Gigabyte Ga-x58a-ud7 With 333 Technology

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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
Multiple Display Support
World’s Best Phase Power Design
2x Copper PCB Design
Extreme Cooling Solution
Unique Feature for Overclocking


Smart DualLAN
eSATA\USB combo connectors
Great Capability

•Smart Recorder •Smart TimeLock


Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
Auto Green
XHD (eXtreme HardDrive)
DualBIOS-Security Leadership
GIGABYTE Alert LED Design
Powerful Audio Technologies
Features of X58A-UD7

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’ World’s 1st 24 Phase Power VRM Motherboard World’ World’s 1st 2oz Copper PCB Motherboard

World’ World’s 1st All Solid Capacitor Motherboard

2006

World’ World’s 1st Dynamic Phase Power Switching Energy Saving Technology World’ World’s 1st Low RDS(on), RDS(on), Ferrite Core, Solid Cap Motherboard

2007

2008

Setting Industrial Quality Standards Year by Year 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 FASTER !!! !!! 10X

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

One direction data transfer

USB 3.0

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 dedicated fuse

Lower resistance 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) Needs 2 head USB to work !!!

(Now) 1 head USB can work !!!

Better! !

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 3Gbps 6Gbps

(MB/Sec)

SATA3 HDD Seagate 2TB ST32000641AS

SATA 2 SATA 3 3Gbps 6Gbps

(MB/Sec)

SATA 3 SATA 2 6Gbps 3Gbps

Better Performance With SATA3 6Gbps SATA 3 6Gbps overpowers SATA 2 3Gbps on PC Mark Vantage Comparison

15% Faster !!!

SATA 2 3Gbps (Score)

SATA3 HDD Seagate 2TB ST32000641AS

SATA 3 6Gbps

Native PCI-E Gen2 Bandwidth for SATA3 6G & USB3.0 Controllers

Native PCIe Gen2 Speed !!!

SATA3 6G controller USB 3.0 5G controller

5 Gb/s 5 Gb/s

Gen2 1* PCI-E x16/x8 1* PCI-E x8 1* PCI-E x16/x8 1* PCI-E x8

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 and seamless power delivery during extensive CPU loading variations

VRM heat is effectively dissipated by sharing loadings among the 24 power phases

24 phase power VRM

Traditional VRM Design

Excellent

Poor

VRM temperature

Low

High

Efficiency

High

Low

Durability

High

Low

Power delivery stability

Phase Power VRM Transient Response Comparison GIGABYTE 24 Phase Power Design Faster response, delivers more stable power to CPU

Other brand’s Phase Power Design

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 motherbo ards

24 phase power –

Others

Ultra Low Temperature >168°C

Water Cooler

>168°C

Fan cooler

Water Cooler

<31°C

>168°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

Power Layer

Electrons Traveling Through the Copper

2 oz Copper PCB Design

Electrons Traveling Through the Copper

Ground Layer

2x Copper PCB Design Benefits

Lower Temperature

Better Power Efficiency

2X Lower Impedance

Lower EMI

Better Overclocking

Better 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 reduces the temperature around the CPU zone, and removes the heat between NB and SB area.

Liquid Cooling system featuring special waterblock design and enlarged dissipating surface area for enhanced heat dissipation and optimum flow-rate.

High performance Copper Heat Pipe with sintered process, designed for ultra efficient thermal conductivity

External heat sink rapidly transfers heat from components to outside the chassis

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

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• 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)

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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 autoswitching 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 reconnect the network by switching the network cable to LAN 2

With Smart Dual LAN, LAN Chip 2 automatically kicks in without requiring users to 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.

How Teaming Works

With the Teaming function enabled, the network bandwidth of both systems are grouped together, doubling the bandwidth of up to 2 Gb/s. Gb/s.

Performance Enhancement with Dual PCIE 8111D

68% Better!

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 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.

By selecting the desired files according to the back up date, you can use ‘Copy’ function to restore.

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 passwords, such as your Yahoo mail, Google mail, or on-line bank account details.

Date : Input 12 sets of your special dates and set an auto reminder for 1 day, 3 day or 1 week before.

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 system is powered on or off, so unauthorized use of your PC can be detected.

File monitor records when and which folder that data has been copied from local hard drive to external storage such as USB 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!

All the data is stored in Dual BIOS, protected against HDD crash or OS re-installation

Both can be setup based on weekday and weekend usage

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 PWM controller maker-Intersil

Power phase switching 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 !!!

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

4x Faster!

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 check Pass

Boot Start Boot Fail

H/W check Pass

Boot sequence ON

Backup BIOS kick in

Re-start BIOS Boot Up sequence

Restore data to main BIOS

Boot Up!

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 ) ) ht id) igh g i L (M 3 (H 1( l2 l l ve eve eve e L L L

Overvoltage Alert LED

4 sets of OVOV-Alert LEDs indicating the overvoltage level of the CPU, Memory, North Bridge and South Bridge to prevent component damage

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Overclock Alert LED

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OCOC-Alert LEDs

indicating the level of CPU overclock. overclock. The higher the overclock level, the greater number of LEDs light up.

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Low

High Above 80oC

Temperature Alert LED Real MB Image

2 sets of TMPTMP-Alert LEDs indicating the temperature level of the CPU and North Bridge

Between 61~80oC

Features of X58A X58A-UD7 UD7 Extended MultiMulti-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 autoswitching 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

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