Connectors and I/O

Totally Gigabyte equipped the X58A-OC with eight angled SATA ports which we think is much more than every overclocker might ever need. With this board you'll not only find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons there even more very practical features especially for overclockers. Ritght next to the DIMM slots, there is for example a 4G button. If you push it the CPU is being overclocked to 4 GHz automatically. Furhtermore you'll also find plus and minus buttons to adjust the BCLK in realtime. Additionally you can even change the stepping by which the BCLK will be in- or decreased.
Another thing Gigabyte has thought of concerns the usage of more than one graphics card. If you place, let's say four, high-end video cards there will be no problems because between ever PCI-Express x16 slot there is an extra slot free of space.

  

Totally you'll find seven fan headers on the Gigabyte X58A-OC which is more than enough, to provide even an overclocking rig with plenty of fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU and their also spread over the entire board which makes them easily to access from any position in an enclosure (if you should really decide to put this board into a computer case).

  

Looking at external connectors and buttons directly at the back-panel Gigabyte equipped the X58A-OC with a PS2 mouse connector, a PS2 keyboard connector, two USB 3.0 ports, a Ethernet port, three audio connectors as well as another two USB 2.0 ports. This really is a basic setup but it's definitely enough for overclocking.