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CPU3D Coverage: Channel Expo 2008

Channel Expo 2008 CPU3D Coverage: Channel Expo 2008
The Channel Expo 2008. It's meant to be UK's largest channel event for showcasing the latest products, services and technologies, all under one roof. We meet up with Quiet PC, Asus and Gigabyte for a quick chat about their future plans. Find out more.

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Asus P5Q-E (P45) Motherboard

Asus P5Q-E (P45) MotherboardAsus P5Q-E (P45) Motherboard
Today we take a look at the Asus P5Q-E. This motherboard utilises Intel's latest P45 chipset with ICH10R southbridge. It supports upto 16Gb of DDR2-1200Mhz and it's compatible with all the latest 45nm Intel processors. It also features Asus's new EPU with 6 engines ... energy saving for VGA, HDD, CPU, Memory, Chipset and Fan. Find out more.

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Adata S701 (EeePC edition) and OCZ Rally2

Adata S701 8Gb USB for eeePC Adata S701 (EeePC edition) and OCZ Rally2
Our CPU3D review team takes a look at 2 USB storage devices from Adata and OCZ. The new version of the Adata S701 8Gb USB drive was designed for the EeePC, while the OCZ Rally2 Turbo boast superfast data transfer. Find out how well they work on everyday PCs.

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Sapphire Atomic HD3870x2 Watercooled

Sapphire Atmoic HD3870x2 WatercooledSapphire Atomic HD3870x2 Watercooled
Watercooling your processor is one thing, but watercooling a graphics card is another. Sapphire has come up with the Atomic Radeon HD3870X2 graphics card based on 2 x ATI RV670 GPUs and comes with 1Gb of DDR3 memory. The pre-installed watercooling kit includes a L-shaped black unit which house the pump, resevoir, radiator and a 120mm cooling fan.

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CPU3D Exclusive Preview: Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme
Posted by Winston Chim   on Monday, 12 May 2008. 13:17 GMT

CPU3D Exclusive Preview: Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme

During the Gigabyte Sprink Break Plug-Fest, we were given a sneak peak of their most exciting product this summer ... it's the Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme.

 

 

Designed specifically for overclockers and enthusiasts, this motherboard features a massive internal chipset heatpipe cooler which takes up a PCI slot space. It looks mighty impressive and will contain all of Gigabyte's new features. No release date has been set, but it looks great. Check out our photo gallery below ...

 

Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme

 

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The Gigabyte P45 Extreme edition

 

 

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A brief summary of the Gigabyte P45 Extreme

 

 

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The new cooling features

 

 

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A diagram to show how it works

 

 

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A debug LED is included

 

 

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Another brief description of the overclocking features found on the Extreme

 

 

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More overclocking options will be included in the BIOS

 

 

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A new and improved version of the DES feature for overclocking

 

 

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The extreme chipset cooling separated

 

 

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Yup ... it~s the Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme

 

 

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The debug diagnostic LEDs and 4 additional SATA ports supporting RAID

 

 

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A Realtek ALC889A HD audio controller

 

 

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And also the same Realtek RTL8111C ethernet controller is used

 

 

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3 PCI slots (the 1st slot is used for the new cooler) and 3 PCIe slots

 

 

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4 x DDR2 DIMM slots upto DDR2-1200

 

 

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There are the usual PS/2 mouse and keyboard and optical SPDIF

 

 

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8 USB ports, dual gigabit ethernet and an array of audio connectors

 

 

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A total of 6 SATA connectors

 

 

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Another angled view of motherboard without the extreme cooler

 

 

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The motherboard itself without the extreme chipset cooling

 

 

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The Silent-Pipe chipset cooler gets a "Turbo Charged"

 

 

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Another angled view of the extreme chipset cooling installed

 

 

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This is the new extreme chipset cooling addon

 

 

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The chipset cooler with the extreme part removed

 

 


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