Energy-saving Motherboard: Gigabyte With HDMI And DVI, Continued
This Gigabyte motherboard also features a Realtek ALC 889 High-Definition 7.1 surround sound audio chip, and the motherboard includes an optical output as well. The network adapter is also built around a Realtek chip, the RTL8110SC, but this interface is connected via the PCI bus. Our chosen motherboard also includes a Firewire chip from Texas Instruments: the TSB43AB3.
Internal Firewire header on the motherboard
Audio and network controller chips
The Southbridge offers connectors for up to four SATA and two IDE drives.
SATA hard drive connectors