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Opinion on gigabyte ep-45 UD3L vs ep-45 UD3R

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smoideen

Junior Member
Hi,

I'm trying to pick a good, stable mbd for Core2 Duo solution. I don't intend to set up RAID or crossfire, sli, and don't need fire wire. Am I making a mistake if I go with the cheaper UD3L ?

Gigabyte link explaining differences

Link from newegg to
ep-45 UD3L
ep-45 ud3r
ep45-ud3lr

Concerns about UD3L
- UD3R seems to have silent pipe thermal solution, where as others have heat sink. Is that worth paying $15 extra ?
- I'll be getting a graphics card that's about 9.5" long. Anyone know if that will cause a problem with UD3L layout ?
- UD3L doesn't have eSATAII - is that for external sata devices ?
 
I have the UD3P, the 2x PCIe x16 version of the UD3R. None of them have an issue with long cards, but you may not be able to change RAM with the cards in and the purple SATA on the UD3R may be tight, but should work. The eSATA is for external SATA enclosures. If you're going to be overclocking, go with the UD3R. If you notice, the UD3L and UD3LR do not have any cooling on the mosfets in the CPU area of the board. Shouldn't really be a problem, but may cause stability problems.
 
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