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Gigabyte "Ultra Durable 3" Motherboards.

Quiksilver

Quiksilver

Diamond Member
Nothing that new... just more copper.

All the UD3 motherboards(for now):

GA-EP45-UD3P
GA-EP43-UD3
GA-EP43C-UD3
GA-EP45-UD3R
GA-EP43-UD3R
GA-EP45T-UD3P
GA-EP45-UD3
GA-EP45C-UD3R
GA-EP45T-UD3R
GA-EP43-UD3P
GA-EP45C-UD3
GA-EP45T-UD3LR

Now, if only their motherboards didn't look like a kid went to town with a box of crayons.
 
I had a Gigabyte DS3 and it died on me in less than 2 years. I got several Asus' and Abits that are over 4 yrs old and they run as good today as they did brand new.
 
Yeah, well I haven't used a Gigabyte board. I refuse too; they'd have to get rid of the crayon colors first then I would. My Asus board has been working fine for the last 5 years. Abit is leaving the market so, there's not many choices I'd go with now.
 
At least the UD3R boards have the two extra Jmicron SATAs. I don't think that the regular EP45-DS3Rs do.

I wonder how much all that extra copper will cost?
 
I've had Abit boards die the most on me, while ASUS were always rock solid. I think Gigabyte makes excellent baords with top-notch oC'ing ability, are extremely feature packed, and use decent upper class component designs. Most people who complain about their performance don't know how to tune them right.(MCH strap, perf. enhance, timings, etc.)

The coulours are not relavent to me and I could care less if they match my polyester leisure suit. In fact, I like that they stand out as unique and you can recognize a gigabyte board right away. =)
 
GA-EP45-UD3P <- $130 @ Newegg.com

That's an excellent price considering the improved cooling. The cooling solution on the DS3 has been insufficient - those yellow heatsinks were bad and often required replacement or small fans to be installed.
I have a fan running and AC5 applied in my P965 DS3. The northbridge gets really hot, too hot if not actively cooled.

Before that such cooling solutions were only available on $200+ parts. This is great!
 
I used a Gigabyte socket 370 i815ep board for a few years in my music server before switching to a Biostar s939 mATX and a64 x2. The Gigabyte was problem-free (as is the Biostar).

I used a Gigabyte P43 for my new gaming system this July along with an E8400, 4 GB RAM and an ATI 4870. It booted on the first try and has been flawless since.

So I have no problem recommending Gigabyte along with Asus and (at least for mATX) Biostar.
 
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Yeah, well I haven't used a Gigabyte board. I refuse too; they'd have to get rid of the crayon colors first then I would. My Asus board has been working fine for the last 5 years. Abit is leaving the market so, there's not many choices I'd go with now.
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You choose a motherboard based on the colors of the components?

ROFL
 
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Yeah, well I haven't used a Gigabyte board. I refuse too; they'd have to get rid of the crayon colors first then I would. My Asus board has been working fine for the last 5 years. Abit is leaving the market so, there's not many choices I'd go with now.
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You choose a motherboard based on the colors of the components?

ROFL
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Yeah, kinda weird. I never bothered with case windows and other glitzy crap. I don't care if my cabling job is a rats nest. As long as airflow isn't affected, it can look like a bomb went off inside my computer. I don't care. It's under my desk with the panels on, out of sight. I'd run a pink Barbie motherboard if it offered good performance at a good price.
 
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Yeah, well I haven't used a Gigabyte board. I refuse too; they'd have to get rid of the crayon colors first then I would. My Asus board has been working fine for the last 5 years. Abit is leaving the market so, there's not many choices I'd go with now.
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You choose a motherboard based on the colors of the components?

ROFL
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Sometimes. If I choose to have a case window I'd like to have a matching color scheme. If I don't I really don't care. Unlike nerp, in either case I try t make my cabling as neat as possible.

Besides the point, Gigabyte is killing the pink ram slots with their x58 boards, so one less crayon in the box.

Louis, how you like those vague dram voltage controls 😉
(Although it's not that vague once you figure out where the starting voltage is. Which iirc is 1.8v)
 
whats vague about the vram controls? they start at 1.8v and move up in increments of 0.05...

what does that have to do with function over form?
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

I wonder how much all that extra copper will cost?
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Its somewhere around $3 a pound

They use an extra ounce per board, so what like a quarter or so just for the copper
 
Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
whats vague about the vram controls? they start at 1.8v and move up in increments of 0.05...

what does that have to do with function over form?
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Unless they changed it I thought they didn't tell you that and you could only guess the starting voltage then adjust it by +0.01, +0.02, etc.
 
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Originally posted by: jzodda
asrock attack UD3 on gigabytes
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What does that post and video link have to do with anything?
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Watch the video and find out?
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I did. I guess this thread straddles the fence because its not a thread directed at any single motherboard, but the whole line which will include budget boards that will compete with Asrock. The GA-EP45-UD3P probably needs its own thread as more people acquire it.

The flasgship board of this line has already hit 670 FSB in testing and so you really can't compare any Asrock boards with what this board can do unless Asrock has changed since I last played around with one. Does asrock even make any enthusiast boards at all? From what I remember of them they make solid budget boards with very limited bios options for overclocking.
 
Originally posted by: edplayer
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

I wonder how much all that extra copper will cost?
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Its somewhere around $3 a pound

They use an extra ounce per board, so what like a quarter or so just for the copper
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The copper foil is one ounce per square foot (or now, 2oz/ft²), with multiple layers and some layers not covering so near 100% of the board. Probably an extra 2 ounces, but the cost difference could be as much from having extra thick boards made special regardless of whether they are any particular increase in copper so long as they are different than what everyone else uses.

 
Originally posted by: khurios2000
Originally posted by: jzodda
asrock attack UD3 on gigabytes
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What does that post and video link have to do with anything?
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it proves how gigabyte is a marketing genius
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Maybe. Or maybe Gigabyte measured the copper slug on the back of the mosfet instead of the epoxy casing like Asrock did in the video, since the slug is what the 'fet die is thermally 'sunk to, the casing isn't as good a conductor of heat AND we don't know how long the board had been running at full load when the temperature reading was taken, if it just started running full load before the temp reading, there was still a slow thermal increase occurring.

One thing is for certain, given same design the extra ounce of copper will definitely help, though with any competent design it should be unnecessary unless the system is overclocked or ran in a very hot environment. It could end up cooling the fets more without a heatsink, than putting a heatsink on them but only 1 oz copper under them. I'd pay a couple bucks more for this if already considering a board for it's other merits.
 
gigabyte makes too many damn models. It is too hard to tell the apart...
Also they rarely make new bios versions for the more mainstream mobos.

But I still end up buying them because they are cheaper than asus and give so many more features per board.
 
Originally posted by: iFX
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Yeah, well I haven't used a Gigabyte board. I refuse too; they'd have to get rid of the crayon colors first then I would. My Asus board has been working fine for the last 5 years. Abit is leaving the market so, there's not many choices I'd go with now.
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You choose a motherboard based on the colors of the components?

ROFL
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X2
 
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