Gigabyte Reveals 3 New Sandy Bridge Mobos
Here's a sneak peak at three upcoming Sandy Bridge motherboards from Gigabyte.
Tuesday Gigabyte revealed three new motherboards that support the new 2nd-generation "Sandy Bridge" Intel Core processors--the P67A-UD3R, the P67A-UD3, and the H67MA-UD2H.
According to Gigabyte, all three share the same common features--on-board USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gbps, Gigabyte's proprietary Ultra Durable 3 PCB design with 2x copper, a unique 3x USB power design with On/Off Charge USB ports, CrossfireX support, and Gigabyte's patented DualBIOS technology.
As for individual features, the P67A-UD3R motherboard will sport a special Matte Black-colored PCB suited for case mods. The H67MA-UD2H will feature Intel HD graphics and an HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort digital graphics interface.
More specific details are listed as follows:
P67A-UD3R
- CPU Support: LGA 1155 Intel 2nd Generation Core Processors
- Chipset: Intel 6-series Chipset
- Memory: 4 DIMMs Dual Channel DDR3 2200 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800
- Expansion slots: 2x PCI-e x16 ( 1x16 + 1x4), 3x PCI-e x1, 2x PCI
- Storage: 4x SATA 3 Gbps , 2x SATA 6 Gbps, 2x USB 3.0, 14x USB 2.0
- Audio: 8-Channel Audio
- LAN: 1GbE PCI-e
- Form Factor: ATX
- Others: DualBIOS, Dual CPU Power, Ultra Durable 3, On/Off Charge, 3x USB Power
P67A-UD3
- CPU Support: LGA 1155 Intel 2nd Generation Core Processors
- Chipset: Intel 6-series Chipset
- Memory: 4 DIMMs Dual Channel DDR3 2200 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800
- Expansion slots: 2x PCI-e x16 ( 1x16 + 1x4), 3x PCI-e x1, 2x PCI
- Storage: 4x SATA 3Gbps , 2x SATA 6Gbps, 2x USB 3.0, 12x USB 2.0
- Audio: 8-Channel Audio
- LAN: 1GbE PCI-e
- Form Factor: ATX
- Others: DualBIOS, Ultra Durable 3, On/Off Charge, 3x USB Power
H67MA-UD2H
- CPU Support: LGA 1155 Intel 2nd Generation Core Processors
- Chipset: Intel 6-series Chipset
- Memory: 4 DIMMs Dual Channel DDR3 2200 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800
- Expansion slots: 2x PCI-e x16 ( 1x16 + 1x4), 2x PCI-e x1
- Storage: 4* SATA 3Gbps , 2* SATA 6Gbps, 2* USB 3.0, 14* USB 2.0
- VGA Output: 1x D-Sub, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x Display Port
- Audio: 8-Channel Audio
- LAN: 1GbE PCI-e
- Form Factor: m-ATX
- Others: DualBIOS, Dual CPU Power, Ultra Durable 3, On/Off Charge, 3x USB Power, DVI / HDMI/ Display Port






Looking forward to SB. I hope some mini-ITX boards are in the works.
If your really in need, I wouldn't worry about it too much, a GTX 480 is barely bottlenecked by X4:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_480_PCI-Express_Scaling/24.html
That said, I would still want x8/x8. Then again, I'm sitting this one out as SB doesn't really have anything over my i5 750 for my uses, so there is no point. Epic upgrade for C2Q users though.
DualBIOS, it has TWO BIOS! GAR!
There is no reason to upgrade every 6 months just to keep up with the market. My last computer lasted me 5 years & it still works fine.
I'm not about to toss my P6X58D-E MB /i7 980X combo to the curb yet.....
Also I thought all SB chips had integrated graphics, so why does only 1 of 3 of these mobos have graphics and related output connectors? Do the other two just "waste" the SB capability?