Gigabyte Puts on Sale Motherboard GA-H61M-DS2 Model

Gigabyte has put on sale across a Japanese market its entry-level motherboard entitled GA-H61M-DS2 Rev.3. The board is developed in a micro-ATX form-factor and takes Intel H61 Express chipset as the basis. It is predestined for Socket LGA 1155 and all compatible with it CPU lines: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium, Intel Core i3, i5, and i7. One of the most distinguishing features ascribed to this model is the employment of Ultra Durable 4 Classic components that protect all internal elements from such unfavorable impacts as humidity, voltage instability, high temperatures, and electrostatic discharge.

The other promising news is that Gigabyte offers two variations of GA-H61M-DS2 model with DVI/HDMI ports on the rear panel (GA-H61M-DS2 DVI and GA-H61M-DS2 HDMI correspondingly). The basic model does not have either of such interfaces but is still rich in various ports: a couple of PS/2, three standard audio slots, four USB 2.0 ports, one RJ-45, and a single D-Sub port.

Motherboard GA-H61M-DS2 is powered by means of 24-pin and 4-pin ATX connectors. Memory subsystem consists of two dedicated sockets for the two-channel DDR3-2200 MHz modules, the general capacity of which might reach 16GB. This model houses one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot, two PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots, gigabit Ethernet adapter, four SATA II ports, and audio controller for the production of 7.1-channel HD Audio sounding.

In addition, it’s worth mentioning about a wide support of this motherboard of multiple advanced technologies. Hence, the model supports Gigabyte EasyTune and On/Off Charge technologies and a range of Intel’s brand facilities, like Rapid Start, Smart Connect, and UEFI DualBIOS.