GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard

Introduction:

The Intel P35 chipset has flooded the retail channels for a few months now. The P35 is designed as the replacement for the mainstream P965 chipset but offers DDR-2 or DDR-3 functionality, depending upon the support selection by the manufacturer. The P35 revamp also offers support for the 1333MHz FSB and 45nm processors.

The board I will be reviewing from Gigabyte is the GA-P35-DQ6 featuring a P35/ICH9R chipset combination. This model supports the DDR-2 standard, dual PCIe graphics capability (only crossfire is supported on the Intel chipsets), solid caps all over the board, Quad bios solution, Eight Channel HD audio provided by the Realtek ALC889 codec and silent heatpipe cooling. All great features contributing to the very bling-bling nature of this board. Let’s dig in and see if it stacks up.

Features:

Intel^® P35 + ICH9R Chipset

1. Supports Intel^® Core™ 2 multi-core and upcoming 45nm processors

2. Supports DDR2 1066* memory for outstanding system performance.

3. Ultimate graphics performance with dual PCI-E x16 interface

4. Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function

5. Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE1394

6. Ultra Durable 2 motherboard features High Quality CPU Power design with Ferrite core chokes, Low RDS (on) MOSFET and Solid Capacitors.

7. Durable Capacitors that take advantage of Japanese manufactured SMD (Surface Mount Device) solid capacitors for enhanced system durability.

8. All New Copper SILENT-PIPE that includes heat sinks covering MOSFET modules, the north bridge and the south bridge.

9. Audio controller from ALC 889A codec and DTS Connect, featuring 106 dB Signal to Noise ratio and supporting for both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats.

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 Specifications:

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