Gigabyte P55-UD6
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Gigabyte P55-UD6


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Gigabyte's new Intel P55 motherboards promise smart and efficient computing with their new optimized functions and utilities in addition to the new hardware platform.

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Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type Intel® Core™ i7 series processor/Intel® Core™ i5 series processor, Intel® P55 Express Chipset
Memory
  • 1. 6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
  • 2. Dual channel memory architecture
  • 3. Support for DDR3 2600+/2200/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
  • 4. Support for non-ECC memory modules
  • 5. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
Storage
  • Chipset:
  • 1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
  • 2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
  • GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
  • 1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
  • 2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_2, GSATA2_3) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
  • 3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
  • 2 x JMB362 chips:
  • 1. 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
  • 2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
  • 3. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_0/GSATA2_1) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
  • 4. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
  • iTE IT8720 chip:
  • 1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
Audio
  • 1. Realtek ALC889A codec
  • 2. High Definition Audio
  • 3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  • 4. Support for Dolby® Home Theater
  • 5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
  • 6. Support for CD In
Video Support for ATI CrossFireXâ„¢/NVIDIA SLI technology Technology
Networking LAN: 2 x RTL8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit), Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
  • 1. T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
  • 2. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)
Rear I/O
  • 1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
  • 4. 1 x IDE connector
  • 5. 10 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
  • 6. 1 x CPU fan header
  • 7. 3 x system fan headers
  • 8. 1 x power fan header
  • 9. 1 x Chipset fan header
  • 10. 1 x front panel header
  • 11. 1 x front panel audio header
  • 12. 1 x CD In connector
  • 13. 1 x S/PDIF In header
  • 14. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  • 15. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  • 16. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
  • 17. 1 x serial port header
  • 18. 1 x clearing CMOS button
  • 19. 1 x power button
  • 20. 1 x reset button
Internal Connectors
  • 1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  • 2. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
  • 3. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 4. 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
  • 5. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 6. 2 x eSATA/USB Combo connectors
  • 7. 2 x RJ-45 ports
  • 8. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/ Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
Expansion Slots
  • 1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1)
  • 2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1) (The PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX8_1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
  • 3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1)
  • 4. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
  • 5. 2 x PCI slots
Other Features
  • 1. Support for @BIOS
  • 2. Support for Q-Flash
  • 3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
  • 4. Support for Download Center
  • 5. Support for Xpress Install
  • 6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
  • 7. Support for EasyTune
  • 8. Support for Dynamic Energy Saverâ„¢ 2
  • 9. Support Smart TPM
  • 10. Support for Smart 6â„¢
  • 11. Support for Q-Share
Form Factor ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm