Designed for overclocking enthusiasts with overwhelming overclocking experience, Gigabyte GA-EP45-Extreme is based on Intel P45 chipset, and supports the latest multi-core and 45nm processors up to FSB 1600MHz, featuring dual PCI-E 2.0x16 connectivity with CrossFireX supported and dual LAN with teaming for ultra bandwidth.GA-EP45-Extreme is equipped with all-copper heat pipe from North Bridge, South Bridge, to CPU MOSFET which provides comprehensive thermal solution, and can be further optimized by a special heat pipe between North Bridge heat sink and PCI socket on your option.
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Designed for overclocking enthusiasts with overwhelming overclocking experience, Gigabyte GA-EP45-Extreme is based on Intel P45 chipset, and supports the latest multi-core and 45nm processors up to FSB 1600MHz, featuring dual PCI-E 2.0x16 connectivity with CrossFireX supported and dual LAN with teaming for ultra bandwidth.GA-EP45-Extreme is equipped with all-copper heat pipe from North Bridge, South Bridge, to CPU MOSFET which provides comprehensive thermal solution, and can be further optimized by a special heat pipe between North Bridge heat sink and PCI socket on your option. Additionally, enhanced with special design around CPU circuit for maximum heat reducing and top quality electronics components, GA-EP45-Extreme brings unprecedented cool and reliable platform for overclockers.Built with Gigabyte patented Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced technology and Ultra Durable 2 design, GA-EP45-Extreme delivers ultimate overclocking performance along with maximum stability and advanced power savings.GA-EP45-Extreme motherboards paired with Intel 45nm CPUs deliver the very best platform for multitasking, multimedia and high performance gaming.Designed to provide unmatched multi-GPU support with dual PCI Express connectivity, the GA-EP45-Extreme allows users to take advantage of the ultra smooth 3D rendering, blazing-fast frame rates and enhanced visual quality with a dual graphics card solution.
- Revolution energy saving design with DES Advanced featuring hardware based Dynamic 6-Gear switching
- Supports 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 multi-core processors with FSB 1600 MHz
- Deal channel DDR2 1200 for remarkable system performance
- Advanced power phase design with virtual 12 power phases to provides highly efficient operation for 45nm CPU
- Embedded 2 power phases for NB chipset and 2 phases for memory power to excel at power efficiency
- 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 graphic interface plus PCI-E x4 with CrossFireX ™ support for ultimate graphics performance
- Hardware Overvoltage Control IC Provides more voltage control options on CPU, North bridge and memory
- All Copper Heat pipe/Heat sink connecting NB, SB, and MOSFET and extra Hybrid Silent-Pipe design provides 30% cooler thermal performance
- Professed onboard Debug LED and OV-Alert LED, OC-Alert LED, TMP-Alert LED allows user to easily catch on to PC status
- 2 Gigabit Ethernet LAN with Teaming functionality
- Supports Dolby Home Theater® audio to create a stunning surround sound listening experience.
- DualBIOS solution gives a multiple security to the system
- Power/reset/Clr CMOS onboard button for easily operation on th workbench
- Maximum CPU keep out zone for extreme CPU cooling
- Blu-ray playback outputs supported by high quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio
(Note) This motherboard is designed with VRD11.1 power phase, and cannot be compatible with VRD10 designed CPU. Please refer to "CPU Support List" for details.
** All features and specifications are subject to change without prior notice.Specifications
CPU
: - Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor/Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package
(Note) This motherboard is designed with VRD11.1 power phase, and cannot be compatible with VRD10 designed CPU. Please refer to CPU Support List for details. - L2 cache varies with CPU
Front Side Bus
: 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
Chipset
: - North Bridge: Intel® P45 Express Chipset
- South Bridge: Intel® ICH10R
Memory
: - 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules (Refer to Memory support list for more information)
Audio
: - Realtek ALC889A codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for Dolby Home Theater
- Support for S/PDIF In/Out
- Support for CD In
LAN
: - 2 x Realtek 8111C chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
- Support for Teaming
Expansion Slots
: - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8
(The PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slots support ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard. - 1 x PCI Express x4 slots
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 3 x PCI slots
Storage Interface
: South Bridge:- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
iTE IT8213 chip:- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
iTE IT8720 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
IEEE 1394a
: - T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
- Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (via the IEEE 1394a brackets connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)
USB
: - Integrated in the South Bridge
- Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
Internal I/O Connectors
: - 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector
- 1 x IDE connector
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
- 1 x CPU fan header
- 2 x system fan headers
- 1 x power fan header
- 1 x front panel header
- 1 x front panel audio header
- 1 x CD In connector
- 1 x S/PDIF In header
- 1 x S/PDIF Out header
- 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
- 3 x IEEE 1394a headers
- 1 x serial port header
- 1 x chassis intrusion header
- 1 x power LED header
- 1 x power switch
- 1 x reset switch
Back Panel Connectors
: - 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
- 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
- 1 x clearing CMOS switch
- 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 2 x RJ-45 ports
- 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
I/O Controller
: iTE IT8720 chip
H/W Monitoring
: - System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
BIOS
: - 2 x 8 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
- Support for DualBIOS™
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features
: - Support for @BIOS
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for Virtual Dual BIOS
- Support for Download Center
- Support for Xpress Install
- Support for Xpress Recovery2
- Support for EasyTune
- Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
- Support for Time Repair
- Support for Q-Share
Bundle Software
: Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Operating System
: Support for Microsoft/ Windows/ Vista/XP
Form Factor
: ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
Note
: To enable Teaming or Bonding (IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation) feature, it is required the connected network switch or router device supports 802.3.ad LACP function.
Please refer to your network switch or router device manual for further details.
Remark
: - Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors website or 3rd party website.
- Due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If some vendors still has Win9X/ME drivers available, we will publish on website.
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