Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Gigabyte's GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard*
- if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/11/21/gigabyte-ga-ep45-ud3r/1


*Picture:*
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/11/gigabyte-ga-ep45-ud3r/fp_img.jpg


*Quote:
*/We've had a far better experience with this board than we have had
with the DS3R - it feels more stable, more reliable, it looks better and
for £100 it's good value too. It's not the most feature rich P45 on the
market - it's missing dual LAN and CrossFire - but not everyone wants
those, and there are lots of different P45s on the market to cater for
every possible whim. It still has a very useful eight SATA, great audio,
a superb BIOS and plenty of PCI and PCI-Express for expansion - all
these are genuinely useful additions and not marketing gimmicks or "nice
idea, probably won't ever use" like Asus' Express Gate.

Does the extra ounce of copper make that much of a difference? It's very
difficult to say - simple BIOS evolution, the redesigned layout or
simply updated hardware could afford the improvements on their own, so
it's hard to quantify the difference. At worst though, it's a marketing
gimmick that Gigabyte loves to throw onto its "Ultra Durable" branding
and it doesn't seem to cost any more.

The very good quad core overclock that does notably better than the
DS3R, but dual core overclocking still matches and can't break that
500MHz barrier others clearly have done. If you're after a cheap,
extreme overclocking board, check elsewhere, but for most of us this
board should achieve an acceptable, stable overclock with any Core 2 CPU.

Since the DS3R now retails for almost an identical price to this and it
was between the two - we'd get the UD3R every time: it's better cooled,
better performing in our benchmarks and lower power. It doesn't achieve
excellence but we'd certainly recommend it for those needing a solid P45
purchase./*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net