Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard, AM2, GeForce 6100/nForce 430 Chipset, Dual DDR2 800, PCIe x16, SA... Reviews

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Pros: Cheap, good caps, compatible with most lower power cpus, online support and drivers. Cons: Like some others have said, the floppy controller doesn't have a port, but just pins sticking up off the board, and it's located clear at the bottom of the board, which can be a stretch. from Newegg.com Otherwise none! Cons: No guide around FDD port-"Floppy Disk" justbare pins sitting on the board!!!Board didn't read floppy drive, 3 out of 3!!!Had to return for a new board... Other Thoughts: Did not come with floppy cable, sata driversare a pain! Had to make dos disk, maybe I'mjust used to other boards but will never buyGigabyte again! from Newegg.com Pros: Very easy to build. Takes several different categories of procs (based upon AM2, or AM2+, or reduced AM3 operation), cheap. Directions are OK. from Newegg.com Pros: This was my first time making such a big change in my computer setup by myself; my previous MB had "fried", so I shopped around for quite some time and ended up with this board. Installed and everything worked the first time, except I couldn't get internet! from Newegg.com Pros: I'm back to say that this board is just fine. I've had this board running 24/7 for several months now. from Newegg.com Pros: Easy to install and it booted up perfectly. This board was a great fit in my old HP case that I've had since 2000. AM2+ means I can still make upgrades to the processor and 4 available memory slots means I still have 2 to fill when I decide to upgrade to a 64-bit OS. from Newegg.com Pros: Fit in my case. Arrived in a box. from Newegg.com Pros: Bought this MOBO for an internet machine I was building for my wife. I teamed it up with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750, and 2 Gigs of of G. from Newegg.com Pros: This motherboard worked good for a while. Nice small board, installed and loaded great. from Newegg.com Pros: Tested today with a few AM3 CPU's, and they will boot with an unknown CPU type until you update the BIOS to F4, then you get full CPU support of AM2/AM2+/AM3. I use this board in over 1,000 1U servers and has been outstanding with no failure rate and only a few out of the bag DOA's Cons: none from Newegg.com

Description

The S series motherboards GA-M61PM-S2, supporting AM2 processor with dual channel DDR2 800MHz high frequency memories, providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings.

Specs

Released	9 months ago
Socket Type	Socket AM2
Compatible Processors	AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2
Memory Type	DDR2 SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots	2 x 240 Pin DIMMs
Audio Input	1 x Line In
Audio Output	SPDIF Out
Bios Features	ACPI 1.0
Bios Type	Flash ROM
Chassis Type	Desktop
Chipset	NVIDIA nForce 430
Compatibility	PC
Depth	8.86 in.
Expansion Slots	PCI Express x16 x 1 PCI Express x1 x 1 PCI x 2
Form Factor	Micro ATX
Front Side Bus Speed	1000 MHz
Integrated Audio	Intel High Definition Audio Subsystem Realtek ALC662
Integrated Input/Output Ports	USB 2.0 x 4 USB 1.1 x 4 RJ45 Lan Port x 1 PS/2 Mouse x 1 PS/2 Keyboard x 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP/SPP) x 1 Floppy Port x 1
MPN	GA-M61PME-S2
Max Supported RAM	8 GB
Multi GPU Support	NVIDIA SLI
Networking Type	Network adapter
On Board Graphic Processor	NVIDIA GeForce 6100
Other Features	Chassis intrusion detection 64bit Ready
Package Qty	1
RAID Support	SATA RAID 0 SATA RAID 1
South Bridge Chip	NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP
Storage Controller Type(s)	Serial ATA x 2, DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) x 2
Supported RAM speeds	800 Mhz 533 MHz 400 MHz 667 MHz
UPC	818313005199
Width	9.61 in.

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