Gigabyte company is preparing to release a new motherboard with a socket LGA-1156, called GA-P55A-UD4. When resemblance to GA-P55-UD4, the new board is different from its predecessor supports USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbit / sec. The new model also has an updated scheme of food processor, 12 +2- phase power instead of 8 +2- phase, like GA-P55-UD4. Support USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbit / s provided by the presence on the board of additional controllers. Dual Marvell SATA controller 6Gbit / s replaced the old controller Gigabyte GSATA2, while the NEC controller supports two ports USB 3.0, launched into the rear panel. Ports USB 3.0 in blue, and the SATA ports 6Gbit / s color white and are next with six regular port SATA 3Gb / s, which provides the chipset P55.

Remaining functions of the new motherboard Gigabyte virtually remained the same as that of the predecessor. The four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting up to 16GB of RAM, two slots PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (2 x8, if both are used), support for ATI CrossFireX and nVidia SLI, integrated audio with support for Dolby Home Theater, etc.Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 not replace the GA-P55-UD4, they will coexist, and the price of the new model will be slightly higher. Source has not said whether this new motherboard is the only model "P55A".