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Hi all,

 

We have just published a review of *Gigabyte's GA-EX58-UD4P and DS4

mobos*. If you could post a link on your site that would be very much

appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2009/01/21/gigabyte-ga-ex58-ud4p-and-ds4-review/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2009/01/gigabyte-ga-ex58-ud4p-and-ds4-review/fp_img.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/Using both the boards has been an overall positive experience,

although I have to say quite frustrating when we were overclocking.

Gigabyte has tweaked both with a good software set that works and some

nifty features, but they both just need a few loose ends tidying in

places like the BIOS.

 

The GA-EX58-DS4 is £15 cheaper than the UD4P, but at £185 it isn't

//cheap and for that money we'd upsell ourselves to the other board

which has better SATA placement, eSATA options, better cooling, a better

box bundle, an extra ounce of copper (if you care, we don't) and the

option for Nvidia SLI as well. //If Nvidia released a relatively

inexpensive ATI killer in six months, you'd be gutted that you didn't

fork out //that bit more for the option of both (for the first time) on

an already expensive board.

 

We're inclined to forgive the lukewarm overclocking of the GA-EX58-UD4P

because for its price it's a great value Core i7 board for a splash of

overclocking (95 percent of the glass is full), well rounded features

and stable operation with six DIMMs installed. Basically, no one else

sells a board as well featured for this price, so if you don't want to

pay completely through the nose for a high performance upgrade, the

GA-EX58-UD4P is one to get./

*

 

*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

 

 

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