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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R: Energy Efficient Mobo
Jayesh Limaye, Jun 04, 2009 1858 hrs ISTGigabyte promises lower power consumption with a two-ounce copper PCB
Supports 1600 MHz 45 nm Intel processors and PCIe 2.0, excellent overclocking support, power saving DES Advanced, good components, eSATA/SATA brackets, 2 Ounce copper PCB
Expensive, no additional brackets for additional ports
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Gigabyte has been one of the popular motherboard manufacturers since the past few years and is currently one of the top three manufacturers worldwide (according to volumes). The last Intel P45-based Gigabyte motherboard we reviewed was the EP45-DQ6. We have yet another P45-based motherboard from them, but this time it is a 2-Ounce Copper PCB version, which is said to be even more energy efficient than the previous version (1-Ounce Copper PCB).
Just like its predecessor, this one has got power saving DES Advanced feature, which makes it even better at saving power. We will try to find out how this motherboard performs and whether the newer power saving features are really as good as Gigabyte touts them to be.
Bundle
- IDE cable
- Floppy cable
- 4 SATA cables (2 with right-angled SATA connectors)
- eSATA bracket with 2 eSATA ports and a 4-Pin Molex
- eSATA cable
- eSATA power cable
- I/O Plate
- Manual
- Quick Installation Guide
- Driver and Utilities Disc
- Case badge
There are so many ports already on the rear panel that there is really no need of any extra brackets, and Gigabyte has not provided any.
Gigabyte provides eSATA brackets with this motherboard instead of building such ports on the motherboard itself. There are some good things and some bad things about this. The good thing is that you can connect not just eSATA devices but even normal SATA devices to this bracket, thanks to the 4-Pin Molex power socket that is just right for the SATA power adapter cable, which is also included along with the SATA cable in the bundle.
The bad thing is that internally you have to connect the SATA cables to the ports on the motherboard, ending up with lesser number of ports for internal SATA devices.
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