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- 4
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95 |
Exceptional
- Pros: We used this board to make a Multi-media PC running Windows 7 and it is working great. Have a pci16 video card for gaming and room for a good sound card (soundblaster). This all on a 50".
- Cons: None yet!
- Other Thoughts: We now want a different Case (one that lays down and looks like a receiver). A never ending story. lol
gigabyte products rule !
- Pros: i have been using gigabyte mobo's for over 3 years now. i am never dissapointed when it comes to there quality and how easy it is to build new systems with these boards.
- Cons: none
- Other Thoughts: great board for a budget build
Cheap replacement
- Pros: Cheap, good caps, compatible with most lower power cpus, online support and drivers.
- Cons: Like some others have said, the floppy controller doesn't have a port, but just pins sticking up off the board, and it's located clear at the bottom of the board, which can be a stretch. As far as the pins go, read the man and find pin 1, then check the cable for a striped wire, which indicates the first pin. Not hard. Oh and XP didn't find drivers for most of the devices, including the ethernet, so I threw in the disk and... nothing was on it... which may have been due to not having the chipset drivers, idk. I had to download the drivers from the site on another machine and use a usb dongle. Having another internet-ready machine on hand is very helpful and sometimes almost necessary.
- Other Thoughts: Note: I didn't have any SATA devices, so I don't know about any SATA driver issues. I can't imagine there would be any unless you are trying to RAID.
Also, if you're having issues, look into a bios update. An update may solve some issues with hardware and even overclocking. If I were looking into overclocking though, I wouldn't be looking into this board...
Used this board to replace a machine a client had blow up on them due to faulty psu. Through a +4400 and 2 x 1gb g.skill 1066, 370W PCP&C psu, and cheap Cooler Master cpu cooler in her old case. I had to remount the hard drive though, since it was originally mounted too far from the DVD drive and there is only one IDE/ATA controller. Stock cable wasn't long enough to reach both, so I had to drill holes and mount the hdd under the floppy. Keep that in mind. There may be longer IDE/ATA cables though.
| Model |
| Brand |
GIGABYTE |
| Model |
GA-M61PME-S2P |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 |
| FSB |
1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 |
| South Bridge |
NVIDIA nForce 430 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
2×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 1066 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
8GB |
| 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 |
2 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC883 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8201CL |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100Mbps |
| 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 |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
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Reviewed By: fixer60 on 11/18/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
