So in the back of my mind I had decided we had probably seen the last of the LGA 1366. A shame too, as there are other new technologies coming online, SuperSpeed USB 3, and SATA 6GB/s, and I figured the only way a Bloomfield user would get to use them would be by expansion cards. Then just last weekend I was chatting with a friend that had attended CES, who told me that Intel was working on a new LGA 1366 processor line, a six-core monster using 32nmyeah, I know, Im behind the times, the gossip about the new processors started back in Nov-Dec, but I was busy fixing up a fixer-upper house and moving during that time. Anyway, I got a little excited, hoping that maybe LGA 1366 wasnt dead, just in hibernation. The very next day, lo and behold, our friends at Gigabyte placed a cool little gem into my handsa brand new LGA 1366 motherboard, complete with onboard SATA 6GB/s and USB 3. Today I will be looking at the Gigabyte X58A-UD3R, the entry-level model of their three new X58 motherboards, which appear to be designated differently from the older models by an A after the X58 in their name, and ending with an R rather than the usual P. Will this be the board of the future? Read on to see!