It's no secret that Tier 1 manufacturer Gigabyte is preparing quite a few P55 motherboards but that still doesn't take away the excitement of an early peak at some of those boards. Speaking of peaks, below is a sneaky one of the GA-P55M-UD4, a microATX P55-powered board that Gigabyte is finishing up in order to have it ready for the Lynnfield launch.

Looking a lot better than the GA-HD, the P55M-UD4 features the now classic blue PCB (with 2oz copper), support for LGA 1156 processors, four DDR3 memory slots, and two PCI-Express x16 slots providing SLI and CrossFireX readiness. The upcoming board also boasts one eSATA and seven SATA ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio, and FireWire. The GA-P55M-UD4 looks good enough to ship so it will probably start shipping around the end of August or early September.





Pictures courtesy of CPU3D.