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

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

...Without a doubt one of the most powerful feature packed Micro-ATX Boards ever to roll out of the ASUS factory. This small form factor motherboard using the intel i865 chipset which will take right up the the latest(at time of writing) 3.4 Ghz CPUs, as well as the newer Prescott CPUs with increased Cache and even Extreme edition CPUs. Add to that an impressive array of onboard features including: 8 USB2 Ports(4 on the rear I/O shield, and PCI plate which will allow you to connect a further 4 from USB headers which are useful for cases with front usb connectors) Onboard 10/100 Lan. For connecting to a home network or router for internet access or file sharing. Dual Channel DDR 400. Dual channel is basically a way of putting in two identical sticks of rm, for example 2x 512mb crucial 3200, and the motherboard splits...

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

one of the best boards for socket 478

Advantages: features SATA, dual channel memory
Disadvantages: lacks modern features such as ddr2 and pci express

...If your like i was before stuck with a pretty decent socket 478 CPU such as a Pentium 4 2.8 , then this is one of the best motherboards i would recommend to get. There are lots of great advantages with this motherboard such as the size, its a Micro ATX motherboard meaning that you can have a smaller case such as a media centre case. It has 2 DDR 400 (backwards compatible with DDR 333,266 and 200) slots which can be used in Dual channel Mode if both Ram modules are the same. The northbridge chipset on this board is an Intel 865g which supports a front side bus up to 800 mhz , but you can also use 400 and 533 mhz bus CPU's with this board. It has two SATA slots which i would say is the most future friendly part on the motherboard meaning it wont be a problem when upgrading your hard drive or some optical drives which are now...

smash_3000 26.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASRock P4I65G - motherboard - micro ATX - i865G

ASUS P5PE-VM

Advantages: Flexible
Disadvantages: -

...Being a personal computer (PC) supplier, I try to find a 'better' product with better price for my consumers. As a fact, consumers would have a good product with reasonable price. ASUS is a well known manufacturer for mainboards. It always gets awards from several PC magazines and institutions. This image gives Asus a high goodwill? This is not my personal opinion, but it comes from my consumers. Awards? Some new PC consumers do not realize that awards are given to CERTAIN PRODUCTS of a manufacturer. As Asus products always gets awards, it does not mean all Asus products are the best. Seeing the fanatic consumers of Asus, and standing at the supplier side, I try to offer my consumers ASUS P5PE-VM mainboard as it offers the most competitive price and it comes with some nice features. SPECIFICATIONS Intel 865G...

djohan 09.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5PE-VM - motherboard - micro ATX - i865G

I do Mother my board, really ☺

Advantages: very fast processor support, hyper theading technology, everything to do with it.
Disadvantages: some limited support for older hardware and even software in some cases

...865GBFLK, I was very happy about the price as well. So I went straight for it and brought it, I did look at the specifications though, just to check if they supported my processor, ram and everything else. ♦ Details ♦ This board supports Celeron and Pentium four processors, and with a BUS speed of 800 MHz (max), you will be astounded by the speeds that this processor can support, and with the BIOS setting for hyper-threading technology, you?ll get even faster speeds. This board supports one processor max, with none coming with it; you need to buy your own. The ram type in this board id DDR SDRAM, supporting memory of up to 4GB, and with two slots, you can upgrade loads with this board. This ram in this computer is fast as well, supporting speeds of up to DDR400/PC3200, you will never be let down by performance...

Tortenmann 04.06.2004 (10.06.2004) · Read review
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Review of Intel Desktop Board D865GBFLK - motherboard - 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

...and so I went to open it and so I went to install it and so on only to find out that my old motherboard wouldn't support it. Its BIOS was un-upgradeable (plus few more other reasons) and so I went out again to look for new motherboard. This time I had to have it instantly (yes the very same day) but you wouldn't believe me how very few shops in London sell motherboards. I managed to find one and only ( Asus P5Q PRO ATX iP45) and there I was on my way home with smile totally excited to set it up and get it running. Well again to my dissapointment I realised that this motherboard just won't fit in my old Dell chassis because Dell's speciality is probably custom made hardware or at least motherboards which are fitted in the chassis basically upside down + few extra weird things which are here (in my humble opinion) to prevent you from upgrading...

liwo 11.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5Q PRO - motherboard - ATX - iP45

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

...with the pre-cut holes in the back of the case. You won't believe how much neater things are inside your case when you go ATX. I won't touch AT now I've tasted ATX. AT is a dying breed - but there is nothing wrong with it though, just will take more cabling and set-up time. It drives me mad working on my AT machine at home. I can hardly see the M/B for cables. If you stay with AT go for a large case. If I build a system for someone - I go ATX because it take's half the time to build. Other on this site will be able to offer reasons to go AT though...ATX is just my choice. Question - When buying an ATX case and power supply, with the intent of doing future upgrades, are there any features I should look for? As with an AT system - Go for a mid tower. This will give you plenty of room for expansion. Buy a decent make is the best advice...

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

Motherboard for Hardcore Gamers

Advantages: Fast, Cool, Supports Quad core processors
Disadvantages: None

...Hi all my friends in this review i will be talking about one of the most advanced mainboard present... yes my friends im talking about a very powerful motherboard bu ASUS and the model number is P5Q PRO... Let me explain to you the features of this motherboard... first of all this motherboard is ATX which means that it requires type ATX power supply unit installed in the case.. and secondly this motherboard supports Socket LGA775 type processors which are either dual or quad core mostly... these processors are really fast and upto 2 to 4X faster than ordinary p4 processors... The motherboard also supports upto 4 GB of DDR 2 ram and also has 2 PCI Express ports for upgrades such as graphic cards and stuff.. and a lot more...the motherboard has upto 8 SATA input connectors... inbuilt fire wire and heaps of great features... And just by...

anushka1093 16.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5Q PRO - motherboard - ATX - iP45