Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Motherboard Review :: Bundle

• IDE and floppy cables
• Four SATA cables, two with 90 degree connectors
• Metal rear I/O shield
• eSATA PCI bracket (two ports)
• SATA to eSATA cables (power and data)
• 3-way SLI and SLI bridges
• Manual, Installation Guide, Driver DVD

Box

Rear of box

Box open

Bundle

Gigabyte uses their usual white box with the EX58-UD4P board. The front of the box has the name of the board, and the main features of the board including CPU support, Ultra Durable 3, 2 OZ copper and more. The rear of the box covers the features in more depth describing what the benefits of the features are. Opening the box we find another box inside with the accessories on top of some cardboard.

Drivers

Utilities

Gigabyte decided to include everything that you would want from a motherboard bundle including four SATA data cables, an external SATA bracket and SATA to eSATA power and data cables, a 3-way SLI bridge and the floppy and IDE cables. While some might fault Gigabyte for not including 8 SATA data cables I would not be one of them as four is good enough to get you started on a system with four SATA drives.

The Driver CD contains Gigabyte's drivers and utilities. In addition to the drivers, Gigabyte includes Corel MediaOne, Roxio's Video Publisher 2.0, SmartBackup, and Norton's Internet Security and Kapersky's Antivirus software. Gigabyte specific utilities include EasyTune 6, @BIOS, Dynamic Energy Saver Q-Flash, Download Center, Xpress Recovery 2, Time Repair, and Q-Share.