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Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ralphnaderchop, www.newegg.com
i found that the "ubuntu 8.04 alternate install" release worked great as it had zero issues on configuring the network adapter.
from kulaid982, www.newegg.com
i started with the original 8.04, and couldn't install or run from the disk because the onboard ethernet was misdetected, but then i saw another review that said it would work with the ubuntu 8.04.1
from atomistic, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i don't have personal experience with the dual-core version of this board (d945gclf2), but since it's now about the same price as this one, and has gigabit ethernet and s-video out, i
from www.amazon.com
it also has a single pci slot, so you can install, let's say, a wireless network internal card or a tv tuner.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i have it running a cs:s server, network computing apps, and soon eventually a weather server.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 24 people for NETWORK

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from dan727, www.newegg.com
gig ethernet makes it a good starting point for a home file server that will be on 24/7.
from www.amazon.com
it also has a single pci slot, so you can install, let's say, a wireless network internal card or an i/o card.
from www.amazon.com
btw, the 1g ethernet interface (the previous d945gclf has 100bt) was a big plus when it came time to transfer files to the new machine.
from www.amazon.com
the rest of the hardware just worked, including the gigabit ethernet.
from G shankar, www.newegg.com
unfortunately, s-video does not work with linux on this intel board and intel does not have any support either, except for some network drivers.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for NETWORK

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

$251.00 Est. at Amazon

from B, www.newegg.com
however, i own the p45 lanparty and had to mod my heatsink & fan to get it to fit with the northbridge heatsink (see bend the fins!) so i keep wondering which heatsink & fan will fit this board.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it comes with a thick manual - says nothing in fifteen languages!
from ShadowForger, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: thermaltake lanboxintel core i7 920dfi jr x58-t3h6sapphire toxic 4870 1gbwd velociraptor 300gb6gb g.skill 160026" asus lcd
from N/A, www.newegg.com
1gb ddr3samsung 23inch 5ms 16:9 widescreen lcd 20000:1 contrast ratio corsair xms3 6gb 1333mhz triple channel (3 x 2gb)dfi lan party jr x58 t3h6 lga 1366 micro atxcorsair vx 550watt power supply
from OlympiaLogger, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: don't mean to turn this into a chat board, but do you technoids who build lots of lan boxes think the thermaltake vf1000bws is a good box to put this m-atx in ???

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 13 people for NETWORK

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

$237.00 Est. at Amazon

from Zigz, www.newegg.com
teaming lan if your router supports it which works excellently for smoothing latency during online gaming not to mention a 2g virtual lan connection is nice for cpu overhead.
from Furman, www.newegg.com
dual gigabit lan love that but haven't taken advantage of it yet.
from dinatius, www.newegg.com
can't do it any other way since it's the network driver...
from brickjuggler, www.newegg.com
also love the 8 usb ports on back, 2 gigabit lans, color scheme on board.
from Dan, www.newegg.com
the dual gigabit ethernet adapters is a nice touch.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 19 people for NETWORK

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

$325.00 Est. at Amazon

from non, www.newegg.com
do not allow an update by ms of the on board ethernet drivers, after i updated, it would not function, removed driver went back to the original, no problems since.
from blackofe, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: do not update the built-in network adapter with windows update - just use the drivers on the inluded cd.
from www.amazon.com
2- when i tried the lan test in the bios i lost my lan interface.
from Codename 47, www.newegg.com
works awesome in ubuntu 8.1 cons: none other thoughts: minor issue with network adapter-- make sure you use the r8168 network module.
from ICE777, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: initially i did experience lan issues but this was corrected byuninstalling and reinstalling the lan driver.

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

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 m3cosmos, www.newegg.com
heard of the lan problem from the reviews but i'm running wireless and didn't have a change to really test it out.
from Peck..., www.newegg.com
other thoughts: a lot of people claim there lan port keeps going out!this is because microsoft installs an update which disables it!if your lan goes out, just reinstall the drivers with the disk
from N/A, www.newegg.com
first off, the ethernet works fine even after you update the bios, just don't download the latest drivers for it from windows update and you're fine.second, the 4 dimms are specifically ordered to
from Awesome Dude!, www.newegg.com
i've heard a lot of bad things about the on-board ethernet card but it works fine for me.
from ObiTWO, www.newegg.com
do not use realtek lan driver from microsoft update [use motherboard disk one or from gbyte website].easytune worked great [1st level] at first then crashed my system.

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

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

$102.00 Est. at Amazon

from gloryroad, www.newegg.com
a solid dual monitor video card, a solid sound card and the wired network adapter all on-board a smooth running motherboard (so far) for only $65 with rebate.i'm not pushing the envelop with fancy
from dochood, www.newegg.com
netflix looked bad; it looks much nicer on my xbox 360.
from thestorm, www.newegg.com
gigabit ethernet!
from Nimbus, www.newegg.com
hdmi is kick tail and can now surf net on 73 inch tv!
from Maxhamer, www.newegg.com
it has pci-e 2.0 (which is amazing), esata, gigabit lan, dvi + vga out, hdmi, 8 channel audio.

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

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

from Bob, www.newegg.com
had to remove discrete sound/lan cards and reflash bios back to f1 (after i flashed to f2d thinking it would help stability) to get a stable install.
from Rudi, www.newegg.com
vista loaded right up, had to instal lan/audio drivers but that was it!
from Decibels, www.newegg.com
i had it ready before winxp and only issue was the ethernet.
from theholmboy, www.newegg.com
this speaks to the higher rpm fan & the lian-li lancool case as much as the motherboard, but a good board is key.
from Snap, www.newegg.com
i am using mb drivers that came on the disk, i downloaded the realtek ethernet drivers from microsoft.

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

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

$66.00 Est. at Amazon

from Dragunover, www.newegg.com
lan was buggy.didn't recognize most of my drives in v*sta or 7, but with f8 it works great.anodized aluminum, not copper.
from Sam, www.newegg.com
it has a gigabit lan which was hard to find in a micro atx board.
from sabbasaun, www.newegg.com
- built in video if you need it- gigabit lan to stream those hd movies - works with windows 7 64 bit for those who can't wait to ditch vista!
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i would recommend a 4670 if you want to game cod4 style with this board and stick it in the pci-e 16x slot.some people say they have problems with the onboard lan, but just dont mess with the bios
from andycsuc, www.newegg.com
any mb cheaper than this i would be concerned about quality and probably not purchase for being "too cheap" cons: ran into some issues with the network when copying larger amounts of data.

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

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

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from Leonard, www.newegg.com
(no glowing fans so this thing is bright!)gigabit network does not work with my existing dlink dgl-4300 and cat5e setup.
from Diocletian, www.newegg.com
loads of connections for fans, usb(8 total), sata, dual gigabit ethernet and many more!
from dodugeo, www.newegg.com
dual gig lan.
from Elucidate, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i wish they would give the option to gang the dual lan ports.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
you can surf the web, use skype, play games, network, and more straight from your bios(without an os.) the configuration utilities are incredible.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, High Quality, Socket LGA1366

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from Old Geek, www.newegg.com
2 lan ports and a very nice sound system standard.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
also, im enjoy the ethernet teaming which took me from 100 mbs to 200 mbs.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
capabilitestons of usb portstwo pcie slotsdual gigabit lan portspretty much everything about this board...
from N/A, www.newegg.com
plentiful usb ports, 2 ethernet ports.
from tkeller, www.newegg.com
takes the guess work and bios config out, but you can manually modify hertz and voltage if you want.dual g-lan and 8.1 audio are also nice.

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

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

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
thats all it takes to run built-in graphics, sound and ethernet lan.
from Falconboy, www.newegg.com
this board would be great as a server or disk drive array for home networking.
from Mark Walmsley, www.newegg.com
if you want to use the onboard nic.addset ip:dohwcksum=0to /etc/systemif you don't add that udp/tcp will not work on the net card but icmp will.
from poppster, www.newegg.com
paired with a 9600 agena, 2gb ddr2 800, 250gb sataii hd, sata dvd burner, and a wireless pci lan adapter.
from Annoyme, www.newegg.com
easy install and only had to install vista drivers for the ethernet.

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

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

$158.00 Est. at Amazon

from SpazzAttack, www.newegg.com
the lan drivers from windows update disabled the network).check out the “living review” of this motherboard on clunk’s forums in the uk.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
but the corsair dominator ddr2 1066 memory i've got install is plenty fast for what i do.contrary to what another reviewer says, this motherboard does have a built-in pci-e network adapter.
from ChrisInTheBox, www.newegg.com
i think the gigabyte boot screen is a bit cheesy so i disabled it.if you use this in a media center like i did, one thing you have to do is to disable the network adapter from waking up the computer.
from RichardW, www.newegg.com
after you boot the first time, flash the board with the f8 bios which does recognize both correctly.the "smart" gigabit lan connection made a mistake.
from www.amazon.com
good windows software and drivers on the cd and others readily available on the 'net.

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

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$147.00 Est. at Amazon

from Dude, www.newegg.com
this board is not meant to be a gaming rig but it well has the potential to be one in a matx case like tt lanbox.
from danmac51, www.newegg.com
the tech support link for drivers is in taiwan and the downloads take forever and i am running a high speed cable connection (t-1 lan).
from f00fsak, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: gigabyte nvidia geforce 9400intel core 2 quad q82004gb crucial ballistix500gb seagate hdsamsung dvd-rocz 650w modular psuthermaltake aftermarket hsfthermaltake lanbox lite case
from RTwinkie, www.newegg.com
i used a thermaltake lanbox (w/handle), to be used as a transportable daw (digital audio workstation) that will allow me to record and demo anywhere.
from jjkusaf, www.newegg.com
being the minimalist i am...i had disabled the on board ethernet in the bios...since i connect by way of wireless.

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

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from Computerhelpsource, www.newegg.com
it has 5.1 surround sound support.-----system-----p4 3.06 ghz1 gb ddr2 800 mhz ramlightscribe dvd burner15 in 1 media readercd burner drive80 gb hddwireless network card cons: this mobo
from BrandO, www.newegg.com
cons: the onboard gigabit lan.
from suitekids, www.newegg.com
pros: i used this board in a small build for my girlfreind to surf the net, it works perfect.
from dennis, www.newegg.com
pros: second board and second review for a missing comment.unlike g31/33 boards which read 1.0 for on-board graphics performance under vista, this board reads 3.7 (desktop and gaming) after the

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

M4n72-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB750-G0EAY00Z

$139.00 Est. at Amazon

from bogi, www.newegg.com
not bad for 130 beans, but thats what i paid for my m2n sli delux board,which is old but was better built then this, when it comes to dual ethernet jacks, and 2 free pci slots.
from Aholic, www.newegg.com
i love splash top, i use it on my asus netbook all the time.
from Mike, www.newegg.com
cons: not sure if it's an issue with the board or not...my network continues to disconnect and reconnect.
from bogi, www.newegg.com
cons: weird shutdown crashes(but i worked that out) people giving bad reviews on bad boards, it happens to every company and everybrand, i know we all want a perfect world, but things happen whats
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: the ethernet interface does not work in suse 11.1.

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

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

$186.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this motherboard has it all including dual gigabit lan, 6 sata ii ports, 10 usb ports,express gate, 8-channel high definition audio and all the over clocking features you could want.
from Jeff, www.newegg.com
both gigabit ethernet ports on seperate chipsets.
from Forrest, www.newegg.com
a bios setting needs to be changed to allow sata drives to be recognized (can't recall the setting); and the board was missing support for both the ethernet and sound card is every distro i tried.
from Boykin, www.newegg.com
you can get on the net, use skype, and more before the computer boots into the os.
from demck85, www.newegg.com
check around the net, other have had issues.

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

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from Whack, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: vista 64bit had fun with the network driver.
from SE, www.newegg.com
in a windows server 2008 x64 system to host hyper-v virtual servers, so i'm not bothering to load all of the drivers, have disabled the onboard audio and lan and am using an intel pro 1000 pci nic.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
gigabyte support sucks other thoughts: i'm a it guy having worked on networks over 400 machines i've also had problems like the others with my mobo rebooting.
from xstreamkills, www.newegg.com
pros: very good mobo and for the money it can run the exstream and 1200mhz ram wow nice gigabite very nice with dule bios and ram cons: none other thoughts: if i had the change to pick
from Jaimz, www.newegg.com
pros: works great, easy to install and worked right away cons: the network didn't want to work at first (had to dl drivers on other pc) and the cd wouldn't read for some reason but that's fine

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

EVGA 132-BL-E758-TR x58 SLI Mainboard

$283.00 Est. at Amazon

from musicfan, www.newegg.com
all the new and legacy connections are here from esata to firewire, 2 full gig lan ports, plenty of usb i/o ports, etc.
from copy that, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: maybe i should consider less expensive options with the same rating and cs like dfi lanparty!
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: onboard lan is not working.
from Crashman, www.newegg.com
unlike the older 680s you must use pci ex 1 and 2 for 2 cards to get 2x16 lane channels.
from Jonnnnn from Sudbury, www.newegg.com
(2x esata and 1x firewire) two lans may be handy one day.

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

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

$51.00 Est. at Amazon

from KTL, www.newegg.com
had a few issues with the lan connection, but seemed to have cleared itself up.
from Kamaaina, www.newegg.com
gige lan, audio, vga hd 2100, all works fine.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
this mobo exceeded my expectations, gb lan was icing on the cake!
from martind360, www.newegg.com
sound and lan require driver install from cd on initial xp install.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: it worked great when i got on 12-31-2008 everything was working on the montherboard cons: today the 3-18-2009 the onboard lan died on me had to put in a pci ethernet card to get back

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

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Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

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

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

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

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

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

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

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

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

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Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

M4n72-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB750-G0EAY00Z

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

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