Package and Accessories

Being one of the top Gigabyte products on Intel P45 Express chipset, GA-EP45T-Extreme mainboard ships in an impressively large box:

The box bears a lot of info about the board’s functions and distinguishing features. If you open the front flip-cover, you can see a bit of the board through a clear plastic window and read about the technologies employed in it. The thin exterior package covers sturdy box made of thick cardboard. The mainboard sits inside a clear plastic casing and all the accessories are packed in an individual two-sectional box.

Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme mainboard comes bundled with the following items:

• FDD and PATA cables;
• A pair of SATA cables with L-shaped connectors and a pair of SATA cables with regular straight connectors;
• A set of brackets and cables for external Serial ATA devices;
• A rear case bracket with two IEEE1394 ports;
• User’s manual;
• Brief assembly and installation guide in several languages;
• Installation guide for a boxed Intel cooler;
• I/O Shield for the case rear panel;
• DVD disk with software and drivers;
• “Dolby Home Theater”, “Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced” and “Gigabyte” logo stickers.

Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme mainboard comes with a DVD disk instead of a CD disk. As a result, they could fit not only a lot of different drivers, but also a plenty of various utilities and tools onto it:

• Norton Internet Security 2008;
• Kaspersky AntiVirus;
• Adobe Reader;
• Microsoft DirectX;
• WinZip;
• COREL MediaOne;
• Google Browser Configuration Utility;
• Realtek Green Feature;
• Dolby GUI Software;
• Roxio Buzz 2.

Besides the above mentioned third-party applications, the disk contains a bunch of Gigabyte’s own utilities:

• G.O.M. (Gigabyte Online Manager);
• DES (Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced);
• EasyTune 6;
• DMI Viewer;
• Face-Wizard;
• @BIOS;
• Q-Share;
• Time Repair;
• Update Manager.