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                  | Highly Recommended Award
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            |  | Good performance;
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              |  | 1.The full depth of GIGABYTE's proprietary product features is well worth the asking price, and the TPM encryption security is at the front of this list. Considering the improved real-world performance against X58-Express solutions, you can't possibly go wrong with the Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 LGA1156 motherboard.        
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            |  | This is the world's first true 24 phase power board. With 24 Phase Power, the only board with 24 Phase power in existence, it's going to be hard to top the UD6 board for extreme overclocking, and with the ease of operation and setup it is also good for the less tech savvy. The GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD6 is without a doubt a winner when it comes to overclocking and features. Overclocking on the board was a dream, operation was stable and we didn't find much of anything on the board we didn't love.
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                    | Editor's Choice
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              |  | 24 power phases design : On the topic of
                  24 power phases, I have been vocal about saying that I did
                  not necessarily think "more is better." And I still
                  don't. But undoubtedly GIGABYTE engineers have done a great
                  job of implementing the 24 power phases and I have to feel
                  that we saw this well executed power design shine in our Torture
                  Testing. Overclocking : The GIGABYTE P55-UD6 looks
                  to be a true enthusiast motherboard giving us the highest BCLK
                  rates we have seen yet on a P55 chipset motherboard using our
                  Intel Core i5 processor. Automatic voltage regulation with
                  this board is nothing short of sweet. It seems very conservative
                  with the voltage. Keep in mind that in order to reach 210MHz
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                    | Editor's Choice
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              |  | - Extremely good performance from Intel's
                  P55 chipset    - Excellent connectivity   - Support dual channel
                  DDR3 RAM     - 24 Phase Power VRM design     - Clear CMOS, reset and
                  power-on switches     - Diagnostic LEDs - Ultra durable 3, 2oz
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                    | Best Choice
 |  |  | MaximoPC/ Argentina
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              |  | The distribution of the components is quite good (like colors) like high quality products even though the IDE connector.   One of the most relevant details we can find is the 24 phase power integrated, so 24 stages near the CPU socket in order to provide greater stability and degree overclocking on the system. Very good ability to overclock. Excellent performance.Bios complete and informative. Supports up to 2600 MHz DDR3 memory (2200 MHZ audited). It features lots of technologies such as Smart 6, DES 2, Auto Green, Smart TPM, Smart and BIOS Dual-Dual-LAN Full back panel. Supports ATI Crossfire X and NVIDIA SLI. |  
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                    | Hot Award
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              |  | Overclocking performance was the best
                  we've seen yet. It is overclocking champions.The are around
                  the LGA1156 socket is the most packed we've ever personally
                  seen, with a whopping 24 phase of power available for the CPU.
                  Each of the PWMs around this are treated to their own heatsink,
                  incredibly styled in a race-car theme that looks very sexy.The
                  BIOS was incredibly clear and the board felt more solid than
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                    | Gold Award |  |  | OC Workbench / Singapore / 2009.Sep. |  
              |  | Overclocking wise, this board is simply
                  amazing. Performance wise, the board did well in benchmarks.It's
                  uniqueness also include 6 DIMM slots compared to 4 dimms on
                  most P55 implementations.Another uniqueness it support TPM
                  and it allows one to lock the protected data remotely using
                  a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. Of course there is the SMART
                  6 - dual bios, quick boot, quick boost, recovery recorder and
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                    | Overclockers Platinum Award
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              |  | As usual for GIGABYTE offers one of the best Motherboards we
                can find it, either for the intense player, that only set up
                for play, or for extreme Overclockers, is looking to extract
                every last MHZ of components. Excellent for overclockers , 6
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                    | Purchaser's Choice 2009
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              |  | Purchaser's Choice 2009 |  | 
      
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                    | Editor's Choice
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                    | e-zone choice
 |  |  | E-zone / HONG KONG / 2009.Sep. |  
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