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The Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 is an Intel X58 Motherboard targeted toward PC enthusiasts and gamers with aspirations for overclocking their components. Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 mainboard ships in a white and pretty standard sized box and a bunch of accessories, such as FDD and PATA cables, a pair of SATA cables with locks and L-shaped connectors and a pair of cables with straight connectors, a kit including brackets and cables for external Serial ATA devices, Connector bridges for two- and three-way SLI configurations and a metal panel holding the bridge, User’s manual, Brief installation booklet in 25 (!) languages;, Rear panel I/O Shield, DVD disc with software and drivers, and "Gigabyte" and "Dolby Home Theater" logo stickers. The board is quite expandable - and there are plenty of heatsinks, covering the VRM's, Northbridge (X58) and Southbridge. Gigabyte sure does not want you to be able to mistake who makes this Intel motherboard. Gigabyte provides six DDR3 DIMM sockets that support up to 24GB of system memory. Memory modules can be run at up to DDR3 2100 and they can be used in a dual or triple channel configuration. Just remember that X58 boards tend to like the sockets further from the processor to be populated first, so use the white slots first. The Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 back I/O panel consists of legacy PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, two Gigabyte LAN jacks, one coaxial S/PDIF Out connector, one optical S/PDIF Out connector, Firewire 400 port, and a clear CMOS button. One of the most talked about features with the X58 chipset is its support for both two-way and three-way CrossFireX and SLI for high definition gaming and professional workstations. The first two PCI-E slots run at x16, while the last one only runs at x8. Users should keep this in mind if they are thinking about purchasing this board for a triple SLI or CrossfireX configuration. Realtek is really making its mark in the high-definition audio and network industry and Gigabyte is featuring two of their 8111D chips, which support two Gigabyte LANs, as well as their ALC889A codec for high-definition audio on the GA-EX58-UD5 Intel mainboard.
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