Gigabyte EP45-EXTREME

Rob Williams · 10-20-2008, 02:29 AM

Intel's P45 chipset proves to be one of the best mainstream offerings ever created, and Gigabyte put it to good use on their EP45-EXTREME. The board offers sweet cooling ability (which the help of a lot of copper), amazing overclocking potential (500MHz stable with a Quad!) and fantastic power efficiency - all at a good price.

Read the review, then discuss!

Merlin · 10-20-2008, 06:46 AM

Great FSB
any pics of the Northbridge passive cooler installed?
And the color scheme is still the same ( rainbow )

Merlin

cooldude1561 · 10-20-2008, 09:13 AM

Great Article!!
you might want to switch the graphs for Half-Life and COD4, (they're reversed)

Rob Williams · 10-20-2008, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merlin

any pics of the Northbridge passive cooler installed?

I thought I did, but I couldn't find it in the pile of photos I had for the review. The board is all uninstalled now, sadly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cooldude1561

you might want to switch the graphs for Half-Life and COD4, (they're reversed)

Woops, fixed! Thanks for pointing that out.

10-20-2008, 02:29 AM	#1
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10-20-2008, 06:46 AM	#2
Merlin The Tech Wizard Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Woodstock,Ga Posts: 1,847	Great FSB any pics of the Northbridge passive cooler installed? And the color scheme is still the same ( rainbow ) Merlin __________________ WinVista 64 bit , Intel i7 920 watercooled loop #1red 1/2" tubing, MSI Platinum mobo, GTX280 GPU watercooled loop #2 blue 3/8" tubing... Silverstone Strider 1000 watt, HAF Coolermaster case...150 gig Raptor..2 ea. 1 TB WD Green Synology NAS 207 Network Server with 2 Hitachi Terabite drives

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10-20-2008, 09:13 AM	#3
cooldude1561 Obliviot Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2	Great Article!! you might want to switch the graphs for Half-Life and COD4, (they're reversed)