We are looking at the 990FXA-UD5 see what changes this sleek and sexy motherboard compares to its predecessor, the 890FXA-UD5. The new board has some significant changes to let's jump right to it.
Click HERE for the full review.
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| CPU: Core i7 3820 @ 4.5GHz |
| M/B: ASUS Rampage IV |
| RAM: 16GB G.Skill RipjawsZ |
| GPU: It varies |
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We are looking at the 990FXA-UD5 see what changes this sleek and sexy motherboard compares to its predecessor, the 890FXA-UD5. The new board has some significant changes to let's jump right to it.
Click HERE for the full review.
| CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T@4GHz |
| M/B: ASUS Crosshair V Formula |
| RAM: 4 Gigs Mushkin 1600MHz |
| GPU: VisionTek AMD Radeon 6970 |
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Good review Jim, nice board to boot but like you said missing a few features like the buttons on the board the biggest plus on this chipset IMO is the SLI.
| CPU: Core i7 920 C0 @ 4GHz 1.24V |
| M/B: ASUS P6T <Green> |
| RAM: 24GB Visiontek @ 1500MHz 1T |
| GPU: MSI Radeon HD 6970 Lightning 2GB |
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| CPU: Intel 2500k 3.8Ghz |
| M/B: MSI Z68A-GD65 (3) |
| RAM: G.SKILL Sniper 16GB |
| GPU: Gigabyte GTX 670 OC |
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Gigabyte, I know you're reading this.. please release a bulldozer bios update for my motherboard, revision 2.0.
| CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
| M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
| RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
| GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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| CPU: Core i7 3930K |
| M/B: ASRock X79 Extreme9 |
| RAM: 64GBs Kingston Beast 2133MHz |
| GPU: Two EVGA GTX 690s |
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Good review Jim, Nice looking board from Gigabyte, great overclocking results!
2nd system
ASRock Z77 OC Formula, 2700K, Two EVGA GTX680s, and one GTX660 Ti PE, 16GBs 2133MHz, Lian Li A75X , Maxrevo 1500W, TT Extreme 240
3rd system
ASUS ROG X79 Rampage 4 Formula, 3930K, Boreas Chiller, VisionTek 480GB, WD 750GB, 16GBs Kingston HyperX Red 1600MHz, Two GTX680s, OCZ 1250W, CM Stryker modded for the Boreas Chiller, 3 white Skull fans grills from MNPCTech.
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| CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
| M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
| RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
| GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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New bulbs and background for photos on this one Stan. I thought they turned out better.
| CPU: Intel 2500k 3.8Ghz |
| M/B: MSI Z68A-GD65 (3) |
| RAM: G.SKILL Sniper 16GB |
| GPU: Gigabyte GTX 670 OC |
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| CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
| M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
| RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
| GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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| CPU: Intel 2500k 3.8Ghz |
| M/B: MSI Z68A-GD65 (3) |
| RAM: G.SKILL Sniper 16GB |
| GPU: Gigabyte GTX 670 OC |
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| CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
| M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
| RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
| GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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| CPU: AMD Athlon 64 1.81Ghz |
| M/B: NF4K8AA Foxconn |
| RAM: 2048 Kingston DDR-SDRAM PC-3200 (200MHz) |
| GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS 748MB |
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I want this board so bad I can taste it.
| CPU: Core i7 3930K |
| M/B: ASRock X79 Extreme9 |
| RAM: 64GBs Kingston Beast 2133MHz |
| GPU: Two EVGA GTX 690s |
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2nd system
ASRock Z77 OC Formula, 2700K, Two EVGA GTX680s, and one GTX660 Ti PE, 16GBs 2133MHz, Lian Li A75X , Maxrevo 1500W, TT Extreme 240
3rd system
ASUS ROG X79 Rampage 4 Formula, 3930K, Boreas Chiller, VisionTek 480GB, WD 750GB, 16GBs Kingston HyperX Red 1600MHz, Two GTX680s, OCZ 1250W, CM Stryker modded for the Boreas Chiller, 3 white Skull fans grills from MNPCTech.
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| CPU: Intel i7 2600K |
| M/B: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe |
| RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 |
| GPU: MSI N460GTX Hawk |
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LMAO![]()
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| CPU: AMD Athlon 64 1.81Ghz |
| M/B: NF4K8AA Foxconn |
| RAM: 2048 Kingston DDR-SDRAM PC-3200 (200MHz) |
| GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS 748MB |
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Chicken sauteed in awesome sauce.![]()
| CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
| M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
| RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
| GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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I am the one that reviewed the board. It sure tasted like steak. The UD7 tastes like steak and lobster.