Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P


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As part of its quest to squeeze out greater power efficiency, Gigabyte has launched a new series of motherboards built with twice the amount of copper in their PCB, like the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.

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Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type
  • Support for an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor/ Intel Core 2 Quad processor/Intel Core 2 Duo processor/ Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition/Intel Pentium D processor/ Intel Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel Pentium 4 processor/ Intel Celeron processor in the LGA 775 package
  • North Bridge: Intel P45 Express Chipset
  • South Bridge: Intel ICH10R
Memory
  • 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
  • Dual channel memory architecture
Storage
  • South Bridge:
  • 6x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
  • Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
  • GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
  • 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
  • 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
  • Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
  • iTE IT8718 chip:
  • 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
Audio
  • Realtek ALC889A codec
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  • Support for Dolby Home Theater
  • Support for S/PDIF In/Out
  • Support for CD In
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
  • T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
  • Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports
Rear I/O
  • 1 x PS/2 mouse port
  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  • 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
  • 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
  • 2 x RJ-45 ports
  • 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line
Internal Connectors
  • 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x floppy disk drive connector
  • 1 x IDE connector
  • 8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
  • 1 x CPU fan header
  • 2 x system fan headers
  • 1 x power fan header
  • 1 x front panel header
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 1 x CD In connector
  • 1 x S/PDIF In header
  • 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  • 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  • 1 x IEEE 1394a header
  • 1 x parallel port header
  • 1 x serial port header
  • 1 x power LED header
  • 1 x chassis intrusion header
Form Factor ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm