the intel d945gclf motherboard is a great product.
just one of those intel motherboard posters with pictures and numbered steps for international markets.
other thoughts: the computer the atom replaced was 1.6 ghz celeron in a socket 775 motherboard (so the celeron actually has faster memory and front side bus).
it was a replacement for a friends computer with an outdated celeron got this not knowing how well it would stack up and i must say for a basic machine (no gaming or video editing) it works
fixed by updating bios from intel website, disabling realtek nic in bios, then installing ubuntu, and afterwards updated to kernel 2.6.24-19.
it has been rumored that intel added this gpu so as not to make it attractive to people who would otherwise purchase a more expensive processor.
intel motherboards tend to be quite reliable once it is working, and so far it seems to be the case in my experience.
i had initial concern with the intel graphics chipset, but once i started using the hardware, it has performed way better than i expected.
from the specs, i would have expected it to be almost on par with the last generation mac mini intel core duo with intel graphics, which can handle 1080i mpeg2.
it works fine, but it's slow...the booklet and even the tech .pdf from intel.com mention nothing about the various codes that are displayed while booting and scanning.
even though intel put some plastic guard around it, i still managed to bend it and break the plastic guard while muscling on the heat sink for the cpu.
we purchased with intel celeron e1200, great deal for low end dual core 64 bit machine.
will accept most current processors from the lowly celeron up to the core2 quads.
easy to update them, however, on intel's web site.2) my one goof in setting up the board was to install the drivers before i updated windows.
i have always used intel motherboards..
i installed it with an intel cpu 8400 (core 2 dual 3.0 g), an nvidia 9600gt 512 mb, and 2gb ram pny - 5300 and windows vista home/premium edition.
whereas the asus build was anything but easy (from sata drivers to myriad vista 64-bit os faults), the intel build was absolutely straight forward and simple -- even for a novice builder.
other thoughts: lately i have been getting alot of bad asus boards so unless you need to overclock i would stick with the intel boards for now.
4 gb kingston value ram and the intel e4600 processor running ubuntu linux and everything is working great.
was worried about memory compatability becuz the intel specs say 1.8v memory only but my crucial ballistix 4gb (2 x 2gb) 240-pin ddr2 sdram ddr2 800 worked just fine and runs super smooth, very good
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