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

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

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

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

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

The MSI K9N Neo-F A great mid priced board.

Advantages: Easy to install, reliable and cheap for such a high quality product.
Disadvantages: Oddly placed FDD header

...The MSI K9N Neo-F --------------------------- I've never written a motherboard review before so I hope I cover everything you need to know. AVAILABILITY: ------------------- This item should be in the £40-£50 price range. It is I would consider a higher mid range board. Specs: --------- ATX This is an ATX sized motherboard. It will fit in midi or full sized tower cases. It will not fit in mini ATX cases. Processor = SOCKET AM2 This is a Socket AM2 motherboard. For: AMD ATHLON 64's, Semprons And Athlon dual cores aka X2's. RAM = DDR2 This board supports the 240 pin DDR 2 standard. It will take PC4200 PC5300 & PC6400 sticks of ram. PCIE Graphics. This will take a PCIE x16 Graphics card. It will not work with AGP cards. PCIE is the more recent technology. Chipset...

djrx 04.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of MSI K9N Neo-F - motherboard - ATX - nForce 550

MSi 845E Max (6566e) Pentium 4 motherboard

Advantages: Fast, cheap, stable, excellent support and v good manual
Disadvantages: Requires a minimum of Win ME upwards

...these are out-dated you have the very simple task of just clicking on update and your chosen driver updates are done for you with nothing else required, its extremely simple and straightforward and a massive bonus of this and other MSi motherboards to have included. The 845E max is a typical ATX motherboard and therefore will fit into most (if not all) modern desktops and the exact size dimensions are... Width 30.5 cm Depth 20 cm Heres a full list of the included supported features of this motherboard as specified by MSi themseoves on thier website... Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1 ( 1 ) x processor - Socket 478 1 ( 1 ) x AGP 4x ( 1.5 V ) 2 ( 2 ) x memory ( 2.5 V ) - DIMM 184-PIN 1 ( 1 ) x CNR 6 ( 6 ) x PCI ( 3.3 V/ 5 V ) Interfaces 1 x storage - floppy interface - 34 PIN IDC 2 x serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D...

Rabid 12.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of MSI 845E Max - motherboard - ATX - i845E

MSI PM9M-V P4M900

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

...this with some memory I have kicking around it obviously didn't work. Upon browsing for this issue, I see others have tried it and even MSI has verified you cant run DDR2 and DDR consecutively on this board. This would be a hindrance if we were talking about a full ATX board, however one active DIMM isn't really a big issue. In fact, the flexibility between DDR and DDR2 memory is quite welcoming. MOTHERBOARD/GENERAL Rear I/O panel: 1 x Serial port, 1 x PS/2 Keyboard and 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 1 x Audio (3 in 1), 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ45 LAN jack, 1 x VGA As well as flexibility with the memory and cpu the motherboard also offers two onboard USB blocks, which will support a further four USB ports, on the front panel for example. Quite nice, as some other micro ATX boards I have seen only offer one block, which can be a problem if you...

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

microRUBBISH!

Advantages: lightweight
Disadvantages: too many - look at the review..

...The microKORG is one of the best selling synthesizers worldwide and has been used by several electronic bands such as Enter Shikari and Massive Attack. The box simply contains the tiny 2kg microKORG itself, the vocoder microphone, power supply and manual. Users may at first be surprised by exactly how small the product is if they haven't seen it in real life before. It has only 3 octaves, and the keys are reminiscent of those found on a toy keyboard. One thing is for sure; don't expect to be playing any Bach or Beethoven on this baby, as it is almost impossible to get any articulation or expression in the cheap, plastic, weightless keys. The preset sounds that are supplied are the epitome of mediocrity. On the other hand, the modulation wheel on the left of the keys is extremely handy and easy to use. However i felt that apart from...

brunocrosier 07.06.2008 · Read review
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MSI RS482M4-ILD from MSI

Advantages: Very stable MoBo, built in ATI Graphics, reasonably priced.
Disadvantages: No SLI

...I purchased the RS482M4-ILD motherboard on 10th November 2005. The board arrived complete with a variety of cables. The board was well packaged and looks quite robust. For a review with all pictures search for MSI RS482M4-ILD review .This board is based on the RADEON 200 chipset. It includes on board Video. What you get in the box:Amongst the cables there is a SATA power cable and a SATA motherboard to disk cable. You also get 1 IDE and 1 Floppy cables. There is a Serial port via ribbon cable, TV S-Video and SPDIF connectors and 8channel sound via another cable. MSI provide software that includes a utility for checking all the updates available for your motherboard. This works well and it will inform you if your software is current or not. You can select all the updates that you want. Fitting the motherboard to your ATX...

FVELLA 18.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of MSI RS482M4-ILD - motherboard - micro ATX - Radeon Xpress 200