Monday, February 28, 2011

From X58 to overclock Gigabyte

The manufacturer Gigabyte is currently putting the finishing touches on its motherboard X58A-OC, a model for processors on socket LGA 1366 and designed for overclocking enthusiasts. The X58A-OC has six DDR3 slots, four PCI-Express x16, one PCI slot, audio controllers 5.1 (Dolby Home Theater) and Gigabit Ethernet and two USB 3.0 ports.

Six SATA 3 Gbps connectors are also present, along with two SATA 6 Gbps. In short, so far, nothing extraordinary. It is indeed on the side of features for overclocking this motherboard is interesting. Thus, even if it has a completely passive design, this motherboard can support up to seven fans.

Both BIOS are available and can be independently configured via a simple switch. Two SATA power connectors are responsible for providing extra energy to PCI-Express power connectors and two 8-pin is available to power the processor. The power stage of the X58A-OC has finally been optimized and sized to meet all the needs of overclockers.

Gigabyte should take advantage of the CeBIT to expose his X58A-OC. This would perhaps be an opportunity to discover the price and availability date of this model ...

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