Gigabyte dynamic energy-saving technologies Dry capacitor will be introduced to the entry-level motherboard P31, from the top of X38 (X48) to the mainstream entry-level P35 and then to P31, step by step down the promotion, the overall marks Gigabyte advanced Dynamic energy-saving technology, which allows ordinary consumers to understand the technology advanced. Power-saving up to 70%, while enhancing performance is 20%, which is a dynamic energy-saving technologies (DES) advanced.

     EP31-DS3L Gigabyte motherboard used IntelP31 + ICH7 chipset designed to support the FSB 1333MHz processor. Motherboard offers four DIMM slots, the maximum can support dual-channel DDR2 memory specifications 1066. Onboard a PCI-E x16 slots, support for the current commercial mainstream graphics card. Gigabyte support the latest dynamic energy-saving technologies (DES), the upgrading of the platform. 

     Board adopted a four-phase power supply design, and Dry capacitor equipped with a closed-wide inductance and a large number of solid aluminium capacitor to ensure the stability of the power supply.

     Motherboard offers four DIMM memory slots, the maximum support to DDR2 1066MHz, maximum support capacity of 4 GB. Disk interface, offers four SATA2 interface, as with the ICH7 Southbridge, providing an IDE interface, and IDE support to the original equipment. 

     EP31-Gigabyte motherboard expansion slots DS3L

     Motherboard equipped with a PCI-E x16 slots and three PCI-E x1 slots, as well as three traditional PCI slots, expansion of consumer convenience. 

     EP31-DS3L Gigabyte motherboard chip function

     The motherboard onboard Realtek ALC888 audio chip provides 8-channel HD audio output. RTL8111B board a network controller to support Gigabit network access.