Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6

INTRODUCTION

With the introduction of the Intel Core i5/i7 LGA 1156 CPU's, Gigabyte surprised us with a true 24 Phase power motherboard which happens to be the world's first 24 phase power board, the GA-P55-UD6. The GA-P55-UD6 is the flagship P55 offering and believe us when we tell you it's more than flagship quality. Once in a while a board comes along that fits into the legendary category, this is one of those boards.

We've run the Intel Core i7 870 "top dog" CPU on the Gigabyte and we'd have to say this is one of the best boards we've seen to date. Not just one of the best P55 boards, we mean of all the motherboards we've seen entirely. This one fits into the "Get away from my motherboard" category. With 24 Phase power, Trusted Platform Module chip, Bluetooth security, 2 oz copper PCB, Dynamic Energy Saver 2, and the Smart 6 suite of features, your going to be hard pressed to find a more feature rich motherboard. The Smart 6 suite of features contains: Smart Quickboot, Smart QuickBoost, Smart Recovery, Smart Dual BIOS, Smart Recorder, and Smart TimeLock. Seriously, this board is feature rich; it is so feature rich it will be hard to cover all that it offers.

So you're a hard core overclocker and features aren't that important to you. Did we mention 24 Phase Power with solid capacitors and Ferrite chokes? There's no question about overclocking capabilities, this is the flagship board. It's going to overclock like a demon and you won't even have to make a deal with the devil to get the most out of your CPU.

24 Phase Power provides effortless steady voltage to the CPU and spreading that voltage across 24 VRM's (voltage regulation modules) and 24 ferrite chokes assures you that the power delivery system is going to run cooler, provide steadier power, and last longer than boards with 6 or 8 phase power. If your looking at one of the big dog boards for P55, look here first.