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Can you Spot the Difference in these Gigabyte X58A Motherboards?

copied the features from Gigabyte's website:

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
??? power phase

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5
Advanced 12+2+2 power phase design with VRD 11.1 support
Onboard Debug LED display simplifies motherboard troubleshooting
2 Gigabit Ethernet LAN with Teaming functionality
Power/reset/Clr CMOS onboard button for easily operation on the workbench

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7
Advanced 24+2+2 power phase design with VRD 11.1 support
Onboard Debug LED display simplifies motherboard troubleshooting
2 Gigabit Ethernet LAN with Teaming functionality
Power/reset/Clr CMOS onboard button for easily operation on the workbench
New Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2 design provides unequalled heat conductivity
 
Damn Dirty Ape said:
I believe a UD7 is setup for water cooling and aside from that is pretty much identical to the UD5.
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The UD7 also bundles in an oversized standard air cooler that can be used in place of the waterblock; so there must be another reason for the existence of the UD7.
 
The GIGABYTE X58A series motherboards support the latest generation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology made possible through an onboard NEC uPD720200 host controller. With superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps, users are able to experience an almost a 10x improvement over USB 2.0. Additionally, backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 assures users of long term use of their legacy USB 2.0 devices. The onboard NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology also provides new power management features that include increased maximum bus power and device current draw to better accommodate power-hungry devices.

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Disifon said:
The GIGABYTE X58A series motherboards support the latest generation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology made possible through an onboard NEC uPD720200 host controller. With superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps, users are able to experience an almost a 10x improvement over USB 2.0. Additionally, backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 assures users of long term use of their legacy USB 2.0 devices. The onboard NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology also provides new power management features that include increased maximum bus power and device current draw to better accommodate power-hungry devices.
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Thanks for the PR release.. :\
 
The main difference is just in the power phases, the UD3R uses 8 phases whereas the higher models use more. If you want to count the other stuff, UD7 has watercooling capable chipset heatsink.
 
MyLeftNut said:
The main difference is just in the power phases, the UD3R uses 8 phases whereas the higher models use more. If you want to count the other stuff, UD7 has watercooling capable chipset heatsink.
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I've heard Gigabytes "24 phase power" is just a bit of fancy marketing magic.
 
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