Product Description

The GA-EP43-UD3L introduces revolutionary Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 classic technology featuring a 2 oz copper PCB to help reduce system temperature and dramatically enhance performance. Based on the Intel P43 chipset, GA-EP43-UD3L delivers a record setting 1600MHz Front Side Bus by overclocking for the latest Intel Core 2 multi-core processors, including 45nm CPUs. With supporting dual channel DDR2 up to 1200+ MHz, GA-EP43-UD3L motherboard provides the highest levels of performance and maximum overclocking potential. GA-EP43-UD3L delivers several advanced Gigabyte innovations including the DES Advanced, Ultra Durable 3 classic, DualBIOS design which provides optimized power savings, ultra cooling and ultra safe data protection.

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
      (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L2 cache varies with CPU

Front Side Bus   
1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

Chipset   
North Bridge: Intel® P43 Express Chipset
South Bridge: Intel® ICH10

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

(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio   
Realtek ALC888 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In

LAN   
1 x Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots   
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
      (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
4 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface    South Bridge:
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices

JMicron 368 chip:
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices

iTE IT8718 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

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 4-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
1 x parallel port header
1 x serial port header
1 x power LED header
1 x chassis intrusion header

Back Panel Connectors   

1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 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 IT8718 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
CPU/System fan speed control

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


Form Factor   
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm