The Pipe Thermal Module Even though it’s not common cooper or aluminum with copper color, GIGABYTE use blue and gray are also looking good. Boot screen BIOS main page M.I.T. OC/Performance page Voltage page Load-Line Calibration avoid CPU voltage dropped CPU Vcore 0.5000~2.30000V CPU Terminatin 1.100~1.700V CPU PLL 1.050~2.810V MCH Core 0.850~2.000V MCH Reference 0.690~1.230V ICH I/O 1.050~2.310V DARM Voltage 1.450~3.040V DRAM Termination 0.970~1.665V Advanced CPU items CPU Clock Skew can adjust between 50~200ps to let dual core CPU to reach higher clock. Advanced DRAM items Sercuity Chip Configuration PC Health Status |
Test Configuration CPU: INTEL Core 2 Duo E8400/Quad Q8200 MB: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500C5D/TWIN2X2048-10000C5D VGA: MSI HD4670 512MB HD: Seagate 7200.10 320GB POWER: Corsair HX1000W Modular Power Supply Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp VP/JETART Nano Diamond CPU part E8400 E0 dual core CPU 500 X 9=>4500Mhz DRAM DDR2 1200 CL5 5-5-15 2 X SUper PI 32M CPU 520 X 8.5=>4420Mhz DRAM DDR2 1030 CL5 5-5-18 2 X SUper PI 32M CPU 595 X 7.5=>4462.5Mhz SUper PI 1M If the all chipset voltage set as Auto, the good Dual core CPU can OC to 580~610Mhz in air cooling. However, it’s stable at 550Mhz can be improved. Q8200 M1 CPU 500 X 7=>3500Mhz DRAM DDR2 1200 CL5 5-5-18 Hyper PI 32M 517Mhz SUper PI 1M Quad core clock is very good. It’s top in P45 boards. Especially 500Mhz stable is rare in P45 MB. 517Mhz is almost the Q8200 limitation as well. DRAM part 2GBX2 CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500C5D CPU: 500X8=>4000Mhz DRAM: DDR2 1200 CL5 5-5-15 2.1V SP2004 3 X Blend mode,2.95GB stable DDR2 1240 CL5 5-5-15 2.1V EVEREST Memory Benchmark 1GBX2 CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-10000C5D DDR2 1433 CL5 5-5-15 2T 2.5V 2 X SP2004 Blend mode stable CPU 450 X 9=>4050Mhz DRAM DDR2 1500 CL5 5-5-15 2T 2.5V EVEREST 10237MB/s |
CPU/DRAM 500/1333 EVEREST 10810MB/s CPUZ Validator DDR2 1500 CL5 5-5-15 UD3P is also very good at DDR2 OC. It can reach DDR2 1333-1500 at around 2.4~2.5V. I can say this is never seen before to take DDR2 into such high frequency. 3D part Test with MSI 4670 512MB OC CPU 500 X 9=>4500Mhz DRAM DDR2 1200 CL5 5-5-15 2T VGA 833/2250 3DMARK2003 3DMARK2005 3DMARK2006 Crysis Benchmark 4670 with 4.5G E8400 and DDR2 1200 DRAM makes the performance be higher. It’s worthy of highest C/P value VGA card at 100USD. Conclude GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P Advantage 1.UD3 series price are between 130~160USD. It’s attractive price. 2.Full Japan-made solid capacitors and high quality also good looking heat pipe. 3.BIOS voltage range is wide and the BIOS item is also rich. 4.IO has Dual LAN, 1394, 8 USB 2.0, and support ATI CrossFireX X8+X8 5.For the OC, Quad core can reach 500Mhz and DDR2 can run stable at 1433. 6.6 phase PWM and support Intel latest VRD11.1 and DES advanced for enhanced energy saving. 7.EasyTune6 also provides many features in OS. Disadvantage 1.Dual Core CPU stability can be improved in high frequency 2.DDR2 DIMM color is not match with blue PCB Performance ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Component ★★★★★★★★★☆ Outlook ★★★★★★★★☆☆ C/P ★★★★★★★★★☆ GIGABYTE UD3 series is emphasize Ultra Durable3 2OZ technology. I don’t look deeply for the PCB temperature change. But the price is not increase for the users is good. GA-EP45-UD3P price is around 160USD. As per the components, this is the best components usage in P45 boards. The OC part is also simple that just all set as Auto, and adjust the voltage by your own CPU and RAM. This board is very high standard at quad core and DDR2 OC, but the dual core is so so. P45+DDR2 combination is the best value mainstream board atm. GIGABYTE UD3 series owns good quality components, superb OC standard and reasonable price. If your budget is only 130~160 USD, GIGABYTE UD3 can be considered. |
Another great one WWM; I think Masman will surely want this board now ;) |
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