Gigabyte è uno dei leader mondiali nella produzione di schede madri. La recensione che ora vi proponiamo si occupa di testare un prodotto appartenente a tale categoria. Si tratta di una scheda madre per processori Intel socket 755 in formato mATX, che può trovare posto, ad esempio, in un mediacenter compatto da salotto.


Eccovi una tabella riassuntiva delle caratteristiche:


Processore

- LGA775

- Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad/ Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/ Intel Pentium Extreme Edition/ Intel® Pentium D/ Intel® Pentium 4 Extreme Edition/ Intel® Pentium 4/ Intel® Celeron

- 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

- L2 cache varies with CPU

Chipset

- Intel® Q35 Express

- Intel® ICH9DO

- iTE IT8718

- Nineveh 82566DM chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

- Realtek ALC888 8-channel audio codec

Memoria

- Dual channel memory architecture

- DDR2 800/667 MHz

- 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory

Consultare la lista delle memorie supportate per maggiori informazioni.

Connettori Interni I/O

- 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector

- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

- 1 x CD in

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

- 1 x COM

- 1 x CPU fan connector

- 1 x FDD

- 1 x front audio header

- 1 x front panel connector

- 1 x IDE

- 1 x power LED connector

- 1 x SPDIF in/out

- 1 x system fan connector

- 1 x TPM_CLR

- 3 x USB 2.0/1.1

- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s

Slot di espansione

- 1 x PCI Express x1

- 1 x PCI Express x16

- 2 x PCI

Connettori esterni I/O

- 1 x COM

- 1 x D-Sub

- 1 x LPT

- 1 x RJ45 LAN

- 6 x audio ports (Line In / Line Out / MIC In / Surround Speaker Out(Rear Speaker Out) / Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out)

- 6 x USB 2.0/1.1

- PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse)

Fattore di forma

- microATX, 244mm x 244mm

Monitoraggio HW

- CPU fan speed control

- CPU overheating warning

- CPU/System fan failure warning

- CPU/System fan speed detect

- CPU/System temperature detection

- System voltage detection

Bios

- 8 Mbit flash ROM

- Award BIOS

- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b

Software in bundle

- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Sistemi operativi

- Supports Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000

Altre caratteristiche

- @BIOSâ„¢

- Download Center

- Q-Flashâ„¢

- Supports EasyTune

- Virtual Dual BIOS

- Xpressâ„¢ Install

- Xpressâ„¢ Recovery 2

Note

- Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website

- Due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If some vendors still has Win9X/ME drivers available, we will publish on website