In an effort to improve the longevity of its motherboards, Gigabyte is now fitting its 945 Series motherboards with all-solid capacitors, which are composed of highly electro-conductive polymer that aims to improve the stability and reliability of the boards.
 
These caps are said to outlast their electrolytic (liquid) predecessors by six times, and are not affected by temperature changes in the board, which means they are capable of higher tolerance than liquid caps, the company says.
 
In practical terms, this means that, at a temperature of 95 degrees C, solid caps will outlast their liquid counterparts by 2 324 hours. Now drop that temperature to 65 degrees C and that figure increases to 168 000 hours, the company claims.

According to the company, this means that users can overclock the board without sacrificing stability Gigabytes 945 Series boards even come with EasyTune 5 and MIT utilities to help users to do this, Gigabyte adds.