Gigabyte X58A-UD7 Motherboard
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Gigabyte X58A-UD7 is really a top-shelf motherboard for Intel socket LGA1366 CPUs. It has all the features sought after by enthusiast users who want the newest technologies available, such as USB 3.0 and SATA-600 ports. Its cooling system is amazing, with a watercooler block for the chipset north bridge chip (which also cools down the south bridge chip and the transistors of the voltage regulator circuit, as they are connected by heatpipes) and a big modular heatsink that uses one slot of the case.
There are also a lot of features typical of high-end motherboard, like SLI and CrossFireX support, six memory sockets, high-quality voltage regulator, four PCI Express x16 slots and a professional-grade audio codec.
For overclockers, it also has lots of features: lots of overclocking options inside the BIOS setup, "clear CMOS" button on the rear panel and LEDs indicating voltage, frequency and temperature levels on important spots of the motherboard.
As almost any other high-end motherboard its only drawback is the price. It is less expensive than ASUS Rampage III Extreme, but it is still too expensive for the average user. But, to be honest, it is not a product targeted to the average user.