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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
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MoBo Died after 2 days of use
- Pros: Seemed like a nice unit for the money, Loade the system up with an Pentium D 945 1.5 gigs of DDR2-667 loaded operating system and software. All was fine.
- Cons: Put on the shelf back in the box to resell and 8 months later went to start it up and no post, no nothing except fans running. Motherboard went bad. Replaced the MoBo with a MSI P4M900M2 and back in business, but lost any chance of making a profit. Hope replacement MoBo lasts longer than the first.
- Other Thoughts: I have 4 of these units. Afraid to sell them. reliability doesn't seem there strong point. Power supply seems OK!
amazing for price
- Pros: up and running in >30 mins drivers installed fast everything already connected already
- Cons: very flimsy metal
i can seem to get the front headphone jack to work idk prolly just me not taking of any eggs for that as its prolly somthing on my part
- Other Thoughts: 2gig kingston value ram
2.5 wolfdale oc'ed to 2.889ghz
250g sata hdd
xfx geforce 9800gt 512mg 256bit ( gonna get another along with a new power supply for sli )
cost >400 great for playing cod4 at great frame rates
Trumendous Value
- Pros: I bought this to make into a Windows Home Server. I was looking for the smallest case which would take 4 hard drives. I also wanted it to be silent. The power supply fan is very quiet, so only the case fan required a Zalman controller to temper. A Molex to SATA convert is included so you can power 3 SATA devices out of the box.
- Cons: As the other reviewers have noted, the case is thin metal, and the motherboard flexes quite a bit. Take this into account when you select and install components. No big heavy heat sinks, and I would stick to low power CPUs. If you intend to put in 4 hard drives, note that the last 3.5" drive bay is blocked by the sata cables, so put all the drives in first. Using low-vibration hard drives will minimize cabinet resonance.
- Other Thoughts: Celeron 430, 2GB Corsair CAS4, Cooler Master TX2 without fan (using the case fan to cool the CPU), and 4 WD WD10EACS 1TB SATA 5400 RPM drives. To support 4 drives, pick up an extra Molex to SATA converter - NewEgg has 'em.
| General |
| Brand |
MSI |
| Model |
MBOX G31M3-F |
| Color |
Black |
| CPU Supported |
| CPU Type |
Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo |
| CPU Socket |
Intel Socket T(LGA775) |
| FSB |
1333/1066/800/MHz |
| Chipset |
| North Bridge |
Intel G31 |
| South Bridge |
ICH7 |
| Memory Supported |
| Memory slot |
2 x 240Pin |
| Memory Type Supported |
DDR2 800/667 |
| Max Memory Supported |
4GB |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express |
1 x PCI Express x16 + 1 x PCI Express x1 |
| PCI |
2 |
| Storage |
| IDE ATA |
1 x ATA 100 |
| Serial ATA |
4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Graphics |
| Onboard Video |
Intel GMA 3100 |
| Audio |
| Onboard Audio |
Realtek ALC888 |
| Channel |
8-CH |
| Communications |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Extension Bays |
| 3.5" Internal bays |
4 |
| 3.5" External bays |
2 |
| 5.25" External bays |
4 |
| Front Panel Ports |
| Front USB |
2 |
| Front Audio Ports |
2 jacks |
| Back Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| COM |
1 |
| LPT |
1 |
| VGA |
1 x D-Sub |
| Rear USB |
4 |
| RJ45 |
1 |
| Power Supply |
| Power Supply |
ATX12V V.2.01 400W w/ 12cm fan |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
MBOX G31M3-F
Driver Disk
User Manual
IDE/PATA Cable
SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable
Power Cord |
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Reviewed By: Rhema-1 on 4/29/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
