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M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from NewAtThis, www.newegg.com
the bios update went ok but had to down load it from asus that was no big deal.
from Zemo, www.newegg.com
i loaded the free windows 7 beta 64 bit ultimate os and it was impressively easy to install.
from afalldorf, www.newegg.com
i love the onboard linux os it is so useful when you just need to check something on the internet without waiting on windows to load.
from AlexD, www.newegg.com
i've had a couple problems with express gate loading on some start ups, and others it tells me the installation is incomplete.
from GanjaSMK, www.newegg.com
was able to load windows 7beta (build 7000) on first boot.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for LOAD

Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from Gopher, www.newegg.com
when used with an ocz 30gb sshd (n82e16820227372) and kingston 2gb 4200 (n82e16820134187) it draws only 24 watts under load (xp sp3).
from samman946, www.newegg.com
i tried to run linux mint and it just wouldn't load i dont no why but i did not feel like trying to figure it out.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
bios allowed very easy installation of non-sata operating systems (w2k thinks my sata hard drive is an atapi drive, but it loaded with no extra drivers needed).
from Budrow, www.newegg.com
not sure what issues other reviewer had with linux; i originally loaded ubuntu 8.04 on it and later reloaded with freshmint 5 -- which is basically just ubuntu 8.04 with freshmint menus on it.
from Ralphnaderchop, www.newegg.com
don't know if it's just my system, but when bios loads, the entire screen is shifted to the left on my 22"lcd, making the first word almost unreadable.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for LOAD

ASUS 90-MIB850-G0EAY00Z

$283.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
i run my system at 100% loads 24/7 to participate in the @home projects.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
went up to 80 c at full load without fan.
from Mrav8er, www.newegg.com
vista hp64 loaded on quickly, found all the updates and was up and running in less than an hour.
from Grandmaster J, www.newegg.com
i never thought a hard drive could effect the bios loading so much.
from RMC779, www.newegg.com
4.0ghz 24/7 overclock running 100% full load.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for LOAD

EVGA 132-BL-E758-TR x58 SLI Mainboard

$283.00 Est. at Amazon

from Alec, www.newegg.com
popped in a core i7 920 in there and over clocked it to 3.87 and have been running at 30 degrees celcius and around 40 full load using cooler master v10 (using arctic silver 5 thermal paste too...
from TheFuzz, www.newegg.com
i plugged everything in, and it booted, loaded windows with no issues.
from VSkwidd, www.newegg.com
this board is simple, for beginners, or you can run into the bios and it can be loads of fun for those artful overclockers.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
went back to cd and found jmb drivers and loaded them and at f6 up comes for xp/2000 install.
from www.amazon.com
vista loads in 3 bars and entire os is loaded within 20 seconds of windows logo.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for LOAD

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

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ragnar, www.newegg.com
thought it was probably a bad motherboard but as soon as i put any type of load on the system the board shot the frequency on the cpu up to 1800mhz.
from Mark0, www.newegg.com
after i did a fresh install of vista sp1 on a new drive, i decided i'd try a stale install from my old hdd just for kicks and it recognized new hardware and loaded up drivers first try.
from Powerslave, www.newegg.com
values or it might not load the os.5600+ x2 cpu4 gigs pc6400 corsair ramgeforce 8600gtwd 250gig sataii hd630 watt psu cons: has headers for lpt and com but the bracket is impossible to find.
from DRCJR, www.newegg.com
great build idles areoun 32c and running load 40c.
from Rex, www.newegg.com
i couldn't get the raid to work, even after loading what i thought was the most recent driver.

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

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

$145.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
have not done any burn-in testing w/ 4th core, don't know how stable it is under load yet.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i have discovered this motherboard is rock solid even with overclocking.loads of features and not to mention the aesthetics look cool with the blue color etc cons: i can think of any.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
tank heavy and if your trying for some reason to get the lan to work before you load your os forget about it till you can load the drivers for the board.
from Dave, www.newegg.com
had to manually load ethernet, chipset, audio drivers.
from Old Fogey, www.newegg.com
vista recognized the array and loaded without missing a beat.

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

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from jzawodn, www.newegg.com
ended up loading windows 7 beta on it and it runs just fine.
from tusk, www.newegg.com
i have apache, mysql, rtorrent, samba along with several other "heavy" deamons running on this box, and it still runs at .01 load for most of the time.
from Mad MAC, www.newegg.com
i promised to report on its performance when it is loaded with ubuntu, but i never did install ubuntu onto the system, and it will never happen, because i built a new "play" system with ubuntu, vista
from www.amazon.com
all my applications load up very quickly and it is generally acceptably fast.
from Trustworthy PC, www.newegg.com
you'll spend $60 more, and it will burn 100+ watts, but you'll be happy with the performance, and you can load more memory on it.

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

ASUS Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 Core i7

$501.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jon Rista, www.newegg.com
under full high-head load in prime95 or linx, the lcd poster that comes with the motherboard reads around 60c with water cooling and a 4ghz overclock.
from Kyle, www.newegg.com
it only added 6-7 degrees celsius - still staying under 65 on load (that i've seen)i did not blindly assume they would overheat - i had problems with my visiontek 4870 being too close to the
from Ron O'Neil, www.newegg.com
i have been running a 920 i7 at 4.3ghz for almost 6 months now with no problems :) not too mention the board is loaded to the max, sli, 12gb memory, 6 sata drives...
from Exileman, www.newegg.com
got injured during the process.the software drivers load up very slow with no progress indicator.
from BobTheBuilder, www.newegg.com
there are a ton of oc options and a boat load of fan connectors which was exactly what i needed for my nzxt tempest case.

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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 X58 DDR3-2000X6 UD3 CPNT3PCIEX16 2PCIE

$370.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
i can't imagine the power of one of these fully loaded out with all it can hold at once.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i can oc to 4ghz on air w/ peak temp of ~85c under full load.
from Zipper33, www.newegg.com
loaded win 7 and was stable right out of the box.i would buy again...
from ZTECH, www.newegg.com
@ load, idles 27 deg.
from chin808, www.newegg.com
the hardware raid setup was dumb easy and didnt require any drives when loading an os.

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

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

$66.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it's not the system i'd build, but for an older couple that were sick of waiting for their systems to load and respond this was a mega upgrade for hundreds less than the mainstream prebuilt stuff out
from Phantomandy, www.newegg.com
it booted up quick and easy, recognized all 4 sata devices (2 wd black caviar 750gb drives and 2 liteon dvd burners), q8400 quad cord processor and took a windows 7 load without needing any special
from MonteCArlo, www.newegg.com
case cable connection placement was great and so was the overal connector layout.completely loaded vista sp1 in 10 minutes.
from NoMax, www.newegg.com
flawless load with vista x64.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
make sure you load optimized defaults in bios and your good to go.

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

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

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from TenaciousT, www.newegg.com
i'm not sure where the disconnect is, already loaded wow64 from windows for 32 bit programs, but it won't open properly.
from cigar 537, www.newegg.com
had a hard time to get it to boot to cd to load windows so i went to bios and change order of boot devices.
from Annoyme, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: ga-ma74gm-s2 motherboardamd x2 be 2400 stock 2.3 ghz speed w/stock cooler under load not more than 45c2 gigs of hp recertifed 667 mhz ddr2 memevga 8800gt......60plus fps in wow
from N/A, www.newegg.com
loaded drivers from cd and overclocked.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
its run fast, load quickly and does not hang.

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

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from geeky old guy, www.newegg.com
used old case, storage drives (hd, cd/dvd) and loaded xp pro sp3 instead of 98se.
from B, www.newegg.com
my q6600 isn't a great overclocker with a 1.325 vid needs 1.36875 set in bios which results in 1.328 idle and 1.28 full load in intel burn test.-north bridge heat sink gets hot during stress tests.
from rpy, www.newegg.com
pros: this is one of the few cheaper mobos that supports loads of processors, including the pentium d 805.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: great price, and loaded with options.running a e4500 2.2ghz @ 3.01ghz with out even trying....
from birdtown, www.newegg.com
pros: put my pentium d 940 @ 3.2ghz cpu , 420 psu, 320 gb sata hdd, 7200 gs video card, 2gb ddr2 xms2 corsair ram, loaded it with ubuntu 9.04.

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

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

$325.00 Est. at Amazon

from ICE777, www.newegg.com
also once idown loaded vista spi it became a non issue.
from www.amazon.com
the included soft is a little buggy and after some checking it seems the board loads defaults then does a partial reboot when the updated config is found.
from Codename 47, www.newegg.com
the r8169 module loads by default which causes the network connection to "disappear" on the next restart unless you remove the power cord from the psu.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
settings it'll automatically bump the cpu up to 3.4 under load.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
once windows loads everything is fine and stable.

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

BIOSTAR TpowerX58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX

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from boxorox, www.newegg.com
the os would either not load at all or not boot after loading....my mistake was not updating the bios the minute it posted.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
loads of options, auto-overclocking, 6 gigs of ram (vista 64) is a dream.
from CUSTOMPC4U, www.newegg.com
working in windows 7 without crashing now and thats i7 920 at 166x20=3.3ghz oc, memory at ddr3 1328mhz (6-6-6-18)@ 1.6v passes memtest and prime95 100% temps are from idle 32c-55c max load on water.
from splintereddoor, www.newegg.com
tpower utility reports 31?c with a moderate load.the board is also quite a looker, with pleasing aeshetic design, layout, and color selection.
from kimmisc, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: if you buy this board intending to load it up with tons of memory, and you build a system based on this board, you will be frustrated to find that it hangs constantly until you remove

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

Foxconn Destroyer

$130.00 Est. at Amazon

from Catzklawz, www.newegg.com
bottlenecking issues with 38gb 1066 ocz platinumvista ult 642 x 500gb raid 0 sata2 3gb/s os drives1 750gb storagecoolmaster haf 932coolmaster watergate max liquid cooling 23c/30c loaded core temps :)
from Old Doom player, www.newegg.com
includes loads of extras - sata cables , sli bridges , xtra mofset heatsink tube, big fan to cool vid card , even dog tags .
from Constonce, www.newegg.com
fully loaded bios!
from SmokeDog, www.newegg.com
at 3.1 ghz, cpu runs at 35 degrees under heavy load with a zalman 9500a cooler inside an haf 932 cooler master enclosure.
from jrt20, www.newegg.com
loads of features such as tri-sli and am3 support.

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

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 N/A, www.newegg.com
it went very well, about four hours and i was loading software.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
loads of information, and a helpful community.
from Jerry, www.newegg.com
i didn't have to load a single driver on os build- no issues on initial build and start up cons: post intialization is slow but not unusual in complex boards-no fdd & sata plug orientation for
from Boltz, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i think some of the problems people are having are related to trying to put a system together using old parts and/or trying to load incompatible drivers.
from www.amazon.com
the drivers were easy to load, just pop in the cd and boom, everything i needed was there.

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

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from Fredzo, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: before you get to the first boot and start loading your os, make sure you don't have anything plugged into the internal usb headers, or any usp ports for that matter.
from Micah, www.newegg.com
loaded windows vista 64-bit in under 15 minutes.
from Pat, www.newegg.com
bios has loads of manual options for over clocking.
from SE, www.newegg.com
you get alot for your money and they have been very stable and reliable.i'm currently using this in a windows server 2008 x64 system to host hyper-v virtual servers, so i'm not bothering to load all
from Sleeper Ninja, www.newegg.com
most livecds cause the system to restart while the kernel loads--95% of the time.

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

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

$118.00 Est. at Amazon

from blivit4, www.newegg.com
first try going into the bios settings on boot up and load (i think) safe settings and then make sure the right multiplier and fsb settings are being used for your cpu.
from Cesar, www.newegg.com
had no trouble every part recognized cons: none except window didn't have drivers and had to load from the dvd but i'm guessing thats normal for all the other mother boards other
from N/A, www.newegg.com
lots of voltage settings including llc (load line calibration) which helps to control vdroop (cpu voltage drop under heavy load).
from Thomas, www.newegg.com
my board came loaded with bios version f2.
from Milwaukee Pilot, www.newegg.com
plugged everything in loaded the os and drivers and away i went!

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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

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

$237.00 Est. at Amazon

from commongentooer, www.newegg.com
in my case, the fourth core unlocks after a bios flash and manually setting clock speeds in the bios.however, under load for an hour or so, the cpu was running about 10*c hotter than it did with only
from Strider H, www.newegg.com
also, it's loaded with oc options, and core calibration is a plus.
from Dwight, www.newegg.com
winxp sp3 would boot and start loading personal settings, but then system would hang after about three minutes.
from Timlander, www.newegg.com
easy bios flash, just remember after doing so go into bios and load the optimized defaults or you could get an error.
from RQuallsJR, www.newegg.com
came loaded with the f5 bios,so no bios flash was needed.but did upgrade to the f6 once everything was put together.

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

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from Larry the Tech, www.newegg.com
in the bios it has a vdrop feature that you can enable that compensates for the drop in voltage when loading the core(s), and it works well.
from Jay, www.newegg.com
i would suggest doing the same in case you run into trouble.on a side note, i ran into a problem for 3 days trying to boot into window, but it stopped loading at the "load bar screen" and would not
from Setarcos, www.newegg.com
while i haven't tried much in the way of overclocking, it does seem to have some nice power saving/management features/apps for those times you leave to computer on doing some low-load task like
from Goharma, www.newegg.com
before i setup raid it seemed like startup from power on to windows starting to load up was slow because it keep searching for drives or something, now it seems ok.
from Peewee, www.newegg.com
and ultra durable!it has a few leds, which can be made to show cpu loading, but no neon!

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

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Best Motherboards for Load

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

ASUS 90-MIB850-G0EAY00Z

EVGA 132-BL-E758-TR x58 SLI Mainboard

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

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

ASUS Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 Core i7

Gigabyte X58 DDR3-2000X6 UD3 CPNT3PCIEX16 2PCIE

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

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

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

BIOSTAR TpowerX58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX

Foxconn Destroyer

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

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

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