Motherboards

Gigabyte S-Series GA-945P-S3 Motherboard Review

The MB itself is definately one of the bigger boards I have ever dealt with, everything is laid out so it is easy to identify and install, even if some things aren’t in the most convenient place.

The board is a solid design meant to take on some heavy cards and fans. I liked the weight and feel to it, some other boards I have dealt with recently do not have the meat on them like this one does, and rto me that’s a plus.

Not to mention you can find this MB for around $80-$90 dollars. A pretty good deal considering the overclocking that this board can take.

Inside the box is a quick-install guide, a paper manual, driver CD, I/O backplate, two orangy-yellow SATA cables, a standard ATA ribbon cable and floppy ribbon cable.

Specifications
CPU
  1. LGA775 Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/ Intel Core™ 2 Duo processor*
  2. Intel® Pentium® D Processor
  3. Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor
  4. Supports 1066/800/533MHz FSB
Chipset
  1. Northbridge: Intel® 945P Express Chipset
  2. Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
  3. Realtek 8111B Gigabit Ethernet controller
  4. Realtek ALC888 8 Channel Audio Codec
Memory
  1. 4 DDR II DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory)
  2. Supports 1.8V DDR II DIMM
  3. Supports dual channel DDR II 667/533/400 DIMM

* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.

Expansion Slots
  1. 1 PCI Express x 16 slot
  2. 3 PCI Express x 1 slots
  3. 3 PCI slots
Form Factor
  1. ATX form factor; 305mm x 190mm
Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 4 Serial ATA II 3.0Gb/s connectors
  2. 1 UDMA ATA 100/66/33 connectors
  3. 1 SPDIF IN/OUT connectors
  4. 1 FDD connector
  5. 2 USB 2.0/1.1 connector (supports 4 ports)
  6. 2 Cooling fan pin headers
  7. 1 CD IN connector
  8. 1 Chassis Intrusion connector
Back Panel Connectors
  1. 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  2. 1 RJ45 ports
  3. 6 Audio ports
  4. PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
  5. 1 COM port connector
  6. 1 LPT port
BIOS
  1. 1 4 Mbit flash ROM
  2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
  3. Supports Virtual Dual BIOS
  4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b.
Other Features
  1. Supports @BIOS
  2. Supports Download Center
  3. Supports Q-Flash
  4. Supports EasyTune 5
  5. Supports Xpress Install
  6. Supports Xpress Recovery2
  7. Supports Virtual DualBIOS
Remark
  1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors’ website or 3rd party website.
  2. 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.

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