Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 Intel X58Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

What do you think, that is worth that price.
I'm going to build a new pc.
Please feedback and advice.

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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 Intel X58Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

What do you think, that is worth that price.
I'm going to build a new pc.
Please feedback and advice.

Pros: I've only had it for It's unanimous, this is a gorgeous board! Very careful details were taken that only builders would enjoy like an attractive glossy push button for the onboard power button instead of the standard simple mechanical switch. And a cap on the firewire header so it doesn't get mistaken for a USB header. USB headers are clearly labeled and onboard power button is located in a much more accessible location than normal. Little details like that. Beautiful glossy coating over everything. I just set it up this morning and everything's working perfectly! Good separation between the NB and top GPU slot. More rear connectors than you can shake a stick at. Tons of storage options with 10 onboard SATA ports, 2 eSATA ports at rear, onboard firewire header, firewire ports at rear, IDE, & floppy. the connectivity is endless! Great BIOS options and a slew of utilities. Looking forward to seeing how this overclocks. I switched from an evga X58 and I couldn't be happier. USB 3

Cons: As it was mentioned before, the IDE and floppy connectors can be hard to get to at the bottom edge but they don't used much anymore anyway. 3-Way SLI seems impossible unless you used single-slot cards (or watercool the bottom card). The bottom slot is the third PCIe GPU slot so if you have a 2-slot cooler it'll hang off the bottom of the board and odds are your case will not have an extra expansion slot for the cooler. My P183 doesn't. With 2 GPU's installed, the SATA ports, POST code LED's, IDE, and Floppy connectors are alomst impossible to access but this will be the case with many X58's using SLI. All my "con"s are fairly minor. I wish they would've just gone for 2-way SLI/CF only and put an extra expansion slot between the GPU's for better cooling but this is how most of the X58's are designed.