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Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR
$95.00
Released March, 2010
The Pros:Lower cost than ASUS boards with comparable specs. Compatible with a fairly wide range of CPUs and video cards, for this price. High number of on-board USB ports for this price point.
The Cons:RAM compatibility is highly specific and requires research prior to installation. Somewhat of an awkward size, slightly bigger than micro ATX format but small for ATX. BIOS requires updating out-of-box.
The Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR is an ATX sized motherboard built to support Intel LGA 775 CPUs. This motherboard is designed for all-purpose use, and isn't specifically aimed at any one market. Older Intel processors are supported, and a single x16 speed PCI-E slot is complimented by 4 more PCI-E x1 slots.
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This makes it possible to use a wide variety of add-on cards, but prevents the use of advanced graphics processing features such as ATI CrossFireX. High definition audio support is built in, and both optical and coaxial S/PDIF connectors are made available to work with a variety of home audio systems. There are also connectors for 6 SATA drives, and support is built in for a variety of RAID configurations.
Features
- ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm
- Intel LGA 775 CPU slot, support for Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Pentium Dual-Core, Intel Celeron processor
- Front Side Bus: 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
- North Bridge: Intel P45 Express Chipset
- South Bridge: Intel ICH10R
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets, up to 16 GB
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR3 2200+/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
- Built in audio: Realtek ALC888, High Definition Audio, 2/ 4/ 5.1/ 7.1-channel
- Support for S/PDIF In/Out, CD In
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Realtek 8111C chips
- 1 x PCI Express x16, 4 x PCI Express x1, 2 x PCI slots
- 6x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
- Support for SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
- 1 x IDE connector
- Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- PS/2 mouse port, PS/2 keyboard/mouse port, optical S/PDIF Out connector, coaxial S/PDIF Out connector, 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports, RJ-45 ports, 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line)
- Support for Microsoft Windows/ Vista/ XP
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Lower cost than ASUS boards with comparable specs
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Compatible with a fairly wide range of CPUs and video cards, for this price
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High number of on-board USB ports for this price point
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Good quality BIOS is intuitive and allows a lot of tinkering with more settings than many other motherboards
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Included overclocking software utility is convenient and works well
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RAM compatibility is highly specific and requires research prior to installation
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Somewhat of an awkward size, slightly bigger than micro ATX format but small for ATX
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BIOS requires updating out-of-box
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