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Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

$111.00 Est. at Amazon

from Mad MAC, www.newegg.com
then what sort of computing we do casues the chipset to heat up?another minor thought for those using it as a htpc: the distance between my gyration wireless keyboard and mouse and the system has
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cpu runs so cool it doesn't even have a heat sink fan the nb chipset is whats fan cooled.
from ViralHack, www.newegg.com
model kvr667d2n5/2g""apex mi-008 black steel mini-itx tower computer case 250w power supply"i will probably replace the chipset fan just in case because everyone tells me it will fail eventually.
from Bacon, www.newegg.com
aero even worked well with this chipset.
from jwl, www.newegg.com
the trouble appears to be because there are no chipset drivers for w2k and xp drivers do not work.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Nice Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Core Duo, Intel Atom

2 RECOMMENDED by 17 people for CHIP

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$147.00 Est. at Amazon

from artbatista, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i have been running seti@home on all 4 cores as well as the 9400 gpu and temperature rises on the cpu and chipset heatsinks are negligible.
from Dude, www.newegg.com
kind of sucks that the linux drivers for the chipset are not out yet.
from Frustrated no more, www.newegg.com
the 9400 chipset makes for some very strong video playback, without artifacts or stuttering.
from Mark1, www.newegg.com
i had to reinstall vista and had do the f6 thing to install vista on the nvidia chipset.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other users complain about chipset thermal issues, but i have not seen any so far.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for CHIP

ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Core 2 Extreme

$349.00 Est. at Amazon

from gv, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i do wish i had been able to find the extreme version with the liquid cooling block for the chipset, but to be honest, it runs quite cool with the copper sinks that it came equipped
from anon user, www.newegg.com
reapplied thermal grease (ac5 or noctua stuff, cant remember) and it lowered max board and chipset temps to ~40-45c - much better).
from Max and his Maxumus, www.newegg.com
might just be my board but sometimes i worry...also as with all p45 (and every intel chipset prior to x58) no sli, which isnt really a con for me cause what i play dosnt take advantage but it would
from Michael, www.newegg.com
the board is well set up for future upgrades, thanks to the versatile p45 chipset.
from Warpete, www.newegg.com
i think the credit mostly should go to intel for their exceptional p45 chipset, but asus really "nailed" this one with unsurpassed stability and overall design.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for CHIP

Gigabyte G31 DDR2-800X2 VGA EES PCIE16 2PCIE PCI

$65.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jawa, www.newegg.com
passive chipset heatsink, so it's silent.
from NoMax, www.newegg.com
chipset runs a bit hot, so make sure your case is properly cooled.
from Dragunover, www.newegg.com
90nm ich7 and g31 chipset.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
couple the g31 chipset with a 45nm intel processor and you have a very powerful, but incredibly energy efficient system.
from LB, www.newegg.com
maybe that's a limitation of the chipset.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for CHIP

ASUS Rampage Extreme

$345.00 Est. at Amazon

from rforten, www.newegg.com
the ram tries to go at 400 mhz.working with corsair (their support is great!), they told me that the processor must have at least the same speed bus as the ram or it will be unstable on x48 chipsets.
from jmkays, www.newegg.com
northbridge heat sink on hpa is so far removed from actual surface of the chipset it is intended to cool, it's very ineffectual.
from qwerty, www.newegg.com
using the x48 chipset they unleashed a monster, no other board out there can even compare to easy of use, overclockablity and sheer performance the rampage extreme delivers.
from MarkBDB666, www.newegg.com
the 790i chipsets are very unstable and the updates are very slow.
from CycoSomat1c, www.newegg.com
the chipset is "sandwiched" between two layers of thermal grease, heat pipe assembly, and the water block which kills the thermal transfer, giving only marginal results over air cooling.

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

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from srq, www.newegg.com
timing open box for $55, another great newegg dealruns my recent q9550 at 3.6g @ 1.200 vcore, 425 fsb, 100% stable 24 hrs with prime 95all p43 chipsets have a problem with 1066 ram, but who needs it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
plent of options to overclock anything you want, runs very cool and the chipset heatsink is big.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
chipset runs kind of hot for my taste at 1600fsb 107-114f.
from Shiro, www.newegg.com
chipset heat sink is a bit close to memory for my taste.on the software side, the bundled stuff is mostly useless fluff, and most of the drivers are seriously outdated.
from Pat, www.newegg.com
the only difference between the two is that the p45 chipset supports two x16 gfx cards, but both boards have only one x16 slot!

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

Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rick, www.newegg.com
an amd x2 4850 and a notebook drive with an 80 plus psu will draw only about 24 watts at idle; but, it's not small) i would and may buy this again, i'd still like to see a more efficient chipset.
from Rocki, www.newegg.com
i removed the junky chipset fan and after 13 hours of folding no probem but i will add a quiet fan to the chipset if the need pops up.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
its small, contrary to popular belief, very quiet, with its own chipset fan and a 120mm fan its nearly inaudible.
from TheSmJ, www.newegg.com
a higher quality chipset heatsink would have negated the need for a whiny 40mm fan.
from Matt W., www.newegg.com
max), generic 10/100 ethernet (not compatible with many flavors of linux that use 2.6 kernel), poor onboard video (g945 chipset)

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Socket 771

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

$158.00 Est. at Amazon

from The Geek Freak, www.newegg.com
those blue and silver heat sinks are breath-taking once lit up by my cases blue led fans.-one of the best mobos out there with the p45 intel chipset, which i might add, it awesome.
from www.amazon.com
it is a very well built board mechanically, and the intel p45/ ich10r chipsets run smoothly and cool (40 degrees or less).
from Mike Connor, www.newegg.com
the built in intel raid system is the the real deal with bios based setup (it's the intel ich8r chipset).
from thelastknight, www.newegg.com
i called gigabyte and they said they are working on it and they said intel chipset is faster from a performance standpoint.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i got a chipset that may be going out the door but i got it at a great price and it does more than what i need.

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

ASUS M3A76-CM

$70.00 Est. at Amazon

from BenKlingon, www.newegg.com
8gb cap on the ram is nice, but the 1066/800 mhz problem on amd chipsets is annoying.
from ChrisO6988, www.newegg.com
surprising considered my old board used a completely different chipset (nforce 430).
from Lex, www.newegg.com
pros: priceperformanceamd 760g north bridgeplenty of sata connectors (can also be run as esata)ddr2-1066 memory supportoutclass the intel g41 chipset cons: none.
from Jeff, www.newegg.com
cons: the 760g chipset is supposed to support hybrid crossfire but this board does not.
from jjay, www.newegg.com
cons: could have included firewire port, and chipset runs a little hot, but nothing a better heatsink and good airflow cant fix.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Nice Reliability, Socket AM2+

Foxconn Destroyer

$223.00 Est. at Amazon

from Fuhrer Warkentin, www.newegg.com
take off the foxconn badge on the chipset if you're an overclocker, it's deterring airflow.
from Iggman, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: 4x 2g sticks of ddr2 1066 will boot at 1066 (must go into bios and select memory type) , but windows will bsod shortly after, play around with the timings, memory and chipset voltages.
from Anjou, www.newegg.com
the 780a chipset is the best, although i would have preferred the 590, which is being phased out.
from SmokeDog, www.newegg.com
sata ports, the last two ports require that the hard drives support “ahci”, as most modern drives do, this should not be an issue.the nvidia 780a chipset is extremely fast when using the amd 9950 be.
from Jon, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: luckily nvidia has windows 7 drivers for this chipset, and i was able to install updated versions for everything else on the board from various sources.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, High Quality, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

$143.00 Est. at Amazon

from Old-school Gamer, www.newegg.com
look into am3 or am2+ socketed mobos with the 790gx chipset...
from JEFF, www.newegg.com
fast, great chipset, flawless install and looks friggin fantastic!
from EvilHomerClone, www.newegg.com
problems, you should be okthis board was running my windows home server so i ended up just purchasing the bigger brother (ga-ma790fxt-ud5p) to utilize more sata ports, faster chipset & dual nic's.
from Nindo, www.newegg.com
as others have mentioned memory and chipset are very close together and limits on aftermarket coolers.
from Luf, www.newegg.com
no dual x16 crossfire, and no esata port in the on-board rear i/o which practically every board since the 780g chipset has, so a mystery why they included only a bracket.

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

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

$118.00 Est. at Amazon

from Goddwyn, www.newegg.com
i wanted a ga-ep45-ud3r but ordered this instead..the ud3r has raid support and much better chipset cooling, unlike this ud3l..pay the 5$ more and get the ud3r, you will be much happier..
from mac, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: great choice for any intel chipset budget system.
from gamefreakjtb, www.newegg.com
do not install chipset driver(unless there is an issue) disabled my i/o, had to reinstall windows.
from Kevalb, www.newegg.com
the mobo disc with drivers for the chipset and audio was really simple to use and understand.
from HTC, www.newegg.com
pros: nice mobo, fast chipset, easy to installed.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, Great Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

$74.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it work great only problem i had with it is the sound use via chepset and my pci dvr recording card does not like via chipset
from Smokin, www.newegg.com
used it for a hackintosh build to run osx - was one of the only boards that would fit into a modded mac g4 case and had the right chipsets to support osx install.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
and it may become useles to you.remember to check asus website for chipset updates and bios updates.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
chipset and lan work perfectly for this project.
from Krick, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: note that this board does support manual memory timings, they're just hidden under the chipset-northbridge menu.

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

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

from TheSheez, www.newegg.com
it is also one of the few 790gx chipset boards that allow you to use the top slot if you are only using 1 vid card.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
and the onboard video has nothing to do with gigabyte, its part of the chipset so its ati/amd's fault not gigabyte.
from h0llow, www.newegg.com
you can't go wrong for the newest 790 chipset.
from Coarch, www.newegg.com
tuff chipset.
from p1agu3, www.newegg.com
at least amd's chipset (sb750?) is less buggy than my old nforce4.

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

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from Tobster, www.newegg.com
there's a gateexpress ssd variation that does not require this, but it doesn't come with this motherboard.only the most recent linux distros have support for the via chipsets that drive the audio &
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it has one of the best onboard graphics chipsets available and is approximately equivalent to a high end card from early 2006.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: if you are looking to overclock i would recommend that you get a 790fx chipset board since from my knowledge they are more stable when dealing with overclocking.
from paradoxdream, www.newegg.com
am32.ddr33.790 chipset4.
from DaemonForce, www.newegg.com
or should i wait for a newer chipset?

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket AM3

M4n72-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB750-G0EAY00Z

$140.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jhoffa, www.newegg.com
all i had to do was enable ecc on the northbridge chipset.
from Sirus the Virus, www.newegg.com
my video cards were too long to plug anything into the sata ports gggrrrr owell i love this board lost of usb, sata, fsb and so on thanks again asus :) cons: the chipset disk that came with the
from Robbman, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: yes, the chipset is a 740a...
from jn1669, www.newegg.com
nvidia needs to get on board with their chipsets, i went from a m2n32 sli to this.
from RUSH, www.newegg.com
cons: nvidia website and cpu-z states that the chipset on this board is infact 740a not the 750a as the manufacture is stating.the pci-e slots are one slot down from the usual so if you sli it will

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

DFI LANPARTY UT X58-T3eH8

$324.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
discovered after installing the board that it went on the chipset.
from Gnap, www.newegg.com
the external chipset cooler can be mounted inside or out, i have mine mounted outside and it does lower your chipset temps about 5-7 degrees c.
from Sam, www.newegg.com
the heat pipe system keeps the chipset nice and cool.
from MarkJohnson, www.newegg.com
thermalright chipset heatsink!
from Tops, www.newegg.com
pros: stock heatsink easily screws off the chipset and you can mount the swiftech mcw30 waterblock over the pipes to effectively cool the pwm, chipset and southbridge on the cheap.

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Positives: Excellent Reliability, Great Performance, Easy To Install, Socket LGA1366

Socket Am2 Amd770 4 X Ddr2 16gb- Ga-ma770-ud3

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it's the amd770 chipset, so it only has the four pin cpu power.
from Fluffy, www.newegg.com
supplied cable for your floppy drive is like 6 inches, so be ware if you want an fdd!the chipset heatsink is also just a little too tall for you to use pretty much anything in the top pcie 1x slot.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i considered several others that had newer chipsets and offered a little more in features.
from JCW, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: always have had good luck with gigabyte boards, this model is a bit cheaper than the ones with newer chipsets but its still a good board.
from Binkley, www.newegg.com
these problems didn't exist with my nvidia 720a chipset mobo.

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

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

$94.00 Est. at Amazon

from StonedITdude, www.newegg.com
looking for new chipset drivers on gigabyte-usa's site yielded a 80mb driver package download that included chipset/raid/something else that didn't even have any chipset drivers in it!
from StanF, www.newegg.com
silent (no chipset fan).
from baddassng, www.newegg.com
i dont like the chipset cooler as there is no spot to add a fan.
from 22bsti, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: northbridge chipset does get warm, doesn't seem to affect stability.
from Binty, www.newegg.com
although i prefer nvidia video cards, i currently cannot complain about the onboard ati radeon hd 3200 video chipset.

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, High Quality, Socket AM2

FOXCONN A74MX-K AMD 740G AM2+/AM2 Phenom

$51.00 Est. at Amazon

from Foskaomega, www.newegg.com
black edition chips should be paired with 790fx / 790gx chipsets to maximize performance.2) it's not fair to flame a product without contacting the manufacturer's tech support first; chances are,
from lao soup, www.newegg.com
chipset is definitely 740 unlike someone else had mistakenly mentioned that it wasn't.
from thesecretninja, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: fyi, the 740g chipset is based off of the 690g graphics core (2100) and the sb700 of the newer 7xx chipsets.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
didn't check the quality of the onboard video chipset, but who cares.
from zro tolerance, www.newegg.com
i always try to pair amd chipset with amd processor and this board is the best priced in the 740g category.

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

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Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

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