P4M900T-M2 - Very Ideal Motherboard for a Low Cost

Advantages: Low Cost, Supports so many Intel Processors
Disadvantages: not enough PCI Slots

...The Elitegroup P4M900T-M2 Is a Motherboard which Retails for around £30.00 The Motherboard uses the Chipset of the P4M900CD & VT8237S The Motherboard has been designed to Support the Latest Intel CPUs Such as The Intel Dual Core and the Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad CPUs. The Motherboard uses socket 775 which will also support some Intel Pentium 4s and Celeron Ds. The Motherboard Supports DDR2 667 (DDR2 6400) Up to 4GB Ram (2 Slots with 2GB RAM) The Motherboard has a FSB of 1066Mhz which is Quite Fast Considering it only £30 in most Places. The Motherboard which most do has Built in Lan which supports 100MPBS and a Built in Graphic card which supports 128MB Graphics. The Motherboard Supports up to 2 SATA Drives (Mainly Hard drives) 2 IDE Devices (Mainly 2 DVD-Rws) and 1 Floppy Drive. The Motherboard supports SATA...

k800ifan07 02.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of EliteGroup P4M900T-M2 (V1.0) - motherboard - micro ATX - P4M900

MSI PM9M-V P4M900

Advantages: Stability and price
Disadvantages: Possibly limited PCI slot and memory DIMM's

...Hopefully this review may help others seeking an impartial opinion. To start off, il just outlay some brief specifications with opinions provided. Further specifications are available off the msi website. http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincatno=1&p rodno=1219 CPU Socket 775 for Intel P4 3xx/ 5xx/ 6xx/ Pentium D, Celeron D, Core 2 Duo processors. Also supports EIST and HT processors. Really handy as it supports my current p4 prescott HT and allows upgrade potential. It might seem like an obvious point, but finding a reliable board that I could use indefinitely on a p4 HT and then a dual core in the future was challenging. MEMORY DIMM1 supports 2GB max DDR2 400/533/667 and DIMM2 supports 1GB max DDR 266/333/400. From the image, you may have already guessed this is a micro ATX board, so...

wh666-666 03.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of MSI PM9M-V - motherboard - micro ATX - P4M900

mATX - Small, Sound, Old

Advantages: ATX-compatible, Power-efficient, Inexpensive, Supports ATA and SATA
Disadvantages: Obsolete DDR Technology, Unsuitable for Gamers

...ASRock P4i65G is a compact motherboard for that tiny PC case. Because it was manufactured for microtower standard computer boxes, it lacks the strengths that the following customers would desire: workstation administrators, hardcore gamers, media professionals. In other words, this motherboard is currently suitable only for those with medium requirements (if you wish to buy it for a new computer) and highly recommended for Socket 478 processor owners. Introducing mATX Power Capacity Most mATX computers support power supplies of no more than 350W, and the case is sometimes too small for you to stuff two hard disks. This motherboard can easily house a P4 3.4 GHz HT (one of the most powerful and watt-guzzling monocore CPUs) that can compete with modern dual core processors, multiple DVD-ROMs and hard disk...

Lord_Kelvin 15.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of ASRock P4I65G - motherboard - micro ATX - i865G

Micro ATX board

Advantages: Good stable board
Disadvantages: Not many PCI slots

...Motherboards are critical to any computer. The selection is wide and the features each contains need to be closely looked at. I was building a new PC and I came across this motherboard. It is a micro ATX board so is alot smaller than any ATX board so therefore has the disadvantage of not having much opportunity for expansion. There are only three PCI slots which is fine if you do not require many but considering that a modem, soundcard and now wireless cards need PCI slots then this does not leave many options if you wish to install these. The board itself has many features and comes with onboard graphics and sound. The advantage of this is that money is saved on needing to buy a graphics card and sound card. The disadvantage of this is that if you do use the onboard graphics it uses your system memory and therefore can slow...

lank 23.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of MSI KM2M Combo-L - motherboard - micro ATX - KM266

Oh Mother! Asus P5Q PRO ATX iP45

Advantages: soo many, cannot describe them in just few words
Disadvantages: none apparent

...their computers with other than Dell's hardware. I was a little bit sick for a while and again I went in the same shop to get suitable chassis and yes, even new power source (1050W). Luckily this time was everything fine and now, please, let me share my (good) experience with Asus P5Q PRO ATX iP45. ASUS P5Q PRO ATX iP45 supports: Intel processor family: (socket LGA775) Intel® Core?2 Extreme Core?2 Quad Core?2 Duo Pentium® dual-core Celeron® dual-core Celeron® ---------------------------------- with FSB frequencies: 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz (front side bus - connects processor to memory - higher number means faster performance) ---------------------------------- Up to 16 GB of RAM (not 4 as stated in previous review) Type: DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz --------------------------------- 6 x SATA connectors...

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Review of ASUS P5Q PRO - motherboard - ATX - iP45

P4P800-VM, Best P4 Micro-ATX Board.

Advantages: 800FSB P4 support, SATA, 8 USB2 connections, AGP 8X and 6ch Sound with SPDIF
Disadvantages: ASUS motherboard site can be down at times

...(Also referred to as AGP 3.0) meaning that all the latest graphics card such as the new Radeon X800 are able to run at full speed. This means that you can pack as much punch in with one of these small boards as with the normal P4P800 Deluxe which is a full size ATX board. *It is worth noting that the P4P800-VM comes with intel onboard graphics, these are more than enough for day to day desktop use, but for game playing you're better off using the AGP slot and getting a card.* Onboard 6ch Audio with SPDIF out. The cream on the bun! Being a smaller form factor you don't have the usual 5 or 6 PCI expansion slots, so to eliminate the need for a sound card ASUS have integrated a sound card which rivals creatives original audigy. It also has a Co-axial SPDIF output for use with any compatible amplifier or speaker set, meaning that at no additional...

Darkle 19.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P4P800-VM - motherboard - micro ATX - i865G

ASUS M2N68 - motherboard - ATX - nForce 630a

Advantages: Very good cost/benefit ratio, like the overclocking, like the bios
Disadvantages: very bad pin and port placement

...the individual connectors outside of the cabinet and then connect to the board as one plug. Fortunately it has the same format as the M2N68, but unfortunately I cannot use it because it raises the connectors too high, taking space from one of the only available HD bays. Good board, but very bad planning. Even on my large full-atx cabinet, connecting everything was an unpleasant challenge. I do not recommend this board for anyone with a slim or reduced-size cabinet, or anyone who works with 4 hd's. And contrary to CIOS's description of 5 SATA ports, it has 4....

JM_Brazil 05.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of ASUS M2N68 - motherboard - ATX - nForce 630a

AT verses ATX - confused?

Advantages: ATX is easy is use/build a PC
Disadvantages: Less choice in some cases

...ATX psu's don't have a power cable that connections to the power button on the case. ATX is much better in this respect because it's safer and has uses motherboard connections for standby and power off etc... You also can't connect the power cable to the M/B the wrong way round - which is nice ! The ATX psu's are different in design and size with the ATX blowing air onto the M/B - the fan is mounted in a different place to an AT psu. The M/B power connections are different also, so even if you somehow re-wired it (not recommended, not possible?) you might blow something up ! Question - Why are the AT motherboards giving way to ATX? How much longer will new AT motherboards be available? If you build an ATX system, you'll know why ATX is much better than AT in my opinion. An ATX M/B has built-in com ports etc that line up...

m.holmes 31.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on General Computing Issues

GigaByte 2000 Dual bios ATX Mother Board

Advantages: Very well built with good range of features
Disadvantages: none really - but it's not cheap !

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Review of Gigabyte GA-BX2000 - motherboard - ATX - i440BX

ABit Va-10

Advantages: Relatively cheap, on board sound, on board VGA, reliable and fast
Disadvantages: Not many over-clocking option, no firewire

...Features & Specifications of Abit VA-10: Supports AMD Athlon XP / Sempron Socket-A processors (333/266MHz Front Side Bus). VIA VT8378 (KM400) / VT8235 Chipset which supports Hi-Speed Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0). Besides, provides on board built in S3 UniChrome 2D/3D Graphics with motion compensation, or ext. Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X /4X (0.8V /1.5V). Two 184-pin DIMM sockets (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM). Supports 2 DIMM DDR 333/266/200 (Max. 2GB). Integrated UniChrome Graphics. Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X (0.8V/1.5V). On board VIA VT1616 6-Channel AC 97 CODEC. Professional digital audio interface supports Optical S/PDIF Out. System BIOS Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP). Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI). Supports Desktop Management...

Mattlav 03.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of ABIT VA-10 - motherboard - micro ATX - KM400