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Out of thousands of reviews for 158 products, over 1,000 people recommended Motherboards specifically for All Around. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 eVGA nForce 650i ULTRA 122-CK-NF66-T1
eVGA nForce 650i ULTRA (122-CK-NF66-T1) Motherboard $119 Compare Prices
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Core2 Quad
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
135 People Recommend
"this is a quality product from a quality manufacturer that any high end computer builder should have, and it's a great price!…"

- risingson05 at Newegg.com

"comes with a skimpy manual, but then again it covered the basics as to what you need to do to install it.…"

- Amazon.com User

"the price difference of 20-30 bucks may not really be worth it.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 2 Abit iP35 Pro 843323000223
Abit iP35 Pro (843323000223) Motherboard $280 Compare Prices
  • Reliable
  • Easy To Install
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium, Intel Celeron D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad
  • Released 1 year ago
104 People Recommend
"even though it's super stable and is one of the best overclockers we've seen the general stock performance is on average, not quite as good as the rest of the competition, but abit designs the board…"

- Richard Swinburne at Bit-tech.net

"as soon as i had everything hooked up it booted right up with no problems.…"

- Newegg.com User

"basically everything it says it does, it does with top of line quality.…"

- Brad at Newegg.com


No 3 Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 1.0 AMD Socket AM2 MicroATX
Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 (1.0) AMD Socket AM2 MicroATX Motherboard / Audio / Video / PCI Express / Gigabit $86 Compare Prices
  • Socket AM2
  • Released 1 year ago
58 People Recommend
"it has pretty much everything you need for a system upgrade right on the motherboard: 1 pata connector for your optical drives, 4 sata, ethernet, sound, and video.…"

- Newegg.com User

"it has everything i needed for a great price.…"

- Newegg.com User

"setup was easy and straight forward- good quality, 64 bit capable, pcie16 and it has room for more ram and other future upgrades---unlike the e-machine board it replaced.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 4 Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H
Gigabyte (GA-MA69G-S3H) Motherboard $103 Compare Prices
  • Socket AM2
  • Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
39 People Recommend
"with price, performance and comparison to msi and sapphire mbo's in mind, this gigabyte product deserves a value 4 money award with ease.…"

- Verdran Dakic at ITReviews.com

"i have only had it operating for a week, but everything is working great.…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: some reviewers have had problems with the audio off the installation disk, but it worked for me.…"

- JB at Newegg.com


No 5 Intel DP35DP
Intel DP35DP Motherboard $96 - $130 Compare Prices
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Quad, Intel Quad Core Xeon
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
37 People Recommend
"drivers seem to be stable of course it is an intel machine !overall it is a very nice board for use in a htpc / media pc.…"

- Mwave.com User

"this is a great motherboard for all purposes, and a great value too.…"

- Tigerdirect.com User

"not the best but i can run 2142 on max.…"

- Tigerdirect.com User


No 6 ASUS M2R32-MVP
ASUS (M2R32-MVP) Motherboard $94 - $115 Compare Prices
  • Socket AM2
  • Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
27 People Recommend
"the northbridge heatsink placement can make it difficult to effectively install a long video card, and can potentially affect hard drive installation.…"

- Newegg.com User

"i had to add an ide drive to install from, then removed it.…"

- Newegg.com User

"more options please?) but i am satisfied actually thrilled, full x16 pcie and supports amd 6000+ out of the box, can oc on the fly via asus ai booster, or you can do it in the bios!…"

- Newegg.com User


No 7 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 - motherboard - ATX - iX38 Compare Prices
  • Released 1 year ago
17 People Recommend
"unfortunately its memory performance is not where i expected it to be; and its lower priced sibling, the p35, can significanlty outperform the x38 on memory benchmarks.…"

- William Henning at Neoseeker.com

"just buy one from here...mwave has the best price for this item so far..i rather to spend more money to get a durable board!!!!…"

- Mwave.com User

"it's almost as fast as that gtx but about half the price.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 8 Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2
Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2 - motherboard - micro ATX - GeForce 7025 Compare Prices
  • Socket AM2
  • Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64
  • Released 1 year ago
11 People Recommend
"summary: this mb has everything for a solid fast everyday pc.…"

- Mwave.com User

"the motherboard manual is one of the best i've ever come across.…"

- Newegg.com User

"this by using the ultimate boot disk (google this if you dont know what it is, it is excellent), i was able to manually modify the boot.ini and then bingo it booted and installation finished.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 9 Intel DG31PR
Intel (DG31PR) Motherboard $60 - $70 Compare Prices
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Quad
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
7 People Recommend
"not some cheap mobo that turns off randomly after you install your os on it.i was skeptic of the price at first but i'm glad i took the risk.amazing bang for your buck.very stable.highly reccommended…"

- grandia01 at Cnet.com

"i run the adobe master collection and this met the performance i needed as well as the price.…"

- N/A at Newegg.com

"everything came together smoothly during the install.…"

- JmpnJimBob at Newegg.com


No 10 Intel BOXD945GCNL
Intel BOXD945GCNL Motherboard $50 - $81 Compare Prices
  • Socket LGA775
  • Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium 4, Intel Celeron D, Intel Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo
  • Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  • Number of Memory Slots: 2 x 240 Pin DIMMs
  • Released 1 year ago
6 People Recommend
"great performance and great price.…"

- Compusa.com User

"good price , great board.…"

- Compusa.com User

"its a good office environment machine, and as with other intel boards, i expect everything else under the hood to fail before the board does.…"

- Newegg.com User


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