GIGABYTE EP45 Extreme Exclusive Shots

[csendesmark]

Ah, the x38 brought in pci-e 2.0. I remember before p35's launch that I read it would have it, but I guess not.

P35 is PCIe 1.1 only
X38 was the first PCIe 2.0 from intel

BTW

This motherboard cooling system is big

 

[WarEagleAU]

OMG Gigabyte is big pimpin right now with their boards. I hope they bring something sort of like this out for the AMD 790FX (or NEWER) chipset....

 

[Darknova]

Ah, the x38 brought in pci-e 2.0. I remember before p35's launch that I read it would have it, but I guess not.

Everyone read that, but it doesn't support it.

And to whoever said it does, it DOESN'T, if it did they would have used PCI-E 2.0 instead of 1.1

In June 2007 Intel released the specification of the P35 chipset which does not support PCIe 2.0 only PCIe 1.1.[8] Some people may be confused by the P35 block diagram[9] which states the Intel P35 has a PCIe x16 graphics link (8 GB/s) and 6 PCIe x1 links (500 MB/s each), for simple verification one can view the P965 block diagram which shows the same number of lanes and bandwidth but was released before PCIe 2.0 was finalized. Intel's first PCIe 2.0 capable chipset is the X38 and boards are already shipping from various vendors (Abit, Asus, Gigabyte) as of October 21, 2007.[10] AMD started supporting PCIe 2.0 with its RD700 chipset series. NVIDIA has revealed that the MCP72 will be their first PCIe 2.0 equipped chipset.

 

[btarunr]

That's the most awesome chipset cooling I've seen in a long while.

 

[D4S4]

It sure looks kewl, but that cooler is gonna make it 20$ more expensive than other comparable mobos. I'd rather see an aluminum cooler.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Ok, look, this is NOT a mainstream board, this is going to be a limited run and it has been designed for overclockers who wants to push their system to the max. Yes, it'll be expensive, but as Gigabyte will be handing out a few of these boards to the top overclockers, they're not going to care.

 

[jbunch07]

Ok, look, this is NOT a mainstream board, this is going to be a limited run and it has been designed for overclockers who wants to push their system to the max. Yes, it'll be expensive, but as Gigabyte will be handing out a few of these boards to the top overclockers, they're not going to care.

i bet kingpin gets one

 

[Jarman]

a swiftech mcw30 will own that passive aluminium (i still think its aluminium, look at the mosfet coolers, that shape would be hard to extrude in copper). Nothing wrong with aluminium...both asus and DFI do it...i just dont like the way they try to trick u by making it look like copper. It looks pretty, thats all. It will be connected to the board with thermal pads, or, at best, poorly applied cheap thermal compound.

 

[spearman914]

Why would you put it in furthest down pci-e slot??

What "if" you go quad sli 9800 gx2?

 

[R_1]

That's the most awesome mobo air cooling I've ever seen!

 

[msgclb]

Also if your going to buy something like a 9800 GX2 ( which is so thick) it will be impossible to fit it thanks to the poor locations of the IEEE1394 and USB Connectors.

You've got to be mistaken about where you would put the GX2. Look at this image.



The only place you'd put the GX2 is in the PCIEX16_1 slot, not in the PCIEX8_1 or PCIEX4_1 slots.

It's going on 3 months since this motherboard made an appearance but I can't find it in any of the online retailers. If the GA-EP45T-Extreme isn't overly expensive I'd sure like to start a DDR3 project. Several individuals in Europe and the East are testing this board but I haven't found it here in the US.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Its hideous.

If the NB gets that hot,the heat radiating off that is going to rise and warm up the cpu cooler maybe.

 

[cdawall]

see now there is cool and there is over the top this is under the latter....how is the chipset getting so hot? i mean WTF and the top end oc'rs will swap that huge thing out anyway its in the way for LN2/DICE pots