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 Simple board for simple needs, July 1, 2009
By work smarter not harder... (NEW YORK CITY)
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Pro's:
Great board, easy to use & stable, overclocks E5200 up to 3.5 ghz...
Have auto-overclock feature for both processor & memory, adjusts voltages too.
Great safety features to protect for memory & processor damage.
Nice standard features. Basic board, but get's the job done.
Has plenty of room for Drive upgrades
Board is compact, so it's an easy install in most cases, reduces build time by 10%
For the Price, you're getting a bargain.
the con's:
* No extra usb hubs provided, and limited cables provided.
* Only has 1 fan terminal, so you'll be out of luck if you like fan stats.
* 1 Legacy IDE cable slot(pretty much common with all new motherboards, but 2 would be nice)
* Limited Ram slots So no room to upgrade, so buy 4 gigs now.
* Only has 2 PCI slots.
* Has VGA port but no DVI port.(what is this 2003?)
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 Excellent low priced board for HTPC., January 28, 2009
By wig (Macomb, MI United States)
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Excellent low priced board for a home theater PC. I just used a 7800 Gt PCI express video card instead of the onboard video, just popped it in the bios even disabled the onboard video for me. Easiest build ever, takes new Intel 45nm chips even, Intel Wolfdale 5200 overclocked from 2.5 ghz to 3.2 ghz without upping any voltages. Runs Blue-Rays movies easily with 2 GB ram. Been running solid for 3 months, 24/7 no problems. Buy one.
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Nice little Clocker, February 8, 2009
By G. Sessing (Simi Valley, CA USA)
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This is a nice little mATX board. I'm running my E2160 at 3.42 GHz. This CPU ran at 3.51 on my EP35-DS3R. I haven't tried to push it past 3.42 on this budget board, but it will probably go higher if set vcore above 1.5v Gigabyte said this board wasn't a good OC board, but I'm pretty satisfied for the $. The clocking features are very simple and easy to OC.
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DIY Motherboards, July 11, 2010
By Mark (Texas)
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I've used more Gigabyte motherboards than any others over the past 15 years. I worked for a company that built custom computers. I've put together over 1000 pc's. They have always been a good performer and worth the money.
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Great Product, March 23, 2010
By computer geek (Grandville, Michigan, US)
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This motherboard is the best I have ever owned.Easy overclockable with many options in the bios. Am using it with a celeron e3200 dual core and is perfectly stable at 3.3 gig. and Idles at 23C.
I love Amazons promt delivery and courteous service.
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LOVE Gigabyte, this board is no exception!, November 18, 2009
By K. Bills
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I've built several systems with this board at the core. Would recommend it for anyone looking to build a Hackintosh.
3 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
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 nothing but problems, December 4, 2010
By oldIT
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first board i got was doa. second board is no better. installed new memory and i got nothing but BSOD at the loading windows. flashed so fast could not read it. have tried removing all devices. have tried bios changes. their website FAQ were pretty much useless. have tried contacting them through their tech support and that is useless too. maybe i just got two bad boards but i wouldn't recommend this board to anyone.
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Good motherboard for budget systems, March 13, 2010
By J. Thompson (Trinidad)
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Used this board for two budget machines I recently built along with the Intel Pentium E5300 2.6GHz 2M L2 Cache 800MHz LGA775 Desktop Processor. They work well together and the board has really good overclocking features for such an inexpensive little thing (MicroATX). However, because it's Micro it is lacking PCI slots and the maximum memory is 4GB which is quite small for this day and age. Nevertheless it's still a good board; sturdy, reliable & inexpensive.
!Update!
A minor problem with this board is that whenever you boot with a Flash Drive already inserted you will get errors and it will not boot to Windows unless the drive is removed. I'm uncertain whether there is a BIOS setting to avoid this but if not it is definitely note able.
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 Only lasted a year :(, May 6, 2010
By Aaron (Waukesha, WI)
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I bought this just over a year ago, it was easy to install and worked like a charm up until it just fizzed out on me!
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Died after 2 months, April 28, 2009
By B. Davis (Los Alamos, NM)
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I read the reviews for this product and it seemed to fit the bill for a basic build.
It worked well for 2 months. Then stopped functioning. Fortunately EVGA replaced it.
I didn't update my review (to address one comment) because I'm learning to balance my time with new children. Back off!
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Cheap and allows for overclocking, March 6, 2010
By Roger Shek (Honolulu, HI)
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Board works well and can overclock. Simple mATX board for cheap builds. Pair it with an Intel Pentium Dual Core e5200 4Gb of DDR2-800 and a decent gfx card and you've got a cheap and reliable pc. There have also been success with running OSX on this board.
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Great Budget Board, February 14, 2010
By B. Bedford
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Used this board on on a build for my parents. Posted on the first try. Windows 7 Professional installed perfectly and it's been running great for two months now.
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Nice board, well made, January 7, 2010
By Nikonmaster (The Sunshine State)
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EZ install and well made board. We used it to make a Hackintosh computer.... Worked fine... Making a Hackintosh is not for the timid or the shade tree hacker. But if you want a MOBO that works 99% with little Hacking.... This is a great choice.
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Economica y Solida!, March 2, 2009
By Intensive gamer (Mcbo, Zulia Venezuela)
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Esta tarjeta madre es de lo mejor, yo la tengo con un E7300 overclokiado a 3.6ghz y trabaja super de maravilla, la recomiendo mucho a personas q van empezando con overclocking ya q es muy basica y da muy buenos resultados y ojo no se dejen llevar porq es una tarjeta microatx porq esta tarjeta madre es mejor q muchas atx q he visto y gigabyte es una de las mejores compañias en tarjetas madre! asi q no tengan miedo q no van a perder su inversion!
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Works Flawlessly., October 14, 2011
By Oleg
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This motherboard is inexpensive but is perfect for a replacement or a basic set up.
When my motherboard died on the PC, I did not have a lot of money for a new computer or an expensive replacement, so I just found the cheapest one with decent reviews and now I have to add to the positive reviews.
I have had no problems whatsoever with about half a year of use, it even seems to be performing better than the old one even though there might not be as meany features.
Nevertheless, it's a great value.
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great hardware, February 2, 2011
By David Rodriguez (Texas)
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this motherboard is pretty good, especially considering the price. the only thing I didn't like about this product was the drivers.
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Mother Board, January 22, 2011
By ddd
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I was able to install this Motherboard in minutes it outpreforms the review for it. I would purchase another with no reservations.Gigabyte Core 2 Quad/Intel G31/FSB1333/DDR2-800/A&V&GbE/Micro ATX Motherboard GA-G31M-ES2L
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cheap and effective, January 5, 2011
By billy shears
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Well priced and designed for the normal person this board was a breeze to install. Everything is clearly marked and it takes a wide array of processors. I would recommend this mobo to anybody looking for a cheap upgrade.
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Good budget board, December 15, 2010
By Michael
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The board is simple and uncomplicated. It is an easy install and survived the trip to Australia without an issue. The PCI-E slot for your video card won't cover the PCI slot as they are sufficiently apart and so, if like me you need a fax/modem to send faxes, then fear not. I put in a Quad core Q9505 and it is a simple overclock to get the multiplier up to 8.5X and the BUS up to 400, giving a simple overclock of the 2.83Ghz chip up to 3.4 Ghz. Fine for my office applications.
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Excelent product for a good price and in 1 box, November 28, 2010
By Henry Castro Costa Rica
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Excelent product for a good price and in 1 box.
Just you have to kown how to install.
But the quality is good.
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Incompatible with WinXP's /3GB switch., November 19, 2010
By Peter B. Nelson (Pine Island, MN USA)
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Pros: Trivially simple to overclock my new E8600 from 3.3GHz to 4.0GHz. Just bumped frequency from 333 to 400 and set everything else on automatic. With stock cooler peak temp was 81C (at 100% load for two hours). Sweet!
Cons: Intel's Video driver is incompatible with Windows /3GB mode (see MS knowledge-base article #319043) using both the driver from the CD-ROM and the latest download from Gigabyte (6.14.10.5029, 1/21/2009). Yes, I tried lower values for /USERVA, down to the minimum 2048, with no success. Grrrr! Consequently, WinXP refused to exceed 640x480x16-colors (it was like 1986 all over again). Also, this mainboard reserves a large amount of RAM address space, leaving only 3.4GB usable out of 4.0GB physical RAM.
Other Thoughts: If you don't know what the /3GB switch is, then don't worry - you won't need it. But if you do, this failure is a show-stopper.
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First Time Gigabyte customer, November 15, 2010
By Oldschool52 (CUMMING, GEORGIA, US)
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I have built computers for over 20 years. My last 10 builds were with ASUS boards and AMD processors. I got a super deal on this Gigabyte mother board and took a chance. (time for me to upgrade my computer) It was easy to install and worked great out of the box. I am running an AMD quad processor and 4GB DDR2 ram, 64 bit. I use the onboard video and sound. For my non-demanding use it works without a hiccup. (7 months now) I would recommend this board to anyone that needs a PC for normal use that does what it claims. My only complaint is not much documentation included. You have to go online for anything beyond normal installation but it is online.
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Works on Ubuntu Server 10.04, September 20, 2010
By Craig Rachel (Wichita Falls, Tx United States)
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I've got this board working with Ubuntu Server 10.04. A couple things though:
To get it to properly poweroff, the following line should be added to /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi=force"
There is chatter on the web about this boards ethernet not functioning. I believe the latest kernels have fixed that, as I'm getting well over 8 megabits down, which is more or less what is expected from my ISP.
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Works Well, September 3, 2010
By Rick Atkins (Florence, Texas United States)
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Per most the other reviews in here, this is a good motherboard for the money. I built the system so my kid could play Starcraft II. Used Pentium, dual core 2.93GHz 1066MHz 2MB LGA775 processor with build. BIOS is easy to navigate, some options available for MB tweaking, for those interested.
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Great for the price, March 10, 2010
By Agent 007
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For a low end board this is very stable. I'm using a single core 3.2GHz that is over clocked to 4.2GHz and it is running very stable. Color coated slots on the board makes it easy to assemble even for the novice computer user. The only cons I have is that it should had a total of four serial ATA's instead of two, and two more memory slots to total the 8Gigs of RAM. Other than those small cons, Solid Product!!
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Good reliable board, November 25, 2009
By Fox (ME USA)
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I have 2 running W7 & Vista, they are solidly reliable, no troubles & fast. One is using the onboard graphics with a 19" monitor at 1440x900x60 analog & displays HDTV & movies no problem. HD digital audio out (SPDIF) is a nice feature, but they don't include a connector bracket/cable so you need a 2 pin header to RCA adapter cable. I just plugged mine into my graphics card (also a 2 pin header) on the w7 machine & feed the digital audio out through the HDMI cable (if you have a graphics card that can do this).
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Great Value, March 7, 2010
By R. Morgan (Chicago, IL)
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Lots of features. Supports a wide range of processors. Good price. Fast, problem-free Windows 7 setup.
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Fast and exact, March 8, 2010
By Mark Witte
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Just like I said, it got here before I expected it but was exactly what I wanted.
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Question:, May 10, 2010
By C. Steckel
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Does this board come with a processor and it's wise to upgrade, or is it bare and a chipset is necessary? Thank you.
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Question, September 4, 2009
By riccardo zullian
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I would like to know if i can use a dual core processor with this mother board?
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Good Motherboard ..., September 25, 2010
By lorenvita
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The price was good and the speed is excellent. My buddy help me to install this motherboard and once completed, I was very satisfied with the result. I have been buying products from dentalBookshop for years and this item is excellent to purchase. You can't go wrong buying items in dentalBookshop and the return items policy is good. I highly recommend this item and always check the ratings.
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Upset, November 23, 2011
By Annonymous
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I'm sure it was a good product, but when I received it, I found out it wasn't the right component. However, when I sent it back in the mail with proper shipping labels etc 3 months ago, I still never got my refund.
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Nice little board if you have an older CPU, November 13, 2011
By jimZ
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Bought this to revive an old system. Running with a Pentium 4 670 CPU, works as described. Good price for what I need it for. For some reason, my abit wifi pci adapter doesn't work with it, but that's because the adapter is not compatible with Win7~
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great Motherboard, October 14, 2011
By Dave Wright
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Gigabyte is the best motherboard for any project. Over clocking is easy. It accepts lots of peripherals. This particular Gigabyte board has the added feature of being inexpensive. Thanks, Dave
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Good deal, September 5, 2011
By RG Sloan (KY)
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Purchased this after my son's motherboard died on his HP that was less than 2 years old. HP, being HP,couldn't offer any help with the motherboard, but did offer to sell me a whole new computer.They said a replacement motherboard wouldn't be compatable. So I researched compatability and this one came up.Price was great, so I took my chances; and it hasn't given us any trouble in the 2 months we've had it so far.
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Gigabyte Core 2 Quad/Intel G31, August 28, 2011
By Dylan M.
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It's a pretty good and pretty solid mobo. No problems yet, and I've only had it about two to three months at this point. I wish it was more expansion friendly, but it is an older model and that's what I paid for. It's well worth it's money.
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motherboard, August 26, 2011
By Jerry Brandt (La Grange, Mo.)
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It came exactly the way it was advertised - good to do business with It came exactly the way it was advertised - good to do business with
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Excellent Value, August 24, 2011
By Al (North Carolina)
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Motherboard is very stable and performs well. Has a very capable score when tested with PassMark. I have had the motherboard in use for a couple of months and have not experienced any problem. Seems to very compatible with Win 7.
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Good Value, August 12, 2011
By David H. Reed (Kirkland, WA United States)
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Good value in a motherboard - everything you are likely to need for a Core 2 Duo CPU. Has only 2 memory slots and limited expansion capability. Has full complement of SATA sockets, as well as IDE socket. Has on-board VGA and audio jacks. I dropped in 4 GB of DDR2 RAM, connected 1 TB SATA hard drive and SATA DVD burner, installed my TV tuner card and graphics accelerator card with HDMI, and it works great.
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Works, July 22, 2011
By Michael
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Works like it should, although a very tiny board, I only bought it as a temporary replacement until we upgrade to Sandy Bridge next year.
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Great motherboard fantastic upgrade!, July 21, 2011
By Beverly V Rainey (ORMOND BEACH, FL, US)
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I bought this motherboard to upgrade an ailing HP Pavilion 510c. The ad stated I would be best to use a more powerful power supply, so I included that and the ad recommended using a matching Intel CPU. I purchased all that was recommended, having all other hardware already in the tower unit. I also added a SATA drive 560Gb hard drive, which this motherboard allowed me to add easily with several resident plugs for SATA units. The only frustrating thing had nothing to do with the board, but with HP's power plug. It required splitting it into individual wires and plugging in to the board manually instead of using the molded plug. This was due to HP changing the standard wiring to prevent just such a generic upgrade instead of an HP board (which is not available - Haha; must buy new computer - Not!) This computer is now the best in the house. It out shines two brand new laptops, one a Netbook, and one a standard Dell laptop. We watch streaming internet repeatedly with it, play DVD's, and get lightening fast response for everything. Before purchasing, take detailed measurements of your tower and make sure it will fit. Also find out what your power supply is rated at in Watts. Make sure you have one at least 250W or you will under supply the processor and graphics. Then before install, make a complete back-up of your entire system, including an image of your Windows system. That should allow re-installation of the operating system after replacement of the motherboard.
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Great replacemenet, easy swap-out, May 27, 2011
By Rob (South Carolina, USA)
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I ordered this motherboard to replace the failing ASUS P5-B Deluxe in my desktop PC (used for photo processing, mostly). It allowed me to use my good dual-core Pentium processor, up-scale graphics card, the RAM modules I already had, and connect the three internal SATA hard drives. My only complaint is the limit of two memory slots. I only have 1GB memory modules, so was limited to 2GB of memory. The machine runs Windows XP SP3 - after doing some research and reading, I found that the OS and programs I use made very little use of anything over 2GB anyway. I've found the performance to be very good and the machine is now much more stable than previously.
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It's freaken awsome!!, March 29, 2011
By CLumzolo
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I was recently trying to upgrade a manefactured Gateway 838GM CPU from an intel Pentium 4 630 to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 processor. I did some research and found out the Q8400 wouldn't work on the Intel 915G motherboard that comes with the stock Gateway 838GM, so I puchased this baby along with some DDR2 RAM here at amazon to with it and it works like a charm. It fit in perfectly on the Gateway case since it's an ATX. I overclocked the heck out of my CPU; with the dope BIOS this Motherboard comes with, everything was so simple. I highly recomend it, since it's worth way more than what it cost.
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Gigabyte Motherboard, March 2, 2011
By D. Mantle
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Purchased this as a cheap PC build for a relative for internet surfing and casual gaming. Normally I buy Asus motherboards for my own builds so this was my first Gigabyte motherboard purchase and my first micro ATX sized board. The price was great for a stable, quality board. I found it to be easy to install and work on. No problems or hiccups whatsoever.
I did find the manual to be a little lacking in detailed instructions for setting up the CPU and memory frequencies, clock speed multipliers etc in the BIOS to get my Intel E5500 dual core CPU running at 2.80 ghz, but I figured it out. Might be a small challenge for the novice builder, but nothing worth knocking a star off for.
5 stars. I will definitely purchase this board again for future builds.
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Excellent Budget Motherboard!, February 18, 2011
By AnotherWindowsBlog (Honolulu, HI USA)
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This motherboard is fantastic if you will be putting together a budget computer. Are there cheaper one's out there? Of course there are. But I took the chance to go with Gigabyte since I have heard a lot of good stuff about them so I decided to go with this one. I'm pairing this with an Intel E5500 on a Windows 7 Professional system and everything so far has been rock solid. The on-board VGA saves me money as well since I don't have to purchase and install a third-party video card. The motherboard features Gigabyte's patented dual-BIOS. You have the main BIOS and you have a backup BIOS in case something happens to the main one. I hope I never have to use this feature but it's good to know about this nonetheless.
One error I made due to incomplete research is that I thought this motherboard model supported the ability for you to charge your iPhone even when the computer is off. It turns out that feature requires a dedicated On/Off USB header and that is available only on certain models. However, I did learn that I could flash the BIOS to the newest version and install their simple On/Off driver from their website to enable that feature. While I'm still not able to charge my iPhone when the computer is off, I am able to maintain a charge to my iPhone if I simply connect it to the computer while it is turned on first. If I then turn off or hibernate my computer, the charge is still there. The only drawback is that I have to have turned on the computer first. However, this error is due to me not researching enough and has nothing to do with the motherboard itself.
I will definitely be purchasing from Gigabyte again.
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Warning: MAIN BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR!, September 27, 2011
By H. Werner (Angola, NY)
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I have used this motherboard for about a year. Was greated yesterday by the following "Warning: MAIN BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR! Retrieving recovery source from HPA. BIOS Auto-Recovering." It cycled turning itself on and then off inbetween this message. I thought this to be a rare occurrence. I did a search on-line and found 7,820 hits! I have owned at least a dozen or so motherboards. This is the first time something like this has occurred! According to the folks on-line it is either BIOS battery, RAM or eeeeek RMA! I do not believe its the RAM. All these are a hassle and down time. This will be my last gigabyte motherboard. CorkyMoo.com
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Works OK So Far But Spdif cable not included., March 15, 2011
By Steve C (Arizona)
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Seems like a good board for the price, I installed the 64 bit version of Windows 7 on this and it runs OK but the board has some physical problems. The PC board is pretty thin and bends when the cooling fan is installed on top of the processor so I don't know if it's going to last very long. The 12 volt power connection is located at the top of the board so if you try to use a cabinet that has the power supply at the bottom the cables won't reach. The board only came with an IDE cable and SATA cable, no SPDIF audio cable. There are no SPDIF outputs on the board so the cable has to be purchased extra for an additional $15. Also the manual is pretty detailed when it comes to showing connection points but has no info about error codes or what error causing beeps mean and there's no information at all about what the software on the CD is for. There doesn't seem to be any fan speed or temperature monitoring utility on the CD either.
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