[H]ard|OCP reviews GIGABYTE P35T-DQ6 motherboard
GIGABYTE is among the top motherboard manufactures in the world, with a track record for producing stable and high performing products. In recent years, the company has been able to do a 180 with its enthusiast market reputation, going from minimal overclocking ability at all to products boasting some of the highest overclocking numbers recorded.
GIGABYTE continues to exemplify this trend with their latest motherboard series.
The P35T-DQ6 is the fore-runner in the GIGABYTE motherboard line featuring the next generation Intel chipsets. The board is designed around the Intel P35 chipset, with in-built support for LGA 775 type processors with a base FSB of 667MHz and above, DDR3 DRAM modules operating in Dual Channel mode up to 1066MHz, and PCI Express x16 graphics cards. The P32T-DQ6 is a feature complete solution, needing an Intel LGA 775 style processor, DDR3 memory, drives, and a PSU for an operational system. GIGABYTE integrated the following components in to the P53T-DQ6: 6 SATA II ports (RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 capable) on the Intel ICH9R controller; 1 ATA-133 IDE port, and 2 SATA 2 port (RAID 0 and 1 capable) on the GIGABYTE controller; 12 USB 2.0 capable ports (4 in rear panel, and 4 onboard headers supporting 2 ports each); 2 IEEE 1394 capable ports (1 in rear panel, and 1 onboard header); 1 Realtek GigE Ethernet port in the rear panel; Realtek 8-channel HD audio codec featuring an S/PDIF RCA component and optical output ports; and parallel, serial, and PS/2 port support integrated in to the rear panel...
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