X58

Agenda

GIGABYTE 333 Technology
Smart
Smart 6
•SuperSpeed USB 3.0 •Smart QuickBoot
•3x USB Power Boost •Smart QuickBoost
•SATA 3 6Gbps •Smart Recovery
•Smart DualBIOS

Native PCI-E Gen2 Bandwidth •Smart Recorder

Multiple Display Support •Smart TimeLock

World’s Best Phase Power Design

2x Copper PCB Design
Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2

Extreme Cooling Solution
Auto Green

Unique Feature for Overclocking
XHD (eXtreme HardDrive)

DualBIOS-Security Leadership

GIGABYTE Alert LED Design

Smart DualLAN
Powerful Audio Technologies

eSATA\USB combo connectors
Features of X58A-UD7

Great Capability
GA-X58A-UD7
 Undisputed Innovation Leadership
Continuously Delivering top notch technologies

Delivering World’s Best

Innovation Only from GIGABYTE
Innovative Onboard
Accelerated
A Smarter way for technologies
PC system
Management

World’s 1st 24 Phase

World’
Power VRM Motherboard
World’s 1st 2oz
World’
Copper PCB Motherboard
World’s 1st Dynamic
World’
Phase Power Switching
Energy Saving Technology
World’s 1st Low RDS(on),
World’ RDS(on),

World’s 1st All Solid

World’
Ferrite Core, Solid Cap Setting Industrial Quality
Motherboard
Capacitor Motherboard Standards Year by Year

2006 2007 2008 2009

GIGABYTE 333 Technology
GIGABYTE 333 Technology

Featuring SuperSpeed USB 3.0 from NEC with superfast

data transfer rate of up to 5 Gbps

Featuring 3X USB Power Boost thru unique hardware

design for greater USB devices compatibility and
stability.

Featuring Marvell SE9128 high speed SATA3 6Gbps

storage interface with superfast 4x speed with
RAID 0 (Stripe) support
 World’s first USB 3.0 logo
certified solution from NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rate from
NEC USB 3.0 host controller

10X FASTER
5 Gbps speed UDB 3.0 offers 10x performance gain over USB 2.0

Instant Connect
Sync-N-Go technology to minimize user wait-time

Optimized Power Efficiency

No device polling and lower active and idle power requirements

USB 2.0 backwards compatibility

Devices interoperate with USB 2.0 platforms.
Hosts support USB 2.0 legacy devices
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rates
from NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0

10X FASTER
10X FASTER !!!
!!!

USB 3.0
GIGABYE P55A Series
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
No More Waiting

With USB 3.0, transfer a 25GB HD movie is no longer a pain…

14 minutes drop to 70 seconds only!!!

*Source: NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Better Data Transfer Efficiency

USB 2.0 USB 3.0

One direction data transfer Bidirectional data transfer for efficiency

GIGABYE P55A Series
Utmost compatibility with
3x USB Power Boost
 3x USB Power Boost
Offer USB devices More Power
Featuring 3x USB Power Boost
by unique hardware design

USB ports power delivery comparison

Better!
!

Better!
!

Standard
Standard
 3x USB Power Boost
Up to 4x Lower Resistance!!

Better Performance!!! Better Compatibility!!!

Each USB port protected by Lower resistance fuse
dedicated fuse (up to 4x lower)
to ensure lower voltage drop!
 3x USB Power Boost
3X Power Boost performance for USB power
by unique hardware design

Better protection via dedicate fuse design on each port

More stable, less power spikes

Better USB device compatible ability

Support more USB devices through USB hub

Support power hunger USB devices

No longer require 2 USB cable for USB external DVD-RW,
HDD that consumes more power

(Before) (Now) Better!

!
Needs 2 head 1 head USB
USB to work !!! can work !!!
 World’s first SATA Revision 3.0
solution provider from Marvell SE9128
 SATA 3 6Gbps
2x Faster than SATA 2, 4x Speed via RAID 0

Provides newest Marvell SE9128 high speed SATA3 6Gbps

storage interface with superfast 4x speeds by
RAID 0 (Stripe) support

Marvell 88SE9128
 Better Performance with SATA3 6Gbps
SATA 3 6Gbps overpowers
SATA 2 3Gbps on HD TACH performance

34% Faster !!! 9.5% Faster !!!

9.7% Faster !!!

SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 3
3Gbps 6Gbps 3Gbps 6Gbps SATA 2 6Gbps
3Gbps

(MB/Sec) (MB/Sec)

SATA3 HDD
Seagate 2TB
ST32000641AS
 Better Performance With SATA3 6Gbps
SATA 3 6Gbps overpowers
SATA 2 3Gbps on PC Mark Vantage Comparison

15% Faster !!!

SATA 2 SATA 3
3Gbps 6Gbps
(Score)

SATA3 HDD
Seagate 2TB
ST32000641AS
 Native PCI-E Gen2 Bandwidth
for SATA3 6G & USB3.0 Controllers

Native
PCIe Gen2 Speed !!!

Gen2
SATA3 6G 1* PCI-E x16/x8
controller 5 Gb/s 1* PCI-E x8
1* PCI-E x16/x8
USB 3.0 5G
5 Gb/s 1* PCI-E x8
controller
Multiple Display Support with 4 PCI Express x8

PCIE x16/x8

PCIE x8
PCIE x16/x8

PCIE x8
 World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design
The smoothest power delivery from high quality components

Enabling optimum power delivery and lowest thermal

 World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design
The smoothest power delivery from high quality components

Fast transient response that provides quick VRM heat is effectively dissipated by
and seamless power delivery during sharing loadings among the 24 power
extensive CPU loading variations phases

24 phase power Traditional VRM

VRM Design
Power delivery Excellent Poor
stability
VRM temperature Low High
Efficiency High Low
Durability High Low
Phase Power VRM Transient Response Comparison
GIGABYTE 24 Phase Power Design Other brand’s Phase Power Design

Faster response,
delivers more stable
power to CPU Slower response,
delivers unstable
power to CPU

Better!
TBD

Remain below Intel’s
specification, ensure
a longer CPU lifespan
Overshooting voltage
at high loading, easily
cause damage to the
CPU.

Better!

World’s best Power design, providing a faster transient response,

more stable CPU power and enhanced CPU life span
 World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design
motherboards
Delivering cooler working temperatures than traditional motherboards

24 phase power –
Others Ultra Low Temperature
>168°C >168°C >168°C

Water Cooler Fan cooler

Water Cooler

<31°C <31°C <31°C

Balanced and Cool- The heat is separated

on each power phase equally
* The two water cooler figures are measured under 100A electronic load on CPU Vcore
 The Difference 2X Copper PCBs Make
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™
Durable™ 3 is the industry’
industry’s 1st consumer desktop
motherboard design featuring 2X copper for both power and ground layers

 PCB electrical waste is reduced by 50%

 Improved signal quality
 Reduced temperature around
critical onboard components

1 oz Copper PCB Design 2 oz Copper PCB Design

Power
Layer

Electrons Traveling Through the Copper Electrons Traveling Through the Copper

Ground
Layer
2x Copper PCB Design Benefits

Lower Better Power

Temperature Efficiency

2X Lower Lower EMI

Impedance

Better Better
Overclocking ESD Protection

GIGABYTE P55 series motherboards all

adopt 2X copper PCB
High Quality Motherboards MUST HAVE

50,000 hr. Japanese

Solid Capacitors Longer Life time

Lower RDS(on)
MOSFETs Lower Temperature

Ferrite Core
Chokes Lower Power Loss

2oz Copper
PCB Lower Impedance

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 Motherboards lead

the industry for quality standards
 Extreme Cooling Solution

Unique Screen Cooling

thermal design effectively High performance Copper Heat
reduces the temperature Pipe with sintered process,
around the CPU zone, and designed for ultra efficient
removes the heat between thermal conductivity
NB and SB area.

Liquid Cooling system

featuring special
waterblock design and
enlarged dissipating External heat sink rapidly
surface area for transfers heat from components
enhanced heat to outside the chassis
dissipation and optimum
flow-rate.
Unique Hybrid-Silent Pipe 2 combines Air cooling and Liquid Cooling to
enable effective heat removal for near zero noise operation
 Ultra Cooling, Ultra Silent

Temperature of CPU
Zone and North Bridge
zone

Lower

Much
Lower

Works with Liquid Cooling

 GIGABYTE Unique Features for O. C.

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 • Hardware Over Voltage Control IC
2
2
• Provides more voltage control options
for CPU, Chipset & memory than before

3 • HW linear real time voltage control, with

no delay compare to previous GPIO
controller

• Finer stepping of 6.25 mV min (0.00625V)

6 4
5
GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 motherboards
all equipped with OV control IC
 Smart Dual LAN
Blisteringly Fast and Seamless Connectivity
GIGABYTE Smart Dual LAN technology features intelligent LAN port auto-
switching between the 2 physical Gigabit LAN chips; offering hassle free,
zero downtime, high speed network connectivity.

How Smart Dual LAN Works

LAN Chip 1 encounters hardware failure, resulting in
network outage for LAN 1…
Traditional Design Smart Dual LAN

Win! Server
Standard Spec.

Users are required to With Smart Dual LAN,

reconnect the network by LAN Chip 2 automatically kicks
switching the network cable to in without requiring users to
LAN 2 physically switch the network
cable
 Smart Dual LAN
Blisteringly Fast and Seamless Connectivity
Experience blistering fast network data access of up to 2Gbps bandwidth
transmission with the Teaming function enabled, and enjoy added power
savings with the Green Ethernet feature.

Performance Enhancement with Dual

How Teaming Works
PCIE 8111D

With the Teaming function enabled, the network

68% Better!
bandwidth of both systems are grouped together,
doubling the bandwidth of up to 2 Gb/s.
Gb/s.
 eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors
2 eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors for enhanced
storage flexibility with no need for additional power source

2-in-1 combination connector

design capable of accepting
eSATA & USB cable plug

Power eSATA ! eSATA HDD USB drive

Provides connection between a PC and an external storage drive. Similar to existing USB
connections, but support for up to 3 Gb/s SATA data rates
 Great Capability
Total 4 SATA ports and 8 USB ports in Rear provide impeccable connectivity

Coaxial and optical

S/PDIF Out connector 2 1394 ports Dual LAN

8 USB ports (USB 3.0 x2+USB2.0 x6)

Supports 2 eSATA
storage by eSATA cable
10 SATA ports on board for flexible capability
 What is Smart 6
A Smarter way for PC system Management
GIGABYTE Smart 6™ is designed with user-friendliness in mind, and offers a combination of 6 innovative software utilities that
provide easier and smarter PC system management. Smart 6™ allows you to speed up system performance, reduce boot-up
time, manage a secure platform and recover previous system settings easily with a click of the mouse button.
 Smart QuickBoot
No more waiting for PC Boot up

SMART QuickBoot speeds up the system

boot-up process and shortens the waiting
time for entering the operating system,
delivering greater efficiency for daily use.

BIOS QuickBoot :
Shorten boot up POST time !!!

OS QuickBoot :
Shorten entering OS wait time!!!
This utility will do ‘Suspend’ & ‘Hibernate at the same
time when the system powers down, so the system
will resume from suspend (S3) at next power on! Data
is still protected by hibernation (S4) even if power is
lost at shutdown
Smart QuickBoost
One--click Overclocking
One
 Smart Recovery
Reverse time for you
By selecting the desired files according to the
back up date, you can use ‘Copy’ function to
restore.
SMART Recovery allows users to
easily roll-back system settings to a
previous known working status.
Users can simple select the day,
week or month without prior setup of
a backup time flag.
Theory of Smart Recovery : This
utility takes a ‘Snapshot’ of your
hard drive everyday and records any
added/deleted/modified files.
Currently, Smart Recovery allows up
to 60 ‘snap shots’ in your hard drive
(based on the reserved size of your
hard drive).
 Smart DualBIOS
Smart personal reminder

Password : you can store 12 set of Date : Input 12 sets of your special
passwords, such as your Yahoo mail, dates and set an auto reminder for 1
Google mail, or on-line bank account day, 3 day or 1 week before.
details.
All the data is stored in Dual BIOS, protected against HDD crash or OS re-installation
 Smart Recorder
PC’’s Watch Dog
Your PC

On/Off Recorder records when the File monitor records when and which
system is powered on or off, so folder that data has been copied from local
unauthorized use of your PC can be hard drive to external storage such as USB
detected. thumb drive or e-SATA HD.

All the data is stored in Dual BIOS, protected against HDD crash or OS re-installation
 Smart TimeLock
Time Controller for PC

SMART TimeLock allows parents

to schedule time limits for their
children PC usage.

Allowed Time :
Parents can set up how much time
PC can be used per day!

Non-Use Time :
Parents can set “Go to bed” time
frame for this PC. PC will be forced to
shutdown from 10 PM till next day
7AM for example!

Both can be setup based on

All the data is stored in Dual BIOS, protected weekday and weekend usage
against
HDD crash or OS re-installation
 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
World’’s most intelligent energy saving utility
World
multi--gear power phase switching
with multi
GIGABYTE Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 incorporates a host of intelligent features that use a
proprietary hardware and software design to considerably enhance PC system energy
efficiency

Reduce power consumption and deliver optimized auto-phase-switching for

CPU Memory Chipset VGA HDD Fan
 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
System Energy Saving

Industry leading Power phase

PWM controller switching
maker-Intersil controller
ITE8275

Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 controls 6 system key

components- Save More power!!!
GIGABYTE P55 series motherboards all supports Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
 AutoGreen
Effortless power saving

Configure your Bluetooth

cell phone

To enable AutoGreen function, simply pair your Bluetooth Enabled mobile

device with Bluetooth dongle using the AutoGreen user interface.
 AutoGreen
Effortless power saving

Step away from your computer with your Bluetooth

device, and AutoGreen will automatically put your PC
into power savings mode

As soon as your Bluetooth device is within range

again, AutoGreen will automatically wake your PC
 XHD (eXtreme HardDrive)
Accelerating hard drive performance with ease
 Benefits of XHD

Easy to use
Simple ‘Plug and Play’ for instant performance boost up !!!

Performance boost
Guaranteed performance boost, Performance up to 4X faster !!!

EZ setup
Only 2 step setup, easy, painless installation !!!

Up 6 HDD support
Can mix up to 6 SATA HDDs for maximum boost !!!
 XHD performance test
MB/s
More HDDs, More Performance !!! 4x
Faster!

All HDD run under Write Back cache mode enable

Read Performance : (HD Tune Average Read + HD Tach Average Read + Crystal Disk Mark Sequential Read) / 3
Write Performance : (HD Tune Average Write + HD Tach Average Write + Crystal Disk Mark Sequential Write) / 3
Conclusion : eXtreme Hard Drive
 Security Leadership
Delivering the highest level of protection
from hardware failure and data theft

GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ Technology

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How DualBIOS™ works?
BIOS H/W Boot sequence Boot
check check ON Up!
Pass Pass
Boot
Start
Backup Restore
Boot BIOS data to
Fail kick in main
BIOS

Re-start BIOS Boot Up sequence

 Powerful Audio Technologies

• DOLBY Support
Delivers vivid surround sound for music, movies, and
games, using two to eight speakers or any set of
headphones

• ALC889 Codec
High-performance DAC (Digital-Analog Converter) with
108 dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback quality

• Blu-ray Support
Enables high quality Full Rate Lossless Audio for Content
Protected media
 GIGABYTE Alert LED Design
User Friendly Alerts Design with a Glance
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L e ve eve eve
L L 4 sets of OV-
OV-Alert LEDs
indicating the overvoltage level of the
CPU, Memory, North Bridge and
Real MB Image South Bridge to prevent component
damage

1 2 3 5
Overclock Alert LED el vel vel vel 4 vel
L ev Le Le Le Le OC-
OC-Alert LEDs
indicating the level of CPU
overclock.
overclock. The higher the
Real MB Image overclock level, the greater
number of LEDs light up.

Low High

Above 80oC
Temperature Alert LED 2 sets of TMP-
TMP-Alert LEDs
indicating the temperature level of the
Real MB Image CPU and North Bridge
Between 61~80oC
 Features of X58A
X58A-UD7
UD7
Extended Multi-
Multi-Phase Power Design
24 phase power for CPU vCore, and additional 2
phases for CPU VTT power , 2 phases for
memory power, ensuring enhanced overclock
stability and longer component lifespan

Intel®
Intel® Core i7 processors
Supports the latest Intel® Core i7 LGA1366
processors featuring QPI 6.4 GT/s

USB 3.0 Support

Supports newest NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0 with
superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps

eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors
Supports 2 eSATA\USB combo connectors for
enhanced Storage flexibility with no need for
additional power source

GIGABYTE Smart Dual LAN

Smart Dual LAN with intelligent LAN port auto-
switching enabling zero down time network
connection

Three Way PCIe 2.0 Graphics Interface

3 PCIe 2.0 graphic interfaces support both 3
way CrossFireX and 3 way SLI for ultimate
graphics performance
Features of X58A
X58A-UD7
UD7
Precision OV
Unique hardware controller IC providing more precise
voltage control and finer steppings for CPU, Chipset
and memory

Stylish power button

Power button onboard
for easy access

Support for 3 channel DDR3 memory

Memory controller embedded inside CPU to enable
new levels of memory performance and 50%
increase in bandwidth to 192 bits for even greater
memory performance
.
12 SATA Ports with RAID (10 onboard, 2 rear)
Supports 12 devices without the need for drivers to
be installed before being fully operational

SATA 6 Gbps Support

Provides newest Marvell SE9128 high speed
SATA3 storage interface with superfast 6Gbps
link speeds

GIGABYTE Patented DualBIOS™

DualBIOS™ Technology
2 Physical BIOS ROMs onboard providing double
protection against BIOS corruption or damage

Onboard Debug LED

Simplifies motherboard troubleshooting by identifying
and displaying error codes
 Specification of X58A
X58A-UD7
UD7
Processor Internal I/O Connectors
Intel Core i7 processors in socket LGA1366 2 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors
8 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors
Chipset 1 x FDD connector
Intel X58 Chipset 1 x IDE connector
South Bridge: Intel®
Intel® ICH10R 1 x IEEE 1394a connector
NEC USB 3.0 controller 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 4 ports)
Marvell 9128 SATA 3 controller 1 x S/PDIF In header
T.I IEEE 1394 controller 1 x S/PDIF Out header
2 x RTL8111D LAN controller
8 Channels ALC889 Audio controller Rear I/O Connectors
2 x eSATA/
eSATA/ USB Combo connector
Memory 2 x USB 3.0/2.0ports
Supports 3 Channel DDR3 with 6 DIMM slots 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x LAN ports
Expansion Slots 1 x clearing CMOS button
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
2 x PCI Express x1 slots 6 x audio jacks
1 x PCI slots 2 x IEEE 1394a connector
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
Leader in Motherboard Innovation