Sneak peak: Gigabyte 6 series motherboards get some love

Gigabyte throw new 6 series based mobo's into the ring.

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Is it just me, or does even a sneak peak at hardware get you all red faced and jealous?

Gigabyte are about to unleash motherboards that support Intel's upcoming second-generation Intel Core processors (codenamed Sandy Bridge):

First off, we have the P67-UD3R:

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Features:
1. Onboard SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps to deliver impeccable data transfer speeds.
2. New Matte Black color PCB offering a stylish new outlook that lends itself to decoration and case mods.
3. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 design with 2x Copper PCB to provide the stability, reliability and longevity essential to meet the power needs of high-end processors and other components running today's most demanding applications and games.
4. Unique GIGABYTE 3x USB Power design with On/Off Charge USB ports to offer faster battery charging for iPhone, iPad and iPod devices.
5. CrossFireX™ support for ultimate graphics performance.
6. GIGABYTE patented DualBIOS™ technology delivering the highest level of failure protection.

Brief Specifications:
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: 2* PCI-e x16 ( 1x16 + 1x4)
3* PCI-e x1
2* PCI
Storage: 4* SATA 3Gbps , 2* SATA 6Gbps
2* USB 3.0, 14* 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,

Secondly, we have the P67A-UD3:

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Features:
1. Onboard SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps to deliver impeccable data transfer speeds.
2. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 design with 2x Copper PCB to provide the stability, reliability and longevity essential to meet the power needs of high-end processors and other components running today's most demanding applications and games.
3. Unique GIGABYTE 3x USB Power design with On/Off Charge USB ports to offer faster battery charging for iPhone, iPad and iPod devices.
4. CrossFireX™ support for ultimate graphics performance
5. GIGABYTE patented DualBIOS™ technology delivering the highest level of failure protection.

Brief Specifications:
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: 2* PCI-e x16 ( 1x16 + 1x4)
3* PCI-e x1
2* PCI
Storage: 4* SATA 3Gbps , 2* SATA 6Gbps
2* USB 3.0, 12* 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,

And last but not least, the H67MA-UD2H:

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Features:
1. Onboard SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps to deliver impeccable data transfer speeds.
2. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 design with 2x Copper PCB to provide the stability, reliability and longevity essential to meet the power needs of high-end processors and other components running today's most demanding applications and games.
3. Unique GIGABYTE 3x USB Power design with On/Off Charge USB ports to offer faster battery charging for iPhone, iPad and iPod devices.
4. Intel® HD Graphics enabling incredible desktop media and immersive 3D experience.
5. HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort digital graphics interface to deliver smoother HD video playback.
6. CrossFireX™ support for ultimate graphics performance.
7. GIGABYTE patented DualBIOS™ technology delivering the highest level of failure protection.

Brief Specifications:
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: 2* PCI-e x16 ( 1x16 + 1x4)
2* PCI-e x1
Storage: 4* SATA 3Gbps , 2* SATA 6Gbps
2* USB 3.0, 14* USB 2.0
VGA Output: 1* D-Sub, 1* DVI, 1* HDMI, 1* 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.

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.

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