youngpro
05-22-2008, 04:16 AM
Hey all,
Im really happy to present the new gigabyte EP45-Extreme, I was lucky enough a few weeks ago to go to Taiwan with dino from Team.AU to check out the new range of Gigabyte P45 boards. Not only were we impressed by the boards but the engineers did all they could to incorporate the ideas and concepts we gave them along the way.
Firstly you should see the new gigabyte bios, it has ALL the features, this board combines the quality component design of traditional gigabyte with the tweaking options of a DFI to create what I think is a great mobo.
We had a few days to play around with all the boards when we were there. I settled with the DS5 most of the time, I found it to overclock very well, I know some of the other guys were usnig DS4 and lower end models and were very happy aswell.
What was most impressing was many people getting 520+ fsb on the boards. Benny hit 540fsb, pt1t was getting screens at 535+.. this is big fsb for quadcore!
Aswell as benching, we had alot of fun, and hicookie took us out and showed us a good time in Taipei.. More importantly here is the specs on the board..
This particular board is the DDR2 model (yes they are still supporting full DDR2 enthusiast board), but the DDR3 model will also be out soon.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/Picture1.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/1.jpg
As usual gigabyte is using the ferite core chokes, and low RDS mosfets. This means cleaner power delivered cooler. For overclocking this means when we are pushing high voltages and subzero temperatures we can depend on this board to continue supplying CLEAN power to our boards without the need for choke and cap mods.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/2.jpg
The new heatpipe design is totally removable, so if you want to do subzero cooling you can remove it. The final design will have a water block attached to the northbridge, so you will have the option of the full cooling + water cooling, just water cooling, the tower-like heatsink or just the stock heatpiping.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/3.jpg
Gigabyte are really getting advanced with their GREEN concepts. The dynamic energy saver is a new design concept from their P35/X38 boards and brings to the table new features. They have moved to a totally hardware solution that can dynamically reduce the phases used depending on cpu load and user configuation. Remember this is totally configurable so you can remove it if your overclocking or benchmarking. This feature will be available right through the new gigabyte range.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/4.jpg
Yay, gigabyte have now added on board debug card and switches to the board. This brings them in line with industry standard overclocking features and is a big plus for enthusiasts. As you can see on this board there is a nice spacing between the 1 and 2 PCI-E slots to fit even the big gpu pots so you can do your crossfire benching on ln2.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/5.jpg
This is worth a bigger picture! Take a look here at all the new memory timing and overclocking features that are new to the gigabyte range. This tells me they are getting serious with their enthusiast boards and are really looking at pushing the limits on new designs.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/6.jpg
I really like the new easytune, there is alot of new features here. This really gives comprehensive control of all the voltages within windows which is something alot of top boards are missing. Very handy if you think a particular voltage is holding you back. Remember OVP on gigabyte boards doesnt kick in to about 2.3 now, so be careful! =)
and of course, I cant resist a few pictures from the event!
benching at gigabyte hq taipei, taiwan
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/DSC_0391.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/DSC_0396.jpg
our drinking, park from korea, rado from romania and benny indonesia singing a number
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/IMG_0093.jpg
Thats my wrap on the EP45 series from gigabyte!
Im really happy to present the new gigabyte EP45-Extreme, I was lucky enough a few weeks ago to go to Taiwan with dino from Team.AU to check out the new range of Gigabyte P45 boards. Not only were we impressed by the boards but the engineers did all they could to incorporate the ideas and concepts we gave them along the way.
Firstly you should see the new gigabyte bios, it has ALL the features, this board combines the quality component design of traditional gigabyte with the tweaking options of a DFI to create what I think is a great mobo.
We had a few days to play around with all the boards when we were there. I settled with the DS5 most of the time, I found it to overclock very well, I know some of the other guys were usnig DS4 and lower end models and were very happy aswell.
What was most impressing was many people getting 520+ fsb on the boards. Benny hit 540fsb, pt1t was getting screens at 535+.. this is big fsb for quadcore!
Aswell as benching, we had alot of fun, and hicookie took us out and showed us a good time in Taipei.. More importantly here is the specs on the board..
This particular board is the DDR2 model (yes they are still supporting full DDR2 enthusiast board), but the DDR3 model will also be out soon.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/Picture1.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/1.jpg
As usual gigabyte is using the ferite core chokes, and low RDS mosfets. This means cleaner power delivered cooler. For overclocking this means when we are pushing high voltages and subzero temperatures we can depend on this board to continue supplying CLEAN power to our boards without the need for choke and cap mods.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/2.jpg
The new heatpipe design is totally removable, so if you want to do subzero cooling you can remove it. The final design will have a water block attached to the northbridge, so you will have the option of the full cooling + water cooling, just water cooling, the tower-like heatsink or just the stock heatpiping.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/3.jpg
Gigabyte are really getting advanced with their GREEN concepts. The dynamic energy saver is a new design concept from their P35/X38 boards and brings to the table new features. They have moved to a totally hardware solution that can dynamically reduce the phases used depending on cpu load and user configuation. Remember this is totally configurable so you can remove it if your overclocking or benchmarking. This feature will be available right through the new gigabyte range.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/4.jpg
Yay, gigabyte have now added on board debug card and switches to the board. This brings them in line with industry standard overclocking features and is a big plus for enthusiasts. As you can see on this board there is a nice spacing between the 1 and 2 PCI-E slots to fit even the big gpu pots so you can do your crossfire benching on ln2.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/5.jpg
This is worth a bigger picture! Take a look here at all the new memory timing and overclocking features that are new to the gigabyte range. This tells me they are getting serious with their enthusiast boards and are really looking at pushing the limits on new designs.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/6.jpg
I really like the new easytune, there is alot of new features here. This really gives comprehensive control of all the voltages within windows which is something alot of top boards are missing. Very handy if you think a particular voltage is holding you back. Remember OVP on gigabyte boards doesnt kick in to about 2.3 now, so be careful! =)
and of course, I cant resist a few pictures from the event!
benching at gigabyte hq taipei, taiwan
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/DSC_0391.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/DSC_0396.jpg
our drinking, park from korea, rado from romania and benny indonesia singing a number
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa50/preeeezy/IMG_0093.jpg
Thats my wrap on the EP45 series from gigabyte!