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BIOSTAR TA790GX XE AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI Micro

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from Tom, www.newegg.com
couldn't hook up my headphone or mic on front panel because it was ac'97.
from HARDWARE4LIFE!, www.newegg.com
although the io panel took me a couple of tries it finally worked out.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
into my case and was very easy to connect with all power and the original compaq front panel wiring (excluding ac97 audio jacks).on initial power up, the iinstalled bios version date showed 1-13-09.
from swamp yankee, www.newegg.com
would have been nice to see at least two more usb ports on the io panel.
from Sparks_Capone[CC], www.newegg.com
front panel audio is hd audio only, not ac '97 compatible.

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Positives: Socket AM2, 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: 4 x DIMMs

2 RECOMMENDED by 13 people for PANEL

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

$145.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ownithopter, www.newegg.com
sata to e-sata cables are really handy, e-sata bracket w/molex on it is great for powering devices without having to remove the side panel from your machine to use internal connections.
from CaseyD, www.newegg.com
the northbridge cooling is well thought out, as it uses the waste air from the cpu for cooling cons: for some reason, a couple of the mounting holes did not line up with the mounting panel of
from Thilly, www.newegg.com
front panel audio connector is toward the i/o side of board, but that's pretty common.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i've ruled out everything outside of my box(my switch, patch panel, router, etc.), and i've attempted to update the drivers and swap cables incase they were bad.
from ReleaseAllFear, www.newegg.com
note that esata is included too, with a separate panel that mounts to the chassis.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for PANEL

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

$94.00 Est. at Amazon

from bobm, www.newegg.com
from my dvi monitor, to my hd tv via the hdmi (and even tho i believe you can only run one with the vga at a time, it is still very convenient)i love the color and markings on the rear panel.
from KXSwa, www.newegg.com
one way or the other; but the packaging for this mb was clean and attractive; not the mention the motherboard itself, which looks cool inside the matx case, which has clear side panels on 3 sides.
from geldriver, www.newegg.com
this board is built like a brick house - most m-atx builds i worry about plugging in the front panel stuff and sata cause it's in the lower-right side of the board, which usually has no standoff
from Doug V, www.newegg.com
good onboard video and plenty of usb font-panel connectors.
from Zuki, www.newegg.com
pros: i need replace my asus board this was great motherboard gone with gigabyte has great stuff it fire right up on first go has lots ports and supports new stuff to love gigabytewell not go back

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for PANEL

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

$275.00 Est. at Amazon

from jonMEGA, www.newegg.com
this board is well layed out and easy to connect the various front panel switches and leds.
from NetSpyder, www.newegg.com
esata with power is very handy on the back panel.
from Mark, www.newegg.com
also hate the placement of the spdif plug, and the plug for the front panel audio.
from RCDheliracer, www.newegg.com
cmos reset button on rear panel.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cmos reset on back panel is a nice touch.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for PANEL

ASUS Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 Core i7

$496.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it bocked the cutouts almost entirely so i had to have the wiring done before the board went in.also the el i/o panel light on the back is already dead.
from Deep, www.newegg.com
or go to control panel device managerexpand network adaptersright click the marvell device and go to properties.click on the advanced tab.select ipv4 checksum offload and set the value to
from Exileman, www.newegg.com
2 bios's with a bios reset button on the back panel and one internal.
from Datamp, www.newegg.com
the q-connect front panel connectors helped tons!!
from www.amazon.com
* lighted back panel

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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

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

$65.00 Est. at Amazon

from BigDaddy, www.newegg.com
it has four usb ports on the back panel of the motherboard and two more usb headers on the motherboard for an additional four ports, giving you a total of eight individual usb ports.
from SpAiD, www.newegg.com
went with the gigabyte just because it looks better in the windowed case, but the asus at the same price, had 7.1 channel audio on the back panel.
from buzzbee, www.newegg.com
the gigabyte has a better layout of the sata ports and front panel headers.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: the wireing for the front panel is hard to read and would be nice if it had a wireing adapter like my asus board which takes out all the guess work.
from The Joat, www.newegg.com
pros: never had a board set up this easy.front panel well labeled.

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

EVGA 132-BL-E758-TR x58 SLI Mainboard

$288.00 Est. at Amazon

from |)3/\/\ISE, www.newegg.com
e-leet utility is a plus (it's like cpu-z meet nvidia's motherboard control panel that i had on my evga 750i only simplified) cons: benchmarks (guru3d, techreport etc) prove this board stock
from DFbiomed, www.newegg.com
even the rear port panel is above par as compared to other oems.
from Jonnnnn from Sudbury, www.newegg.com
:pcame with sata cables, sli bridges, great instructions, good manual, nice rear panel with lots of inputs.
from Orion, www.newegg.com
cons: no on-board system fan located close to the rear of case( most mother boards - have a 3 or 4 pin connector that allows a rear case fan to be plugged in )i'm using a 5 1/4" front panel temp/fan
from Frink, www.newegg.com
cons: as with every motherboard it seems, the usb and front panel connectors were in an impossibly inconvenient spot.

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

EVGA X58 LGA1366 Intel ATX SLI 132-BL-E758-A1

EVGA X58 LGA1366 Intel ATX SLI Motherboard (132-BL-E758-A1)

$327.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the dark knight), it's extremely hard and is a tight fit when connecting the 8pin power plug from the power supply to the motherboard (sits in between the io panel, a large "metal fence" and the cpu.
from Software Developer, www.newegg.com
the board felt fairly sturdy and it comes with a padded i/o panel which ensures a safe and secure seat of the motherboard.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the front panel sound connection is on the opposite side as well...which means stringing cables across your board if you want to use it(mine dont even reach it in my abs diablo adv).
from SnoopyTRB, www.newegg.com
reset button on board, cmos clear button on board as well as in back panel cluster.
from sanskrit, www.newegg.com
cons: placement on this board of the usb headers, front panel connectors, and the cmos reset are hidden if you throw an sli card in the last pcie16 slot.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Good Performance, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

$74.00 Est. at Amazon

from Mike B., www.newegg.com
does what it's supposed to cons: the front panel connector header has only two pins for the power led.
from reviewer bob, www.newegg.com
can overclock, but options are limited (see below) cons: the front panel audio works, but the rear panel audio doesn't.
from Mitchell Hennessy, www.newegg.com
or if you're alright with the added steps for disk addition or removal, this'll be a good choice.oh, and my whs case has a front panel firewire jumper...this board does not have firewire headers.
from Merc, www.newegg.com
cons: the front panel header pin setup is very poor.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: non standard front panel led connectors.

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

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
my old mobo that i upgraded from had it right on the back panel not taking a slot and it was a piece of junk.
from Fuzzy Logic, www.newegg.com
when connecting the front panel sound and microphone it does not shut off the rear panel connectors.
from Setarcos, www.newegg.com
on doing some low-load task like running a torrent program.front panel connection pins clearly labeled, in fact this has to be one of the most self documenting, clearly labeled boards i've ever seen.
from J. McClane, www.newegg.com
back panel fit perfectly into antec solo case.
from Jay, www.newegg.com
worked fine in my antec p182 case with all of the front panel connectors.

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

ASRock A790GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX

$107.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
not a big deal, but i have the connector on my control panel that is built into my tower.
from Tib, www.newegg.com
rear i/o panel didn't work, so the monitor wasn't getting any signal...
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: see "other thoughts" cons: -bios is a little daunting at first-motherboard has unusual shape and not all the screw holes fit my abs diablo full tower-the stock hintsink is made by foxconn

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Socket AM2, Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2

ASUS M4A78-EM AM2+ 780G MATX 4719543169438

$112.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
esata on back panel.
from Daniel, www.newegg.com
not running front panel sound at all, and have swapped out speakers, tho existing speakers were fantastic.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: price for performance.only sb700 chipset which means no acc to try to unlock the 4th core on my phenom ii.system panel is not standard, i had to pull pins out of the connector for correct
from andrew, www.newegg.com
cons: no onboard firewire or wifi (neither a problem for me).back panel plate not a great fit for me.

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

Foxconn Destroyer

$223.00 Est. at Amazon

from SmokeDog, www.newegg.com
the aegis panel software overclocking utility is rendered useless in many systems.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
my case has a clear side panel and this board really looks good.
from OreDigDeep, www.newegg.com
also, the aegis panel software that's included doesn't work and you'll have to manually oc within bios.
from mike, www.newegg.com
i had occasion to call foxconn tech support with a minor question regarding the aegis panel and hibernate, and the gentleman who i spoke with was friendly and knowledgeable.
from BenDover MBA elc/eng, www.newegg.com
all the driver and bios update and foxlive update is a simple gui to make driver update easier.insted of ageis panel you will get foxone dont bother tryn to install agies panel, no wrk 4 destroyer.

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

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

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from Bob D, www.newegg.com
nice addition of header pin socket for motherboard attach of all the chassis and front panel leads.
from Diocletian, www.newegg.com
i/o panel has every connection you could ever want, and the i/o shield is actually padded so no more cutting up your fingers to put it in!
from Augie, www.newegg.com
the other 4 are on the right edge of the board and are attached parallel to the mobo (like a usb port on the back panel).
from Aenutt, www.newegg.com
all connectors on board and rear panel function as they should.
from MoeFromBrooklyn, www.newegg.com
if your case has see-thru side panel, then, guess what - you're case is a billboard!

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

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from DarkWaterSong, www.newegg.com
performance.the board is well laid out, and installing it was easy...even plugging in the front panel connectors!
from NewAtThis, www.newegg.com
the case i picked rosewill conqueror wbk triple 120mm fans steel atx mid tower computer case with side panel.
from tabdelgawad, www.newegg.com
those who game can add a pcie 2.0 x16 card.- 5 internal sata connections + headers and i/o back panel with everything you'd want- q-fan2 *hugely* reduced my cpu and case fan noise.- epu "dials down"
from Brian547, www.newegg.com
the system panel connector is a good idea for people with big fingers.

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

ASUS M4N82 Deluxe AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 980a

$177.00 Est. at Amazon

from Agricultulator, www.newegg.com
no it's not onboard graphics that has an output port on the back panel.
from Slyk_MinionWorkz, www.newegg.com
aligning the i/o panel was a bit stiff, had to press a bit harder than i thought necessary to install the board; worked out fine.
from Mnemnoch, www.newegg.com
cons: the chipset, even using bios 0701 and the latest nvidia drivers or the latest asus drivers, still reads as 780a sli in the nvidia control panel and windows device manager.
from Zip, www.newegg.com
cons: i do wish they either included a com port slot bracket or put one on the rear io panel.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: just that the case i bought did not have a long enough audio cable for the front io panel, i had to buy an extension.

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Positives: Good Reliability, High Quality, Good Performance, Socket AM3

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
please install cpu and fans before you screw it to the panel.
from Gary, www.newegg.com
front panel hd audio connector and great documentation in the printed manual.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: front panel audio plug is located by the rear mb plugs so you have to stretch the cables across the ram and around the cpu cooler to get them hooked up.

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

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

$175.00 Est. at Amazon

from Lt.pigpen, www.newegg.com
several usb 2.0 off mother board options nice, 2, or 4 add on via expansion port on back panel.
from www.amazon.com
i had major problems with the case front panel and headphones.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
not taking much away from the board rating for this but be aware.no connection for front panel mic/headphone.hdd activity light connection on the board is two pin and my thermaltake case has a 3 pin.
from Mr_Star, www.newegg.com
cons: the read i/o panel comes with foam on it that prevents you from getting the motherboard in the right position for screws..

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

Gigabyte X58 DDR3-2000X6 UD3 CPNT3PCIEX16 2PCIE

$356.00 Est. at Amazon

from Phoenixamaranth, www.newegg.com
it has reset and power switches for the back panel, front panel, and on the board.
from DracKul, www.newegg.com
cmos reset button on i/o panel as well.
from computersRsmartRocks, www.newegg.com
the north bridge heat sink is right behind it and about an inch-and-a-half high so no card can reach the slot unless it is only as long as the slot end distance from the back panel.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: if i nit-pick: sata ports are a little hard to reach; front panel hd audio is in the worst spot ever (i almost decided not to use it); there is not room for three double-wide graphics cards
from Mr. Wizard, www.newegg.com
four huge case fans, pwr supply mounting top or bottom, very roomy inside, casters, hidden wire routing feature, mesh grill front, room for a water cooler setup, decent front panel access to usb,

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Positives: Good Reliability, Nice Performance, Easy To Install, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

$143.00 Est. at Amazon

from apaux, www.newegg.com
8 usbs on back and ability to connect 2 more on the motherboard for computer case usb and/or usb for rear panel.
from Leigh, www.newegg.com
:(was an issue with my setup: front audio panel pins located behind the cpu next to the northbridge.
from Monotony, www.newegg.com
front audio panel pins on my case were not compatible with the board's.
from Ray C., www.newegg.com
pros: sata 2, 8 usb 2.0 ports back panel, digital audio connection, three fan connectors plus the cpu fan connector for a total of four, ddr3 ram, am3 socket, faster than lightning two day delivery,

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

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