Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Review

Hello People!

I am back with another exciting product for you guys. Today I take a look at Gigabyte’s latest offering for Core 2 platform, the Gigabyte EP45 UD3P motherboard.
This motherboard is based on Gigabyte’s Ultra Durable 3 PCB design based on Intel’s P45 chipset to...

not everyone can afford nehalem straight when its launched give it sometime.. its a totally different architecture, hence will take time to get settled in.. my wild guess should be more 3-4 months down the line when ppl will divert attention to core i7

Fantastic review Funky sir!..
just one question.. how would this board fare when compared to Biostar TP45?

^ No comparison buddy. This is high quality mobo.

nice review . enough to cover all specs .

yes, GIGABYTE must consider pricing in INDIA .

~8K for this board will be good enough for GIGABYTE to take on P45 market .

^ Yeah its a mainstream mobo after all!

damn i have CCF and i want this mobo , anyone wants to trade with a cooler that will fit this board ?

PM me....I have an U120e and would happily trade

pm me too

i have a Tuniq Tower 120 and would happily trade

^Keep of the trading from this threads

duh high quality mobo ??? we are not talking about cassette tapes here my friend.. nothing about high quality and low. Have you ever seen the Tpower ?.. If not, then you must I would still say Tpower is better than this mobo in terms of performance as well as price. Not many boards can reach high FSB (600-700) on air unlike Tpower. messa not trying to defend my board, but do get yer facts rights before commenting..

Peace

^ not good idea to increase post count that way rocky pawned

Actually this board is better than Tpower. Biostar is not for you if you want to clock 45nm Quads. This is one of the few boards which can clock both Quad and Dual core 45nm processors. And trust me on this one, I have gone through 2 I45s and both of them went bust trying to clock quads

FSB is not an issue with this board as well. there are plenty of people doing 600+ FSB on this one.

This is way way better than the Tpower I45 ! Just look at XS for the nos. As Shripad said the I45 can clock 45nm dualies to sky high clocks. Other than that its a dud elsewhere

Plus I dunno how you can even compare the quality. A mere look the UD3 is good enough to say its way better

hmm.. lets see .. i am getting robo's Q9450 this week. Any tweaks that u ppl might want to share ?.. whats the limit that my mobo can reach while on quads?

got a lot frm dizz...
thankss

excellent review bro, i really appreciate the way u have highlighted all the major things in this board, I think this borad can give neck to neck fight To ASUS Maximus II. thanks a lot