GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Looks nice when I took it out of the box.

Cons: It seemed to be working fine until I started gaming or watching a youtube video. The computer would just crash. At first I thought it was my PSU, but I was using an EVGA 600 + 80 from my previous build so I ruled that out. Next I assumed it was my GPU, but that was from my old build as well. I checked all temps, CPU idles at 15-20, and GPU idles at 22-26. Tested my RAM and they all worked. Tried my old Phenom 555 and it crashed on that as well. My last guess was my board. Borrowed a friend's MSI 970 board and I have not encountered any of the issues yet. I was weary to buy Gigabyte as I have been a fan of Asus and MSI for a while. I think this is my last purchase of Gigabyte.

Other Thoughts: Next time, I'll read the reviews regardless of it this is on sale or not.

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Pros: This board is good as far as being minimalistic. I do not need the board to do anything but make the CPU and RAM happy and provide PCIe and USB.

Cons: This board will not get past the splash screen. It just sits with the "Insist on Ultra Durable" graphic. Can not enter BIOS or boot selection. Tried it with different known good RAM DIMMs and a Phenom from an old build and no improvement.. After 15 seconds or so the onboard speaker beeps continuously like a flatline patient. The board was DoA. I am disappointed as I have had great luck with Gigabyte products. Gigabyte is obvoiusly having some Quality Assurance problems as others have reported this same/similar scenario. I would say stay away from it, but I have read reviews of it being a good board despite not having any BIOS revisons. It is still on 1.0. Moot point since I could not enter boot selection menu to update it anyway. Hey Gigabyte, for a brand that overbuilds in a good way, why are we still using 1.0? Are the ones that are working coming from a different batch? Are the chipsets from different vendors? Why would you have 4 and 5 star reviews and the other half DoA?

Other Thoughts: I am sure this board could be fixed with a firmware update. I can not past POST, so how could I install an update if there was one?

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Pros: I enjoy building great, low cost, machines for people to enjoy. My sons are gamers. We bought this board and we are using it with the FX-8350. This board has screamed ever since the first power up. It has worked so well that we just bought another one for another son and we are anxiously awaiting its arrival.

Cons: None in 9 months. Fingers crossed.

Other Thoughts: Budget friendly, plenty of options, I guess you just have to know how to actually treat hardware during installs and then you won't have DoA issues. It probably worked on arrival but was dead after poor install.

Pros: Looks are very clean

Cons: Heat sinks are not sturdy on t bridges, came in DoA, Seemed flimsy

Other Thoughts: Would've loved to use this but out of impatience i purchased a MSI board instead.

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Pros: Easy to install, Very versatile. Great Price!

Cons: None

Pros: Great motherboard! Not had any problems! Updated the bios as soon as I got it! overclocked it and it seems fine! Took it the 4gb ddr3 1600 just fine! booted it up and it runs good! When I place a motherboard in the case I always ground myself and wear anti cut gloves.

Cons: Nope! none! good job gigabyes

Other Thoughts: Hands down good board! go get it! I don't understand why people putting bad reviews on this board

Pros: Looks nice. Clear printing on the board for all important connections.

Cons: Dead on Arrival. No built in display adapter, video card only. This actually matters if things go wrong.

Other Thoughts: If an item is DOA it gets 1 star. If DOA is rare then it's rating won't suffer much. Looking through the other reviews it seems that this is a shoddy product. Be prepared to return and/or deal with warranties and/or just part with your money.

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Pros: None

Cons: I bought it as an upgrade in preparation for the new school year. Worked fine until today, where I plugged in a flash drive, and it died on me. I'm beyond angry, and in such a stressful situation now because of this.

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Pros: None

Cons: Put all of my computer together and then tried to turn it on and then nothing happens except my front fan led's come on and then go off in a split second. There is no beeps, sound, or nothing. No display on the monitor. There is no physical damage that i can see, so it has to be a defect or something else. So i'm sending it back, if any can give some advice it would be nice of you. Thanks Gigabyte :(

Other Thoughts: Don't buy this piece of juck, look at the ratings, ALWAYS

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Pros: Had it for a year now has not given me one issue.

Cons: nope...