I am interested in an 1156 socket mobo and am currently looking at the gigabyte line. I see that the UD2 and UD4 seem to be much the same but the UD4 is almost $50 more. I have been looking for a test comparing the 2 but have not found one. I have seen tests of both and they all seem to agree that the two are excellent boards. What I want to know is why pick the UD4 over the UD2. Any thoughts on that one?
i would go for the ud2 as it is as good as the ud4, and the ud4 dosen't really have anything the ud2 and the performance is the same
I've been very happy with the UD2. I have a i5 750 with a fenrir (mounted with fan over the RAM, blowing out the back of case). It can be a bit of a struggle to use the first RAM slot, also the graphics card can be awkward to remove since the fenrir is so close to it. I have a GTX 260. Still recommend the board though.
only if it has the 'a' prefix ie p55a-ud4 as opposed to p55-ud4 ud4p is not available in europe as far as i know of course ud4 is a full size board compared with the ud2, although you can get the p55m-ud4 (mini) version for around 120 quid. differences with ud4 boards are extra bios capabilities regarding security, better bandwidth on pci-e lanes and gigabytes current register purchase offer giving you 4 yr warranty (edit as i recall, this maybe only with their p55a versions) EDIT - actually extended warranty is for all ud4 boards http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,533.0.html