Gigabyte P55-UD6 Motherboard

Other Features

Gigabyte P55-UD6 comes with other important features. All electrolytic capacitors used on this motherboard are solid from a Japanese manufacturer, which avoids the infamous leakage problem. The CPU voltage regulator circuit is equipped with ferrite chokes, which offer 25% less energy loss compared to iron shokes, and MOSFET transistors with low RDS(on) (low current leakage), that consume less energy and generate less heat. Furthermore, this circuit uses a 24-phase design, which is awesome. For a better understanding of the importance of such design, read our Everything You Need to Know About the Motherboard Voltage Regulator Circuit tutorial.

Besides that, the copper power lanes on the mother board are, accorging to Gigabyte, twice as thick as the found on other motherboard (this feature is called "2 oz copper"), which means less energy loss (and less heat dissipation), and more stable power for the components.

Figure 9: Top-shelf voltage regulator circuit.

In Figure 10 we can see other amazing features: a reset and a clear cmos buttons, which are very useful if you are searching for an extreme overclock. There is also a two-digit display that shows an error code if the initialization fails, allowing an easy problem identification.

Figure 10: Error code display.

In Figure 12, you can see the accessory set that come with P55-UD6.

Figure 11: Accessory set.