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Gigabyte has long been a leader in energy-saving motherboards and their GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard continues the trend. This board features 6 gear power switching. As your system needs more power, it gets it, and when the power load goes down, so does the supplied power. This lets you have power when you need it, and save energy and money when you don't.
Based on Intel's P45 Express and ICH10R chipsets, this ATX board is ready to host the latest LGA775 Core 2 Extreme multi-core processors along with Core 2 quad-core, Core 2 Duo, Pentium D and Celeron CPUs. Up to 16GB of DDR2 1366+ can be installed providing increased performance. A pair of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 cards can be mounted for cutting-edge graphic power with support for CrossFireX.
System durability and security are as important as ever. Gigabyte's DualBIOS system has a second BIOS chip on the motherboard for quick and painless recovery from crashes and viruses. Count on Gigabyte's experience and innovation!
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Best Motherboard to date
- Pros: Price, cool, NO Parallel/Serial ports on the rear panel! Instead it has 8 USB ports. In addition, the rear port panel has optical/coaxial S/PDIF so I can connect it to my Sony reciever via optical when I play my Blu-Ray Disc, Dual Gigabit ethernet ports, Built-in Dolby Home Theater with 6 HD audio ports, 2 x 1394a firewire ports, PS/2 ports for Mouse/Keyboard (I like to use these during the initial install then move to USB wireless...less headaches). In addition, the motherboard has:
8 SATA 3.0 Gb/s and RAID...6 by the Southbridge (RAID 0, 1, 1+0 & 5) and 2 by GIGABYTE SATA2 chipset (RAID0, 1, JBOD). It also comes with a bracket with two eSATA ports and a MOLEX power port so you can immediately support up to 2 eSATA devices.
1 PATA supporting 2 x ATA100 devices.
4 slots supporting up to DDR2 1366+ and 16GB dual channel.
PCI-E 2.0 x16, PCI-E 2.0 x8, Three PCI-E x1, and Two PCI Slots.
4 x onboard USB 2.0 ports, 1 x onboard 1394a
- Cons: Some of the GIGABYTE Apps will not install on Vista such as Time Repair.
- Other Thoughts: This is probably the best motherboard I've worked with to date. I'm really starting to like GIGABYTE boards (this is 3rd one in less than 10 months).
Wolfdale E8500 3.16GHz, Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066, EVGA GeForce 9800 GT, WD 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s & LG Blu-Ray DVD-ROM (w/ Lightscribe and DVD±R DL support) enclosed in Antec Sonata III 500. This rig is very quiet and still runs cool.
Great Mobo
- Pros: Right out of the box you can tell this baby will kick ****. The Heat pipe and Heat sinks look awesome. The placement of components on the mobo was put into consideration giving plenty of room for 2 dual slot graphic cards and Pci-e and Pci cards in between. Bios are straight forward with Easy and Advance OC features. With 2oz of copper and EasyTune 6 or just C.I.A 2 in the bios you can overclock with ease.
- Cons: Was a bit tight installing a Zalman CNPS 9700NT because of the heat sink and capacitors being so close to the cpu socket. No jumpers in the box incase you needed to clear the CMOS. The CMOS is open with 2pins, to clear you must place a jumper on the 2pins for a few seconds then remove. Lucky I have some extras lying around. 3 case fan connectors instead of 4, but not a big deal.
- Other Thoughts: Very happy with the motherboard, when they say Durable they mean it.
| Model | GA-EP45-UD3P |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
| CPU Type | Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo |
| FSB | 1600/1333MHz |
| North Bridge | Intel P45 |
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Excellent performance
- Pros: it worked straight out of the box. No issues whatsoever. running at stock settings. good board.
- Cons: none.
- Other Thoughts: paired with OCZ 8MB RAM, CoolerMaster Aquagate cooling system, LD BDDVD burner, Sony DVD Bruner and Intel Wolfdale. Been running efficiently for 10months now.
Great Mobo
- Pros: I have built tons of machines and this is one of the best boards I've used. It's always great when the board works out of the box.
- Cons: Wish it had one more PCI-e x16 slot.
Lots of featurs, a little hiccup at first
- Pros: Plenty of USB ports, firewire, dual LAN, and EIGHT SATA ports.
- Cons: The LAN/firewire devices can be flaky sometimes.
- Other Thoughts: I have one important piece of advice for anyone using this board: turn off quick boot in the BIOS. Trust me, it can mess with your computer producing an error code 10 when trying to start the device.
If it still happens, search online for "name of board" lan error code 10 and you can try one of the other fixes.
| Model |
| Brand |
GIGABYTE |
| Model |
GA-EP45-UD3P |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
LGA 775 |
| CPU Type |
Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / Pentium Extreme / Pentium D / Pentium 4 Extreme / Pentium 4 / Celeron |
| FSB |
1600/1333/1066/800 MHz |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
Intel P45 |
| South Bridge |
Intel ICH10R |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 1366+/1066/800/667 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
2 ( x16 / x8 ) The PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slots support ATI CrossFireX technology |
| PCI Express x1 |
3 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA133 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
8 |
| SATA RAID |
South Bridge: RAID 0/1/5/10
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: RAID 0/1/JBOD |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
None |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC889A |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Second LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
Dual 10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
8 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 |
2 x IEEE 1394a |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Onboard 1394 |
| Onboard 1394 |
1x 1394a |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
Introduction
Gigabyte has long been a leader in energy-saving motherboards and their GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard continues the trend. This board features 6 gear power switching. As your system needs more power, it gets it, and when the power load goes down, so does the supplied power. This lets you have power when you need it, and save energy and money when you don't.
Based on Intel's P45 Express and ICH10R chipsets, this ATX board is ready to host the latest LGA775 Core 2 Extreme multi-core processors along with Core 2 quad-core, Core 2 Duo, Pentium D and Celeron CPUs. Up to 16GB of DDR2 1366+ can be installed providing increased performance. A pair of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 cards can be mounted for cutting-edge graphic power with support for CrossFireX.
System durability and security are as important as ever. Gigabyte's DualBIOS system has a second BIOS chip on the motherboard for quick and painless recovery from crashes and viruses. Count on Gigabyte's experience and innovation!
Highlights
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Intel P45 Express Chipset for Intel LGA 775 CPU
Based on the Intel P45 Express chipset, the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P supports Intel LGA 775 (Socket T) processors including the Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo and Pentium D series as well as the next generation Intel 45nm processors.
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ATi CrossFireX Multi-GPU Technology Support
ATi CrossFireX is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform, enabling two or more discrete graphics processors to work together for boosted system performance and a breakthrough gaming experience.
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SATA II with RAID Support
The second generation SATA interface delivers up to 300MB/sec transfer speed, doubling that of the first generation Serial ATA. The on-board eight SATA II ports support RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 for better performance, enhanced data security, and flexible capacity upgrades.
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Dual Gigabit LAN
The integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a network gateway for managing traffic between two separate networks. Dual Gigabit LAN means rapid data transfers from WAN to LAN without any added arbitration or latency.
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Gigabyte Patented DualBIOS
Gigabyte patented DualBIOS technology protects the BIOS from virus attacks. With its innovative backup BIOS design, this platform provides twice the security thus assuring the PC’s stability.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | GIGABYTE |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| North Bridge | Intel P45 |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
| CPU Type | Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo |
| Memory Standard | DDR2 1366 |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 16GB |
| Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
| SATA 3Gb/s | 8 |
| Max LAN Speed | Dual 10/100/1000Mbps |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 | 2 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 | 8 x USB 2.0 |
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Reviewed By: Golfing Techie on 10/21/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
