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Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

$145.00 Est. at Amazon

from miguellt, www.newegg.com
really, go!!!)much better graphics (using same directx 9 radeon graphics card and same psu i had in old system) it even unlocked new resolution options and any flicker i had at some resolutions in
from roirraW "edor" ehT, www.newegg.com
just to let you know where gigabyte's priorities lay as far as overclocking, it's the very first option in the bios.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: some of the default bios options were set to weird values, like having s.m.a.r.t.
from Sam, www.newegg.com
tons if features and bios options.
from IT Pro, www.newegg.com
more bios options than any normal person would ever need but if you want total control, this is the board for you.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 15 people for OPTION

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

$186.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
a removable soundcard would be better than built in option as it isn't very good.
from rcr81, www.newegg.com
the layout of the board is great and left lots of room for two very large dual slot (built in exaust) video cards in crossfire.lots of overclocking options and love the many different utilities the
from N/A, www.newegg.com
theres so many options that make this a very versatile board.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
bios provides loads of options and is easy to tweak.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
vast amount of overclocking options.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 16 people for OPTION

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

from brianj320, www.newegg.com
as for the board itself, it has plenty of ports and options that are needed in today's custom builds.
from theholmboy, www.newegg.com
no need for me to use the keys to unlock advanced options in the bios, as i have needed to with other gigabyte boards) cons: none found other thoughts: since my previous review, i have
from Rudi, www.newegg.com
plenty of overclocking options.
from J.D., www.newegg.com
i loved how many options there were to overclock and the ability to do so.
from Mr.Erik, www.newegg.com
lots of bios options, not for the faint of heart.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 13 people for OPTION

P6t Deluxe

$285.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
there weren't any awkward layout issues at all, and the passive north/south bridge coolers were a welcome addition, thought, it does come with an option fan in case you find you need it.
from XMan, www.newegg.com
tons of options in the bios, most of which i haven't even began to explore, but nice to know that they're available when i get to it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
-- great placement of the 8 & 24 pin power connectors for the board cons: if you purchase put the optional 40 mm northbridge fan on, it blocks the usage of the pci x1 slot for a creative
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it has lots of options (most i wont even use) if you need a good mobo for your new core i7 cpu......this would be a wonderfull home for it!!!
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i have the option of putting my graphics card practically right on top of the psu or move it to the top slot where it will sit right up against my wireless nic.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Excellent Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition

5 RECOMMENDED by 16 people for OPTION

EVGA 132-BL-E758-TR x58 SLI Mainboard

$288.00 Est. at Amazon

from Angst!, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: overall it's a fantastic board with every oc and voltage option that you need, the dummy oc setting is a fantastic option for beginners, if you want the option to step up to a
from Alec, www.newegg.com
it has been incredible for me so far, from all of the different options on it to the reset cmos button on the back..
from N/A, www.newegg.com
also if you do use that fan, it comes with an optional second fan that will not fit due to the heatsink on i think it's the northbridge..
from dslrguy, www.newegg.com
i've used it for about 2 months now and the options are outstanding compared to asus or msi.in addition, the forums at evga.com are full of very experienced users that are more than willing to help
from N/A, www.newegg.com
overclocking options are great.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Excellent Performance, Compatible Processors: Intel Core i7

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

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from Powerslave, www.newegg.com
it installed easily and booted right up.the bios has lots of options for the overclockers(i dont overclock).after you flash the bios just be sure to set the bios to default values or it might not
from Tim, www.newegg.com
there's a large amount of ports and expansion options available too.
from circus, www.newegg.com
i am having trouble locating some of the optional connectors for the board.
from quark, www.newegg.com
plenty of options in bios.
from 50Trippin, www.newegg.com
nice bios with lots of options for tweaking the cpu and memory.

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

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

$118.00 Est. at Amazon

from yalej, www.newegg.com
manual also very clear.has 2 pci slots, which is just what i needed for my "legacy" cards (a sound card and a wireless nic).bios is great, and has a recovery option you can use.
from Thomas, www.newegg.com
plentiful bios options for those who like to tweak.
from ZeroDegrees, www.newegg.com
plenty of neat bios options for anyone interested in overclocking also.
from bob, www.newegg.com
good bios options for customization.
from PMAN, www.newegg.com
i couldn't be happier.the bios allows for a ton of tweaking, but properly segregates advanced options from you by allowing multiple layers of "auto" selections.

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

DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX

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from miloshs, www.newegg.com
nice arrangement on the board around the cpu, you can definately install a huge heatsink with no problems (myself i have thermalright hr-01 plus - it's huge) has loads of options in the bios, only if
from Gamebrigada, www.newegg.com
it easily overclocks, great bios with more options then i could ever need.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it has so many configuration in the bios, any techy would love just to explore in all the options.
from Jmax, www.newegg.com
plenty of options in the bios more then you would ever need .
from HalfLifeLover, www.newegg.com
the bios options were confusing for me at first(i was used to standard board options) the bios has become my favorite thing about this mb now.

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Positives: Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

$238.00 Est. at Amazon

from Smeagol251, www.newegg.com
it will be your first option.
from Bisayan, www.newegg.com
bios is very tweakable still fine tuning it but i haven't found an option yet that i haven't been able to tweak.
from Saitzev, www.newegg.com
thankfully though the way it fit in my case puts it a few mm's away from it, and kind of elevated so there's no accidental chance.the board has a great and many options in the bios for oc'ing as well.
from Strider H, www.newegg.com
also, it's loaded with oc options, and core calibration is a plus.
from Tippy Canoo, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: quality, low cost, expansive options, top notch components; clearly, gigabyte has challenged & bested asus/etc in delivery of an excellent motherboard design !!

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

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i

$175.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rob, www.newegg.com
it was the rams fault.lack comprehensive documentation about the bios options, this thing really needs its own book.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it has good bios options for overclockers and is very stable under overclock.
from wala, www.newegg.com
lot's of option for storage.
from meanmadmaxwell, www.newegg.com
amazing bios options, easy for begginers, downloaded drivers from evga website.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the bios is excellent, i still havent seen all of the options.

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

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

$65.00 Est. at Amazon

from Fluffy, www.newegg.com
there are pleanty of overclocking options and it's great to have onboard video for a budget build.
from iamdavinci, www.newegg.com
when planning your rig - if you have ide cdroms and hard drives you should look elsewhere - it is a tight fit that is if you have leftover ide drives (like me) - buy a board that has more options.
from Vinas, www.newegg.com
it has all of the standard gigabyte options including memory timings and oc ratios.
from schnellfritz, www.newegg.com
it has decent options for oc'ing, and my daughter loves it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the bios os with internet access and such is an interesting item ( i cant figure out how to make it optional to boot to though..

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

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

$275.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it wasn't free other thoughts: i plan to test overclocking as soon as more heatsink options become available (and at a reasonable price) for the cpu.
from www.amazon.com
this motherboard makes overclocking easy with all its options and has plenty of expansion slots
from www.amazon.com
still with the abilities it has i would buy it again (after checking out some other options).
from Dark Darwin, www.newegg.com
the mobo has a lot of options for expansion and has decent documentation.
from boyettdw, www.newegg.com
lots of overclocking options, but i haven't explored them yet.

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

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from GanjaSMK, www.newegg.com
the bios shipped has excellent options and no issues, so i didn't update it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i haven't played with all the options yet but it installed with no issues or special processes.it was a pleasure to build; everything was well labeled and easy to work on.everything detected as it
from johnnycatholic, www.newegg.com
great bios options.
from tabdelgawad, www.newegg.com
want- q-fan2 *hugely* reduced my cpu and case fan noise.- epu "dials down" my phenom ii x4 955 down to 800mhz when not under load.- asus windows utilities and bios options are extensive and useful.
from Vigilant, www.newegg.com
i will need to roll back to an ealier version for my memory to work @ 1600mhzoc options are nice and easy to work with, system runs great.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Nice Reliability, Socket AM3

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

$158.00 Est. at Amazon

from Randerson, www.newegg.com
it has some nice bios options.
from Rakochet, www.newegg.com
in fact i'd been having problems with the crapative x-fi card and the software (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
from NinKenDo, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: using the "install all" option on the driver disk seemed to take forever, or at least around 2 hours and it didn't show the completion status.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i'm not a big overclocker, but if i ever feel the need this motherboard has plenty of options.
from First time builder, www.newegg.com
bios has lots of options for overclockers.

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

Foxconn Destroyer

$223.00 Est. at Amazon

from moose, www.newegg.com
there is many options that can be done with motherboard.
from AMDJunkie64, www.newegg.com
supports 2 way and 3 way sli with the option to add a physics card.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the bios has more options than i have ever seen.
from Fuhrer Warkentin, www.newegg.com
the optional bot-on heatsink is nice, and effective.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the bios has more options than you can shake a stick at.

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

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

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from Boomhauer, www.newegg.com
the bios and included software has a decent amount of options for overclocking, although i didn't buy it for that.
from COBUS, www.newegg.com
all sata, peripherals, and power saving options work and it almost never gets a reboot unless i am installing something new.
from poppster, www.newegg.com
has a plethora of overclocking options, has several usb and a ton of sata ii connectors.
from ......, www.newegg.com
well laid out, decent integrated graphics, options for overclocking in bios.
from www.amazon.com
the cheapest option for amd dualcore that i found on amazon from a manufacturer that i trusted.

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

DFI Lanparty Jr X58-T3H6 Core i7/ Intel X58/

$251.00 Est. at Amazon

from OCnoob, www.newegg.com
installation was easy, updated the bios with no problems, there's a buttload of options available in the bios that i haven't even played with yet but it looks very, very inticing.
from Happy, www.newegg.com
extremely deep bios options.
from annon, www.newegg.com
dfi is an awsome company and they have awsome motherboards, and fellow microatx dfiers arent limited to crossfire now you have an option!!.
from Kaeotic, www.newegg.com
with all the options this board offers you could go on forever with the pros.
from WyzrdX, www.newegg.com
pros: this thing has options.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Socket LGA1366

ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Core 2 Extreme

$349.00 Est. at Amazon

from anon user, www.newegg.com
asus utilities it comes with is not the best, but the bios update options are worth mentioning.
from marl, www.newegg.com
great overclocking abilities, very nice selection of bios options, runs cool, stable, and it's absolutely a beauty!
from Zedaine, www.newegg.com
p45, lots of overclocking options, tons of features, great heat management (when re-installed correctly).
from RAM, www.newegg.com
- included documentation adequate.- bios and configuration options galore.- i would definately recommend to others / would buy again.
from rockinrob_65, www.newegg.com
plenty of options in the bios.

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

ASUS M3A76-CM

$70.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: only reason to give 4 stars was express gate feature, i would have given it 4.5 but there is no option for that.
from Dialos, www.newegg.com
the bios options are also fairly nice, and the board is definitely a pretty one.
from skyblue, www.newegg.com
i could'nt be more satisfied about this boards quality and clock options.
from Frank, www.newegg.com
nice bios options.
from Skywize, www.newegg.com
the options in the bios are just amazing.

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

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from dave, www.newegg.com
bios has hidden options(ctrl+f1) that unlock actual overclocking power.
from Gary, www.newegg.com
can't seem to find a quick boot up option in the bios like some intel boards have.the gigabyte website seems extemely slow and not easy to use for finding software updates when working from the
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the bios has almost every feature imaginable and almost limitless options.
from mike d, www.newegg.com
even in this price range the board offers adequate overclocking options and top notch stability.
from Kyle, www.newegg.com
pros: good priceallowed me to oc my pentium e6300 to 3.6 ghz (stable)pci-e slot isn't in front of anything- i have a gtx 260 in there and it doesn't hit anythinggood bios options that allow for

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

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