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Brand | EVGA |
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Model | 141-GT-E770-A1 |
CPU Socket Type | LGA 1366 |
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CPU Type | Core i7 (LGA1366) |
Chipset | Intel X58 |
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South Bridge | Intel ICH10R |
Onboard Video Chipset | None |
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Number of Memory Slots | 6x240pin |
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Memory Standard | DDR3 1600 |
Maximum Memory Supported | 24GB |
Channel Supported | Triple Channel |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 | 2 x PCIe x8/x16 2 x PCIe x8 |
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PCI Express x1 | 1 x PCI Express x1 |
PCI Slots | 1 x PCI Slot |
PATA | 1 x ATA133 2 Dev. Max |
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SATA 3Gb/s | 6 x SATA 3Gb/s |
SATA 6Gb/s | 2 x SATA 6Gb/s |
SATA RAID | 6 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec support RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, RAID5 and JBOD 2 x Serial ATA 600MB/sec support RAID 0 and RAID1 |
Audio Chipset | Realtek ALC889 |
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Audio Channels | 8 Channels |
LAN Chipset | Realtek 8111D |
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Second LAN Chipset | Realtek 8111D |
Max LAN Speed | Dual 10/100/1000Mbps |
PS/2 | 1 |
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USB 3.0 | 2 x USB 3.0 |
USB 1.1/2.0 | 8 x USB 2.0 |
IEEE 1394 | 1 x IEEE 1394a |
Audio Ports | 6 Ports |
Onboard USB | 4 x USB 2.0 |
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Onboard 1394 | 1 x 1394a |
Form Factor | Extended ATX |
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Dimensions (W x L) | 12" x 10.38" |
Power Pin | 24 Pin |
Features | NVIDIA 2-Way and 3-Way SLI support. ATI CrossFireX 10+3 Phase PWM w/ switching frequency up to 1333KHz 100% Solid State Capacitors EVGA Vdroop Control EVGA Dummy OC EVGA E-LEET Tuning Utility More Gold Content EVGA EZ Voltage read points Onboard Clear CMOS, Power, and Reset Buttons PCI-E Disable Jumpers EVGA EVbot Support Onboard CPU Temperature Monitor |
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Date First Available | October 04, 2010 |
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Pros: We have built many State of the Art computers using Asus, EVGA, Intel and other manufacturers’ motherboards; however, this is the most stable motherboard we have ever had! Everything works exactly like it is supposed to. It has 7 fan leads and three main power supply lines; the two extra power lines are there to supply extra power to overclocked systems (one for the CPU and one to provide extra power to the graphic cards). Though we use this computer primarily as a business machine running Adobe CS5.5 Master Collection for publishing high end photographic and video products; the system is sweet for down time gaming. Our system’s stats: CPU: Intel 970 (overclocked slightly), Primary drive: 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, Date drive: 4 X 2TB Hitachi HDD in Raid 10, Graphics card: EVGA GTX 580. This machine is the first one we’ve built that maxes out the Windows 7 base score at: “7.9”.
Cons: Though this is not really a con, the board has only two SATA 3 ports; the other 6 SATA ports are SATA 2. It would be nice if they could find a way to provide more of the SATA 3 ports. However, though we have not yet added a dedicated RAID card to get the desired SATA 3 ports; we have read many reports that indicate that as the best way to go. We usually run both a Blue Ray and a DVD burner but ran out of SATA ports to handle our system but we ran out of SATA ports so we had to run the DVD as an IDE drive.
Overall Review: This was also the first system we built using the same manufacturer (EVGA) for both the Motherboard and the Graphics cards. We used to use ASUS motherboards regularly; however after having several failures with them, we have now switched to EVGA for both our Motherboards and our Graphics cards. We use the Nvidia cards because of their enhanced performance qualities when running Adobe's CS5.5 Master Collection software.