Motherboards Reviews

ASUS M4A78-EM AM2+ 780G MATX 4719543169438

$112.00 Est. at Amazon

from Mike, www.newegg.com
i wanted to build a computer for my own use with the best parts and i chose this motherboard for the amount of features and cost effectiveness.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the only cpu voltage options in the bios are +50mv, +100mv, and +150mv.the turbo button feature was kinda cool (great for newbie overclockers) but there was absolutely no control as to how much it
from F___M, www.newegg.com
i would have given the board 5 eggs if it worked out of the box with the 955.
from The Master Builder, www.newegg.com
right out of the box it sets up fast and the bios and configuration came dummy proof.
from eman, www.newegg.com
i am not a audiophile so maybe i am ignorant of sound quality but it works great for watching hulu.

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Positives: Excellent Reliability, High Quality, Socket AM2+, Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon, AMD Sempron, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Athlon X2, AMD Phenom X3

Namco Outdoor Challenge Wii 80006

$60.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
my kids received this game for christmas and have been playing it everyday.
from www.amazon.com
this game has many different options/games within it; single and 2 player.
from www.amazon.com
my kids (8 and 7 years old) received this game for xmas and they love it!!
from www.amazon.com
i've enjoyed this game to date and after one niece and nephew tried it, they wanted one of their own - as did their mother who got as involved with playing as they did.
from www.amazon.com
this game is a lot of fun, my kids love it and they get quite a work out!

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, Nice Reliability, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-UD2H

$111.00 Est. at Amazon

from g-lock, www.newegg.com
ddr2 1200 cons: on the box it says ultra performance and well..
from ex ovo omnia, www.newegg.com
hardware installation was a breeze, split sata controller (ide on one port & ahci on others) made it easy to reuse an existing bloated windows xp pro x86 install without sata driver issues.
from ex ovo omnia, www.newegg.com
no driver issues at all, cleaned old drivers, booted up and loaded each manually and it worked -- granite stable and fast.
from www.amazon.com
board is extremely stable and has good performance to boot.
from Kydreth, www.newegg.com
i was pleasantly surprised but the quality and additional features over the asus counter part: m4a78-em.i more easily installed raid 1 (mirror) since the asus caused a blue screen on an xp install

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Positives: Socket AM2+, Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon, AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Phenom X2, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x DIMMs

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

$325.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jim, www.newegg.com
i process data and crunch numbers, no kiddie games.it didn't post up initially.
from gfietz, www.newegg.com
layed out for your hardware.setup:i7 920gigabye ud4p (obviously)6gigs ocz 12600ati 4870vista ultimate 64 bit (love it!)games: bf2, wow, cs, all of which run the highest graphics settings with no lag.
from Jake, www.newegg.com
everything fit where it was suppose to - and worked fine right out of the box.
from cmk1198, www.newegg.com
the initial installation of windows 7 is a little slow, but once inside the os it is blazing fast.
from gfietz, www.newegg.com
everything worked like it said it would and i've oc'ed my i7 920 to 3.4ghz right out of the box and i havent even tried to go higher.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, High Quality, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM

GIGABYTE AM2+ AMD-RS780 4XDDRII-1066 5200HT

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
after 2 hours burn in, it's safe to say that its a good stable motherboard.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
excellent quality in product design, manuals, cables and bios.
from cigar 537, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: hope it will last, no overclocking or gaming use to shorten the life.
from Demogawd, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i have always wanted to buy a $400 plus mobo just for gaming but never felt like plunking down the change for it.
from Headmaster Fox, www.newegg.com
i just ordered a new graphics card so i can test out how good it works for gaming.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Great Performance, Socket AM2

Gigabyte S775 Intel P45 ATX Audio Lan EP45DQ6

$250.00 Est. at Amazon

from James Szivos, www.newegg.com
i wouldn't recommend this motherboard to gamers, unless you want to run raid configurations, although complex raids aren't meant for gaming, which is why my primary os is on a separate volume.
from Hank, www.newegg.com
i have had it running stable for a couple weeks now.
from Bombtek, www.newegg.com
which is a nice feature.
from UBiQUiTY, www.newegg.com
that is, if i manage to use up all 10 of the on-board sata.the hardware raid 1 "smart backup" feature is amazing -- the hardware totally maintains the mirror image drive, without any involvement from
from N/A, www.newegg.com
installation was a breeze.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Good Reliability, Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Core2 Quad

MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX 7576-010R

MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard (7576-010R)

$131.00 Est. at Amazon

from superTramp, www.newegg.com
Pros: I wouldn't know..
from Thrasher, www.newegg.com
Overall very unhappy with MSI right now.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: Fast shipping
from Steve, www.newegg.com
and of course, futile since everything EXCEPT the motherboard was fine, as evidenced by the fact that the one system that is working used the same CPU and memory from one of the failed boards.
from mogo, www.newegg.com
The HDMI has failed.

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Positives: Socket A, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM

Intel Desktop Board DG41TY

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from Chris M, www.newegg.com
i don't do any gaming, but my music sounds great and streaming hd video is pretty impressive all with the onboard audio/video.
from tolginator, www.newegg.com
i use linux software raid (mdadm) for both raid-1 configurations.no hickups, good performance, no extra drivers needed, solid performance (remember to put xdriver=vesa at install time).
from Schmoo, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: there is little in way of overclocking features but that is normal for intel boards and not really an issue as this board isn't positioned for that market.i've been extremely happy
from N/A, www.newegg.com
(see other thoughts) other thoughts: i found this board to be a very easy to use and configure board for a basic low cost build i did for a client.i used a intel pentium e5200 cpu
from TheNick, www.newegg.com
so far, both boards run stable without any issues.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

$114.00 Est. at Amazon

from Waterboy9010, www.newegg.com
this motherboard can with hold major over clocking and is great for games.
from /*noComment*/, www.newegg.com
it often freaks me out when it boots up in the middle of the night, or shuts down when i am playing games.
from Tom, www.newegg.com
it has more than i need, feature-wise and works flawlessly in my applications.
from JohanTheOlive, www.newegg.com
board is nice looking (not that it matters), feels well built, and has good features at a good price.
from Tom, www.newegg.com
it just works right out of the box.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Core 2 Quad/ P45/

$158.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
this one had the features i needed and with gigabyte's good reputation it was on my short list for a new motherboard.
from x, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: ok for the cash, don't expect to use the audio..and from what i have read this is common.when the audio does work, it causes freezes and pops during games.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it was going to go to my daughter, who is not a gamer.
from Rakochet, www.newegg.com
(no option to turn the flexijack to mic input in any of the screens it's supposed to be on), so i took it out and have been using the onboard for everything else (first-person gaming mostly).
from flosnap, www.newegg.com
it performs very well.

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Positives: Great Reliability, Great Performance, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte X58 DDR3-2000X6 UD3 CPNT3PCIEX16 2PCIE

$406.00 Est. at Amazon

from Henri, www.newegg.com
nice north bridge too, makes it look good!so far, the performances are quite nice.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it gives you all the features your looking for.
from Fireclown, www.newegg.com
the dual-bios feature is a lifesaver, and it has a decent amount of peripherals.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
sure i wish it was a bit cheaper, but it was less expensive then the comparable asus board yet seemed to have as many features.
from Bloody, www.newegg.com
led hex-decimal readout unuseable due to it being completely covered, and make sure you install all your sata cables prior to installing any graphics cards that are around the size of the gtx series.

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Positives: Great Reliability, High Quality, Great Performance, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM

Gigabyte Technology GA-MA790FX-UD5P Amd 790fx +

$208.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ken, www.newegg.com
this is a great motherboard for the price and is a good base for gaming.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
fits big gaming hardware cards easily.
from atomicatom, www.newegg.com
performs great!
from N/A, www.newegg.com
easy and quick to assemble.
from Dave, www.newegg.com
will only accept a set proceedure for hardware installation.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Socket AM2+, Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon, AMD Sempron, AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Athlon X2, AMD Phenom X3, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM

Gigabyte MB INTEL 775 P45 ATX

Gigabyte Gigabyte MB INTEL 775 INTEL P45 ATX,4DDR2 1 x PCI E x16,4 x PCI E x1, 2PCI (EP45UD3LR) Motherboard

$106.00 Est. at Amazon

from Voltage Drop, www.newegg.com
gigabyte is the elite of the industry and at the top of their game.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
was using a 160 gb sata hdi had to get windows xp pro sp3 and then installation went smooth other thoughts: antec 300, cooler master 750w psu, 9800gx2, ide optical drive, no floppy
from shumagorath86, www.newegg.com
no problems after a fresh driver installation.
from IcemanLeo, www.newegg.com
easy to overclockraid 0 babe!!!memory running 1066 without any problems.easy to setup.
from herothezero, www.newegg.com
easy to setup and installs w7 rc1 with no driver conflicts right from the dvd.

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Positives: Excellent Performance, Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad

ASUS 8GB DDR2 1066 MHz M3A78

$109.00 Est. at Amazon

from bvrev.compusa.com
it has everything i need to build a decent gaming platform for not a lot of money.
from bvrev.compusa.com
only problem i have it is little hot - 45c when playing 3d game with my hd4670.
from bvrev.compusa.com
amd athlon 64 x2 7750 2.7ghz socket am2+..it is a black cpu so i will/can over clock it..i did not want on board video allways to slow and i would disable it anyway....this is a nice mother board!!!
from bvrev.compusa.com
good overclocking capability, stability, and asus quality.
from bvrev.compusa.com
i did not update the bios got xppro in and 100% working..it was ez!!!6000x2, ati hd 4670 and good skilll sdram...going to change to vista64 and changing the cpu out for amd athlon 64 x2 7750 2.7ghz

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

Gigabyte C2INTVGA+PCI-E4XDDR28GBUATX 818313007933

$165.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: All of the extra Durable 3 features make this a nice mATX motherboard for those who are trying to make high performance machines that don't scare your loved ones to death.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: because board is not working no pros
from RED 57, www.newegg.com
Pros: Don't Know Yet.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Affordable and solid so far, huge difference in stability from my less expensive ECS G33T-M2 motherboard!Running Windows 7 build 7000 with 8gb memory and its quite stable.
from A.K., www.newegg.com
Pros: Everything works out of the box, no blue screens.

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Positives: Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad, Intel Pentium Dual Core, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs

ASUS AT3GC-I Intel Atom N330 479 945GC Mini ITX

ASUS AT3GC-I Intel Atom N330 479 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo

$115.00 Est. at Amazon

from latro, www.newegg.com
Pros: -It's made by Asus-Decent CPU-Low power-Big heatsink for the cpu + chipset-Gigabit network /w WOL (had to dig up the manual to find this out)-Has an LED on the mobo to indicate it has power (as in unplug the psu before doing stuff; common sense...
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: good performance for the money.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: I really wish they would include a minimum of two fan connectors on motherboards.
from deegoire, www.newegg.com
Cons: Maximum 224 MB shared Intel GMA 950 graphics.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: I love this board!

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Positives: Compatible Processors: Intel Atom, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 1 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: Intel 945GC

SUPERMICRO ATX MBD Q35 LGA775 8GB-6X SATA HD7.1

$185.00 Est. at Amazon

from bob, www.newegg.com
lets hope it lasts longer than the $85 board from an unnamed vendor.not intended for overclocking gamers.
from bob, www.newegg.com
interesting feasture, and i love more features, but what is it for?
from WhizBangZoom, www.newegg.com
(2) while designed as a workstation board, don't overlook its potential as a modest, affordable entry-level server with lots of features, without lots of proprietary clutter.
from WhizBangZoom, www.newegg.com
(5) some welcome differences over most other manufacturers: cleanly assembled and soldered .
from jswedberg, www.newegg.com
6 sata ports means i may not have have to buy a raid card.works great with fedora 9 and 10 (with caveats as noted below) cons: had a heck of a time with linux installation.

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Positives: Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs

ASUS Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 Core i7

$501.00 Est. at Amazon

from GSF1200S, www.newegg.com
with my setup, it never has hit the 60's even gaming (on linux, battlefield 2, cnc: zero hour, dungeon siege 2).
from InspectahACE, www.newegg.com
get a new one, it's part of the game..the lights on here are a nice welcome too..can go with any color basically it has that many lights..almost like a small town inside my case at night.
from www.amazon.com
overall, it's a good board for gamers and overclockers.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i have heard that there are certain "issues" to install it or that it cant be installed at all.
from GSF1200S, www.newegg.com
i/o chip in this mobo is not currently supported (while all older winbound chips are), but conversation with lmsensors devs has made it clear that even this will work out of the box on kernel 2.6.30.

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Positives: Socket 7, Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 6 x 240 Pin DIMMs

ASUS P5KPL-AM

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: - Cheap, especially if you buy it with the E5200 combo.- ASUS name, reliability and peace of mind.- Nice, detailed manual, would make it easier for first time builders or anyone really.- Decent amount of BIOS features.
from schecter172, www.newegg.com
Pros: Basic board, ASUS quality, 4 SATA ports, Good board for the price
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: Couldnt believe the speed difference from this from asus's G31 CSM.
from Subman, www.newegg.com
Pros: Good basic board, no problems with install.
from Likkitysplit, www.newegg.com
Pros: Good board, no operational problems.

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Positives: Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Core2 Quad, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x DIMMs

ZOTAC IONITX-C-U Intel Atom N230 Mini ITX ION Platform Combo

ZOTAC IONITX-C-U Intel Atom N230 Mini ITX ION Platform Motherboard/CPU Combo with 90W PSU

$160.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
It plays back HD recorded streams with 10% usage.
from johnd, www.newegg.com
I'm running Ubuntu with XBMC.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Plays HD resolution MPEG2 video just fine without graphics acceleration.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: Great little combo.
from btullis99, www.newegg.com
problem was solved with the latest ion driver from nvidia.com.

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Positives: Compatible Processors: Intel Atom, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP7A

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