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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

MSI 770-C45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX

$99.00 Est. at Amazon

from Meownayze, www.newegg.com
Overclocking options are pretty decent in the bios, along with AMD Overdrive, it's a breeze finding the perfect stable overclock.
from caseman, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: This motherboard works really nice in my new setup...
from fatebico, www.newegg.com
Pros: Awesome board considering its price.
from avi, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: This motherboard has a lot of features for it's price, so I'd go for it
from slackingjuggalo, www.newegg.com
Pros: DDR3 1600 works, phenom II X4 works i dont overclock so just needed one that worked

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Positives: Compatible Processors: AMD Phenom II, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x DIMMs, Chipset: AMD-770

Biostar A760G M2+ AMD 760G Scocket AM2+ MB

$62.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
for light gaming pair it with a higher end cpu and you will have no problems.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
love the features of this motherboard.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it is small, yet contains all the features i need (gig-e lan and basic audio).
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the on-board video is the best that i've ever experienced (usually, i break down and get a video card, but i don't have to for this system -- i don't have much time to play games so that is not a
from MonkeyPaw, www.newegg.com
once i overclocked some things (especially the igp), games play surprisingly well.

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Positives: Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Athlon X2, AMD Phenom X3, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: AMD 760G

Pine Technology XFX MB-N780-ISH9 Core 2 Quad

$261.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rallow, www.newegg.com
i don’t overclock and have not tried the sli feature, so i can’t say how good it would be for gamers, however if you want a rock solid foundation for a high end system, consider this xfx motherboard
from Rucka, www.newegg.com
this is def the best motherboard ive ever used i highly recommend it for those people looking for a semi cheap board that is stable and reliable in all situations.
from Obby, www.newegg.com
it even came with a nice "do not disturb, i'm gaming" door knob sign (which came in handy for me).overall, it's a nice board, with no problems for me.
from Adam, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: great motherboard for gaming, love the post codes
from Ick, www.newegg.com
designed for gaming, i am using it as a mixture of gaming platform and media center pc with an intel quad core (q6600).

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Positives: Excellent Reliability, Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Celeron D, Intel Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Core2 Quad, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM

ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX

$104.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it's easy to route cables properly with this motherboard.- feature-rich bios, only missing a few things.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i used this motherboard to assemble a new cost efficient gaming system.
from Express, www.newegg.com
running on win7 rc, and performance numbers are much better than i anticipated - real-usage performance makes it stand up well against my primary quad.
from TJ, www.newegg.com
i have to ditch a hard drive (i have one sata one ide) because i didn't think of it.-more fan connectors would be nice-asus dvd and features don't run on 64-bit os other thoughts: the problem i
from C.A. Stallworth, www.newegg.com
i know it's an older design feature, but i personally like having the flexibility of having support here.

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Elitegroup ECS A785GM-M AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro

$99.00 Est. at Amazon

from james, www.newegg.com
785G717A.
from PEte, www.newegg.com
- Wake from S3 via USB great for low power HTPC- Extensive heat sinking makes for good small box build with only one quiet fan.- Undervolted PII X3 runs smooth & quiet- 785G/4200 totally adequate for all non-gaming use, and low power consumption; if I want to game I'd buy a proper card to do so.
from battlescar, www.newegg.com
Pros: - Posted right away.- Runs Cool.- ATI HD 4200.- HDMI, VGA and DVI.- Just Works.- Easy Build.
from Worthless board!, www.newegg.com
VGA/DVI/HDMI slot
from Stevo#1, www.newegg.com
Pros: Build quality is very good and ECS has improved some on their BIOS which in the past has been very lacking.

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Positives: Compatible Processors: AMD Sempron, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: AMD 785G

Elitegroup ECS A790GXM-AD3 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX

$111.00 Est. at Amazon

from Cameron, www.newegg.com
I also tried OC'ing with AMD Overdrive, and the PC will immediately blue screen or crash, then reboot with the old setting.
from Casm, www.newegg.com
Initially, it appeared ECS got their act together and entered the enthusiast market for real.
from NOZ, www.newegg.com
You can reach us at newegg.support@ecsusa.com or 510-771-0284.
from Upgrade Guy, www.newegg.com
Cons: I thought all motherboards were created decently..
from danny, www.newegg.com
Tried contacting ECS about it for troubleshooting steps.

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Positives: Compatible Processors: AMD Phenom II, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: AMD 790GX

ASRock X58 Supercomputer Core i7

$313.00 Est. at Amazon

from You dont need to No, www.newegg.com
auto detect xmp on 1066mhz and 1800mhz.overclock feature is awesome, go to bios and select the speed you want it max is 4ghz.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i bought it for a couple of graphics cards, but did not have the time to install them yet to see how they perform.
from Deacon0921, www.newegg.com
crysis doesnt stand a chance!
from Theiss, www.newegg.com
installed windows quickly and tested mobo features.their "4 second boot" is rather cool and works well.
from Zeng98, www.newegg.com
have a lots of connector and easy to connect.

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Positives: Socket LGA1366, Compatible Processors: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition, Intel Core i7, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 6 x 240 Pin DIMMs

Foxconn G31AX-K Core 2 Quad/ Intel G31/ DDR2/

$84.00 Est. at Amazon

from Infy, www.newegg.com
also has onboard video so it's good for a desktop computer as well as a gaming computer.
from The Millionaire, www.newegg.com
it's great for someone looking to put together a budget core 2 duo system that can handle modern games.
from GibsonSGKing, www.newegg.com
it plays all of my games fine however, if it didn't it would be shipped straight back.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
didn't have to slipstream any sata drivers into windows xp to install it.
from Colonel Panic, www.newegg.com
i even had it running mac osx86 10.5.5 out of the box running great.

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Positives: Socket Type: Slot 1

Intel G31 Express

Intel Motherboard, G31 Express, Core 2 Quad, 1333MHz, MATX, Max 4GB DDR2, 2PCI, FENET, Vid, Aud, SATA (BOXDG31GL)

$120.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
otherwise the product is reasonably priced and performs well.
from dataninja, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: after two years of poor performance my 250 dollar asus p5-n32 e-sli motherboard died.
from KTP, www.newegg.com
it sticks up really high and it's easy to brush against.
from KTP, www.newegg.com
if you're building a non-gaming system with one sata hard drive and one sata dvd burner, then i'd recommend this board.
from LEO, www.newegg.com
this is no "gaming board".

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Positives: Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium D, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs

MSI P43 LGA775 ATX 4DDR2 8GB MAX PCIE GEN.2 3PCI

$127.00 Est. at Amazon

from Statician, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: this board has a lot of feature and it can't go wrong for the price you pay for.
from ReidMeFirst, www.newegg.com
the memory slots are a hair close to the x16 slot as well (most video cards will make it a bit tricky to install ram while the card is installed).msi's website kind of stinks (i often get "server
from Ruce, www.newegg.com
i was a little worried that the version 1.1 would make the windows installation need to be reactivated, but it didn't really know the difference.
from DUALCHANNELMAN, www.newegg.com
if you want to play spend $300 on a board but 3.6 for $90 come on that's what i got and it's stable love this board i will get another one later for the price
from Rallyemenz, www.newegg.com
it's been very stable for the past 6 months or so and will soon become my primary box before i go phenom ii with my next build.

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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 DIMMs

PC Chips PCChips A15G

$45.00 Est. at Amazon

from Talor, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: it's a great motherboard, great features, holds up nicely.
from Sarge, www.newegg.com
this mobo came with a gaming tower i purchased, and i have had no problems with it.
from wyobandit1, www.newegg.com
i have played crysis, grid, and many other graphics intense programs on this board and it played better than my ps3 and 360.
from BloodSkin Creations, www.newegg.com
it has all the bios features i need and then some.
from HaloMasterSP2, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i needed a mobotherboard with the most advanced features for the lowest price, and found it.

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Positives: Socket AM2, Compatible Processors: AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Phenom, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs

ASUS M3n-ht Deluxe/hdmi 4719543160480

ASUS Motherboard M3n-ht Deluxe/hdmi (4719543160480)

$181.00 Est. at Amazon

from Maniac, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i had two concerns when buying this motherboard, one would it be compatable with the phenom ii out of the box and two would it be compatable with the external sata connection in my
from milkman, www.newegg.com
express gate feature of the board is touchy seemed to work the first day then hasn't shown up since, so i disabled it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it seems that asus has an m3n-ht board that does have the "memory heat pipe", and my board's documentation described how to install it, but the "deluxe/hdmi" board doesn't have this feature.
from uzi, www.newegg.com
is quite nice makes installation of motherboard much easier than before also the ai systems much nicer and improved.
from Aviator, www.newegg.com
it is stable, fast, and reliable.

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Positives: Socket AM2, Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon, AMD Sempron, AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs

ASUS AMD Socket AM2/AM2+ M2N68-AM SE2

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

from Evolver8013, www.newegg.com
very pleased with this board, this size makes it easy to maneuver and its performance is great, probably becuase its asus...
from N/A, www.newegg.com
but i gave that one to the customer.just don't try to build a high end game machine with this and it'll work fine.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
this system is stable and smokin fast without oc.
from Norm@Home, www.newegg.com
pros: after a few hours of burn in runs stable with no problems.
from Pacific NW Computers, www.newegg.com
pros: great feature set for a matx form-factor low-end board.

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Positives: Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: NVIDIA Geforce 7025

ASUS MBD UATX SOCK 775 1 PCIE-X16 2PCI VGA AUD

$159.00 Est. at Amazon

from tparikh, www.newegg.com
not sure how it would fair by itself in a gaming rig.
from Rhun Draco, www.newegg.com
i had not intended to use this board in my gaming rig, but it ended up performing better than the old one but so far i'm happy.
from James, www.newegg.com
the onboard video is actually pretty decent for games, though i'm primarily using it for tv/netflix.i'm currently using it on windows 7 beta, and i haven't run into any issues with it so far.
from Hozen, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: this board is rather wonderful for what i've used it for which is a compact gaming machine.
from CreazyMoon of VA, www.newegg.com
nice looking solid motherboard + great features & exellent layout , outstanding asus manufacturing quality (im not talking about customer support !!!

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

MSI MB AM3/AM2+AMD785G/HD4200512MBuATX 2DDR3 UP

$94.00 Est. at Amazon

from Wild Bill, www.newegg.com
Pros: - Great Price for this little guy.- 786G chip set works great !- zero problems setup, all bios worked great, ram, cpu all looking good- HDMI!
from Texas_Ben, www.newegg.com
Pros: Another great MOBO from MSI.
from Sniffer, www.newegg.com
Pros: Board seemed Ok while it was running
from N/A, www.newegg.com
Pros: Cheap and ati 4200
from Bernie, www.newegg.com
Pros: CPU socket choices, Board layout, easy install

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Positives: Compatible Processors: AMD Phenom II, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: AMD 785G

Gigabyte Atx Lga1366 Intel X58 Ex 4x 3 Channel Ddr3 16gb-Ga-ex58-ud3r

Gigabyte Motherboard Atx Lga1366 Intel X58 Ex 4x 3 Channel Ddr3 16gb-Ga-ex58-ud3r - GIGAB (4719331848187)

$246.00 Est. at Amazon

from TheJeremy, www.newegg.com
can't imagine what the more expensive boards offer that justifies their price-- but i built a killer gaming rig with this board and i am immensely impressed with my first gigabyte product.
from dude, www.newegg.com
it was a wonderful experience all around.i think the mobo is very thoughtfully laid out, it has everything i needed and then some for building the fastest game machine i have ever owned.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
just wanted a slightly ahead of the curve gaming and digital editing build for an affordable price and this board has, after three months of everyday use, stood up to the tasks asked of it....
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i haven't tried tweaking it for overclocking but it seemed fairly straight forward.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
fixed it without having to install a pci card.

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Positives: Socket LGA1366, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x DIMMs, Chipset: Intel X58 Express

Gigabyte GA-P31-ES3G

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rizzo, www.newegg.com
it's very stable, easy to setup, has dual bios incase you break something trying to overclock or whatever.
from fred_b, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: it is a pleasure to build any project with quality parts ...
from h0MbrE, www.newegg.com
capable of supporting a good gaming system without spending alot of $$$.
from Vectorwolf, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: excellent board for anyone looking to do a very inexpensive gaming system build!
from jesse roberts, www.newegg.com
nb heatsink can get pretty hot even without overclock other thoughts: if you're a gamer on a budget or you just want to build a cheap system, you can't go wrong with this mobo imo.

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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: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs

ASUS P5Q Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX

$164.00 Est. at Amazon

from TomK, www.newegg.com
I don't intend to use the Turbo Key.
from BenShami, www.newegg.com
Pros: Rock solid board, very Stable.
from rlandon, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: Swapped the P5Q Turbo for an older P5E WS Pro with basically the same specs and features but it has a different network controller and sound.
from bsteff, www.newegg.com
Always had success with ASUS mobo's until now.
from bstm300, www.newegg.com
To resolve the issue, I attempted to clear the CMOS by moving the jumpers from 1 and 2 to 2 and 3 and removing the battery (with the help of ASUS tech support), but this did not work.

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Positives: Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium D, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs

Tyan S7002 S7002G2NR-LE Server Board

$273.00 Est. at Amazon

from El_Capitan, www.newegg.com
Pros: Board works.
from me, www.newegg.com
can use any type of ddr3.
from Yodaddy, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: For the person that had 2 doa boards:Please buy the right ram before you say its dead because your trying to run non ECC DESKTOP ram in a server motherboard it wont boot with that ram.max support of 32gb ECC udimm (unbuffed) or 6...
from N/A, www.newegg.com
works well, if the board works.
from Win95GUI, www.newegg.com
Other Thoughts: Running this board with dual W5580's and Nvidia Quadro video card and 12Gb of OCZ for Solidworks 2009.

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Positives: Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 8 x 240 Pin DIMMs, Chipset: Intel 5500

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

MSI 770-C45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX

Biostar A760G M2+ AMD 760G Scocket AM2+ MB

Pine Technology XFX MB-N780-ISH9 Core 2 Quad

ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX

Elitegroup ECS A785GM-M AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro

Elitegroup ECS A790GXM-AD3 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX

ASRock X58 Supercomputer Core i7

Foxconn G31AX-K Core 2 Quad/ Intel G31/ DDR2/

Intel G31 Express

MSI P43 LGA775 ATX 4DDR2 8GB MAX PCIE GEN.2 3PCI

PC Chips PCChips A15G

ASUS M3n-ht Deluxe/hdmi 4719543160480

ASUS AMD Socket AM2/AM2+ M2N68-AM SE2

ASUS MBD UATX SOCK 775 1 PCIE-X16 2PCI VGA AUD

MSI MB AM3/AM2+AMD785G/HD4200512MBuATX 2DDR3 UP

Gigabyte Atx Lga1366 Intel X58 Ex 4x 3 Channel Ddr3 16gb-Ga-ex58-ud3r

Gigabyte GA-P31-ES3G

ASUS P5Q Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX

Tyan S7002 S7002G2NR-LE Server Board

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