Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R and ASUS P6X58D-E review - Packaging, pictures
Author: Luka Rakamaric
Date: 11 Aug 2010

Since they are both budget solutions, they come in ordinary boxes, with the most notable features printed on them. The bundle includes various SATA and other cables, a 3-Way SLI and a regular SLI bridge, a manual, some CDs and a rear bracket. Gigabyte’s board also includes an IDE 80 pin, but there’s no floppy cable. The rear bracket is much more populated on Gigabyte’s board, with two PS/2 connectors, an optical and coaxial S/PDIF, two FireWire 400, 2 eSATA, 4 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 and 6 audio connectors. ASUS has two PS/2, two USB 2.0, 4 USB 2.0, one FireWire and optical connectors. There’s no eSATA here.

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Our test system had all components identical:

- Intel Core i7 920
- OCZ DDR3 1600 MHz, 3x2 GB
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
- PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 1KW-SR
- Western Digital Raptor 150 GB