Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L Motherboard

Main Features

Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L main features are:

Socket: 775.
Chipset: Intel P31 Express with ICH7 south bridge chip.
Parallel IDE: One ATA-100 port controlled by the south bridge chip.
Serial IDE: Four SATA-300 ports controlled by the south bridge chip.
USB: Eight USB 2.0 ports (four available on the rear panel and four available thru I/O brackets that don’t come with the motherboard).
Firewire (IEEE 1394a): No.
On-board audio: Produced by the chipset with the aid of a Realtek ALC888 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, sampling rate of up to 192 KHz for the outputs and up to 96 KHz for the input, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 90 dB for the inputs and 97 dB for the outputs).
On-board video: No.
On-board LAN: Yes, Gigabit Ethernet controlled by a Realtek RTL8111B chip, which is connected to the system thru PCI Express x1 bus.
Power supply: ATX12V v2.x (24-pin).
Slots: One PCI Express x16, three PCI Express x1 and three PCI slots.
Memory: Four DDR2-DIMM sockets (maximum of 4 GB up to DDR2-1066).
Buzzer: No.
Number of CDs that come with the product: 1 CD.
Programs that come with the product: Drivers and utilities.
Extra features: None.
More information: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
Average price in the US*: USD 75.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.

Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L Motherboard
By Rafael Otto Coelho on June 25, 2008	Page 4 of 6
Main Features Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L main features are: Socket: 775. Chipset: Intel P31 Express with ICH7 south bridge chip. Parallel IDE: One ATA-100 port controlled by the south bridge chip. Serial IDE: Four SATA-300 ports controlled by the south bridge chip. USB: Eight USB 2.0 ports (four available on the rear panel and four available thru I/O brackets that don’t come with the motherboard). Firewire (IEEE 1394a): No. On-board audio: Produced by the chipset with the aid of a Realtek ALC888 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, sampling rate of up to 192 KHz for the outputs and up to 96 KHz for the input, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 90 dB for the inputs and 97 dB for the outputs). On-board video: No. On-board LAN: Yes, Gigabit Ethernet controlled by a Realtek RTL8111B chip, which is connected to the system thru PCI Express x1 bus. Power supply: ATX12V v2.x (24-pin). Slots: One PCI Express x16, three PCI Express x1 and three PCI slots. Memory: Four DDR2-DIMM sockets (maximum of 4 GB up to DDR2-1066). Buzzer: No. Number of CDs that come with the product: 1 CD. Programs that come with the product: Drivers and utilities. Extra features: None. More information: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Average price in the US: USD 75.00 Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.
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