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Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Gigabyte is ahead of the game with new products prior to Ivy Bridge “E” processors. Today we have their two latest X79 releases, the Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and the GA-X79-UP4 Plus. One interesting added special feature catches our eye from these motherboards as well. These boards are designed for water cooling. Our mouths are salivating at that prospect. Let’s get these two bad boys to the lab and see what prowess they have under the hood.
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Last edited by Drdeath; 12-09-2012 at 16:59.
Bob2701 (12-09-2012)
| CPU: Intel Core i7 3820 |
| M/B: Asus Sabertooth X79 |
| RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance (8x4GB Sticks) |
| GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 w/ XSPC Blocks (SLI) |
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Nice Review Jim, pretty solid boards from Gigabyte... I like the UP5 with the onboard wifi...
| CPU: Intel 3960X |
| M/B: Gigabyte X79-UD5 |
| RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX 16GB |
| GPU: VisionTek HD 7970 |
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
That was a great read for me Jim!
Nice job as usual.
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
nice review jim
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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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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Thanks Jim.
| 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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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Thanks Steve. I try to lay out as much as I can without losing the resder. I think the board specific benchmarks are w winner where most forums do massive gaming benchmarks and CPU benchmarks on a motherboard. All manufacturers will concede CPU performance is equal or within .5% on every motherboard so comparing CPU to CPU scores on multiple boards are a waste of time.Originally Posted by Steve
That was a great read for me Jim!
Nice job as usual.
GPU scores will also be very close with exception of the PLX chip on SLI or Crossfire. The Sata and USB scores show a variance between boards(which will not be big). memory scores will be close but it gives you guys the opprtunity to pull another review and compare board specific when making a choice.
| CPU: i7-2600K and i7-870 |
| M/B: ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen-3 and ASRock P55 Pro-3 |
| RAM: 16GB Mushkin Redline 2133 & 16GB GSKill Sniper 2133 |
| GPU: Two GTX570's in SLI & XFX-7770 1GB |
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Good review Jim. You didn't sound too excited with these two boards. Are there any X79 boards that have stood out and scored well above all the others? Or all they all about the same?
| 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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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
They were OK.
| CPU: Core i7 3930K |
| M/B: ASRock X79 Extreme9 |
| RAM: 64GBs Kingston Beast 2133MHz |
| GPU: Two EVGA GTX 690s |
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Neil, both Asus X79 Rampage 4 boards, the Extreme and Formula, Jim's forgetting to mention that he hit 5GHz
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ASRock Z77 OC Formula, 2700K, Two EVGA GTX680s, and one GTX660 Ti PE, 16GBs 2133MHz, Lian Li A75X , Maxrevo 1500W, TT Extreme 240
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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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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Stan I mentined in the review the processor hit 4.8-5Ghz.... for its high on other boards
| CPU: i7-2600K and i7-870 |
| M/B: ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen-3 and ASRock P55 Pro-3 |
| RAM: 16GB Mushkin Redline 2133 & 16GB GSKill Sniper 2133 |
| GPU: Two GTX570's in SLI & XFX-7770 1GB |
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
So it's safe to say that ASUS has the better boards right now?
Or is the difference too minimal to matter?
| 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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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
At a premium. The Exteme goes off at $450 Neil. If your air cooling or not pushing the processor to its limits, I feel these Gigabyte boards represent a Phenomenal value at $300 for the UP5 and $270 for the UP4. The best bang for the buck on X79 boards.
| CPU: i7-2600K and i7-870 |
| M/B: ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen-3 and ASRock P55 Pro-3 |
| RAM: 16GB Mushkin Redline 2133 & 16GB GSKill Sniper 2133 |
| GPU: Two GTX570's in SLI & XFX-7770 1GB |
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
OK, that makes sense to me. Thanks Jim.
| CPU: i7-2600K and i7-870 |
| M/B: ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen-3 and ASRock P55 Pro-3 |
| RAM: 16GB Mushkin Redline 2133 & 16GB GSKill Sniper 2133 |
| GPU: Two GTX570's in SLI & XFX-7770 1GB |
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Re: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and GA-X79-UP4 Dual Motherboard Review
Thinking about this,......
The idea of spending $450 for a motherboard makes me shudder.
It makes the $270 board look like a steal considering that their performance is close to one another.
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