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| Part Number | EX58-UD4P |
| Manufacturer | Gigabyte |
| Chipset | Intel X58 |
| North Bridge | X58 |
| Socket | LGA-1366 |
| Processor Types | Core i7 |
| Number of CPUs | 1 |
| Base Clock | 1333MHz |
| Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Memory Channels | Triple |
| Maximum Memory | 24GB |
| External Graphics | PCI Express x16 x2 PCI Express x8 |
| IGP | N/A |
| South Bridge | ICH10R |
| Audio | 8-channel |
| IDE | 133/100/66/33 |
| SCSI | None |
| SATA | 3.0 GB/s |
| RAID | 0, 1, 5, 10 |
| LAN | 10/100/1000 |
| Firewire | None |
| USB | USB 2.0 |
| BIOS | Award |
| Form Factor | ATX |
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The board is designed to work with the latest Intel Core i7 processors. With the launch of the Core i7 975 CPU, the board needs new BIOS to support the new CPU. The board supports up to a 6.4GT/s Quick Path Interconnect. The QPI provides up to 25.6GB/second of transfer rate double that of the 1600MHz FSB of earlier Intel CPUs.
With the release of the Intel Core i7 CPUs the memory controller has been moved to the CPU instead of the Southbridge as on earlier CPUs. The new CPUs support triple channel memory compared to dual channel memory on earlier Intel CPUs. The EX58-UD4P supports up to 24GB of DDR3-2100MHz memory with XMP eXtended Memory Profile.
The X58 chipset is the first to support SLI and Crossfire on the same board natively. SLI works by having two of the same NVIDIA based video cards or three in the same motherboard. It improves application performance by up to 3x (with three cards). ATI’s equivalent is called CrossfireX. CrossfireX can have up to four ATI cards working together to improve performance. The EX58-UD4P supports 3-way Crossfire or SLI.
Ultra Durable 3 lowers system temperatures by delivering more efficient spreading of heat from critical areas of the motherboard. The board features 2 ounces of copper for both the Power and Ground layers which enhances durability improves energy efficiency and has greater margins of overclocking. Gigabyte uses solid capacitors with a 50000 hour lifespan to provide stable reliable and long lasting motherboards.
Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced provides better energy saving capabilities and enhanced system performance using the built in energy saving capabilities of the VRD 11.1 CPUs to save the maximum amount of energy over other solutions that do not support these features. DES has been retooled to work even when the user overclocks the system providing ultra stable ultra smooth overclocking performance. Gigabyte offers DualBIOS protection, allowing the user to safely update the BIOS.
The EX58-UD4P offers a Hardware OverVoltage Control IC which offers a higher range of voltage control options than other solutions. The OV controller also provides hardware linear real-time voltage control which means that there is no delay compared to the GPIO in past implementations. The OV ICs also allow for much finer voltage control allowing users to adjust the voltage by as little as 20mV allowing for better overclocking. The board has an OV Alert LED, an OC Alert LED, two sets of temperature LEDs, and onboard Power, Reset and Clear CMOS switches to make overclocking easier.
