Gigabyte P45 motherboard pics inside (GA EP45 DS3P)

[nut311]

Looks like the heatsinks on the P5K vanilla. And holy USB.

At least they are cooling the mosfets. My P35-DS3P's mosfets get quite warm.

Asus P5K Vanila, Giga P45 Blue....

[BulldogPO]

Haha, not bad.

It's not!...if you look carefully you'll notice that the second PCI-E slot is only an 8x electrical slot, which means they were able to place the 1394 controller under the PCI-E connector:

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_i...igabyte4-8.jpg

See where the pins end inside the PCI-E slot?...the rest of the slot is solid plastic, a notch is cut out from underneath this section to allow the the 1394 controller chip to be placed, thus saving space on the PCB...it's actually a VERY smart idea!

[naokaji]

guys

before you do anything SIT DOWN!!!

everyone sitting?

have a look at the bios fellas

Damn... where did I put the back up pants?

that bios looks very promising

[xlink]

It's not!...if you look carefully you'll notice that the second PCI-E slot is only an 8x electrical slot, which means they were able to place the 1394 controller under the PCI-E connector:

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_i...igabyte4-8.jpg

See where the pins end inside the PCI-E slot?...the rest of the slot is solid plastic, a notch is cut out from underneath this section to allow the the 1394 controller chip to be placed, thus saving space on the PCB...it's actually a VERY smart idea!

still would've prefered them to have had a standard 8x length slot so that IC gets more breating room. they could still add on the latch part at the end with relative ease as well.

[dinos22]

......................but wait, there's more

[dinos22]

It's not!...if you look carefully you'll notice that the second PCI-E slot is only an 8x electrical slot, which means they were able to place the 1394 controller under the PCI-E connector:

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_i...igabyte4-8.jpg

See where the pins end inside the PCI-E slot?...the rest of the slot is solid plastic, a notch is cut out from underneath this section to allow the the 1394 controller chip to be placed, thus saving space on the PCB...it's actually a VERY smart idea!

thanks for clearing that up

[Richard Dower]

still would've prefered them to have had a standard 8x length slot so that IC gets more breating room. they could still add on the latch part at the end with relative ease as well.

But if you were to use the shorter 8x PCI-E slot then you wouldn't be able to use normal 16x graphics cards...having a standard 16x slot allows you to run two graphics cards in 8x...sure one of the cards pins won't make full length contact, but i think they made the right decision overall. The 1394 controller generates very little (if any) heat.

[Richard Dower]

......................but wait, there's more

OK...don't leave us hanging

[Buggalugs]

Looks like they have done away with the extra power connection for crossfire on the motherboard too.

[Richard Dower]

Yes Buggs....that went with X48, they removed it and added those diagnostic LEDs...tbh, the Molex connector was never nesscary, holdover from the P965/P35 days.

[Polizei]

I'm not too crazy about the cooling on the board, but the BIOS options, well, I could get lost.

Eagerly waiting for P45 results before I decide on my next motherboard.

[dinos22]

you see the beauty of GB boards is they probably run cooler than most other boards so they only use what is necessary

it's got something to do with components they use........plus they've got some very cool thermal chambers where they can test and redesign boards if necessary while taking into consideration all different aspects of thermal case deisgn and how boards relate to it all............if i'm allowed i will do some videos of the real deal to show you what i'm talking about

[STaRGaZeR]

I remember that not so long ago you hated Gigashyte boards dinos... now look at you

[cky2k6]

i look at that bios, and i reminisce... lol. thats some dfi level tweaking options there.

[Kai Robinson]

I hope there will be a single 16x slotted board out there at some point

[zsamz_]

I remember that not so long ago you hated Gigashyte boards dinos... now look at you

i still hate gigabut lol my opinion will never change

[dinos22]

I remember that not so long ago you hated Gigashyte boards dinos... now look at you

that's true mate!!!!
that 965 DS3 left me scarred

"gigashyte=Gigabyte" and "anus=Asus" were expressions used by alphaone and i kinda jokingly picked it up at the time and i've since realised what sort of person he is and i don't want to have anything to do with ppl like that (it's very petty going around trolling and constantly using profanities to describe some of the best brands around....if that's the case what does one find good then? lol >> i think you see my point)

i could not face up to it and get another board for a long long time after a few of those 965s

actually a funny story........i was invited to some gaming event where Gigabyte was putting on an OC show and i was like LOL yeah sure heheh
well put it this was
we had their value boards there and i was literally SHOCKED how good they were
P35-DS3P

even to this day i have not seen a better P35 board........awesome value for money........killer overclocker and really really easy to OC

incidentally i overclocked my E6700 with this board to 5.4GHz on a cascade
i fell in love

and the best part is RAM OCing.....this was the first board that properly unleashed my PC10000 Corsair Dominators pushing past 600 wall on all previous boards (INCLUDING Asus P5K Series) to 640 CAS4 32M Stable and 670 CAS5-4-4-x stable

i've since regained a lot of respect for these guys through various projects we did together and all the work we've put in to make them even better.

i have nothing but major respect and admiration for a brand that is trying so hard to change from dark old days into a gem and you guys have been seeing and experiencing the change too no doubt

i still hate gigabut lol my opinion will never change

why don't you try the P35DS3P or P45DS3P

their DS3P is awesome imo

[[XC] gomeler]

Funny, the 965P DS3 was the board that turned me over to Gigabyte from all other manufacturers. That board was sick, 540FSB out of the box and so easy to overclock with.

Can't wait for these P45 boards, bring back "budget" overclocking power

[kiwi]

why don't you try the P35DS3P or P45DS3P

their DS3P is awesome imo

Still GB is/was slower CPC and certainly not better for subzero. Maybe now will change. Hey, have you tried biostar Tforce series? They are awesome for the price and very easy to oc All beginner overclockers should buy them (not meaning you are beginner )

[STaRGaZeR]

...

Indeed! The fact Gigabyte is making giant steps in the right direction is very true, and I completely agree with you about their DS3P boards. I recommend them to almost every friend that ask me when he's building his relatively low cost PC and wants to do a little overclock. A few weeks later they come asking for good WC parts because their air coolers are not enough for the OC they have reached with their DS3Ps

[adamsleath]

P35-DS3P

so it's a good board; doesnt necessarily mean the p45 board with 'ds3p' printed on it will be the same, or it might. anyway hope it turns out good.

[dinos22]

Still GB is/was slower CPC and certainly not better for subzero. Maybe now will change. Hey, have you tried biostar Tforce series? They are awesome for the price and very easy to oc All beginner overclockers should buy them (not meaning you are beginner )

well since Gigabyte started to get involved with Team.AU & i4memory guys in beta testing we've been able to give them great feedback for LN2 benching

i think that you will find this design has taken a lot of that feedback into consideration but we haven't tested these yet so only until we test them are we going to know what the word is on subzero >> this will happen soon

what does CPC mean?

[STaRGaZeR]

Clock Per Clock

[dinos22]

i assume he is talking aboutg Superpi

Gigabyte's certainly hold their own





i never even bumpted the NB volts on these runs and those runs were not fully tweaked...you can also see in the second shot that i screwed up the wazza run yet it was still pretty fast

wait till you see what the new X48 rev1.1 which scales with NB volts and hopefully these P45s can do when we start seriously benching heh

OK so now go have a look at the 32M SPi Low Clock Challenge thread and have a look at 9.xx Category
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=167233

have a look at some of the other names in that category.......they are all very good and very experienced superpi benchers

you will see that the most efficient 65nm DDR2 sub-10m run is at just over 5GHz done by a very good Pi bench toddm27 on P5K vanilla

so what does that tell you about GB efficiency

[T_M]

Great to see the fruits of many hours feedback
Combine this BIOS with what ive heard is coming and ...