ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 vs GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R v2

The Sabertooth is a pretty nice motherboard, but i would say the $200 UD3R is a better one on that list.

i agree with hell_storm. I personally like the sabertooth, but the UD3R (v2) has a few slightly better features. Which for the same price as the sabertooth - isn't a bad deal =).

what are the better features.

The gigabyte supports more OVERALL USB ports as well as faster RAM speeds over the Sabertooth from the specs that i gathered.

Both also have (2) x16 PCIx slots for running SLI. by the looks of it other than a few USB ports and the extra memory speeds that the gigabyte offers over the sabertooth they are pretty much the same boards.

I think that's the P55 version dude. The x58 only has 4USB port in the back, plus the USB 3.0 ports (2 i think?).

It does have, however, 10 Sata ports with the 2 new 6GB/s ports. (2 more sata ports than the Asus =P) Amd the Ram Specs are correct - highest Gigabyte can push is 2200Mhz compared to Asus's 1866Mhz. (Though @ 1600Mhz, either one works fine).

And Warranty wise, Asus has 5 years compared to Gigabyte's of 3 years.

I did find a website that compares the Gigabyte with several other good mobo's (Asus Rampage III, Asus P6X58D Premium, etc.) but sadly not with the Sabertooth. Still it might help some =)

Here's linkey! xDD

here is a little bit closer look at the sabertooth vs the gigabytes as far as just specs go. I hope its the right Gigabyte newegg doesn't exactly list witch rev they are



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submi...|13-131-665^13-131-665-TS%2C13-128-456^13-128-456-TS

I can't open the dam link...but if it's the same one i found on newegg - that's the rev.1 =P

^+1 Definitely good board


wow, that's something i didn't know - good info mate!  

Yeah, unfortunately I was the one who discovered the flaw after building 10 identical pseudo Workstations using the UD3R (rev 2) for my office {SSD + RAID 1}; GA confirmed as known problem.

ouch! sorry to hear that =P. Didn't expect that from giggy.

UD3R offers better OCing

slightly better OCing. But i think Asus is a bit more reliable between the two.

still undecided  

would anyone consider the 3) GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R v1.0 (2nd hand @ $100USD) since is so much cheaper!

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R v1.0 (2nd hand @ $100USD) - sure, but don't add SSD + RAID/multiple HDDs.

lol if youre tight on a budget then go for it. its a good performing board at a good price. just like jaquith said dont install a ssd with raid. other than that you should be good to go  

Best answer selected by seesee.

What do you mean, "The Sabortooth lacks on board power"? I am currently looking into the Sabertooth however, I would very much like the P6X58D-E (my cousin loves his), but I could put the savings I would get from buying the Sabertooth into another 2GB DIMM. If I got the P6X58D-E, I could only afford 2GB at this time. I'd rather have 4.

Thanks!