Gigabyte GA-EP55-QD4P Motherboard Pictures

[Apoptosis]

Some LGA 1156 action for you guys thanks to a prototype Gigabyte GA-EP55-QD4P that I saw yesterday...

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[Major_A]

Instead of including the eSATA bracket I really wish that Gigabyte would just eliminate a USB port or two and put the eSATA port on the I/O panel. For that very reason I bought a cheap PCIe 1x eSATA card because of how cluttered the boxed Gigabyte solution was.

Besides I really don't like giving up onboard ports just for the occasional eSATA connection.

[Zertz]

Besides I really don't like giving up onboard ports just for the occasional eSATA connection.

SHouldn't be much of a problem with 10 SATA ports available

[Major_A]

I have 8 and with their bracket 6 would be occupied. That was an issue. Not to mention that when I get income again I plan on adding at least two more TB drives to my RAID setup.

*EDIT*
Added picture of the adapter. It also adds clutter to wire it up. Not that I have the cleanest or the neatest wiring but I don't really like having a wire just running through the middle of my case.

[DL13]

LGA 1156 is that the socket that is going to replace the 775??
I herd some where that the 775 is going to be obsolete in a year or so.

[Major_A]

Looks like another Core i7 socket.
http://forums.legitreviews.com/about18463.html