s dive in and see what the GA-X79-UD5 has to offer…
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The Box and Goodies -
Gigabyte has moved to a much cleaner look than what we have seen in the past. The stark white outside with the simple 3D wireframe box is quite nice looking.
The back gets a little more complex, but then again it has a lot to try and show you in limited space.
Gigabyte also offers you a ton of goodies inside the box including a USB 3.0 front panel box and PCIe x1 wireless adapter with Bluetooth 4.0. The antennas leave a little to be desired, but at least there are two meaning you should be able to get decent real-world speeds on this.
