GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev. 2.0) Motherboard Modern

GIGABYTE has released a number of X58 based motherboards since the chipset made its appearance in 2008. While they don't have the most X58 boards out there, they do offer some of the best. GIGABYTE first released the GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev. 1.0) not too long ago and it was well received with it's low price and excellent performance. Recently however, GIGABYTE saw fit to release a revision to the GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev. 2.0) adding some minor changes. Just looking at the board and box will more or less leave you hanging as far as what the differences are.

It still features the same low $200 price range, USB 3.0, SATA 3, a 3 year warranty, and an identical layout as the original but GIGABYTE added four more power phases compared to eight. Another added feature is an extra USB header(red one) that employs GIGABYTE's new On/Off USB Charge technology that maintains power to the front USB even when the computer is turned off. GIGABYTE also says that the header provides around three times as much power than a standard USB port meaning that devices such as iPhones charge a bit quicker .

Most people already know about and what's expected of the X58 chipset so I won't go into details about it other than it's my preferred chipset.