... 16,450 October 2009 LGA1366 2 6 6 ASUS M4A79T Deluxe Rs 13,050 October 2009 AM3 4 5 6 Gigabyte EX58-UDS Rs 16,950 October 2009 LGA1366 3 6 8 Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Rs 8,900 LGA775 1 6 8 Gigabyte MA790GP-UD4H Rs 9,100 October 2009 AM2+ 2 6 4 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Rs 14,250 LGA1366 2 6 8 MSI X58 PRO Rs 11,300 October 2009 LGA1366 3 7 6 MSI ...

The folks at PCLab.pl have gotten their hands on a sample of Intel's upcoming Gulftown Core i9 processor and put it through its paces. PCLab pitted the six-core chip against Intel's Core i5, Core i7, Core 2 Quad and AMD's Phenom II. The chip was tested in three separate motherboards, the Gigabyte EX58-Extreme, Asus Rampage II Gene, and Asus P6T SE.

... put it through its paces. PCLab pitted the six-core chip against Intel’s Core i5, Core i7, Core 2 Quad and AMD’s Phenom II. The chip was tested in three separate motherboards, the Gigabyte EX58-Extreme, Asus Rampage II Gene, and Asus P6T SE. Clocked at 2800MHz, the Core i9 beat the competition in a majority of the tests — especially those optimized for multi-core chips — ...

Author: Kelvin_C-J Subject: New PC Ordered! Posted: 25 Nov 2009 at 7:55am Originally posted by Odai What board do you use?  One answer satisfies both; Gigabyte EX58-UD5. It does have L.L.C, but by default is is disabled. I'm currently experimenting with it on power saving vs performance etc to see if it is really worth the hassle over the cost-saving.

... . First I had problems with the X25-M, now second time it's kicking the Vertex drive instead saying it has errors. This must be something else.   Intel Core i7, Gigabyte EX58-UD5 motherboard, Win7 with all updates, Gigabyte driver install, Intel Matrix 8.9 (latest today). This was a fresh install. Machine has been running Vista without these problems for half a year.   Putting the ...