Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 Motherboard Launched in India

Gigabyte X58 Series Motherboards

Gigabyte has rolled out two new motherboards from the X58 Series, namely the GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5, in the Indian market.

Supporting the new Intel Core i7 processors, the latest motherboards integrate the Intel X58 Express chipset and include features like new QPI interface, 3 channel DDR3 support, 3 Way SLI and CrossFireX support and Ultra Durable 3 technology.

Both the motherboards feature Intel Turbo Boost Technology, ensuring to power down idle processor cores. This attribute even redirects the power to the active cores, promising to significantly deliver performance boosts and maintain greater energy efficiency at the same time.

In addition, the GIGABYTE X58 Series also provides 3 PCIe x16 Gen2.0 slots for powerful graphics configurations that supports extreme multi-GPU gaming or multiple display support for up to 6 monitors.

The Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard also sports the revolutionary new Gigabyte Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2, fusion thermal solution that combines Gigabyte’s proprietary screen cooling technology, external heat sink and liquid cooling with chipset water block. The Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 comes equipped with specially designed chipset heat sinks and high performance copper heat pipe with sintered process to supply ultra efficient thermal conductivity.

Both motherboards also feature Precision OV (Hardware Overvoltage Control IC), Debug LED, onboard Power and back panel clear CMOS switches as well as comprehensive BIOS options with more detailed settings, including CPU frequency stepping, Over Voltage increments, memory multipliers and advanced memory timing controls. The series also integrates DualBIOS technology with 2 physical BIOS ROMs to recover BIOS data.

The motherboards also pack in Dynamic Energy Saver (DES), 2-Phase power for the North Bridge and memory, 4 sets of OV-Alert LEDs with OC-Alert LED, two sets of Temperature Alert LEDs and Dolby Home Theater suite of audio technologies.

Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 motherboards carry a retail price of Rs. 24,650 and Rs. 20,400, respectively and are available across India via Avnet, Ingram Micro and Redington.