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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
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The Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 is a full featured SLI motherboard at an affordable price. You get support for processors using AMD’s Socket AM2: Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, and Athlon 64. Four DIMM slots support up to 16GB of memory in 64 operating systems. You get plenty of expandability with 2 PCI-E x16, 3 PCI-E x1 and 2 PCI slots. Also included on board are up to 10 USB 2.0 ports, 3 FireWire ports, 8 channel audio and gigabit LAN.
This is a great, full-featured, value-driven motherboard for anyone looking for a basic build.
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How about this review?
- Pros: This motherboard is simply amazing especially for those people who are trying to buy a budget PC - what? come on 97 USD is pretty good for a motherboard especially when it has all of these crazy features as stated in the manual and on the manufacturer's website. Pair this with a AM2 Athlon 64 3200+ and an Nvidia 7800 GT or one of the newer versions and you just might find yourself with a medium gamer PC - you'll have a match made in heaven. Both the CPU and the Bridges on the motherboard run extremely cooled that I could not believe my eyes. To get an idea it was idleling at 25C and maxing at 35C? What's up with that?
- Cons: The CD-In Jack on the motherboard is located in a weird position on the motherboard. Unless you have a long enought cable to get to it you may find yourself in a tight squeeze. But if you ask me it didn't bother me at all.
- Other Thoughts: Wished they had put ATA round cables and not the old kind. Round cables increase airflow in the system.
Great Mb for money
- Pros: Installed great in my case, plenty of room for my DVD/RW, CD/RW,3 hard drives, BFG 7950 GT-OC, 2 dimms of corsair XMS2, and 3d Rocket II heat sink paired with X2 4800+, 650w power supply. No problems of any kind. Even rock solid with Top Performance enabled in bios. Many other MB's for the AM2 socket have options that are usless for more money, but looks nice on a box. Get this board, spend more money on ram and the video card
- Cons: As I said before, vary stable
- Other Thoughts: If you are looking for a mobo that will take the new AM2 socket from AMD, and the newest video cards then buy this board. CPU-Z Validator-131386
| Model | M55SLI-S4 |
| CPU Socket Type | AM2 |
| CPU Type | Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 |
| FSB | 1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s) |
| North Bridge | NVIDIA nForce4 SLI |
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the best GIGABYTE mobo yet
- Pros: SLI ready, 16gig of DDR2 RAM support, gigabit lan card, and great overclocking features
- Cons: not a dual gigabit LAN and no onboard gfx adapter, but its a gamers motherboard so no biggie
make sure u when buy this motherboard u have PCIe x16 card to configure the BIOS before u switch to regular PCI, although nowadays no one owns a PCI gfx card
- Other Thoughts: great motherboard for the price, at first i was looking for a low budget motherboard, thinking its not an important factor, but i was proven wrong ones more... i went with a little bit cheaper CPU (the Athlon dual core 3800) but this mobo, despite its somewhat medium price was totally worth the extra $$
with great overclocking and system health features, this mobo is totally worth owning, plus the SLI features and gigabit LAN network card...
i have my CPU overclocked to 2.6ghz cooled by Arctic Cooler Freezer 64 Pro, and what i noticed about the mobo is that when the CPU is overclocked, it check to on POST for any instability, if error or temp. spike occurs, the mobo does not OC, instead it put the CPU on stock, until rebooted
AWESOME
- Pros: Its awesome, supports SLI and supports the new AMD quadcore that will be coming out. Supports uo to 16 GB of RAM. The onboard Audio works good as well.
- Cons: Doesn't have an onboard video card but it doesn't matter, I bought a 7900GS.
- Other Thoughts: I really liked this motherboard and planning on keeping it for about 5 years or so before replacing it.
Nice Board.
- Pros: Very stable, easy build, SLI, high overclockability if you buy good memory.
- Cons: I've built several systems with this board, one died after 1 year and 2 months of use, all others are still functional... Dead one was most likely caused by junky PS.
- Other Thoughts: Buy a good powersupply. I've taken a 4600 X2 to 2.7 Ghz with bottom dollar memory, probably could have gotten more but it wasn't needed because the computer could run everything fine as-is, I got tired of experimenting.
| Model |
| Brand |
GIGABYTE |
| Model |
GA-M55SLI-S4 |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 |
| FSB |
1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 800 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express x16 |
2 |
| PCI Express x1 |
3 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
2 x ATA100 4 Dev. Max |
| PATA RAID |
NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
4 |
| SATA RAID |
NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
None |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC850 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Marvell 88E1116 |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| COM |
1 |
| LPT |
1 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 |
1 x IEEE 1394a |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
6 x USB 2.0 |
| Onboard 1394 |
| Onboard 1394 |
2x 1394a |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Features |
| Features |
Due to the limitation of Windows 32-bit operating system, when more than 4GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory available for the operating system will be less than 4GB; Windows 64-bit operating system doesn't have such limitation |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
GA-M55SLI-S4 |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
1 year limited |
| Labor |
1 year limited |
Introduction
The Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 is a full featured SLI motherboard at an affordable price. You get support for processors using AMD’s Socket AM2: Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, and Athlon 64. Four DIMM slots support up to 16GB of memory in 64 operating systems. You get plenty of expandability with 2 PCI-E x16, 3 PCI-E x1 and 2 PCI slots. Also included on board are up to 10 USB 2.0 ports, 3 FireWire ports, 8 channel audio and gigabit LAN.
This is a great, full-featured, value-driven motherboard for anyone looking for a basic build.
Highlights
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NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset
The NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset delivers significant performance gains with a variety of next-generation technologies including NVIDIA SLI, dual-channel DDR2, HD Audio and NVIDIA MediaArmor technology.
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AMD LIVE! Ready
Developed for full-featured consumer multimedia desktop and notebook PCs, AMD LIVE! seamlessly connects, stores, distributes, accesses and enables digital media content in multiple rooms throughout the home and even on the go!
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Ultimate Gaming Performance with NVIDIA SLI Technology
NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software enabling a pair of GPUs to deliver earth-shattering, scalable graphics power, approaching twice the performance in certain applications.
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Speed
"Speed"-compliant GIGABYTE S-series motherboards provide extensive over-clocking and over-voltage settings through both the BIOS and an intelligent software interface for user-friendly operation.
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Smart
GIGABYTE S-series motherboards provide GIGABYTE proprietary “Smart” software such as Download Center, @BIOS, Q-Flash, Xpress Install, Boot menu, and Smart Fan. BIOS as well as driver updates and management become much easier and user friendly with GIGABYTE Smart features!
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Safe
"Safe" is a key feature of the GIGABYTE S-series motherboards with the following elements: Excellent hardware reinforced BIOS protection through GIGABYTE Virtual Dual BIOS Technology and GIGABYTE BIOS Setting Recovery Technology. Unique system software such as Xpress Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., and Corporate Online Manager (C.O.M.) further strengthen the stability and reliability of your PC!
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Quick Specs
| CPU Socket Type | AM2 |
| CPU Type | Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 |
| FSB | 1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s) |
| North Bridge | NVIDIA nForce4 SLI |
| Memory Standard | DDR2 800 |
| PCI Express x16 | 2 |
| SATA 3Gb/s | 4 |
| PATA | 2 x ATA100 4 Dev. Max |
| Max LAN Speed | 10/100/1000Mbps |
| IEEE 1394 | 1 x IEEE 1394a |
| USB 1.1/2.0 | 4 x USB 2.0 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
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Reviewed By: geniuseracleous on 7/9/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
