With the X58A-OC Gigabyte has a motherboard in its product portfolio that has been engineered only with overclocking in mind. For example the I/O panel, which comes only with the most necessary ports, shows how uncompromisingly this board has been designed and built. Additionally there a numerous features which make the heart of any overclocker beat faster, instantly. And there also are the absolutely stunning looks of this board and the manufacturing quality which is almost outstanding.

The X58A-OC currently is Gigabytes absolute high-end motherboard regarding overclocking. Under the lead of the well known overclocker "Hi Cookie" Gigabyte has been brave enough to create a whole new motherboard category. Therefore we're very curious how the market is going to accept this product. It would be every overclockers dream to see more of these boards and a trend like this could make this dream come true.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery	Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 3 - Layout	Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
Page 4 - Connectors and I/O	Page 11 - Games
Page 5 - BIOS	Page 12 - Overclocking
Page 6 - Test setup	Page 13 - Conclusion
Page 7 - Futuremark

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