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

The Gigabyte P45 Extreme edition	A brief summary of the Gigabyte P45 Extreme
The new cooling features	A diagram to show how it works
A debug LED is included	Another brief description of the overclocking features found on the Extreme
More overclocking options will be included in the BIOS	A new and improved version of the DES feature for overclocking
The extreme chipset cooling separated	Yup ... it~s the Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme
The debug diagnostic LEDs and 4 additional SATA ports supporting RAID	A Realtek ALC889A HD audio controller
And also the same Realtek RTL8111C ethernet controller is used	3 PCI slots (the 1st slot is used for the new cooler) and 3 PCIe slots
4 x DDR2 DIMM slots upto DDR2-1200	There are the usual PS/2 mouse and keyboard and optical SPDIF
8 USB ports, dual gigabit ethernet and an array of audio connectors	A total of 6 SATA connectors
Another angled view of motherboard without the extreme cooler	The motherboard itself without the extreme chipset cooling
The Silent-Pipe chipset cooler gets a "Turbo Charged"	Another angled view of the extreme chipset cooling installed
This is the new extreme chipset cooling addon	The chipset cooler with the extreme part removed