“Gigabyte sent over its enthusiast oriented EP45T-Extreme. It features the craziest chipset cooling setup we’ve ever seen and its’ packed with features. Is it all show and no go, or does it walk the DDR3/P45 walk?”Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
Motherboards
- Gigabyte EP45-UD3P @ Techgage
- Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 @ Hardware Bistro
- ECS P45T-AD3 @ Legion Hardware
- ECS’ X58B-A Black Series @ bit-tech
- MSI’s P45 Platinum and Diamond Motherboards @ HotHardware
- MSI X58 Eclipse – First Look @ AnandTech
- NVIDIA nForce 730i / GeForce 9300 Chipset @ Tweaktown
- BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 10.1 @ TechARP
- MSI DKA790GX Platinum Review @ OCC
- ECS A780VM-M2 @ Digit-life
- AMD’s 790GX chipset – Foxconn A7DA-S motherboard review @ Elite Bastards
Gigabyte gets it right
Based around a P45 northbridge and ICH10R south bridge the Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme is definitely aimed at the higher end of the market. Considering that [H]ard|OCP discovered that “Bar none this is the most overclockable motherboard I have ever worked with.” you can safely assume they have positioned it correctly. Really, it’s only weak point is that it cannot support the fastest DDR3 DIMMs currently on the market.
