Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 Expert Reviews

The Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard features Ultra Durable 3 technology with a 2oz copper PCB for 50°C cooler working temperature when working under extreme loads. With 16 Intel P45 Express motherboards on the market, Gigabyte has a ton of ...

While Core i7 systems offer a performance advantage, it is still hard to pass up the power of a Core system. Also, with the recent price drop of quad core processors, including the great "E0 stepping only" Q9650, it's hard to justify the additional ...

For a $150 (street) motherboard, the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P packs a lot of value. It has one of the most comprehensive rear-panel I/O risers available, extensive overclocking controls, and extra durability from touches such as a thicker-than-usual ...

Hits the price/performance sweet spot nearly perfectly. Incredibly stability. Tons of external I/O connectors

What cons

If you're not quite ready for DDR3 or Core i7, this is your motherboard. It's simply amazing in every way

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. Does this move bring any real benefits to users besides higher cost? We find out in ...

GIGABYTE's Ultra Durable technology steps up to a third generation on the new EP45-UD3P. Let's see how it shapes up. Introduction

Ultra Durable 3 technology has been a while coming; GIGABYTE has used Ultra Durable 2 for over four years now and it's about time to see some improvements. Since power saving has already come under the DES heading, GIGABYTE couldn't really use this as ...

Introduction With the costs of energy going up, it is becoming more and more essential to keep the energy consumption to a minimum in order to save few bucks that could be better spent toward something more essential or enjoyable. Gigabyte has ...

Conclusion The Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 is priced at 229.99 at newegg.com which definitely places it in the big boy market and as such, it delivers. The question is does it deliver? My answer is yes. Although Gigabyte does have a couple of things to ...

P45 is alive and never before has there been a chipset taken up so readily. Now GIGABYTE brings us an Extreme offering. Introduction

In today's market it's getting harder and harder to choose a motherboard. Back about five years ago overclocking was king and companies like ASUS and ABIT had the market cornered. Today overclocking still holds its allure, but just about every board ...

Gigabyte Technology is no stranger in the enthusiast hardware community. Today, we are taking a look at Gigabyte's GA-EP45T-Extreme motherboard, designed from the ground up with the extreme enthusiast in mind. The GA-EP45T-Extreme features Intel's new ...

Gigabyte offers a 3-year limited warranty on all their motherboards. The first two years are covered for parts and labor while the last year is covered solely in parts. If you must RMA a product it is suggested that you contact the Gigabyte branch ...

For the most part the board is laid out well, although the placement of the six SATA and single IDE port will irk some builders, depending on how they run their wiring.

Amazing price/performance ratio. Stable and compatible. Has overclocking-friendly Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced. Lets you make fine CPU voltage adjustements.

No frills. No CrossFire support, FireWire. Single RJ45 input only.

This Gigabyte motherboard doesn't support is easy on the wallet and speedy on the benchmarks. Low feature count; no CrossFire support; socketed front panel connector is somewhat annoying.

If you don't just like Gigabit ports-you love them- Gigabyte's GA-EP45-DQ6 is the motherboard for you. This mobo has four Gigabit ports that can be teamed together for one seriously fat-ass network connection. Elsewhere, the board is typical Gigabyte ...

Healthy dose of PCI-E slots and well-labeled USB and FireWire headers

Performance lags behind other P45-based motherboards

Although it lagged behind in a few benchmarks, this is one of the nicest P45 boards we've tested

When the shock of paying $250 (street) for the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard wears off, console yourself with this: Four Ethernet ports for link aggregation, scads of internal and external USB 2.0 ports, FireWire (but only supported via onboard ...

Feature-packed. Tons of internal, external ports. Four Ethernet ports with link aggregations support. Good resistance against quick obsolescence.

Expensive. No DDR3 memory sockets. No Wi-Fi.

You pay for it, but the sheer number of goodies the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard packs should make it fight off obsolescence longer than many competitors.