Like its Tier 1 rivals, Taiwan's Gigabyte is ready to welcome Intel's Core i7 CPUs in a proper way, with no less than three X58-powered motherboards. Described on this page, the GA-EX58-EXTREME, GA-EX58-UD5 and GA-EX58-DS4 all feature a la Gigabyte blue PCBs, Core i7 and triple channel DDR3 memory support, Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced and 6-phase power.

Set apart only by their cooling solutions, the GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 have three PCI-Express x16 slots for CrossFireX and SLI support, ten SATA 3.0 Gbps ports, dual Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio and DualBIOS. As for the GA-EX58-DS4, it only has CrossFire support, 8 SATA ports, and one Gigabit Ethernet interface.

Currently, both the GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 have appeared in stores at about 303 Euro and 256 Euro respectively.

GA-EX58-UD5