Gigabyte P35-DQ6 (Intel P35)
Gigabyte P35-DQ6 |
| Chipset |
Intel P35 |
| CPU |
LGA775 Pentium 4 FSB 1066/800/533 MHz
Celeron Prescott FSB 533 MHz
Dual-Core Pentium4 Smithfield/Presler
Yorkfield, Wolfdale FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz
Quad-Core Kentsfield, Dual-Core Conroe/Allendale
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
DDR2 533/667/800/1066 |
| HDD |
1x UltraDMA/133
8x SerialATA(2xRAID)
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| Additional |
3 IEEE-1394a
Audio Intel HDA
12 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet |
| Price: |
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Gigabyte has renewed its assortment of motherboards and included new models based on the Intel P35 chipset. The most powerful and multifunctional board based on the new chipset is P35-DQ6. In creating it, the engineers at Gigabyte used all the previous developments and partly even the PCB design of the previous motherboard 965P-DQ6 based on P965.
It is amusing to see that Gigabyte started presenting products built on Intel's new chipsets as early as a month before their official announcements. They might have hurried up once and announced one motherboard for a hype, but during May two press releases with an announcement of three motherboards came! They (Gigabyte) have not kept the promise before Intel. Not only they, by the way. There were enough companies in May ready to announce new products based on ?35. Some were stopped...
Let's come back to the hero of today's review. The new motherboard stands out with a very powerful cooling system, wide expansion options and quite efficient overclocking tools. However, let's not run ahead and examine all in sequence.
Gigabyte P35-DQ6 Specifications
| Gigabyte P35-DQ6 |
| CPU |
- Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott (2M) / Gallatin / CedarMill) with the bus speeds 1066/800/533 MHz;
- Dual-core Intel Pentium D / EE (Smithfield/Presler) with the bus speeds 800/1066 MHz;
- Intel Celeron-D (Prescott) with the bus speed 533 MHz;
- Support for Intel Core 2 Duo (Kentsfield (4 cores), Conroe/Allendale (2 cores)) with the bus speed 1066 MHz;
- Support for Intel Yorkfield, Wolfdale with the bus speeds 1333/1066/800 MHz;
- Socket LGA775;
- Support for HyperThreading processors; |
| Chipset |
- North bridge Intel® P35 (MCH);
- South bridge Intel® ICH9R;
- Interbridge communication: DMI;
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| System memory |
- Four 240-pin slots for DDR2 SDRAM DIMM;
- Maximum memory capacity 8 GB;
- Supported memory DDR2 533/640/667/800/888/1066;
- Dual-channel memory access; |
| Graphics |
- Two PCI Express x16 slots; |
| Expansion options |
- Two 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots;
- Three PCI Express x1 slots;
- Twelve USB 2.0 ports ( 4 integrated + 8 additional);
- Three IEEE1394 ports (Firewire; 1 integrated + 2 additional);
- Integrated High Definition Audio 7.1;
- One Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller;
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| Overclocking options |
- FSB adjustable within 100 to 700 MHz in 1 MHz increments;
- Adjustable voltage on the CPU, memory, FSB, PCI-E, and the chipset (MCH);
- Gigabyte C.I.A 2, "Robust Graphics Booster";
- EasyTune 5 utility;
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| Disk subsystem |
- 1 line for UltraDMA133/100/66/33 Bus Master IDE (Gigabyte SATA2; with support for up to 2 ATAPI devices);
- Support for SerialATA II (6 lines - ICH8R, with support for RAID);
- Support for SerialATA II (2 lines - (Gigabyte SATA2, with support for RAID 0,1, JBOD) ;
- Support for LS-120 / ZIP / ATAPI CD-ROM; |
| BIOS |
- 2x8 Mbit Flash ROM;
- Award BIOS Phoenix with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features, and Trend Chip Away Virus;
- Gigabyte Q-Flash;
- @BIOS and Face-Wizard;
- Gigabyte Virtual Dual BIOS; |
| Miscellaneous |
- One port for FDD, one serial and one parallel port, ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard;
- STR (Suspend to RAM);
- SPDIF In/Out;
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| Power management |
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, timer, and USB;
- Main 24-pin ATX power connector;
- Additional 8-pin power connector;
- Additional 4-pin Molex power connector;
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| Monitoring |
- Monitoring the temperature of the CPU, system, rotational speed of the four fans;
- SmartFan;
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| Dimensions |
- ATX form factor, 245mm x 305mm (9.63" x 12"); |
Package
The motherboard Gigabyte P35-DQ6 is packed within a huge box equipped with a handle to carry it around.
One page tips up, and the user can get a brief idea of all Gigabyte's proprietary technologies, as well as watch the board through a transparent window.
Package bundle:
- Motherboard;
- User's Manual in English + Quick Setup Manual;
- User's Manual (in Chinese);
- 1x software & drivers CD;
- One ATA-133 cable, one FDD cable;
- 6x SerialATA cables + 2 power supply adapters (2 connectors);
- Two external modules to plug in SerialATA devices;
- 1x cap for the rear panel of the housing;
- Two plates for USB ports (4 pots).
The package bundle includes both standard and nonstandard components. Among the former are SerialATA cables, connectors, and documentation.
We note here that there is a user's guide written in Chinese (there is one more written in English). Of mention, there are two plates for four USB2.0 ports. These items will be in demand considering that the motherboard supports 12 of these ports.
Among the nonstandard items, we note plates for SATA ports with which the user can plug in external devices:
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