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- Pros: Very good board, have been running in two computers for several mounths, no issues
- Cons: none
- Other Thoughts: I have used several Gigabyte MoBo the past few years and have had no problems with them, but I buy them for what I intend using the computer for.
Good for HTPC..
- Pros: Don't ding this for the onboard video or sound or lack of ability to unlock your Phenom II cores. Buy another board if you want that. I can say I'm happy when Phenom II 550 stock on this board for an HTPC build. The onboard video at 3250 is ok, and will play Blu-Ray back at 1080p but you won't get the best sound if you direct audio thru the on-board HDMI.
So I picked up a 4550 card on the cheap, and got sound up to my likeness. Can't knock the board for this; you ought to know better.
Layout is good, but a little weird on the SATA and floppy placements. But I only (and would think you only) would use 2-3 SATA ports, so it's not a big deal. And I don't floppy at all, so I flipped floppy off in BIOS.
BIOS is detailed and you can boot from USB if floppy is off and it finds A:... that's your USB stick with (hopefully) your F3A bios on it.
Board is quiet, low power, Realtek sound is groovy in Win7 no issues.
- Cons: Nada.
- Other Thoughts: Win 7 RC 7100 X64
Cooler Master Case (cheap on, $30)
Trio of Rosewill fans (80x2 + 120)
Plextor Blu-Ray player
WD 750 GB HD (green)
This mobo
Radeon 4550 low prof w/ HDMI video
Hauppauge 2250
Elgato Hybrid (comes in as Hauppauge 950)
AMD Phenom II 550 (yawns in an HTPC, but ready to graduate to gamer one day)
Great board
- Pros: Well built, stable, good BIOS and utilities. Plenty of fan headers. Just works with no surprises.
- Cons: None
- Other Thoughts: I've recently purchased three similar AMD motherboards from three different vendors and the Gigabyte is by far my favorite. Very good BIOS for simple performance tuning. I'm not interested in overclocking, but it looks like it would support that well.
| Model |
| Brand |
GIGABYTE |
| Model |
GA-MA780G-UD3H |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 |
| FSB |
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
AMD 780G |
| South Bridge |
AMD SB700 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 1200*/1066
* Whether 1200 MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU being used |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1) (Note 4)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1)
(The PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX4_1 slots support ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology) |
| PCI Express x1 |
3 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
6 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
ATI Radeon HD 3200 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC889A |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| Video Ports |
D-Sub + DVI |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 |
1 x IEEE 1394a |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Optical |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers |
| Onboard 1394 |
| Onboard 1394 |
2x 1394a |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
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Reviewed By: dodge on 7/11/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
