Gigabyte P55A-UD7 - Everybodies Darling
Published by Michel90 on 09.04.10Page:
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| Allgemein | + | - | |
| The P55A-UD7 is Giagbytes new flagship for the socket LGA 1156. It comes with the unique 24 phase power design, two USB 3.0 ports as well as ten SATA connectors. Furthermore you'll also find Gigabyte's Silent Pipe included in delivery which help cooling the chipset even when there are bus speeds above 200 MHz. | -
USB 3.0 - Design |
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| Layout | + | - | |
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The P55A-UD7 leaves a well structured and clean impression. The colours are well chosen and the optics fit perfectly into Gigabytes portfolio. If you're looking for layout errors you might only find one thing which is the onboard power button located very close to the ATX power connector and therefore not as easily accessible as it should be. Once more there are angled SATA connectors which make installing new hardware a bit easier. |
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Headpipe mit Wasserkühler - Attention to detail - Angled SATA connectors - Onboard Power-, Reset-, CLR-CMOS-Button |
- Connectors at the bottom edge | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| Talking about performance Gigabytes new flagship regarding Intels P55 chipset series is able to convince in the memory benchmarks. In the gaming benchmarks the board can be found in the top third. Overall the perferomance level this board delivers is definitely sufficient for gamers and PC-enthusiasts. | - Memory bandwidth | ||
| Overclocking | + | - | |
| Overclocking isn't something unknown for the P55A-UD7. Quickly you'll find suitable settings in the clearly arranged BIOS. Important for beginners is the fact that the board also is very forgiving if you should chose settings that don't work. You shouldn't get the impression that this board only aims at beginners also extreme overclockers have a lot of fun with the UD7. | -
BCLK 225 MHz - Easy for beginners |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| Gigabytes new flagship can be recommended almost every group of buyers. It doesn't matter if you consider buying the board as the basis of a overclocking-, gaming or desktop-PC. The only reason to not put the P55A-UD7 into a office PC is its price. | -
Gamer - PC-Enthusiasts - Desktop-PC |
The Gigabyte P55A-UD7 can be bought at Digitec to a price of CHF 352.- (est. EUR 235.-).
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Author: m.salathe@ocaholic.ch Copy edited and translated: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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