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Like any other LGA 1156 motherboard, the P55A-UD6 is limited to eight memory banks via the processor’s dual-channel DDR3 controller, so that typical high-end configurations of 8GB or 16GB are possible via four 2GB or 4GB modules. But Gigabyte has found a trick, a little slight-of-hand perhaps, to make it appear...
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In the end, I'd reccomend these boards to anyone who wants to spend the money. That being said, unless you want to use three videocards, you may he happier with the UD4P. It's slightly cheaper, overclocks a little bit better, and offer you more then you need!...
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GIGABYTE is one to do things big and one thing they wanted to be a part of first up is the SATA-III (6Gb/s) and USB 3.0 revolution. Now, whilst still considered premature as far as wide adoption goes, this is not a bad thing. After all, we already...
GIGABYTE continues to push toward faster and more feature rich boards to impress us. The P55A series is a clear improvement. Overclocking was improved and the inclusion of SATA-III and USB3 will come in handy for users who start to purchase product...
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Despite the fact that today's USB 3.0 products center on the same NEC controller, we compared a handful of different USB 3.0 drives and found performance to range from 113 to 173 MB/s, depending on the implementation used. Should you be worried? You mi...
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hitechlegion.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:44:52
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Overclocking is the art of running the system higher than what the manufacturer intended. Even though the process of overclocking deals with precise voltages and numbers, it is more “art” than “science” and requires skill, experience, luck and most im...
24 phase power, Up to 2600 MHz DDR3 supported, Overclocks really well and very stable, USB3 and SATA 6 Gbps support, 2 oz copper PCB, 50,000 hours Japanese solid capacitors, 2 Gigabit LAN, SLI and Crossfire support, Abundant documentation and accessories included...
Full 6 DIMM Slot population require singlesided modules, PCIe x16 2.0 not possible with USB3/SATA6 functionality turned on, gold, Discuss this Review in our Forums...
Typical of Gigabyte motherboards, the GA-P55A-UD6 is feature-rich and is built with overclocking enthusiasts in mind. These features aren’t just buzzwords created by the marketing department but actual technologies that users can benefit from today an...
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pcstats.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:44:57
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The GA-P55A-UD6 has a trio of new improvements in the form of SATA 6.0 GB/s using a Marvell SE9128 controller for faster hard drive transfers, enhanced USB voltage capabilities and USB 3.0 support for high-speed peripherals thanks to a NEC µP...
Gigabyte had its work cut out for it when it came to improving on the original GA-P55-UD6 motherboard, which has become a favorite in the PCSTATS labs due to its rock-solid reliability and extensive features list. However with the updated GA-P55A-UD6...
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:45:02
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Summing everything up, we can say that Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 and GA-P55A-UD7 will surely appeal to customers with their broad functionality and special features. However, some of these capabilities may be unnecessary for you while the minor shortcomings we have mentioned above may be important. Such mainboards are not meant to...
Despite a couple of disappointing things, the two mainboards from Gigabyte are good indeed, just as you can expect the flagship models in the product family to be. You won’t have any problems assembling a computer with them or running them in default m...
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hardocp.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:45:07
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GIGABYTE is an established brand throughout the world among the computer user crowd. The company continues to deliver some of the most stable and high performance products available, with its secret driven by quality and innovation. GIGABYTE pushes bot...
The GIGABYTE P55A-UD6 is "just like" all other P55 chipset motherboards when you talk about performance at stock speeds. However when it comes to overclocking the GA-P55A-UD6 very much shines. It is able to produce some tremendously high BCLK rates wit...
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Gigabyte makes another hit with the GA-P55A-UD6 – one of their high end motherboards being sold in the market today. When asked which motherboard usually performs the best, Gigabyte surely is always part of the list. And with this line of motherboards...
Excellent performance. Superb overclocking options.
Expensive.
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As you probably know, Gigabyte is now primarily focused on the LGA1156 platform. It is no coincidence that the company offers a lot of such motherboards. There are 22 products on the P55 chipset alone. Another 7 are based on FDI-enabled chipsets, maki...
The new motherboard series from Gigabyte is a good example of the splendours and miseries of the P55 chipset. On the one hand, LGA1156 is a decent general-purpose platform. On the other hand, any effort to make anything original out of it results in c...
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maximumpc.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:45:24
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SATA 6 and USB 3.0 come aboard—but at a price Gigabyte’s original GA-P55-UD6 (reviewed December 2009) held the distinction of not only being the first board we tested with Intel’s LGA1156 socket, but also our preferred go-to board for months on end. It...
USB 3.0 and SATA 6; packed with features.
Too few PCIE lanes to support a fully loaded system.
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The P55A-UD6 finished first in 9 out of 12 different categories of our benchmark suite, all while providing a generous accessory bundle, and an excellent layout that made good use of its high-end components. If you're in the market for a new P55 motherboard that offers the one of the best experiences possible, we highly recommend Gigabyte's P55A-UD6...
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madshrimps.be Updated:
2011-09-26 12:45:47
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SATA 6Gbps vs SATA 3GbpsSATA 6Gbps is often referred to as S-ATA3 or S-ATA III, which is actually wrong according to the SATA Naming Guidelines. It should be referred to as SATA 6Gbps or SATA Revision 3.0.SATA 6Gbps will provide speeds up to 6Gbps (a...
In conclusion we can say for this Barracuda XT there is not really a necessity to include a third generation SAT controller, since there is hardly any difference noticeable. SATA 6Gbps however shall become more interesting in the future. With solid sta...
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This is a high-end motherboard for Intel socket 1156 processors, Core i5 and Core i7. It has SATA-III ports which means an increase in data transfer speed by four times over the previous SATA-II. It also has two USB 3.0 ports and six DDR3 RAM sockets...
Great performance and support for the latest tech give this board an edge over competition. * Test Bed: Intel Core i5 661 (3.33 GHz) processor, Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB hard disk, 2GB (1800MHz) Patriot DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT graphics card...
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firingsquad.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:46:07
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Gigabyte’s flagship P55 board, the P55A-UD6, is incredibly powerful. Its 24-phase power is more than capable of supplying your CPU with lots of good, stable power. And Gigabyte equips the board with an excellent BIOS. If it weren’t for the limitations of the P55 platform, this would be the perfect high-end P55 motherboard. Unfortunately...
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P55A-UD6 is the top-shelf motherboard from Gigabyte for Intel socket 1156 processors (Core i5 and Core i7). Let's take a look at this motherboard, which comes with the latest and greatest features like SATA-600, USB 3.0, six memory sockets, support to...
Gigabyte P55A-UD6 is an excellent top-shelf motherboard for computers based on the socket 1156 platform. Its highlights are the new USB 3.0 and SATA-600 ports, six memory sockets, support for SLI and CrossFireX modes, 24-phase voltage regulator circuit...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:46:23
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Although our rating and final score are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at different points in time. While we do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are consid...
Intel P55-Express outperforms X58 head-to-head, SuperSpeed USB-3.0 offers 5Gbps transfer speed, 24-Phase Power VRD delivers amazing power savings!, Supports ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI dual video card sets, Supports 16GB of dual-channel 1333MHz DDR3...
Expensive 'mainstream' motherboard solution, BIOS options can be complicated for some users, Does not support ATI TripleCrossFireX or NVIDIA TripleSLI, 16x PCIExpress 2.0 not possible with SATA6G/USB3 enabled, 6 DIMMs should support 24GB of DDR3 R...
Although our rating and final score are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at different points in time. While we do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are conside...
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The P55 platform was recently released as a more economical alternative to the enthusiast X58 platform. However, these budget roots have not stopped motherboard manufacturers from releasing products that include everything underneath the sun. For th...
Now that we've highlighted each board, I can now go against what I said and declare a winner. The winner, due to it catering to exactly what I enjoy, is the EVGA P55 FTW. I'll be holding on to all the boards in anticipation of the 32nm LGA1156 pro...
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Bjorn3d.com Updated:
2011-09-26 12:46:43
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Gigabyte has gone P55 platform wide with USB 3.0 and SATA 3. Almost every board they offer with the LGA 1156 socket has a version available with SATA 3 and USB 3.0 built in. While SATA 3 and USB 3.0 isn't designed into the P55 chipset Gigabyte has fou...
Well 22 pages later, 3 complete reviews (Motherboard, Seagate Barracuda XT, and Buffalo USB 3.0 Drive enclosure) and several weeks later we like the Gigabyte P55A-UD6 motherboard a lot. It features 24 Phase power, SATA 3, USB 3.0 and is a really easy...
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MotherBoards.org Updated:
2011-09-26 12:46:53
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The Intel P55 chipset launch coincided with a host of new technologies including the PCI Express lanes on the CPU itself, new standards for SATA and USB have also been announced and P55 motherboards are the first to bring support for the new features...
From a features point of view the GIGABYTE P55A-UD6 is outstanding. Support for the latest technologies including SATA 6 Gb/second, USB 3.0, SLI and CrossfireX make this board the choice of the enthusiast wanting the latest and greatest technologies fr...
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GIGABYTE is one to do things big and one thing they wanted to be a part of first up is the SATA-III (6Gb/s) and USB 3.0 revolution. Now, whilst still considered premature as far as wide adoption goes, this is not a bad thing. After all, we already...
GIGABYTE continues to push toward faster and more feature rich boards to impress us. The P55A series is a clear improvement. Overclocking was improved and the inclusion of SATA-III and USB3 will come in handy for users who start to purchase product...
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