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Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it has two serial-ata ports and an eide port so you can safely plug a couple hard drives and a couple dvd burners, and no floppy port (who uses floppy drives today anyway?).
from Rick, www.newegg.com
the bad thing is that the psu in the apex isn't a 80plus so the system uses more power, 32 watts and it doesn't idle down the way an x2, sempron or athlon will do.
from l33tOR, www.newegg.com
is used for my car computer and only uses about 80 watts or so.
from Dan, www.newegg.com
amazingly, the whole system uses only 38 watts measured at the wall with a kill-a-watt meter.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i built this budget system for a student friend, but there must be many uses for a little board like this.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for USES

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

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from Dubs, www.newegg.com
it's uses 128mb of your ram for video by default, but you can crank it up to 512mb in the bios if you need it.
from Hostile-HST, www.newegg.com
it only has 2 slots for memory, but it will at least hold 4gb which isn't all bad at all since 32 bit xp only uses 3.25gb max.
from 22bsti, www.newegg.com
like the other reviewer, this board is slightly smaller than the micro atx standard and as such 2 screw holes may or may not line up in your case if it uses the standard hole pattern.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
nopt really cons since i knew what i was getting, but the info in case someone else uses similar build is always nice.
from JbZ, www.newegg.com
i guess some people need more for more aggressive uses.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for USES

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$147.00 Est. at Amazon

from Andrew, Oklahoma, www.newegg.com
+ esata+ 1394, obsolete, but you don't now when you might need it+ onboard audio is competitive with even the best soundblaster product, for most common uses.+ 4 slots for ram.
from pcrow, www.newegg.com
nobody uses it, and it messes up the layout for where other ports could go.
from aapljosh, www.newegg.com
this is sweet because it uses no cpu at all.
from MaDMaXx, www.newegg.com
mac also uses this chipset can we say hackintosh.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: no self respecting gamer or tech uses vista!!!!

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for USES

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

$102.00 Est. at Amazon

from Doug V, www.newegg.com
uses the same hsf mount as the hp stock mobo.
from Sean, www.newegg.com
who still uses the stupid 3.5inch hardware anymore?
from Eric, www.newegg.com
really now, who uses this for a printer today?
from Nelson, www.newegg.com
cons: they should incorporate the easy-plugs that asus uses so people don't have to struggle plugging in the front panel of the case to the mobo.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for USES

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from J to the Me, www.newegg.com
yeah, it uses ddr2 ram instead of ddr3, but ddr3 is expensive right now, so this was a great mobo.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
eight usb ports on the back is a huge plus (you sacrifice legacy ports on the board like parallel, ieee 1394 firewire, and serial but, come on, who on the consumer market actually uses these anymore?)
from Kasey, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: there is a similar board by gigabyte for a similar price that uses ddr3 instead of ddr2 so if you want to chip out the little bit extra cash for the newer ddr3 memory, that would be a
from jons1976, www.newegg.com
cons: no firewire port for front connector on my coolermaster case, but then i knew that, and i have an everio hdd camcorder anyway, so it uses usb anyway, so no biggie.

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

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

$145.00 Est. at Amazon

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 Bob, www.newegg.com
given my intended (limited) uses for this computer, i don't plan to overclock the cpu or change memory timings anyway.
from driftwood, www.newegg.com
(no1 uses a floppy anymore so i could care less where they burried that)all the tower pin ports seem to work great right out of the box unlike my last biostarslick looking heatsink panelscame with
from adgegibbs, www.newegg.com
pros: insane number of usb connectors, multiple firewire ports (which is great as i'm one of the few people who uses firewire devices these days), heavy, thick motherboard that feels solid and didn't

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

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

$66.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: rock solid, easy build and setup, gigabyte quality.i rebuilt two machines for my neighbors using this board, for the price i don't think you can go wrong, gigabyte uses the same construction
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: only will accept up to 4 gigs of ram, but hey who really uses more than that.
from Miss Krystal, www.newegg.com
pros: cheap!board looks made wellhas all the 'needed" itemseasy to usesuper easy overclocking!i really like it cons: it failed to post on the 40th day!had to rma back to gigabyte.gigabyte had
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: makes for a nice "hackintosh" (os86x) with intel e5200 and evga geforce 9500 gt.uses standard case connectors for power, hd led, etc.

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

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it tell you the temp and how much watt the cpu uses.
from Skeeter, www.newegg.com
however, i believe its because i'm using onboard video, which in turn uses my ram for video.
from Gary, www.newegg.com
cons: no firewire connector for the front panel of my case, but then who uses firewire?
from Drake, www.newegg.com
pros: this board uses the new g41chipset.

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

Gigabyte X58 DDR3-2000X6 UD3 CPNT3PCIEX16 2PCIE

$370.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
third pcie video card slot is close to end of motherboard (but who uses three video cards anyway).
from Wilson in Japan, www.newegg.com
most memory vendors can reprogram the spd on the memory for the new way gigabyte uses, but why should they have to do so...
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: the first 1x pci-e slot is usesless because the cooling aperatus in right behind it and nothing is going to fit here.
from wulf109, www.newegg.com
cons: like all x58 boards it uses side facing sata ports.

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

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

$186.00 Est. at Amazon

from SomeOtherGeek, www.newegg.com
my wife uses it every morning to browse while she waits for her machine to come on and when it does, simply shuts it down and viola!
from biggerx, www.newegg.com
i had read up on it quite a bit before i attempted it, but the bios the the board uses is great.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
who uses a parallel printer port anymore?
from www.amazon.com
this board will satisfy any one who is looking for an all in one board that uses ddr2 memory.

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

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from Mad MAC, www.newegg.com
granted it might be the atom uses so little power that it does not generate more heat in heavy processing.
from Dissonance, www.newegg.com
even budget celerons (single core!) beat this chip easily.the biggest selling point on this board, is that it uses minimal power, while still keeping the performance-ratio as high as possible.
from waffletten, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: fantastic for common uses (internet, data transfer, office apps, watching movies, listening to music).
from Divergence, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: small board with many uses, if your looking to find an itx board for a media pc, try a different one, such as a socket 775 or am2 mini itx board.
from jchip, www.newegg.com
this is because the chipset is old and uses more power than the atom.

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

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

$143.00 Est. at Amazon

from GPA_Phoenix, www.newegg.com
i would like to see a way of using a flash drive to flash bios, cause who uses a floppy anymore.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i am surprised newegg even uses these people.
from Luf, www.newegg.com
asus has heatpipes and esata built in, but still uses clipless (sata 1 style) sideways sata connectors.
from Anonymous, www.newegg.com
pros: uses ddr3 memory; plenty of usb and sata ports cons: the board isn't a full 9.6" wide, so you can't place standoffs under it on the right side.

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

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

$158.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rakochet, www.newegg.com
running windows xp64 with 8 gigs of ram (use 4 for a virtual hard drive for the page file- never uses more than 2).
from nasherooni13, www.newegg.com
pros: -everything is fine here folks, looks good and works great -asus board was doa so i purchased this bad boy -good bios features cons: -for some odd reason my e8400 processor speed
from dharris, www.newegg.com
for any inquires, you may contact them with your rebate confirmation number.thank you for choosing gigabyte products question - 813671 from : don ************************sent : 9/25/2009 21:36

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

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

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from Chris, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: definitely an expensive board, but its quality is consistent with what i've come to expect from asus.-the beauty of this board is that it uses quality components.
from DavisTheDiver, www.newegg.com
my coolermaster cosmos comes with 4 120mm silent fans and uses 2 auxillary board cchipset fans plus the cpu..
from italia, www.newegg.com
pros: quality setup, decent cooling (copper), placement of components generally well thought out, support for both sli and crossfire, save $ with no scsi support (don't know anyone who uses it, or

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

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from phalanx, www.newegg.com
this is well documented in forums, it's very specific about the memory it uses, if you're trying to use ram with the wrong timing setup it will not boot, will not even allow you into the setup, the
from Winchell, www.newegg.com
but who uses those anyway...
from Pegasus-12, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: my ep45-ud3p board uses the following hardware; intel q9650 quad, 8gb ocz gold memory (4x2gb), asus arctic square cpu cooler (lapped), creative fatality x-fi audio, evga 9800 gtx+
from Mr. Know-it-all., www.newegg.com
many times the ram, for example, is the problem due to proprietary factors that the ram manufacturer incorporates to distinguish their product in the market segment.the proof of concept is simple, if

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

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

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

$396.00 Est. at Amazon

from Dukie, www.newegg.com
the power light led uses only 2 pins to where as my stacker 830 uses 2 pins with a space in between.
from SnoopyTRB, www.newegg.com
who uses the stock cooler?
from Steve, www.newegg.com
for instance, a conventional water system, ( not the corsair h50 ) pulls the heat from the chips and uses ambient air from outside the case for cooling.
from Kr0NiC, www.newegg.com
no floppy controller, but who uses those?
from Thomas, www.newegg.com
manufacturer response:hi,there are no known issues with the audio output, as a matter of fact this board uses the realtek hd controller, which is well known.can you please contact us directly at

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

Namco Outdoor Challenge Wii 80006

$60.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
only played it once and discovered it uses significantly different muscles than the wii fit does.
from www.amazon.com
it makes some very innovative uses of the wii remote (not included), and the nice wide mat which is included.
from www.amazon.com
this uses mii characters just like wii sports.
from www.amazon.com
the game uses a special mat similar to that in the dance dance revolution games.

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

Foxconn G31MXP-K Core 2 Quad/ Intel G31/ DDR2/

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
unlike intel, foxconn provides drivers for w2k as well as xp and vista – a bizarre irony considering that foxconn uses intel glue logic!
from secretxax, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: actually, i think that dell uses foxconn motherboards.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Good Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium D

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

$114.00 Est. at Amazon

from Tinmn454, www.newegg.com
besides who uses floppy drives anymore.
from OCed, www.newegg.com
pros: a) supports phenom ii am3 cpusb) uses ddr2 memory (less expensive)c) plethora of overclocking features in biosd) less expensive than most am3 motherboardse) overall quality of motherboard

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

ASUS M3A76-CM

$70.00 Est. at Amazon

from Daniel, www.newegg.com
i was building this for my dad, and he still uses a 1.44m floppy from time to time and i was going to put a floppy drive in it, but then realized that this board no longer supports it.
from Antics, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i originally purchased this as a replacement to my fathers older pentium 2 machine which he uses only for checking his banking and email accounts.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: uses ati chipset for graphics, so bough nvidia 9400 pci express card to avoid ati issues.

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

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Best Motherboards for Uses

Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

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

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

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

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

Gigabyte X58 DDR3-2000X6 UD3 CPNT3PCIEX16 2PCIE

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

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

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

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

Namco Outdoor Challenge Wii 80006

Foxconn G31MXP-K Core 2 Quad/ Intel G31/ DDR2/

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

ASUS M3A76-CM

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