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Intel is set to launch their 6 core CPU the Gulftown series processor later this month. GIGABYTE has certified that all of their X58 motherboards are ready to support the new CPUs which are set to launch shortly. GIGABYTE’S motherboard uses the Intel X58 chipset and ICH10R combination of Northbridge and Southbridge. These support the LGA-1366 Socket CPUs. This is one of the first GIGABYTE motherboards to support the USB 3.0 standard on the X58 chipset. Previous motherboards supporting the standard are based upon the P55 or H55 chipsets. USB 3.0 offers 10x the bandwidth between the device and the host controller at 5Gbits/second compared to the 480Megabits/second of USB 2.0. GIGABYTE goes further with their 3x Power which offers 2700microAmps of power to devices 3x more than regular USB 3.0 at 900microAmps. The other big innovation in component attachment of the last few months has been SATA 6 Gb/second ports. These offers double the bandwidth compared to the previous generation SATA 2 ports. The regular Hard Disk Drive hardly saturates the SATA 2 bus as the drives do not have sustained transfer rates in excess of that interface’s ability to transfer data. The advent of affordable SSD drives has driven the adoption of SATA 6 Gb/s which gives plenty of bandwidth at 5 Gb/second. The Hybrid Silent Pipe 2 is their revolutionary cooling solution for the chipset on the motherboard. This technology combines GIGABYTE’S proprietary screen cooling technology, external heat sink and chipset water block to deliver maximum thermal performance. The Northbridge has a built-in water block which allows water cooling to be attached quickly. There is also a Heat sink module that can be installed in lieu of the water block by removing screws and removing the water block, and installing the Hybrid Silent Pipe 2 to the same area. 2oz Copper PCB has 2x lower impedance than regular PCB layers, better Electro Static Discharge, better overclocking, better power efficiency, lower temperatures and a lower electromagnetic interference than the regular 1oz copper PCB layers found on other motherboards. The ESD is lowered up to 10% compared to 1oz copper layers. The electrical waste or impedance is lower by about 50% on the Ultra Durable 3 boards. Smart 6 is a system management utility included on GIGABYTE motherboards that offers Smart QuickBoot, Smart DualBIOS, Smart QuickBoost, Smart Recorder, Smart Recovery and Smart TimeLoop. Smart QuickBoot uses the system’s Suspend and Sleep state to quickly boot the computer from an off state. Smart DualBIOS keeps track of commonly used passwords. Smart QuickBoost offers one-button overclocking. Smart Recorder keeps track of your system condition. Smart Recovery is like Windows System Restore, and Smart TimeLock allows you to control your computer usage for work or children. Contents:
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