GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

MA790FXT-UD5P

Reviewed By: Triscut Eater on 1/6/2010

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Arguably the best motherboard for AM3
Overclocked my PII X4 955 to 3.72GHz stable
Northbridge slightly overclocked to 2.2GHz, stable and could go higher.
Full PCIe bandwidth: 16x16x
Plenty of SATA ports
Onboard LED power, reset, clear CMOS
Fully stacked I/O
Great looking board

Cons: Would have liked to pay less but the price is fair

Other Thoughts: If you want a great motherboard for your AM3 processor look no further.

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Reviewed By: angus on 12/22/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Worked right out of the box! No problems at all.

Cons: Sata ports are a little tight to get to but you don't have to get to them everyday.

Other Thoughts: A crossfire cable would have been nice. I bought two Radeon 5750's and neither had a calble. Had to call the manufacturer and have one mailed.

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Reviewed By: on 12/17/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Good reviews.

Cons: Worked for about 40 seconds, at 8 pin 12V connector board shorted out and fried the Rosewill 700W power supply. Newegg replaced both items. The replaced Rosewill power supply was dead on arrival (checked with an ATX power supply tester). The replaced Gigabyte MB had no video output and no 12V power to the CPU. Newegg graciously refunded my money after two bad motherboards and power supplies.

Other Thoughts: Two bad motherboards? I'm a fan of Gigabyte, but the problems with this particular mb was too much.....switched to an MSI MA790-G70 and an Antec 750W power supply. Have had no problems.

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