Humidity can play havoc on a motherboard's circuitry. GIGABYTE's glass fabric PCB design helps protect against electrical shorts due to humidity by reducing the gaps in spacing between PCB filaments. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Classic motherboards feature high resistance ICs which help protect the motherboard against electrostatic discharge. The GIGABYTE motherboard is fully configured to provide gamers with the PCI Express technology, delivering maximum data bandwidth for forthcoming discrete graphics cards.