Or, if you’d rather install only what you want, select the manual tab and pick just the drivers you need.Gigabyte Z390 D LGA1151 (Intel 8th & 9th Gen) DDR4 Ultra Durable ATX Motherboard
The quick way is to choose to install everything and the software will do the rest.
The Driver Disc offers an express or manual installation option.
You also blue flat IDE and Floppy cables rather than the gray, cheap generic stuff. The yellow SATA cables are a good contrast to the blue board and offer a ninety degree connector at one end. Also inside are the usual extra SATA, IDE, and Floppy cabling.
We’re finally getting better information inside our manuals which is good news for new users. These are almost infinitely better than the manuals we browsed back in the Socket A and Slot 1 days. The board also has one of the lower prices for an X58 board of this level running at about $249 US at places like NCIX or NewEgg.īesides this sweet little blue gem, you’ll find a couple very detailed user manuals. In fact, many a previous board tested averaged 40 Watts less power consumption than other competitors. VRD 11.1 is just one of Gigabyte’s features of further increasing energy efficiency. The Dual BIOS will come in quite handy for those who push their board just a little too far. The new PCB helps increase the life, performance, efficiency, and durability under extreme loads. The significant improvements to GIGABYTE’s motherboards are the 2 ounce copper PCB and Dual BIOS. There’s plenty of features to be had even on this “budget” platform. Home theater quality 8-channel High Definition Audio.Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet connection.Patented DualBIOS with dual hardware BIOS protection.100% 50,000 hour lifespan Japanese solid capacitors design.Unique hardware control IC to provide more precision voltage control.2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 graphics interface plus PCI-E x4 with ATI CrossFireX support for ultimate graphics performance.Revolution energy saving design with DES Advanced featuring hardware based Dynamic 4-Gear switching.Supports the newest Intel ® Core™ i7 processors in socket LGA1366 with QPI 6.4 GT/s.2 oz PCB design with copper cooled quality for lower working temperature.This is one area that GIGABYTE seems to be the foremost expert as this board is extremely impressive. Now that a few months have past, there are even more motherboards and memory kits available to help drive that initial high cost of ownership down.
Couple that with an I7 940 or 965 and your system costs rise quickly. For the most part, Intel’s I7 Processor launch has been pretty much on que with the arrival of several X58 motherboards and plenty of Triple Channel memory.Įnthusiast motherboards like the Asus P6T Deluxe tend to cost a premium. This is especially true for more professional users in need or dreaming of quicker compilation times. Most every PC enthusiast knows that Intel’s i7 Series Processors are the number crunching monsters of choice. So, when their EX58-UD3R arrived, it was evident another GIGABYTE winner was possibly in hand. The P45 and X48 series have been especially nice to put to the test. Many of their past motherboards aimed at enthusiasts on a budget have proven to be extreme performers even without the flashier heat sinks, heat pipes, and LEDs.