Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5

It is now pretty clear that not every board will be able to max out the overclock of the octo-core FX series of processors. The power consumption gets pretty steep beyond a certain point, and even though the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 is a solid offering,...

GIGABYTE seems to have their eyes set on ensuring the quality of their products over anything else. I can tell a lot of time was put into design this board and building the BIOS for any user to enjoy their experience with it. This is clear from the...

Time has come to sum up everything we know about the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 mainboard. However, at this point there is really nothing else we could say about it. It is a common and very standard board. It does have certain advantages, but doesn’t...

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It has been some time, probably not since the Athlon XP days, that I last used a Gigabyte motherboard. Judging by this latest 990FXA-UD5, they've come a long way since then. Gone is the blue PCB and multi-colored slots/sockets that I remember,...

Before we start taking a look at this new motherboard from Gigabyte let’s have a look at the chipset and what it has to offer. This new chipset isn’t really all that different from the 890FX and SB850. Many of the same features are still...

Gigabyte is known for making quality motherboards and there is no exception here. Our objective was to compare the 990FXA-UD5 and the 890FXA-UD5 to see the improvements with Bulldozer lurking around the corner. Unfortunately, AMD's setback with...