Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Four PCIExpress x16 slots.
Six SATA 6GB/s ports.
USB 3.0.

Cons:

No POST indicator.
Difficult to debug when overclocking.

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Last revision on November 27, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Four PCIExpress x16 slots
Six SATA 6GB/s ports
USB 3.0
3D BIOS
Easy and stable overclocking
Affordable
Four-way SLI / Crossfire Support
Intel Ethernet Controller
2oz Copper Motherboard

Reviewers Didn't Like

No POST indicator
Difficult to debug when overclocking
Cannot rename saved profiles
Only four hardware profile slots available

Expert reviews and ratings

– GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 MotherboardThere’s no arguing that the UD7 is intended for the high enthusiast looking for maximum performance from GIGABYTE’s X79 series. The board is an extremely solid performer once it’s up and running....

By FutureLooks on March 21, 2012

Plotting a performance PC? Snag a high end motherboard. That's the conventional wisdom challenged by the new Gigabyte X79-UD3. Of course, any board based on Intel's X79 chipset hardly rates as poverty item. At £175, the Gigabyte X79-UD3...

By TechRadar on March 20, 2012

100

This being Gigabyte’s lowest priced socket 2011 offering we are very impressed. Being low-cost in the socket 2011 segment is not like its socket 1155 counterpart where the low-cost boards start at around $60. This board comes in at $249, which...

By ThinkComputers on March 12, 2012

All you could want is more...

By Atomic MPC on January 25, 2012

It is always difficult breaking in a new hardware platform and while X79 has been out for awhile there are still many things to explore and different hardware combos to try. If you are looking for an inexpensive option to get you on the X79...

By Ninjalane on January 24, 2012

After the UD3 through its paces for a few months, there is no doubt that this board is a great budget X79 board that can handle anything and punches above its own class. Based on the performance we have seen on this board, we do not understand why...

By Bright Side of News on June 21, 2012

The GIGABYTE UD5 was one of the first X79 motherboards we had the pleasure of testing here at Vortez. Like its X58 brethren, the X79 chipset, while inherently different hardware, provides similar overclocking values and features galore. The UD5's...

By Vortez on May 30, 2012

We were pleasantly surprised with the Gigabyte X79-UD3. Maybe because it co-operated flawlessly during our test runs. The UD5 sample that was tested at the [M]lab was far from. Refusing to post when changing a lot of values in the bios, bios...

By MadShrimps on May 01, 2012

Like any other mainboard, Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 is not totally flawless. Even one of its advantages, such as four graphics card slots supporting 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFireX or NVIDIA SLI configurations may be considered a drawback, because the...

By X-bit Labs on March 27, 2012

I've come away pretty impressed with Gigabyte's budget X79 motherboard. There were a few quirks along the way but overall this is a pretty solid offering at a good price (in X79 terms, at least).It all starts with aesthetics where Gigabyte took...

By OverClock Intelligence Agency on March 17, 2012

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