Motherboard by Gigabyte

Advantages: cheap, does the job
Disadvantages: graphics card obscures one of the pci express slots

...Having no idea which Motherboard we needed to buy, we looked on the internet to see what was going for what price. Having used Gigabye Motherboards in the past and never had any trouble with them the wisest thing to do was to keep to Gigabyte. We decided on the Gigabyte GA-945P-DS3 purely on the features it offered. Cost Around £46. For a motherboard this is good. Features Width: 30.5 cm Depth: 19.3 cm Compatible Processors: Pentium 4, Celeron D, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme 64-bit Processors Compatibility: Built-in Processor Socket: LGA775 Socket Multi-Core Support: Dual-Core FSB Speed: 1066 MHz Max Power Connectors: 4-pin ATX12V connector, 24-pin main power connector SATA 11 with 4 SATA 11 connectors 3 pci slots, 1pci express x 16, 3 pci x 1 takes up to 4 gb of ddr2 memory...

MAllen400 20.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Gigabyte GA-945P-DS3 - motherboard - ATX - i945P

ASUS P5N-E SLI - motherboard - nForce 650i SLI

Advantages: cheap overclocking abilities gd looking build quality highly upgradable
Disadvantages: asus wbsite very slow when wanting to dl updates

...the latest intel dual and quad core even the extreme ones good packaging all nesesary cables included inc floppy sata and ide cables the bios here you can do all the tweeking easy to navigate around the bios my favourite features here is the easy overclock menu where select 5 10 15 or 20% overclock it does it all for you cpu memory i when i did mine i could only get stable 15% my dual core cpu went from 3.4 to 4.2 ghz 8 mths ago not bad at 20% theroreticly the cpu should be at 4.8 ghz my memory went from 800mhz to 950 mhz This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core processors in LGA775 package. It's excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1066/800 MHz FSB al this and it is sli ready to (fit 2 gfx cards and use as 1 big monster) for 70 i would recomend all day long even if you just wand...

jontiff 19.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5N-E SLI - motherboard - ATX - nForce 650i SLI

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

mATX - Small, Sound, Old

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

...and will replace or refund. Verdict I suppose it all comes down to buying or not. The reason I have it is that several parts from my previous rig were only compatible with 487 socket motherboards. Spending extra for a multi-core machine seemed irrational, as the capacities keep increasing faster that the amount of money you need accumulates. Buy if you wish not to get an extra cooler for a 775 or equivalent, feel that a 5 GHz (effective total for P4 with HT) processor suits your needs or you cannot afford an ATX. Do not buy if you have an ATX computer, wish to have plenty of space for fitting many additional devices, require a PCI-E graphics card or DDRII memory. As you can see, chances are you will require some other mainboard, but if you wish to cope with the mATX PC case, you can always find room for the ASRock P4i...

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

A High Performance Motherboard

Advantages: Features rich, FSB 800MHz, USB2.0, Firewire, Dual Channel DDR, Supports upto 3.2Ghz, Prescott Ready, RAID, 8x AGP, On-board 1GB LAN, On-board Sound, Supports 4GB DDR RAM IT TALKS!
Disadvantages: Expensive, Asus website is SLOW.

...that comes to mind. It?s quite expensive at over £100. I would prefer to have paid less for this motherboard. Even though it costs so much, it still doesn?t support the fastest Pentium processors. It supports the 3.4Ghz AFTER a BIOS update but 3.6Ghz use a differenttype of CPU altogether. Those use the newer Socket T / PGA775 cpu. Either way, it's the top board in the Asus socket 478 range. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? JARGON BUSTER: Socket 478 describes the CPU socket type on the motherboard. You will need a CPU with a Socket 478 interface for it to fit into the motherboard. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? This board has a port for an Asus Wi-Fi (Wireless) card. You do not need to use this but I think they were just trying to flog their own wireless card, as you can get PCI Wi-Fi cards. I think that was rather pointless unless the board came...

Deru 05.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe - motherboard - ATX - i875P

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

A Reliable and Good Performance Motherboard

Advantages: High performance, Low cost,
Disadvantages: Support Up to 4 Gb of RAM

...+3 ports) - Up to 4 GB RAM Support -Onboard LAN - High Definition Audio Overall the motherboard is satisfactory. You will only say that the RAM support should be up to 8 GB and I am also agree with you. The motherboard is micro ATX and so you can install it on slim cabinets also. It is a very affordable motherboard as it cost Rs. 2400($ 60) in India (on 8th March 2008.). If you want the video for this motherboard go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBvzBpGDypA If you want more technical details visit: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=2336&l1=3&l2=11&l3=614&l4=0 You can go for this motherboard if you want to configure a low cost and a high performance PC. Cheers! Pravin...

pkprasad82 10.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5N73-AM - motherboard - micro ATX - GeForce 7050

is this the mother of all motherboards?

Advantages: fast, handle the future
Disadvantages: soome time installing windows

...included drivers, and software, including 3D mark Advanced. When up and running: Now, as i have it running now, i think it is going to last me a good while, and after ironing out some issues at the begginning, the motherboard can now work its dreams, and successfully aid me in gaming in the next generation.. wooo!!! All in all a great motherboard and a reccommended buy for anyone....

jamesgee 25.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Maximus II Formula - motherboard - ATX - iP45

Overclockable motherboard (Asrock K7S41)

Advantages: Safe overclocking ability, onboard graphics (64mb) Onboard LAN
Disadvantages: Only two Ram slots, and two PCI slots

..., DDR 400/333/266 Graphics - Onboard Real 256E 3D graphics 64Mb, with the option to use an AGP 8X/4X 1.5v graphics card Audio - AC97 CODEC 5.1 channel Slots - AGP 8X/4X 1.5v (for AGP graphics cards) 2 x PCI slots, PCI 2.2 (for PCI devices e.g. sound cards) Connectors - IDE 2 x ATA 133/100/66/33 (for hard drives, CD rom drives) 1 Floppy Drive connector 20 pin ATX power connector CD/AUX/ audio in This motherboard also has a new technology called Hybrid booster built into the motherboard, this is a feature which allows you to overclock the processor. Basically overclocking is setting your processor to run at a faster speed, but doing so puts stress on your processor and will result in your computer getting hotter, so it is...

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Review of ASRock K7S41 - motherboard - micro ATX - SiS741GX

ASUS AMD Athlon Motherboard

Advantages: HDTV output, supports AMDs Cool 'n' Quiet
Disadvantages: Only one lan

...The ASUS M2NPV-VM Motherboard for AMD single-core Athlon 64/ Sempron and Dual-core Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon FX processors using socket AM2 is very user friendly, I went with AMDs 64 x2 3800+ processor in the beginning then moved up to 4200+ 2Gb Ram without any hassle, very easy to setup and fits easily in a standard ATX case. A possible downside to the board is that it has a limited number of slots due to being a micro ATX sized board. That's not a big deal for me as the only two cards I'll be buying in the future is Graphics and a extra Lan card. Board Layout `````````````````` >In the upper right hand corner of the motherboard are the ATX 24 pin power connector, Floppy disk connector, Game/Midi port connector and four DDR2 slots. These DDR2 slots support a maximum memory capacity of 8GB and the frequencies supported is DDR2-800MHz/667...

JGK555 31.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS M2NPV-VM - motherboard - micro ATX - GeForce 6150