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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
- Restocking Fee: Yes
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No hassle, great price
- Pros: Cheap, small, easy to setup, runs like a champ.
- Cons: If you have a large PCIe video card, the PCI slot underneath it is unusable. Not a big deal since I don't have any PCI cards, but if you need to use some slots then you may want to consider a board with more slots.
- Other Thoughts: My first Gigabyte purchase (usually a Asus guy) and I am very pleased. It's stable so far (4 months) and performs well. I would definitely buy again.
Pretty good
- Pros: Haven't had any problems with this board. Nice overclocking options.
- Cons: None
Great board
- Pros: Inexpensive. My old motherboard was giving me tons of problems, so I decided to do some overhaul and replace the CPU, motherboard and RAM. I paired the motherboard up with an E5200 and it worked great out of the box. (Without a BIOS update, which was good since I wasn't sure if the new 45nm CPU would require one.) The board can easily push the CPU to 3.75GHz (300x12.5), but the voltage and cooling requirements for the CPU itself convinced me to bring it down to 3.45GHz (300x11.5). Passive cooling on the chipset, so no noise from the motherboard.
- Cons: Integrated audio occasionally has some background noise like many. It only seems to happen when the audio isn't being used, so it doesn't bother me too much. Like others have said, the chipset heatsink does get pretty hot. For CPUs that aren't specified to run at a 333MHz FSB (like mine), the memory multiplier can only go as low as 2.66. With DDR2-800 memory, this effectively limits you to a 300MHz FSB (300x2.66=800).
- Other Thoughts: When I first got everything set up, for some reason the board had my CPU running at 1.8GHz (200x9). Not sure why this happened, but it was easy to change in the BIOS settings, so no big deal. There is also a separate setting for fractional (0.5) CPU multipliers, which took me an extra two seconds or so to find - not sure if this is the case on other motherboards. I feel kind of bad giving this board a 4; I would give it 4.5 if I could. The audio is the only thing that bugs me in the slightest, and it only manifests itself when I'm not using it.
| Model |
| Brand |
GIGABYTE |
| Model |
GA-G31M-S2L |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
LGA 775 |
| CPU Type |
Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo |
| FSB |
1333/1066MHz |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
Intel G31 |
| South Bridge |
Intel ICH7 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
2×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 800 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
4GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express x16 |
1 |
| PCI Express x1 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
4 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
Intel GMA 3100 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC662 |
| Audio Channels |
6 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| COM |
1 |
| LPT |
1 |
| Video Ports |
D-Sub |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Audio Ports |
3 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
Micro ATX |
| Dimensions |
9.6" x 7.6" |
| Windows Vista |
Certified for Windows Vista |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
GA-G31M-S2L
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
FDD Cable
SATA Cable |
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1x Winner of Customer Choice Award - Intel Motherboards
Reviewed By: drumladd on 11/12/2008
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
