gigabyte ga ex58 ud3r

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Hi all,

I got the gigabyte ga-ex58-ud3r.
I've been told it has super high electricity consumption. Does it true?
 
Yes, it will cost you approximately 3,000 German Marks per day to run.

Luckily, I have a huge stash of them. To save you the hassle and money, you can send it to me.
 
Bit Cruel.

The motherboard itself won't use much power - like 10W. But the graphics card and the CPU you plug into it will.
 
All motherboards do not use that much power. X58 boards in general used a bit more to drive the IOH (those 36 PCI-E lanes aren't free) but shouldn't be over 30w.

In the other hand, most X58 CPUs are rated for 130w, even more when OCed. Add to that a good GPU, and you can easily use up a 750w PSU.
 
I've had one of those before with a i7 920 & 980X EE, I noticed that you would need a quality 650W PSU at a minimum if you're going to be using it full-time with a good graphics card. Although, it died on me when I used the EE chip after 3 months. So I probably had bad luck. Either way, it should be fine if you kept it cool, because the NB and MOFSET heatsinks got really hot often.
 
Mr. Stryker said:
I've had one of those before with a i7 920 & 980X EE, I noticed that you would need a quality 650W PSU at a minimum if you're going to be using it full-time with a good graphics card. Although, it died on me when I used the EE chip after 3 months. So I probably had bad luck. Either way, it should be fine if you kept it cool, because the NB and MOFSET heatsinks got really hot often.
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truth there, the IOH on X58 gets blistering hot, especially if you have the CPU under water
 
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