GA-EX58-UD5 is it SATA 3 or SATA 2

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The GA-EX58-UD5 is a SATA2 {3Gb/s} only http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2...

South Bridge:
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2 x JMB322 chips (Smart Backup):
4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1, GSATA2_2, GSATA2_3) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices (Note 4)
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
iTE IT8720 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

edit: You 'CAN' buy a PCIe SATA3 Card {6Gb/s} -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...

Right and wrong. Is it Rev 1 or 2? First link is Rev 1.

This is Rev. 2


South Bridge:
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Marvell 9128 chip:
2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, and RAID 1

Huh? the GA-EX58-UD5 comes in only (1) one flavor and revision, I'm not confusing GA-EX58-UD5 (rev 1.0) with GA-X58A-UD5 (rev. 2.0).

Look again  

Jaquith,

Many thanks,

WJ.

Sorry my bad! Start getting loopy after a long days work!