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Hardware Gigabyte X58A-OC Preview

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by arcticstoat, 27 Feb 2011.

  1. SMIFFYDUDE

    SMIFFYDUDE Supermodders on my D

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    Whoever owns Overclocked Orange needs to fit it with this mobo.
     
  2. Eiffie

    Eiffie What's a Dremel?

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    i looks pretty
     
  3. SuicideNeil

    SuicideNeil What's a Dremel?

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    Ass, arse, butts, behinds, poop-shoots, bung-holes, what does it matter?...

    Cool board, lots of great features for nutters to play with I suppose. :geek:
     
  4. slothy89

    slothy89 MicroModder

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    What he said.. lol.. Arse is the Americans distinguishing the difference as they are unable to comprehend the difference in context.

    Ass is the correct term in 'true' English.

    BTW I'm Australian not British, so I'm partially independent.. lol..

    The colours on this board look amazing.. If only SB had similar schemes. An orange themed build would look awesome! Blue is just way too generic these days
     
  5. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    man love that orange- it's perfect
     
  6. dispie

    dispie What's a Dremel?

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    woo DFI style mainboard I like it
     
  7. Nicho133

    Nicho133 What's a Dremel?

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    It sounds like a good board for an enthusiast, but I don't understand why it only has 2 USB 3 ports and 2 USB 2 ports? Does having 4 PCI express x16 slots take up to much bandwidth and not allow them to add anymore USB ports?
     
  8. Hakuren

    Hakuren What's a Dremel?

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    Good board. Looks great, but I have 2 or 3 little things which I find completely puzzling.

    *As it is motherboard targeted at OC/Enthusiast community then what the heck for you need some sub-standard sound card on-board?
    *Only 2 USB2 ports? I don't get it at all. It is not that chipset can't support more that 2.
    *No extra PCI-Ex x1 between 2nd and 3rd x16 slots.

    I was looking forward to buying it, but seriously 2 usb2 ports at the back are massive letdown. Just like format, only ATX and not XL-ATX. More space for stuff and better spacing of elements across motherboard. Probably I will stick with my current setup until LGA2011.
     
  9. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    that is a gorgeous board but I would love to see that in a similar color and heatsink design say one level below that for people doing more of a 24/7 OC setup. :)
     
  10. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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    It's aight. Colors are nice, but will have to see the actual charts to make decision.
     
  11. Tulatin

    Tulatin The Froggy Poster

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    I too don't miss the molex connector, who's plastic casing wouldn't shear when you looked it funny.
     
  12. TheQuadFather

    TheQuadFather What's a Dremel?

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    hmm very limited back panel I/O, any else notice this?
     
  13. Repo

    Repo What's a Dremel?

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    I suppose using some sticky tape and a 2B pencil did classify it as art :p

    I hate molex connectors, why did they ever need to be so big?

    Awful photo, can't see anything!
     
  14. Seasalt

    Seasalt What's a Dremel?

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    Don't know where you learnt English, but you've got it arse-about.

    Arse is a British English and Hiberno-English term or vulgarism for the buttocks, equivalent to the American English "ass". Look it up.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arse
     
  15. Marvin-HHGTTG

    Marvin-HHGTTG CTRL + SHIFT + ESC

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    Bit of a necro-post, but does anyone know when we might expect this to be released? It's past the 'right after CeBit/mid March' release dates most sites reported originally...
     
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