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Product Application:

 Intel P45 (DDR2) motherboard
Product Provided by: Gigabyte

Available at:

 NewEgg.com

Estimated Online Price:

$229.99

Availability:

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Review by:

 Michael

Edited by:

 Scott

Review date:

 27 January, 2009

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Overview and Specifications 

●  Revolution energy saving design with DES Advanced featuring hardware based Dynamic 6-Gear switching.
●  Supports 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 multi-core processors with FSB 1600 MHz
●  Advanced power phase design with virtual 12 power phases to provides highly efficient operation for 45nm CPU
●  Dual channel DDR2 1333+ for remarkable system performance
●  Embedded 2 power phases for NB chipset and memory power to excel at power efficiency
●  2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 graphic interface plus 2 PCI-E x4 with CrossFireX™ support for ultimate graphics performance
●  Built-in TPM chip with 2048bits encryption to highest level digital data protection
●  Smart Backup provides data backup solution with 4 serial ATA device attachment from 2 hardware RAID chip
●  Diagnostic LED and ACPI LEDs on board to display system and power status
●  4 Gigabit Ethernet LAN with Teaming functionality
●  Supports Dolby Home Theater® audio to create a stunning surround sound listening experience.
 ●  Quad BIOS solution gives a multiple security to the system
●  Power/reset/Clr CMOS onboard button for easily operation on the workbench
●  Hardware Overvoltage Control IC Provides more voltage control options on CPU, North bridge and memory
●  Blu-ray playback outputs supported by high quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio

 




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


BIOS
  1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
  2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
  3. Support for DualBIOS™
  4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Chipset
  1. North Bridge: Intel® P45 Express Chipset
  2. South Bridge: Intel® ICH10R
Bundle Software
  1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
I/O Controller
  1. iTE IT8720 chip
CPU
  1. Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor/Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package
    (Note) This motherboard is designed with VRD11.1 power phase, and cannot be compatible with VRD10 designed CPU. Please refer to "CPU Support List" for details.
  2. L2 cache varies with CPU
Front Side Bus
  1. 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB










Internal I/O Connectors
  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. 2 x system fan headers
  8. 1 x power fan header
  9. 1 x front panel header
  10. 1 x front panel audio header
  11. 1 x CD In connector
  12. 1 x S/PDIF In header
  13. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  14. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  15. 3 x IEEE 1394a headers
  16. 1 x serial port header
  17. 1 x chassis intrusion header
  18. 1 x power LED header
  19. 1 x power switch
  20. 1 x reset switch
  21. 1 x clearing CMOS switch



Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
  2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
  3. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  4. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
  5. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  6. 4 x RJ-45 ports
  7. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
LAN
  1. 4 x Realtek 8111C chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
  2. Support for Teaming


Expansion
 Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 
    (The PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slots support ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
  3. 2 x PCI Express x4 slots
  4. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
  5. 2 x PCI slots


H/W
Monitoring
  1. System voltage detection
  2. CPU/System temperature detection
  3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
  4. CPU overheating warning
  5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
  6. CPU/System fan speed control


Memory
Support
  1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
  2. Dual channel memory architecture
  3. Support for DDR2 1333+/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules
    (Refer to Memory support list for more information)








Storage Interfaces		 South Bridge:
  1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) 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 SiI5723 chips (Smart Backup): -4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GS0-Source, GS1, GS2-Source, GS3) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Support for Smart Backup (RAID 1)
iTE IT8720 chip:
  1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
Form Factor
  1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm



Gigabyte
Unique
Features
  1. Support for @BIOS
  2. Support for Q-Flash
  3. Support for Quad BIOS
  4. Support for Download Center
  5. Support for Xpress Install
  6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
  7. Support for EasyTune
  8. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
  9. Support for Ultra TPM
  10. Support for Time Repair
  11. Support for Q-Share


USB
  1. Integrated in the South Bridge
  2. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 
    (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
Operating System
  1. Support for Microsoft/ Windows/ Vista/XP


IEEE 1394a
  1. T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
  2. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports 
    (via the IEEE 1394a brackets connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)

 
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