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Take a look at this board with NeoSeeker:

The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 was the first motherboard we reviewed based on Intel's newest flagship chipset, the X38. However, as a DDR2 motherboard, you can say that the GA-X38-DQ6 wasn't really able to flex the muscles of the new chipset. It was a great board for users hanging on to their precious (and most probably overclocked) DDR2 memory, but we wanted to see what the X38 could do in a next-gen setting. After our recent review of the Foxconn X38A, we were so stoked about the Intel X38's DDR3 capabilities, we decided to revisit Gigabyte and have a go at their DDR3-based GA-X38T-DQ6 instead. The GA-X38T-DQ6 is the DDR3 version of the GA-X38-DQ6, so these two boards are identical in all aspects except for memory support.

Read the full review at NeoSeeker:

Features:

• CPU Support
  • Supports all 90nm/65nm Intel LGA775 processors
  • 45nm ready (Wolfdale & Yorkfield)
  • Quad-Core ready
• Chipset
  • Northbridge: Intel X38
  • Southbridge: Intel ICH9R
• Memory
  • Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 SDRAM
  • Max 8GB Dual-channel DDR3-1600 with Intel XMP support
• Storage
  • Intel ICH9R Southbridge
    • 6 x SATA 3.0Gbps interface
    • Intel Matrix Storage Technology
    • Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, RAID 10
  • Gigabyte SATA2 (JMicron JMB363)
    • 1 x Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133 (data transfer rate up to 133MB/sec.)
    • 2 x SATA 3.0Gbps interface (eSATA)
    • SATA RAID 0, RAID1 and JBOD
• Audio
  • Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia)
  • Realtek ALC889A HD Audio CODEC
  • Protected path content encryption/decryption (Microsoft WLP 3.0 compliant)
  • Optical and coaxial S/PDIF
• Networking
  • 2 x Realtek RTL8111B PCIe Gigabit Ethernet
• IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
  • Texas Instrument TSB43AB23 FireWire controller
  • 3 x 1394a ports @ 400 Mbps speed
• I/O Interface
  • 1 x Floppy connector
  • 1 x Ultra ATA IDE connectors
  • 8 x SATA connectors
  • 12 x USB 2.0 ports (8 x rear, 4 x header)
  • 2 x RJ45 LAN ports
  • 3 x FireWire-400 ports (2 x rear, 1 x header)
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF Output
  • 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
  • 8-Channel Audio I/O ports
  • 1 x Parallel port header
  • 1 x COM port header
  • 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
  • 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
• Expansion Slots
  • 2 x PCIe x16 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v2.0 compliant
  • 3 x PCIe x1 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.1 compliant
  • 2 x 32-bit PCI slots, PCI 2.3 compliant
• Special Features
• Gigabyte 6-Quad Design
• Gigabyte Ultra Durable 2
  • 100% Solid Capacitors
  • Low RDS(on) MOSFETs
  • Ferrite Core chokes
• PCB
  • ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.4cm)