Question about Gigabyte p55-UD3

[npowers86]

does anyone know if the Gigabyte p55-UD3 is a solid mobo? thanks

 

[jaquith]

The GA-P55A-UD3 rev 2 is fine.

 

[rurpline]

does anyone know if the Gigabyte p55-UD3 is a solid mobo? thanks

I love it

 

[npowers86]

cool thanks for the replies, does it have alot of pci slots for expandability? also with an i7 870 will this work well?

 

[jaquith]

Depends on what you're adding. I prefer P55's with more than 1 PCIe {x16}, you cannot CF/SLI nor add a PCIe x4 e.g. RevoDrive, etc.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
(The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
4 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots

 

[npowers86]

im using a sapphire 4870 and wanted to add a wireless pci card and a firewire card and esata
will i have room for this stuff? thanks!

 

[jaquith]

Don't know without you placing links to the Firewire & eSATA Card(s). If they are ALL PCI Express x1 then no problem. BTW - Most are PCI, and some PCIe.

4 x PCI Express x1 slots {short}
2 x PCI slots {long}

 

[npowers86]

here are links to what i was wanting to put on the card, plus the 4870. thanks for all the help!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320048&cm_re=asus_wireless_pci-_-33-320-048-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815255014&cm_re=firewire_pci-_-15-255-014-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132021&cm_re=esata_pci-_-16-132-021-_-Product

 

[jaquith]

Rosewill RC-220 = PCI {long} $22
ADS Tech PYRO = PCI {long} $30
ASUS PCE-N13 = PCIe {short} $28
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You're good to go.

ASUS PCE-N13 -> better solution Powerline -> http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=294&name=Powerline-Networking
Video -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sue1Zvmh8JA

$180 ASUS P7P55D-E Pro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131621
$133 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
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$47 difference
$22-
$30-
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$8 savings?

$150 ASUS P7P55D-E http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131620
$133 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
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$17 difference
$22-
$30-
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$38 savings?

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ASUS P7P55D-E Pro
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 =2
USB 1.1/2.0 =6 x USB 2.0
USB 3.0 =2 x USB 3.0
IEEE 1394 =1 x IEEE 1394a
eSATA =1 x eSATA 3Gb/s
S/PDIF Out =1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial
Audio Ports = 6 Ports
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ASUS P7P55D-E
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 = 2
USB 1.1/2.0 = 6 x USB 2.0
USB 3.0 = 2 x USB 3.0
IEEE 1394 = 1 x IEEE 1394a
eSATA =1 x eSATA 3Gb/s
S/PDIF Out =1 x Optical
Audio Ports =6 Ports

 

[npowers86]

yea i looked at some of those others and with the price i decided to buy the Gigabyte p55-UD3 so im kind of stuck with it! haha but i just wanted to make sure it would run well. thanks for the advice. i may wish i could do crossfire in the future but i can always upgrade to another board in a few years

 

[npowers86]

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