GA EX58-UD4P Replacement Equivalent

[ks89]

Hello! I just got off the phone with Gigabyte regarding my dead motherboard (they are really quite nice and quick, support wise).

Unfortunately they no longer manufacture the model I had previously. I am hesitant to swap for a refurbished model, so I was wondering if there was a feature (and price) equivalent Gigabyte board in production, that any of you might reccommend (so i could try to ask for it). Thank you for your time.

(Am I crazy for asking this? Gigabyte seems pretty reasonable )

 

[soulbrotha80]

How about this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423

 

[ks89]

Thanks for the quick reply! That board does look pretty nice, the only thing I'm a little wary of is this:

"The PCIEX8_1 and PCIEX8_2 slots share bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots espectively. When PCIEX8_1 is populated with an expansion card, the PCIEX16_1 slot will operate at up to x8 mode; when PCIEX8_2 is populated with an expansion card, the PC IEX16_2 slot will operate at up to x8 mode."

I have 1 video card, a sound card, and a network card, f I were ever to invest in another card, would that majorly limit the system to have one of the video card to be in x8 mode?

 

[soulbrotha80]

I honestly wouldn't be able to tell as I don't own this board or have had a chance to try it out. Maybe someone who owns it will reply to here or maybe this article can help clear things up: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/x58-usb-3.0-sata-6-gbps,2614.html

 

[ks89]

Thank you for everything soulbrotha! Turns out they iddn't have anymore UD3rs, so my choice was kind of made for me, but thanks for the info!

 

[ks89]

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