The GA-P31-DS3L supports Intel Core 2 Extreme processor/ Intel Core 2 Quad processor/ Intel Core 2 Duo processor/ Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition/ Intel Pentium D processor/ Intel Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition/ Intel Pentium 4 processor/ and Intel Celeron processors. It comes equippsed with the All-Solid Capacitator, made from conductive polymer aluminum for electirc conductivity and heat resistance. Intel High Definition Audio encompasses multiple audio channels so that the user can listen to 2 different streams simultaneously in different rooms. This motherboard also features the Intel P31 Express chipset, which supports multi-core processors up to 1333 MHz.
Similar models include the Gigabyte GA-P31-ES3G, which features the ferrite core choke for CPU VRM, for electric conductivity and heat resistance, as well as being equipped with DualBIOS protection, which automatically recovers BIOS information if the system crashes.